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Hello all,

We have just started using Preparing this week. I have been homeschooling for 11 years but this is our first time using HOD. I am really really enjoying it so far. I have used so many different literature based curriculums but have never felt like they had everything I was looking for. Some had great book but others had good activities. Some were well organized but others were a mess. I can already see the thought that went into the instructor guide. The attention to detail has really impressed me.

My question is about A Child's History of the World. I do not have the same version that is scheduled in the Preparing guide. There seems to be some activities based on maps that are in the book. My book has the same chapters as the one in Preparing but I don't have the maps. Should I just "wing it" with the maps and just read my version or do I really need that particular version?

Thanks so much!

God Bless,
Elise in NC

Hi there,


Personally, I have found the maps essential to our studies...it really helps to make things clear and to put various wars and journeys in perspective. There are sometimes activities for comparing the maps in CHOTW with modern day globes/maps which is hard to do without them.

I am not sure if this option would work, but if you are clear on what time frame you are working on, googling a map for the specific region at that time in history may work if you are unable to purchase the appropriate copy of CHOTW. I have not tried this, but just a thought.

Blessings,

Corrie

I have a different ACHOW, but the chapters are the same. The maps used are in my book but the pages numbers just don't line up with the manual. Don't know if that would be so for your book as well? I have a 1997 copyright date but it is not the same one as in the PHFHG Guide.

Edie

Thank you both for the response. My copy has a copyright date of 2000 and was published by Sonlight. I think I am going to have to buy the edition used in Preparing. My book just doesn't seem to have the maps. The chapters are the same (just on different pages) but there aren't maps in the chapters.


Thanks so much!

Elise