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Augustus Caesar's World vetting
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I’m curious, for those of you who have used ACW in Module 3 (Rome), if Sonya alerts us in the guide of questionable parts of the narrative … those to preread or to skip completely … and if you found this to be a book you were happy to have read to your children (or had your children read) given the rather neutral nature of Foster’s presentation of religions.
My 7th grader read it this past year and I was fine with the book for that age.
If my children were younger, I would read it aloud and omit questionable content.
Hi, erin.kate –
Yes, that’s one reason I don’t recommend that book for younger than seventh grade. I give a general heads-up in the lesson plan guide, but do not detail every instance in the book. The alert reads along the lines of:Though the author does a wonderful job giving a sense of all that was happening in the world during Augustus Caesar’s lifetime, she does present all of the religious beliefs as equal.
Then for grades 7-9, I add:
If your child is able to discern as he or she reads, this book should prove valuable and provide good discussion material. If your child is not as grounded in truth, you may want to use the alternate books listed next.
(And I list two Henty books that could be read instead.)
For grades 10-12, I assume they are at the level that should be encouraged to discern and discuss (and say so in the note).
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