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CKwasniewski
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Posted: July 04 2007 at 11:09am \| IP Logged

Has anyone used any of these volumes?

They look pretty good, and Ambleside recommends them, they say.

Thanks and God bless,
CK

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Posted: July 05 2007 at 9:43am \| IP Logged

Hey Clarissa!

I haven't used them, but here's a link to their website where you can pull up samples which might give you a better idea of what they include .... they seem VERY Christian (note that Ancient Egypt is

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The first portion covers ancient Egypt, but only briefly, because Egypt's culture was quite pagan and the lessons that can be drawn from its history are especially abstract because they are so protracted. However, the key historical periods and leaders are introduced, and the best (and safest) youth literature is recommended. The intersection of Egypt's history with Israel's is highlighted.

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CKwasniewski
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Posted: July 07 2007 at 2:04pm \| IP Logged

Mary,
Thanks for this. I looked at all of it, and still can't make up my mind.... argh. I guess I will just have to take a risk??? or forget it.

God bless,
CK

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Posted: July 08 2007 at 7:34am \| IP Logged

Do you know anyone who has it?? I know a few moms (not local to me) who have talked about it. It sounds extremely protestant to me. I use and modify protestant history stuff all the time, but some of these very sola scriptura oriented programs with bold titles like "Truth" something or other make me squeamish, kwim?

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Posted: July 08 2007 at 8:35am \| IP Logged

I'm with you Books!

After looking at several table of contents, I can see that she is following Francis Schaeffer's How should we then live? very closely and relying on his "philosophical" ideas.

I have that book. And I spent some time looking at it... Heavy handed pro-Reformation stuff, no historical understanding of the Church, no subtlety about the difference between the enlightenment and Renaissance Humanism. And to top it off, he blames Aquinas! Whom he gets wrong.
So, anyway, I can see this is not the way to go, at least for anything after ancients.

thanks all,
CK

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