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Struggling with the idea to study Ancient Rome without a spine
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I am struggling with the idea of studying Ancient Rome next Semester without having a spine. We are doing SCM Matthew – Acts and Ancient Rome. I am looking ahead in the lesson plans and I get to lesson 4 which discusses “The First Settlers” and The Story of the Romans, Cpt. 1 and 2 are assigned. I realized they will learn about Ancient Rome by reading living books like Detectives in Togas, but I am concerned they won’t get the full picture without a spine. The Story of the Greeks was a little too much for them and I am concerned The Story of the Romans would be too. Have any you mamas done this period without a spine? Did you feel that the quality of the study of Rome was lessened by doing this? Do you have any substitution ideas? My oldest is in 3rd grade and I also have two 1st graders. We are doing the following books & resources: the Bible, City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction, Material World & Hungry Planet, The Roman Colosseum, The Stuff They Left Behind, Visits to Europe, Detectives in Togas and Galen and the Gateway to Medicine. I would appreciate any suggestions you ladies have to offer as we will be starting this study after Christmas! Thanks~
Regan
I remember feeling like this before! Here is my advice – do it without a spine. At your children’s ages they are only learning broad, sweeping brush strokes of a painting of ancient Rome. In a few years when you come back around to this topic again they will fill in their mental mural of ancient Rome with more details and scenes.
If I go through the modules w/ my younger dc I will use A Child’s History of the World. Just a thought if you want to look at it. I use the one sold by calvert.
Story of the World 1 might be a good choice. We’ve really enjoyed these books. They are very inexpensive, and the chapters stand alone so you wouldn’t have to read the entire book. The activity guides are optional…we liked the coloring pages and maps more than the actual activities.
I also don’t think it’s necessary to have a spine at this point, so that’s another option too.
Thank you ladies so much for your response. I am glad to know I am not alone in my concerns. I feel much better about not using a spine at this age. I guess I just needed to hear it from someone else that has been down this road a little further. 🙂 I will look into A Child’s History of the World and Story of the World as an alternative. Thank you so much ladies!!!
Regan
Young children will do just fine without a spine. 🙂 They probably won’t remember that much of it anyway. What they are more likely to remember are all the great living books you read with them!
I didn’t use spines with my children when they were elementary school age. We tried Story of the World but didn’t much care for it. We just read lots and lots of living books and so enjoyed our history studies as a result. I began using spines around the 6th or 7th grade.
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