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World's Story 1: Ancients
The Student Books are amazing. Full of colorful artwork and photos as well as black & white illustrations, vocabulary tidbits, maps, and biographical sketches, it is skillfully formatted into an appealing and engaging text. Each of the 28 chapters (i.e. weekly lessons) have text interspersed with Narration Breaks (place to stop and recount orally the information that has been covered) and "Analyze/Connect" (World's Story). Each chapter ends with a two-page photo montage (a feature I love) that pertains to the chapter's focus. For instance, there are montages of an ancient city such as Jerusalem or Kerma in Sudan.
Ancient history is fascinating, but it can be difficult to find material that teaches it from a Christian perspective. Even harder is finding a history curriculum that captivates students. But Angela O'Dell's newly revised The World's Story 1 - The Ancients does both! Students will learn all about the ancient civilizations of the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas from a strong Biblical perspective.
- Focuses on History and interweaves a Christian perspective throughout
- Features an engaging historical narrative
- First volume in a three-book world history series for upper elementary and junior high students
The text covers Biblical history, also educating students about civilizations mentioned in the Bible, including ancient Egypt, ancient Israel, ancient Babylon, ancient Persia, ancient Greece, and ancient Rome, up to the development of the early Church. It also discusses other ancient civilizations from around the world.
Covers Creation to the Roman Empire.
The World's Story is covered in another three volumes and is directed toward 6th through 8th graders.
Frankly, the Student Books are amazing. Full of colorful artwork and photos as well as black & white illustrations, vocabulary tidbits, maps, and biographical sketches, it is skillfully formatted into an appealing and engaging text. Each of the 28 chapters (i.e. weekly lessons) have text interspersed with Narration Breaks (place to stop and recount orally the information that has been covered) and "Analyze/Connect" (World's Story). Each chapter ends with a two-page photo montage (a feature I love) that pertains to the chapter's focus. For instance, there are montages of an ancient city such as Jerusalem or Kerma in Sudan.
World's Story chapter worksheets include an introductory page (for the teacher - materials needed and narration prompts and responses); Written Narration/Vocabulary; WorldQuest (short essay questions and copywork); Map Adventure (map related activities); My Timeline; Dig Deeper! (suggested questions to research); and Art Study (informational with activities). Also included are Review Sheets (quarterly), Research Aid Worksheets (optional helps for research projects), Artifact Studies (12 worksheets with informational snippets accompanying artifact photos coupled with discussion questions), materials for a couple of special projects, Timeline Supplements, Craft Suggestions (6), and answer keys.
Product Format: | Paperback |
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Grades: | 5-9 |
Brand: | Master Book Publishers |
Author: | Angela O'Dell |
ISBN: | 9781683440772 |
Length in Inches: | 11 |
Width in Inches: | 8.5 |
Height in Inches: | 0.75 |
Weight in Pounds: | 1.875 |
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We LOVE anything by Angela O'Dell - doing history as a read-only subject this year so we can read more than one volume each year.
We loved America's Story from Masterbooks for 3-5 grade. We continue with the next level.
Goes along with our Classical Conversations Cycle 1
To use as a read aloud