![]() ![]() Volume three is the only volume that requires the companion guide be purchased as a separate book. Volume two is the only volume that integrates the text with write-in activity pages in the one book these pages are reproducible for family use or students can write directly on the worksheets. Volume one and four have a download code for a free digital copy of the new Companion Guide included in the Reader. They are an excellent addition to your child’s learning, especially for the hands-on learner. Just pick the one that fits best and change levels any time you want. ![]() I strongly encourage you to use these activities in the companion guide. The companion guides offer hands-on/research activities for younger, middle, and older students memory card ideas bi-weekly quizzes and exercises timeline helps maps supplemental book lists and more. You don’t need to revise it to meet your child’s learning level. Mystery of History has done the work for you by providing supplemental activities in the companion guides for each lesson. Volumes one and two Readers average two to three pages per lesson and volumes three and four Readers have between three to six pages per lesson. ![]() The lessons progress chronologically, with each week having 3 lessons. What does Mystery of History look like? Each student reader is arranged by semester, quarters, weeks, and lessons. Their older sibling went through several Sonlight cores when they were little, and I had them sit in on the read-alouds and take part as much as they were able in the discussions. I used Mystery of History Vol 1 and Vol 2 to fill in the gaps that they had missed when they were younger. “K” my struggling reader, “C” my avid reader and I took turns reading each lesson. I picked and chose what went best with what we were learning in Sonlight Core G. We went through Mystery of History Vol one and Vol two readers in one school year. Why was Mystery of History best for my struggling reader? All four volumes are written in a short, interesting, conversational style. My other two daughters, who loved to read, thoroughly enjoyed all the reading that Sonlight had to offer through its award-winning book choices. The Mystery of History was a better match for her during her middle school years. Our youngest daughter was very much like her brother, learning to read took longer and she did not enjoy it. I never knew how they coincided until Mystery of History. What a different view from most world history curriculum! We enjoyed learning what God was doing through His people, judges, and kings at the same time other historical events around the world were happening. What I love most about Mystery of History is that the author doesn’t leave the Bible, God, and the Israelite nation out of history. But the sovereign plans of the Lord remain the same, as Jesus Christ came ‘to seek and to save that which was lost.’ ” (Luke 19:10).” His-story is the slow, steady revelation of God to man, and mankind’s mixed response-some bow down to Him, some don’t. “W orld history is far more than what man has or has not accomplished! From a biblical worldview, history tells us a bigger story, and one that is far grander than man can conceive. Linda Hobar, the author of this world history series, states, ![]() My two oldest had graduated and I used it with my younger two, ages 11 and 13. Wanting to know more about it before I started renting and selling it at Yellow House Book Rental, I incorporated it into our Sonlight curriculum, and we loved it. I stumbled upon Mystery of History after I started my online homeschool curriculum rental business, Yellow House Book Rental. ![]()
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