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Posted: July 11 2008 at 3:36pm | IP Logged Quote MarilynW
Does anyone who use this have any opinions on it? I am interested in it - but cannot find anywhere with reviews or with sample pages.

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Marilyn,

Cathy Duffy gives a review of this book in her book 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum. You can probably find her book in the library. Karen
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Posted: July 12 2008 at 2:42pm | IP Logged Quote Mackfam
Marilyn,
I have it and we used it several years ago as a kind of spine. I don't remember the kids being terribly enthralled by it, but it was good background info for me. I know a good friend of mine has loved reading it aloud to her kids, and they loved it.

Let me know if you have any specific questions about it and I can go pull it off a shelf.

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Posted: July 23 2008 at 2:28am | IP Logged Quote Red Cardigan
Hi, there!

I missed this when it was first posted--I'm interested in this book, too, and was wondering if anyone had any opinions on it. I'm trying to decide what to use for 8th grade history--is this book too simplistic for 8th grade?

I tend to "lean" on a textbook, and there doesn't seem to be much out there other than this one and the Anne Carroll book(s). We've done the Fr. Furlong books in earlier grades and did a relatively simple course in American Government last year, but I don't want to dive heavily into an "Ancient Worlds" focus on Greece & Rome until 9th grade.

Any opinions would be appreciated!

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