angela&4boys Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I am hoping someone might know of the differences between the two and would be willing to share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoggirl Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 MP guides are more workbook-y. There are also periodic reviews of previously covered material. The teacher manual contains a replica of the student workbook with the answers filled in. Greenleaf guides do NOT have answer keys. They provide more open-ended discussion questions which require a bit more critical thinking. Seems like there is a bit more focus on the character of the person being studied as well. I like them both. If you want the student to work more independently I would do MP. If you want to read the selections aloud together and have discussions I would use Greenleaf. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 For the books, absolutely Memoria Press. Their editions are much, much better. Beautiful full color illustrations, maps, appendices... Just much nicer books than Greenleaf. I actually replaced the Greenleaf editions I had with MP. (The text is pretty much exactly the same, though with some very minor editing differences.) I haven't used the study guides from Greenleaf, so I can't comment on those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Thanks for this. I didn't realize there was any difference in the actual text. I thought those were identical! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela&4boys Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 For the books, absolutely Memoria Press. Their editions are much, much better. Beautiful full color illustrations, maps, appendices... Just much nicer books than Greenleaf. I actually replaced the Greenleaf editions I had with MP. (The text is pretty much exactly the same, though with some very minor editing differences.) Thanks abbeyej. The color illustrations and maps alone sway me. My very visual guys need this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Thanks for this. I didn't realize there was any difference in the actual text. I thought those were identical! The text of the *books* *is* identical! I believe Hoggirl was talking about the guides/workbooks that each of these companies has written to go along with the Famous Men of... books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela&4boys Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 MP guides are more workbook-y. There are also periodic reviews of previously covered material. The teacher manual contains a replica of the student workbook with the answers filled in. Greenleaf guides do NOT have answer keys. They provide more open-ended discussion questions which require a bit more critical thinking. Seems like there is a bit more focus on the character of the person being studied as well. I like them both. If you want the student to work more independently I would do MP. If you want to read the selections aloud together and have discussions I would use Greenleaf. HTH Thank you Cynthia. I didn't even realize there were guides to use with them, but the comparison is helpful. I may use them with Veritas History. I'm not sure if I'd need them?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 The Greenleaf Press study guides schedule additional pages to peruse in other living books, including Usborne books and atlases, that correspond with the biographies. There's even an occasional hands-on suggestion like a salt dough map. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela&4boys Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 The Greenleaf Press study guides schedule additional pages to peruse in other living books, including Usborne books and atlases, that correspond with the biographies. There's even an occasional hands-on suggestion like a salt dough map. Thanks Rose! Do you know if there is anywhere I can view samples of the guides? I definitely have some more research to do. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soph Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Did y'all know that you can download audio versions of these books for FREE from Librivox?? I love, love, love, audio books! :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbabe Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Here's a link to the Greenleaf Guide at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Greenleaf-Guide-Famous-Men-Rome/dp/1882514041/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235609799&sr=8-2 The Memoria Press guide can be found at Memoriapress.com http://www.memoriapress.com/descriptions/famous-men-of-greece.html I've been looking at purchasing these as well. I own the Memoria Press books because I love the pictures. But I think I will get the Greenleaf guide because it takes a "living book" approach instead of being so workbooky. (Is that a word?) :) Smiles, Shalynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbabe Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Are there any other options for audio books besides Librivox? Smiles, Shalynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Thanks Rose! Do you know if there is anywhere I can view samples of the guides? I definitely have some more research to do. :) You can look inside of them at Rainbow Resource. http://rainbowresource.com/pictures/006403/1235610600-874985 http://rainbowresource.com/pictures/008946/i/1/1235610600-874985 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alana in Canada Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I wish I had known about these--I just used the free verions at www.mainlesson.com for the past few years! There was definitely a time where I wished I had a "workbook" to help ds focus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Oh, I *thought* I looked at the new MP version at convention and that it was the same. I'm gettin' so old I just thought I made a mistake, LOL. I'll bet I didn't look over the guides, thinking that they'd be the same, too. It's nice to know there are differences. I'll check this out at convention this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela&4boys Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 (edited) ... workbooky. (Is that a word?) :) LOL! It's a word in my world! And thanks for the links. :) Edited February 26, 2009 by angela&4boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 We use the free text versions online from mainlesson.com (has nice pics and maps but they are black and white) and the free audio from librovox and the guides from Greenleaf which you can also get as an e-book for about $8...that is one very inexpensive history curriculum and I like the Greenleaf questions...very meaty with a christian worldview focus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alana in Canada Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Greenleaf has meaty questions? And an e-book under $10? wow. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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