Love2Smile Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Have any of you used this book? I am unhappy with our history choice already this year, so I decided I just want to do a read a loud with her. She is in 5th grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KS_ Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 We use this as one of the books in Ambleside - I'm not sure I'd like it if it were the only history book we used, but I think it's OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alana in Canada Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 I use it as supplemental reading for my son. We use SoTW. Have you checked www.mainlesson.com? Thy have a wonderful selection of history texts. Search by genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Also, SOTW has great CD's, so you get encourage her to listen over and over and really master the material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
materursa Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Is CHOW available online anywhere? Thanks! Amanda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2Smile Posted September 29, 2008 Author Share Posted September 29, 2008 Ive looked everywhere I cannot find samples at all. I may just purchase the book from Sonlight. I think it's the cheapest there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessedfamily Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Ive looked everywhere I cannot find samples at all. I may just purchase the book from Sonlight. I think it's the cheapest there Calvert school has the rights to it and only a few places sell it. You won't find text samples, but Rainbow Resources let's you look at the table of contents online. They sell for the same price as sonlight but a little cheaper shipping. I heard so many varying remarks I didn't know what to think but since I received it I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna T. Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 We love it here. Love it. I started our year out just continuing to read it with my nine year old (with a six year old sitting in sometimes) from last year(started it last Spring). The further we got into it, the more we all loved it, so I started Sonlight Core 2 (we had done Core 1 awhile back but my son didn't really remember Hillyer much) because I like their book choices and I wanted to use CHOW as a spine for a more thorough study... not just a read aloud on its own. So, I'm using SL now because of this book though you certainly can use other book lists alongside CHOW if you want to. Or, just read it alone. A fifth grader could easily read it alone but it is a great read-aloud. Alot of moms don't like Hillyer. I do. It's a great one-book overview. We will do SOTW later on, but I'm glad we are doing Hillyer first. Someone had a copy listed on the used board for a good price. Maybe it's still available. Blessings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paintedlady Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 I just borrowed the book from a friend b/c I was considering buying it. I hate to say that I hated it b/c I wanted to like it so much, but I really did hate it. Coming from a Christian perspective, I immensely disliked the beginning, but I tried to look past that part of it. I tried to read many sections throughout the book but I didn't like his style at all. I gave the book back and decided I'm not going to buy it. hth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Buy used. We LOVE it! My son and I are using Calvert, so we have the lessons and enrichment activities, but so far, we look forward to history each time we see it on the schedule. I am loving it as much as him. :) We got the CD and he wasn't in love because it wasn't as interactive as most you buy. If you buy the CD, you really don't even need the book. If we didn't have the book and enrichments, I would have probably just went with the CD. HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelda Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 We're using SOTW but we read chapters from CHOW. I like it but like others have mentioned, I wouldn't use it alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 It's one of my favorites. I highly recommend it as a light one-year read through world history for elementary-aged students. I also like Gombrich's "A Little History of the World" for the same purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Definitely look for it used: I picked up two copies at the used bookstore for $1.50 apiece! I like CHOW, but I think it might be a little bit...childish for a 5th grader. Now, I've never actually taught with it--that's just my impression from reading it. Others with more experience might well disagree, and I would defer to them. :001_smile: And I suppose it depends on the child. You might want to check out the Guerber histories at The Baldwin Project. They're fantastic, IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Definitely look for it used: I picked up two copies at the used bookstore for $1.50 apiece! I would be *very*careful* about doing this. You want a copy printed in recent years (I'm thinking since 1990, but I'm not sure)... It's been updated several times, and some of the older editions have some pretty offensive comments towards non-white peoples... While they can be discussed with our kids in their historical context, I wouldn't want a child to come across them unprepared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 I would be *very*careful* about doing this. You want a copy printed in recent years (I'm thinking since 1990, but I'm not sure)... It's been updated several times, and some of the older editions have some pretty offensive comments towards non-white peoples... While they can be discussed with our kids in their historical context, I wouldn't want a child to come across them unprepared. This is an important point, Abbeyej--thanks for the reminder. Mine are "new" (that is recently updated) used editions. I should've made that caveat, too. Thanks again for that. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna T. Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Another one-book option is The Story of Mankind. I like it and we'll use it later. It may be just right for your ten year old or may be a bit too much. But, it is available on-line, so I thought I'd throw that out as an option for you. You can read the whole book here: The Story of Mankind - Van Loon http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/VanStor.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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