Comments on: The Mystery of History: Vol. 2 – Review

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:20:23 +0000

I know it’s been more than a year sense this comment, but I figure if others read the comments section they may want an answer. We’re using MOH VOL 1 and SL core 1 right now with a 7yo, 6yo, and 3 littles. My kids cheer for it, so I don’t think it’s over their heads. They may not get every detail, but they really enjoy it. The younger kid activities are pretty easy to just implement after you read…like squeeze an ice cube in your hand to show how cold the ice age was. I like that as I’m reading it, I can see us using it again when the 7 and 6 year olds are in the middle to older kid section and the 3 littles are in the little kid section. Hope that helps others considering the program!

By: Kimberly @ Raising Olives

Kimberly @ Raising Olives — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:45:11 +0000

Hi Julie, Here is our plan for the 2010 school year, is that what you were hoping to find?? Thanks!

By: Julie Hendry

Julie Hendry — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:19:02 +0000

I’m new to your blog, just found it when I searched SOTW and MOH on Google. But I really liked what you had to say. Thank you. I haven’t read anywhere what your plan for next year is and I’m looking exactly for a plan for World History for elementary grades 4 and 1. If you could share your plan I would appreciate it and perhaps glean from it.

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:14:50 +0000

What do you know, Kimberly? I was googling MOH and your review came up! So, I came to visit. I am not really able to find time to read blogs these days, but wanted to say Hi and we are missing you and the fam.

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Homeschool Curriculum: 4 Moms, 35 Kids | Raising Olives — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:49:54 +0000

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By: Natacha

Natacha — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:34:01 +0000

Hello,

Thank you so much for your blog. It is the most comprehensive site I have found for homeschooling to date. I am a mom of three from the states who just moved to Canada. My husband and I are planning to homeschool in the fall and your site has been helpful on so many levels. Can’t believe you have the energy to keep up with it while expecting a little one. I will keep coming back to get more ideas and help as I prepare our curriculum and trips etc for the fall. God’s blessings on you and your family—may he continue to supply you and your husband with strength!! :–)

By: Angie723

Angie723 — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:06:36 +0000

I am doing SL 1 with my daughter, but have 3 younger children who will be joining in on the history cycle eventually. I was thinking of replacing our Core 1 spine with either SOTW or MOH. She has listened to and loves the SOTW audio CDs. I was thinking of doing SOTW for now, and then when we get back to Ancients in SL 6, using MOH and younger ones can listen in, too. I guess I am just wondering if MOH is written above her level (she is 6) and would be better to wait. She has a good grasp on OT stories and at this early grammar stage, do they really even need to understand how all the chronology ties together (Bible, world history)? Looking for opinions on what would be a better fit. Thanks!

By: Raising Olives

Raising Olives — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:05:28 +0000

I think that you’re idea about substituting MOH for SOTW and Sonlight Bible is excellent, especially when you’re in a time period where Biblical history is taking place. I will have to keep that in mind. I’m so happy that you’re ahead of me, I’m taking notes. Keep the suggestions coming!

By: celee

celee — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:51:37 +0000

Just wanted to say thanks, because now that I’m using it I really prefer MOH over SOTW. I’m not utilizing the activities right now (how do people have time for all this?), but I really like how MOH integrates what’s going on in Israel (the Bible stories we’re all so familiar with and some we aren’t) with what’s going on in the rest of the world. I’ve been working to do this with SOTW and Sonlight’s Bible reading is not in sync. This has been ok, but I keep reminding the kids, “This is BEFORE David united the two kingdoms” or this is “after the Northern 10 tribes were taken captive by Assyria”, etc. It’s been good exercise for me, but not easy. MOH does make that easier. In the last few days we’ve even left MOH and gone to our Bibles for a better look. Maybe it would be less confusing to substitute MOH for SOTW AND Sonlight’s core 6 Bible. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve LOVED 1 and 2 Chronicles, but it’s not in sync with the rest of our readings so takes a lot of reminding the kids where we’re at. Of course, if I were better about using our timeline it would probably be easier. Just some thoughts. I did order MOH vol 2 today and am looking forward to using it after Christmas. Maybe I’ll try using it without SOTW. (We actually used SOTW last year too so know it pretty well already.) I’ll let you know.

By: celee

celee — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:14:15 +0000

It’s only added a few minutes to our daily read aloud time to just add MOH. It reiterates what I usually tell the kids as we read SOTW, anyway. For instance, we read about the Buddha in SOTW and she gives the story of his quest for knowledge then tells about his followers. MOH reminds us that he never claimed to be a god, unlike Christ who did purport to be God. I think you could use it in place of SOTW. I’m just going through the table of contents each day. I actually like the chronological order of MOH better and wish now that I had started with it. As it is, I’m using SOTW as my backbone and skipping around in MOH a bit. We’re not going to be able to fully catch up, but we’re reading two selections of MOH each day right now that tie in with our SOTW. It’s a little redundant using both, but my kids need the repitition and both MOH and SOTW are short compared to textbooks so it doesn’t take too much time. I’ll be interested to see what you do next year.

By: Raising Olives

Raising Olives — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:30:16 +0000

I really can’t say enough that I like where MOH is coming from. I hope that you enjoy it next year.

By: Raising Olives

Raising Olives — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:29:32 +0000

I hoping to be able to plug MOH into Sonlight 6 in place of SOTW. I’m getting concerned about my plan now that others have said it isn’t a smooth fit. I’m wondering if I should try to use it in addition to SOTW. What do you think? Do you think it’s possible with preparation?

By: Erin

Erin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:54:28 +0000

Thank you for this review! I have been praying about switching curricula next year (long story that I’ll blog about eventually) and MOH was exactly what I felt would best fit our family. Its nice to hear that you recommend it, but also to be aware of the possible difficulties I may find with it, so that I’m not overwhelmed when the time comes!

By: Marcy

Marcy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:57:06 +0000

We tried using MOH as spine with core 6 this year, but just could not make it work. Many of same issues you noted. I like the book in and of itself, but I’m used to the SL style and want more. However, the layout is so different I just couldn’t make it line up between the 2 programs. I would love to know your plan.

By: Raising Olives

Raising Olives — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:32:43 +0000

I agree, I much prefer MOH over SOTW. The focus of the two is completely different. That’s why I hope to use MOH rather than SOTW next year with the rest of our curriculum.

Thanks for the tip Rachel. I’ll have to look into that group next year as we tackle world history again.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:21:14 +0000

I’ve heard good things about this…thank you for the review!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:52:14 +0000

I love MOH and chose it over Story of the World exactly because of its Christ-centeredness and the way it weaves the Bible through as history – because it IS!

As far as making the curriculum easier, have you checked out the MOH yahoo group? It’s EXCELLENT and has many, many helpful files exactly for making all the prep work easy.

By: celee

celee — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:06:33 +0000

We’re doing core 6 this year and I bought MOH volume 1 with this same thing in mind. It has ended up being more of a supplement due to the issues you described. I found I wasn’t getting the most out of it and it just didn’t have as much as Story of the World. Although I do not agree with Susan Wise Bauer on everything, I really like the narrative style of Story of the World. I’ll be interested to see how this works for you next year. Maybe if I had spent more time on the front end planning our reading schedule (with supplements), I would have been more pleased.

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