The Story of the World, Activity Book 1: Ancient Times - From the Earliest Nomad to the Last Roman Emperor
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Brand: BooksEditor: Susan Wise Bauer
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-11-17
ISBN: 1933339055
Number of pages: 322
Publisher: Peace Hill Press
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- ISBN13: 9781933339054
- Condition: New
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Book Review: Good resources, bad activities
Summary: 3 Stars
I am disappointed to see many people posting negative reviews simply because the curriculum is not in line with their religious beliefs. The Well-Trained Mind specifically states it is the parent's job to insert religious history where appropriate, which is what I did with religious coloring book pages and activities inserted into where the Prophets would have fallen chronologically. However, I agree with some of the reviewers who have stated that the book suffers from other drawbacks:
1) The book is far too heavy on coloring pages, many of which are sloppily drawn. Some of them look like a child traced a photograph of a particular artifact in pencil, then drew over the pencil tracing sloppily in felt marker and that was given to us as a coloring page. I purchased some Bellerophon coloring books for better and more interesting examples and found that at least one of the coloring pages looked like it had been traced out of the coloring book! Aside from the quality of the coloring pages, my children got bored with coloring all the time. It was interesting in the beginning, but it quickly became tedious and un-interesting. My children prefer more involved and intellectual activities than just coloring something. Because of this reason alone I will probably not buy the second volume. I suspect this has something to do with the authors' belief that children in the "grammar stage" are only in need/want of rote memorization and imitation and need/want/are capable of little if any creative or analytical activity. I personally found this to be completely untrue and my children's dissatisfaction with the activity book is a case in point.
2) The activities are mostly "art projects" of one kind or another and often wasteful "busy-work" as others have mentioned. Not all of them are well-explained or well-thought-out. For example, building a pyramid out of sand bricks sounds great until you discover that the structure collapses as it dries. I'm also not a big fan of activites that involve buying supplies just to waste them or to turn them into "toys" or "props" that will be in the garbage can at the end of the day or week.
Good point:
The high point of this book is that there are extensive further reading and activity suggestions for each period in time that are not included in the sections in the Well-Trained Mind. The WTM book does list a small number of books and activities in the end of each chapter but this book lists a LOT more and this is the most valuable aspect of the book.
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Summary of The Story of the World, Activity Book 1: Ancient Times - From the Earliest Nomad to the Last Roman Emperor
Color a picture of a Minoan bull-jumper, make a model of the Nile River, create Roman armor and Celtic jewelry and more...don't just read about history?experience it!
This comprehensive, 8.5" x 11" curriculum guide and activity book contains map activities, coloring pages, games, projects, review questions, cross-references to illustrated encyclopedias, and extensive book lists. Children and parents love the activities, ranging from cooking projects to crafts, board games to science experiments, and puzzles to projects.Each Story of the World Activity Book provides a full year of history study when combined with the Textbook, Audiobook, and Tests?each available separately to accompany each volume of The Story of the World Activity Book. Activity Book 1 Grade Recommendation: Grades 1-5. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white drawings and maps
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