Story of the World, Vol. 2

History for the Classical Child: The Middle Ages (Second Edition, Revised) (Vol. 2) (Story of the World)

De: Susan Wise Bauer

Narrado por: Jim Weiss

This second book in the four-volume narrative history series for elementary students will transform your study of history. The Story of the World has won awards from numerous homeschooling magazines and readers' polls—over 150,000 copies of the series in print!

Now more than ever, other cultures are affecting our everyday lives—and our children need to learn about the other countries of the world and their history. Susan Wise Bauer has provided a captivating guide to the history of other lands.

Written in an engaging, straightforward manner, this revised edition of The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Volume 2: The Middle Ages weaves world history into a story book format. Who discovered chocolate? What happened to the giant Fovor of the Mighty Blows? Why did the Ottoman Turks drag their war ships across dry land?

The Story of the World covers the sweep of human history from ancient times until the present. Africa, China, Europe, the Americas—find out what happened all around the world in long-ago times. Designed as a read-aloud project for parents and children to share together, The Story of the World includes each continent and major people group.

Volume 2: The Middle Ages, is the second of a four-volume series and covers the major historical events in the years 400 to 1600 CE and tales from each culture. Each Story of the World volume provides a full year of history study when combined with the Activity Book, Audiobook, and Tests—each available separately to accompany each volume of The Story of the World Text Book. Volume 2 Grade Recommendation: Grades 1-6.

©2003, 2007 Susan Wise Bauer (P)2007 Susan Wise Bauer

For all Ages

Written for children, but just as educational and interesting for adults who love history. The author does a great job summarizing and contextualizing key moments in history, while preserving the drama of these moments.

Loved the readers voice and enthusiasm!

My girls loved listening to this whole book! So entertaining and educational! We listened to the whole book while driving to various places in the car.

Loved It!

I liked the reader’s voice and the way he lead you through the book. Very educational and nicely read!

The great history

I liked that it was fun and interesting and the guy who tells it has the perfect voice for it

Wonderful history and narration

My 6 year old loves this series. We all listen in the car and he begs to listen on his own while playing Lego. Very educational and entertaining.

Even more overall FANTASTIC than the first!!!!!!!

I was a content purchaser on The Story of the World, volume one.
Then, I found out that book 2 was even more interesting.
Great book^^

Excellent

Very helpful overviews of the important events. We used this for our kids homeschool curriculum and this was an excellent accompaniment.