The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Volume 4: The Modern Age: From Victoria's England to the End of the USSR (Paperback Book/Activity Book Set)

Condition

VERY GOOD: Both the text's and the activity book's spines, pages, and covers are in excellent condition.

Product Details

This volume is recommended for study with children in the 4th to 8th grades.

There is a great deal of violence in the history of the world during this period, and because of that, it is not recommended for children younger than 4th grade. Author Bauer writes, "I have always tried to tell history as a story, to bring out the color and narrative threads of events. But with this history, I have found myself veering continually toward a more matter-of-fact and less dramatic tone. The events of the twentieth century—the bombing of Hiroshima, the purges of Stalin, to name only two—are dramatic enough. Turned into a story, they would be overwhelming."

The book has 42 chapters that cover the major events from around the world, and the activity book has corresponding review questions, outlining activities, composition questions, suggestions for additional reading, map work, art projects (including the proper colors for various countries' flags), geography projects, and other types of project suggestions.

Another handy feature of the activity book is a pronunciation guide for many of the foreign names. The text itself offers a timeline that can be used to help put the events in proper historical context.

The author also presents ideas on multi-level teaching that help homeschooling parents present the volume to their children who may be spread across in the grades. She warns, "Volume 4 of The Story of the World covers a span of time that contains many dark topics that require sensitive handling. We suggest that you skim through the activities in this guide and skip anything that might be inappropriate for your own family."

Not meant solely for homeschoolers, the volume can be used in a classroom setting as well. Bauer offers suggestions on how to incorporate the material.

Chapters

1. Britain's Empire
2. West Against East
3. British Invasions
4. Resurrection and Rebellion
5. The American Civil War
6. Two Tries for Freedom
7. Two Empires, Three Republics, and One Kingdom
8. Becoming Modern
9. Two More Empires, Two Rebellions
10. A Canal to the East and a Very Dry Desert
11. The Far Parts of the World
12. Unhappy Unions
13. The Old-Fashioned Emperor and the Red Sultan
14. Two Czars and Two Emperors
15. Small Countries with Large Invaders
16. The Expanding United States
17. China's Troubles
18. Europe and the Countries Just East
19. China, Vietnam—and France
20. Revolution in the Americas...War in the World
21. A Revolution Begins, and the Great War Ends
22. National Uprisings
23. "Peace" and a Man of War
24. The King and Il Duce
25. Armies in China
26. The Great Crash, and What Came of It
27. Civil War and Invasion
28. The Second World War
29. The End of World War II
30. Partitioned Countries
31. Western Bullies and American Money
32. Africa and China after World War II
33. Communism in Asia
34. Dictators in South America and Africa
35. The Cold War
36. Struggles and Assassinations
37. Two Short Wars and One Long One
38. Two Ways of Fighting
39. The 1980s in the East and the Mideast
40. The 1980s in the USSR
41. Communism Crumbles—but Survives
42. The End of the Twentieth Century