History & Geography B - Five-Day

by JARED W on 2010-03-27
I was very disappointed to see that in the very first book (The Usborne book of Peoples of the World) that there was Evolution being taught. They depict pre-historic life with "missing link" type people living very primitively hundreds of thousands of years ago. Not only is this un-scientific, but it flatly contradicts the teachings of the Bible. I am very disappointed that an organization putting out "Christian" literature would condone advancing this viewpoint. The tagline of the curriculum is deceiving as it says from "Creation to the Roman Empire", implying that they use the Bible as the basis for their starting point for history. This simply is not true. The Usborne book Houses and Homes has a few pre-historic scenes as well.

by RAINA J on 2010-01-15
We used this program two years ago, and it was our first experience with Sonlight. It was wonderful. There was nudity in two of the books, but it was easy enough to explain that that was the accepted dress in that culture and we averted our eyes. If I'd had some warning I could have prepared better. The program is wonderful! I learned so much I'd never known before, and my son was inspired by the stories of missionaries. One regret: We used only the history/geography. Last year we went back and found most of the read alouds at the library; they were wonderful! It made me sorry that we hadn't taken advantage of the schedule and discussion questions at the time.

by TONYA B on 2008-12-30
We just started the program, and I am loving it so far. If you are familuar with Usborne you know to use guidance with their books. There are a few pictures of bare breasted natives, but a Sharpie works fine! Also, Usborne does teach Evolution, but SonLight has left these pages of study out in their teachers guide. I have found this a great time to rebuke the teaching of evolution and taken the opportiuity to teach my son it is wrong and against God and the Bible. After review the whole package and reading many of the books before I exposed them to my son; I feel SonLight has put a great History package together.

by AMANDA C on 2008-10-29
I love the curriculum. I am much more offended by the references to life beginning out of water in the history book than by nudity which was created by God. Personally, this is not something that is taboo in our Christian home. I breastfeed in my children in front of my other children, and we teach our children that our bodies are perfect the way our God created them, not only when they are covered with clothing. This is just our family, and every Christian family has the right to the way they raise their children, but I just wanted to say that not all Christian's consider natural nudity inappropriate for children.

by GREG M on 2008-10-21
I am suprised to have a Christian curriculum utilizing books that depict bare breasted women. The Usborne books, Peoples of the World, Houses and Homes, and Usborne World History ALL have multiple pages depicting FULL BREASTS NUDITY. I understand that we are discussing different cultures of the world, but I would DEFINITELY NOT consider this appropriate for children.

by Julie M. on 2008-04-01
I loved how they began with the basics on how scientists discover and study ancient civilizations and then delve into the societies. I've learned a lot this year right along with my children.