The Story of Civilization Teacher's Manual: VOLUME I - The Ancient World

A great Catholic history recourse .... after using other resources over my 25 years of homeschooling happy to finally use one that is primarily Catholic. It does a great job and though the author indicates to use it for young children it is meaty enough for ages 12+. WE are loving it, hopefully other volumes will quickly follow....and please in later volumes don't only focus on American history, be generous and include other countries!!! The World is not made up of America only!!! (I have found this with other history programs....am praying Mr. Cambpell will look at other countries too!!)

Great program for kids!

The Story of Civilization series by Phillip Campbell is phenomenal. I struggled to find a whistory curriculum with the perfect balance of history focus without being anti-Catholic. SOC fit the bill perfectly. The best part is that it doesn't read as a typical dry history book. it's an engaging summary of history with windows into the lives of those that lived it. It really allows you to retain and immerse yourselves into history, and enjoy it! My boys (other than the oblivious (toddlers) especially love the audio version, complete with sound effects and all! My oldest (12) utilizes and enjoys the lecture series and tests via our homeschool group, while my 9 and 7 year olds use the activity book and various activities from the Teacher's Manual to enhance the chapters each week. We've now gone through all four volumes, and each is just as good as the last! Phillip Campbell is a phenomenal author, and history nerd, that never disappoints.

I plan to update this review at the end of the school year, but so far we love what we see!