wide eyes & laughter Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 (edited) Ds10 has enjoyed the style of Child's History of the World so much that I am considering his geography. I am interested in a good overview and enjoyable read for him, as with CHOW. The drawback would seem to be all the changes in geography since CHOW was published. Has this bothered anyone else? If you loved CHOW.... and used CGOW I'd appreciate hearing your thoughts and recommendations. My other consideration is A Child's Geography: Exploring the Holy Land (Voskamp) b/c we are studying Ancients currently. Is this considered "enjoyable" reading? Thanks for any input! Cheryl Edited March 11, 2009 by wide eyes & laughter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 We read much of Child's Geography of the World several years ago. Yes, it is outdated. It's quaint in a way, to hear how Hillyer paints some of the other countries. But, I still found it interesting. And since I was reading aloud, I could skip parts that were completely obsolete or out of touch. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wide eyes & laughter Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 We read much of Child's Geography of the World several years ago. Yes, it is outdated. It's quaint in a way, to hear how Hillyer paints some of the other countries. But, I still found it interesting. And since I was reading aloud, I could skip parts that were completely obsolete or out of touch. Lisa This geography choice will have to be for independent rdg. I wouldn't mind things like "one day man will travel to the moon" since that's obvious, LOL, and easily understood as outdated. But I am unsure about using CGOW b/c of the not-so-obvious to my ds10. Any other good geography "easy reads" to consider for overview of world geography? Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 This geography choice will have to be for independent rdg. I wouldn't mind things like "one day man will travel to the moon" since that's obvious, LOL, and easily understood as outdated. But I am unsure about using CGOW b/c of the not-so-obvious to my ds10. CGOW might not be the best choice for a 10yo to read, as Hillyer occasionally uses terminology/descriptions of people/races/etc. that many would consider unacceptable. I don't have any other geography suggestions. I bought CGOW hoping it would be a good read-aloud, but I had to edit on the fly so often that I gave it up after a couple of chapters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sew happily ever after Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I just stumbled upon the other geography books you are talking about by Voskamp. Anyway they are written in the style of hilyer's CHOW. Anyway with the CD I don't really think you could go wrong. They look enjoyable enough. The only thing i don't know about is doing book 2 b/4 book 1...but i'm really clueless as i just saw them for the first time the other day. But they do look awesome and I'm really tempted to get at least book 1 to read through on my own!!! LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I have it. I haven't used it, however. I like it as a general cultural introduction. It does a decent job of giving the "feel" of regions. But it's very dated, so as big an issue as the geo changing is the racism issues. I may read parts of it to my kids in a couple yrs, but it's not a book I would feel good about just handing them to read, without a lot of discussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariaTX Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 My son read this on his own for fun!! He would just laugh at some of the outdated information. It did give him a good 'over-view' of geography. I wouldn't use it as a stand alone geography book, but as a supplement and enjoyable read. HTH, Maria in TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 This geography choice will have to be for independent rdg. I wouldn't mind things like "one day man will travel to the moon" since that's obvious, LOL, and easily understood as outdated. But I am unsure about using CGOW b/c of the not-so-obvious to my ds10. Any other good geography "easy reads" to consider for overview of world geography? Anyone? Sorry that I'm just getting back to this thread! My dc loved Windows on the World several years ago when we studied geography. It's actually a book about Christian missions so don't know if that will fit for you. The book has gorgeous pictures about many differnent countries and people groups. HTH, Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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