Written for ages 7-12, Big Book of History is both a book and a fifteen foot pull out timeline. This large hardback book with heavy-stock full-color pages is full of photographs and facts spanning from 4004B. C. to 2010A. D. It is written in an engaging and friendly style, and kids will love scanning the pictures along the timeline and reading the accompanying facts. My boys love "fact" books, and this one is a nice addition to our history studies and bedtime reading. The publisher has provided a downloadable study guide for teachers and home educators which is chock full of ideas and activities to incorporate this book into a curriculum.
My boys have been using timeline books with their schooling from day one. As we learn about events, people, and places, they add figures to the timelines in their books. Big Book of History is more of an almanac of facts put together in a format that kids can revisit again and again. I particularly like the young earth creationist slant of this book and the abundance of Biblical facts alongside the other events from history. It is wonderful that publishers are finally starting to produce books like this for kids. You may want to use caution with younger kids with some of the scarier topics such as mummies, the lost city of Pompeii, and The Holocaust.
{The publisher has provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.}
2 comments:
I liked you review. Have you seen the history books by Ruth Beechick-Adam and his Kin and World History Made Simple? i have a web site hppt://creationapologetics.net
My oldest son and I have read Adam and His Kin, and I thought it was wonderful. I love Ruth Beechick's books and have used several as homeschooling resources. I'll have to check out World History Made Simple--thanks for the suggestion!
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