Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1463727 in Books
• Published on: 2002-09
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 275 pages

Cathy Duffy, author of Christian Home Educator's Manual: Elementary Grades and co-author of Beyond Survival: A Guide to Abundant Life Homeschooling
The history "text" and the activity book are valuable contributions that fill a need for Christian-friendly but classically-oriented history study.

Diana, homeschool mother
I am so impressed with the work that went into the Activity Book. It is just what I wanted!

About the Author
Susan Wise Bauer is a novelist and educator. With her mother, Jessie Wise, she co-authored The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home (Norton, 1999), a book which has rapidly become an educational standard. Susan teaches at The College of William and Mary in Virginia. She was home-educated herself; she and her husband Peter now teach their four children at home as well.

Customer Reviews

A lovely introduction for children to world history
"Story of the World: Ancient Times" turned my six-year-old daughter into a certified history buff. It's a wonderful chronological, narrative approach to ancient history, and our family appreciates the generally secular tone, which allows us to add supplemental books supporting our family's beliefs.

We used the book along with the accompanying activity guide, which includes blackline maps and coloring pages, as well as crafts, games, and supplemental reading lists to delve deeper into the subjects presented in "Story of the World: Ancient Times."

A little disappointing
Perhaps this book is a good resource for kids six and under, but my kids (ages 4, 6, 7, and 9) found it less enthralling than many other resources we have used. It gives adequate and comprehensive coverage of the historical period, but lacks meat, isn't a particularly engaging book. I have been somewhat of a fan of Susan Wise Bauer, but found this book disappointing.

A very bland and boring "story" of history
This author left out entire civilizations in this book - why? A "Story of the World" - at least any book claiming this title - should include the real story. One of the most important events in the history of the world for a person of any religious background is/was creation! This is left out of the book. This history is told in a childlike way with lots of little stories. The stories are a bit much and will bore the average child older than five years old. In all, this is a very, very simple view of history and should not be used for any parent wishing to really teach history to their children.