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The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child; Volume 1: Ancient Times (Story of the World: History for the Classical Child)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 372
EAN: 9780971412903
ISBN: 0971412901
Label: W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: January 15, 2002
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Studio: W. W. Norton & Company
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Editorial Review:
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 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 volume begins with the earliest nomads and ends with the last Roman emperor.
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.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Easy Learning
We have this series on CD now and the whole family enjoys listening to it on a car journey. It is a good run through history, with things even the adults did not know before.
Rating:  - PLEASE view ALL 1-starred reviews before making your purchase
I would not have bothered to write a review of this book for there are many 1-starred reviews here already and many have made very good arguments against this book (if only I had read those before purchasing). However, I feel compelled to add one more negative review because I feel the need to balance out the 5-star reviews. This book makes me question Ms. Bauer's Well-Trained Mind and whether I should use her materials in my homeschool curriculum.
Rating:  - Homeschool material
Excellent material. I really like how this material is designed to to cycle through over three times during a child's homeschool experience in grades K-12.
Rating: - This book will make your child LOVE History
My 1st grader and even my 5th grader absolutely LOVE this book. While some of the material is advanced for my 1st grader, it is written in a way that he can still comprehend the general idea. I also purchased the workbook that accompanies this book and it is filled with lots of very informative teaching guides and tear-out pages for my child to color. My 5th grader has another book on History of Western Civilization and he comes in and listens while I teach from this book as it explains events ... Read More
Rating: - The best program I've seen for teaching history
We are finishing the last of the four books in this series, and I've looked at many, many other alternatives for teaching history now that it's time to start again.
After 5 years of homeschooling my 8 kids and researching nearly everything out there, I can honestly say these are the BEST books for teaching history.
No, it's not perfect (what is?), but it is still WONDERFUL! Naturally, not everything can be covered. Of course there are a few mistakes (as in every singly ... Read More
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