Input on Christine Miller/Gueber books?

Ancients I’d definitely think it worth it to get the Nothing New Press edition; Greeks and Romans it’d depend on the value you place on the “look” of the book, with classic artwork, maps, timelines, and additional reading lists.  Ancients Christine has added quite a bit of material to the original Story of the Chosen People, and it’s well done (I can tell which material she has added, but “just” barely)

If you were to choose between the Famous Men books or the Guerber books for elementary ages, which would you prefer?

Sonya uses the Famous Men series in the history modules, and I would be interested to learn why she chose that series over the Story of… series.  ???

Thanks!

Has anyone used Story of the Romans with Module 3? How did work for you? We will be doing Module 3 next year. I have Story of the Romans already but am trying to decide if I want to sell it and get Famous Men of Rome. We have been doing Module 2 and using Famous Men of Greece, this by far has not been a favorite for anyone! But this time period isn’t a favorite so I have kinda chalked the dislike of that book up to the dislike of ancient Greece. Suggestions? Help?? My children will be 11,9, and 14.

I am also reading Christine Miller’s Ancients book to my daughter for history. I find it very interesting, because of the information we don’t get from the Bible. I do remember in one of the readings, I think it was the Book of Jasher or maybe another writing, which is not part of the inspired Word, was mentioned. There was also reference to some other things with writing that were found to give proof to some events or actions/attitudes of certain people. I don’t know about your specific question about Cain, so I emailed my daughter-in-law, who is interested on Christine Miller’s books, to get her thoughts on this. I guarantee you she would not use anything that would take away from or add to the Bible. She researches things thoroughly. So, when I hear from her, I will let you know what her thoughts are. After reading something to my husband one evening, that I thought was interesting, I think he was questioning it like you have.

I am enjoying the book personally, but I think my daughter is having a hard time understanding some things, unless it is a Bible story that she is familiar with. She is 12, but has learning disabilities and does not process time. So, unless it is an interesting story, I lose her when I start reading about the different people, like the Sumerians, Chedorlaomer, or one group fighting another group, etc. It is too much information for her to process. I am going to begin Learning Adventures Ancient Egypt unit study. It begins at the time of Joseph and ends at the death of the firstborn. I have read up to Joseph in Miller’s book. Learning Adventures has scheduled reading straight form the Bible, so I am thinking I may stick with that for this unit, and just read library book about Egypt. I have Truth Quest Beginnings, which I had thought I wouldn’t use, since I got Miller’s book. But, I am thinking about using that now for Ancient Egypt through the end. I am hoping the style in which it is written will be more understandable for my daughter. My concern is Ancient Greece. I really think that will be a hard one for my daughter. She has visual processing problems, so geography is very difficult for her as well. I thought about using Streams of History for Greece and Rome. They are inexpensive and are a good level of reading for my daughter. I will not use Miller’s books for those time periods. The sample readings look like they would be over my daughter’s head. I’m surprised they say they are suitable for grades 1-6. To me, they look like a lot for the very young.