Story of the… vs. Famous Men (and other related ?s)

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  • March 29, 2012 at 11:42 am
    livken
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        My 12 yo ds will studying the ancients next year. I was planning on following Charlotte Mason Help’s year 6 schedule, but I do like the way SCM has the Bible woven into this time period. So I am thinking of using the first three modules with him at about double speed. My question is about the spine used. I have The Story of the Greeks/Romans. Has anyone used it instead of the Famous men series for these modules? What are your opinions of each?

        I am also looking into picking up some extra books and wondered if anyone had read any of the following?

    God King

    Shadow Hawk

    Tirzah

    Ides of April Beyond the Desert Gates

    Theras and his Town

    A Triumph for Flavius

    Hostage Lands

    Twice Freed

    Flame Over Tara

    others by Rosemary Sutcliff

     

       Also as an aside … I am toying with the idea of folding my younger two (8&10) into this study. They are doing AO yr 2 together this year. I would like to put them all together,but I am having a hard time accepting sending them back in history and delaying when they will reach American History. Any thoughts?

     

    Thanks everyone!

    Olivia

    March 29, 2012 at 1:19 pm
    Evergreen
    Member

    We haven’t read The Story of the Greeks or Romans, but if they’re the Geurber books, we’ve read her Story of the Ancient World, and prefer her style to the Famous Men books; more of a continuous story and less of a profile of each individual. Our family greatly enjoyed God King, Tirzah, Theras and his Town, and A Truimph for Flavius. My 11-year-olds vote for God King as their favorite of these.

    March 29, 2012 at 1:30 pm
    greenebalts
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    We prefer The Story of….. over the Famous Men….. series as well, though my kids are younger, 6 & 8.  They stuck with The Story of the Ancient World, but had a hard time with The Story of the Middle Ages.  We’ve since switched to Mystery of History and that’s going much better.  

     

    I also read A Triumph for Flavius aloud and we all enjoyed it.  

     

    Blessings,

    Melissa

    March 30, 2012 at 11:03 am
    livken
    Participant

    Bumping. Any other thoughts or opinions?

    March 30, 2012 at 11:36 am
    jeaninpa
    Participant

    I would agree that the Famous Men books are probably an easier read than the Story of…. books.  We like them both, but if I had to pick just one I  might go with the Story of… book knowing that I’d have to help the younger children with understanding it.  

    April 3, 2012 at 8:15 pm
    livken
    Participant

    Any others?

    April 15, 2012 at 8:11 pm
    Dawn
    Participant

    I have not read the Famous Men books, but we did do The story of the Greeks this year. I read it to a 9 year old and 7 year old. My 7 year old got a bit bogged down in some of the details, but my 9 year old begged for more every day. We read 2 stories in a day. They are very short and progressive in story line so they are easy to follow. I like the detail they give and the ease of use.

    April 15, 2012 at 9:44 pm
    Treasure House
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    Here’s a previous thread that I commented on the Story of… books.

    http://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/topic/module-3-spine

    We read Sutcliff’s Black Ships Before Troy and we all loved it. Also read God King…it was good and we all enjoyed it, but didn’t seem to spark interest or conversation as much as other books.

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