The Story of the World
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle .
Learn more
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Trade In this Item for up to £3.35
Trade in The Story of the World: Ancient Times v. 1: History for the Classical Child (Story of the World: History for the Classical Child) for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £3.35, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Plus, get an extra £5 when you trade in books worth £10 or more until June 30, 2012. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Find more products eligible for trade-in.
|
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
More About the Author
Product Description
Review
This works wonderfully as a family read-aloud... There's plenty ofdialogue and enough detail to keep adults interested. --Cafi Cohen, author of Homeschooling The Teen Years
Product Description
What terrible secret was buried in Shi Huangdi's tomb? Did nomads like lizard stew? What happened to Anansi the Spider in the Village of the Plantains? And how did a six-year-old become the last emperor of Rome?Told in a straightforward, engaging style that has become Susan Wise Bauer's trademark, The Story of the World series covers the sweep of human history from ancient times until the present. Africa, China, Europe, the Americas find out what happened all around the world in long-ago times. This first revised volume begins with the earliest nomads and ends with the last Roman emperor. Newly revised and updated, The Story of the World, Volume 1 includes maps, a new timeline, more illustrations, and additional parental aids. This read-aloud series is designed for parents to share with elementary-school children. Enjoy it together and introduce your child to the marvelous story of the world's civilizations.Each Story of the World volume provides a full year of history study when combined with the Activity Book, Audiobook, and Tests each available separately to accompany each volume of The Story of the World Text Book. Volume 1 Grade Recommendation: Grades 1-5.
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I am home schooling and bought this book 6 months ago to teach history to my 6 year old. I have not been disappointed. He has really enjoyed learning about the Egyptians and how much a part the River Nile played in their initial survival. I would recommend buying the activity book that is used alongside this as we have enjoyed making scrolls, writing hieroglyphs, making pyramid models and a makeshift river nile in the garden. I don't think I would have come up with these ideas on my own! The two definitely go hand in hand. The activity book is "The Story of the World: Ancient Times Bk. 1 [Paperback] by Wise, Bauer S". It took me a while to decide from the amazon search results which one it was as it's not labelled as an activity book.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The style and lay out of the book are lovely and it respectfully address certain aspects of relatively recent history but what isn't made clear is that this book is history from a creationists point of view discussing nomads from 7000 ago with no reference to earlier man or history before that time. If you believe god landed man on a ready made planet a few thousand years ago then this book is for you. If not then you will at least want supplementary material as a true history of the world this is not. You may need to be watchful of any further misrepresentations or omissions throughout the book but for me I looked elsewhere for a backbone for our home-ed history curriculum. Galore Park do some excellent and more science based text books but they are not nearly as elaborate or immersing as I found this book to be however, they conform to the scientific understanding of the origins of mankind.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this to read to my 6 year old daughter - I wanted her to get to know about history in a chronological order and this seemed like a good book to start with. When it arrived I wasn't sure how we would like it as it contains a lot of heavy looking subject matter that I knew nothing about.
I shouldn't have worried - she has really enjoyed it so far and we've been finding out new things together. The chatty style is pitched just right for her level of understanding and the chapters aren't too long. You can't read too much at once as it would get too overwhelming but we've had fun discussing topics like how archaeology works, nomads, pyramids and mummies, military dictatorships (!). The language is sometimes a little Americanised but as long as you're aware of that it doesn't interfere with your understanding. I'm looking forward to the others in the series. A minor point but I also like having the hardback version, it has a nice robust feeling to it!
I shouldn't have worried - she has really enjoyed it so far and we've been finding out new things together. The chatty style is pitched just right for her level of understanding and the chapters aren't too long. You can't read too much at once as it would get too overwhelming but we've had fun discussing topics like how archaeology works, nomads, pyramids and mummies, military dictatorships (!). The language is sometimes a little Americanised but as long as you're aware of that it doesn't interfere with your understanding. I'm looking forward to the others in the series. A minor point but I also like having the hardback version, it has a nice robust feeling to it!
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
- Books > Children's Books > Classics
- Books > Society, Politics & Philosophy > Education Studies
- Books > Society, Politics & Philosophy > Government & Politics
- Books > Study Books > Teachers Resource > Education Studies & Teaching > Teaching > Methods & Training
- Books > Study Books > Undergraduate & Postgraduate > Arts & Humanities > Classics & Ancient History > Ancient History
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
