Name: CHEC Rocky Mountain Homeschool Conference
Start: 2025-06-12T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-06-14T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Denver, CO

Tagged: Ancient Greece, History, Module 2, module 4, other ancients, struggles with History Modules 2 and 3, The Story of Greece, The Story of the Greeks, yesterdays classics

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January 31, 2013 at 5:18 pm
sheraz
Participant
I got the Yesterday’s Classics ebooks, and have spent a couple of months reading about the Greeks – there are 35 in the collection about AG. They are wonderful. (available free to read online from http://mainlesson.com/ or from http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=books) Anyway –
The Story of Greece is by Mary Macgregor. The Story of the Greeks is by H.A. Guerber. There is an edition from Nothing New Press that has been revised by Christine Miller, and that is the edition that Sonya is reading to use in the new module guide. I don’t have that revised edition.
I’ve read both of them and enjoyed them. Both cover the same events in the same order in a similar fashion. I read The Story of Greece first, and it seemed like she focused in on details that made the stories more interesting to me. (Although, to be honest, maybe it was so fun to read after I had tried to read Famous Men and was confused how they fit into the history of Greece!) The reading level is 10-14 year olds (for both of these books), and either would work wonderfully well as a family spine read-aloud for all ages. =)
The Story of Greece doesn’t focus on the gods very much – several little anecdotal-type stories to show how the Ancient Greeks tried to explain how things were created, but they are not scary nor do they focus on the god as being a true god. More like a fairy tale of them… and then she starts with several cool stories about the Trojan War and the age of the heroes, then moves on through the historical periods and winds up with Alexander the Great, then spends a few chapters explaining the fall of Greece from there.
As an aside, I also started reading A Wonder Book by Nathanial Hawthorne and was delightfully surprised. I am enjoying it very much. I wish I had chosen this one over Jason and the Golden Fleece to read to my kids.
January 31, 2013 at 10:41 pm
Sonya Shafer
Moderator
Just wondering about those revisions?? Will they be made any time soon?? No rush, of course…we will be in Mod. 2’s time period next year, so I was just wondering.
I’m really excited about the revisions, which will include brand new geography lessons and some interest-catching supplements that bring in ancient artifacts and architecture. Plus, we’ll be incorporating your suggestions for a different spine; most likely, The Story of the Greeks from Nothing New Press for Module 2. My goal is to have the revised lesson plans ready so you can use them in the fall.
January 31, 2013 at 11:21 pm
my3boys
Participant
Yeah!!!
And thank you.
January 31, 2013 at 11:33 pm
Titus2mama
Member
Oh crud!!
I have 8 children and just started using SCM last year.
With revisions. How many different books will I have to buy to do madule 2 again??
Seems every place I have been buying from has been changing things on me :cry
February 1, 2013 at 12:14 am
my3boys
Participant
You could just use the old version…do you already own it??
February 1, 2013 at 3:11 am
Sonya Shafer
Moderator
Right, we will continue to have the current version of the lesson plans available for those who already have those books and want to use them. We don’t want to leave anybody in a lurch.
February 1, 2013 at 12:07 pm
Titus2mama
Member
Will there be any gaps that we need to fill in ?
Are the changes to add more information or just a book change?
February 1, 2013 at 3:35 pm
Sonya Shafer
Moderator
There will be gaps in any study you do; we can never learn everything about anything. I’m sure both versions of lesson plans that we publish will have gaps in them. The main goal is to allow the children to “live” in a time period and get to know what people and ideas were like during that era; and that goal can be accomplished through a variety of books. I’ll be changing a few of the books based on feedback from the ladies on this forum who have been kind enough to post which books they have found most enjoyable and that worked best to help their children make a personal relation with the time period. The new books might include some different information, since they were written by different authors, but we’re not replacing books because of a missing body of information, no. Does that help any? I just wanted to reassure you of where we’re coming from in making these changes.
February 1, 2013 at 3:35 pm
sheraz
Participant
@my3boys: Here is the blog post I did using The Story of Greece from Yesterday’s Classics. I included some illustrations, art and architecture pictures, Homeschool in the Woods timeline figures, YouTube videos, and lists of the YC books in order of the Greek History as near as I can. This is just the history portion. I am basically following the Mod 2 guide for Bible and Geography, adding in videos and pictures as I find them. (We’re pretty visual around here, I guess. I like using more of our senses!)
http://mysouldothdelight.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/the-story-of-greece-study-guide/
The new module guide sounds exciting! =) I am excited to see the changes!
February 1, 2013 at 4:32 pm
beloved
Participant
Wow sheraz! Thank you so much for sharing this…I too just purchase the YC Kindle files and was looking for a way to incorperate them. Perfect!
February 1, 2013 at 4:58 pm
Titus2mama
Member
Could you let us see the differences in the module when you are finished. So we can see the differences
February 1, 2013 at 5:11 pm
Katrina in AK
Participant
@sheraz – Thank you so much for sharing your amazing Greece resources. I just recently bought the YC collection, and was a bit overwhelmed about prereading all the Greece books. Thank you for helping me filter and focus as I start planning for next year. 🙂
And Sonya, the new handbook sounds fabulous. I am looking forward to it!
February 1, 2013 at 5:53 pm
my3boys
Participant
@titus2mama, you always have the opportunity to download a sample before purchasing. You should be able to see all of what is in the guide in the details section of the history modules, as well, it just doesn’t have the lesson plan(s).
February 1, 2013 at 5:54 pm
my3boys
Participant
And, thank you, sheraz, for sharing! What a great resource you have.
February 2, 2013 at 1:09 am
andream
Participant
Yes, Sheraz! Thanks so much for sharing your work on your blog post. I’ve also bookmarked your Birds post as well. Thanks for sharing your hard work!