History odyssey or SOTW

[LadyAberlin]

I trying to decide between History Odyssey Ancients level 1 and Story of the World using the Activity guide. Could anyone compare these. This would be for first grade.

[Sue in St Pete]

We used SOTW for grammar stage and are using History Odyssey for logic stage, so I can't compare both programs directly for grammar stage. But, let me say that I vastly preferred SOTW, because it was wonderfully engaging. It gave ds a love for history that HO doesn't even come close to continuing.

You can read my review of both programs in this thread (http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23668&highlight=story+world+perfect).

[NayfiesMama]

We used SOTW for grammar stage and are using History Odyssey for logic stage, .......But, let me say that I vastly preferred SOTW, because it was wonderfully engaging. .....
You can read my review of both programs in this thread (http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23668&highlight=story+world+perfect).
Hi Sue,

I read your link to your past post, I really appreciate your responses to this. When you say "SOTW" what does that mean you did besides the SOTW spine and extra suggested books?

Thanks!
Carrie :001_smile:

[Mommy22alyns]

We're using both. I use HO as my main spine (framework). We do our reading and narrations using the SOTW AG to guide things along. Since we're going through this at a young age, activities are extra important, so I choose activities from the AG as well as what HO suggests - whatever looks the most interesting. :) I only have a slight problem with the maps overlapping, but Becca loves map work so much I just let her do both sets.

[Sue in St Pete]

When you say "SOTW" what does that mean you did besides the SOTW spine and extra suggested books?

We used the AG extensively for the coloring pages, review questions, dication/narration/writing/outlining, map work, supplemental reading, and projects. I might even be missing something.

[lmrich]

We love Story of the World. We love the CDs and the map pages and the coloring pages. We have completed many of the fun activites and read along in a lot of the supplements and I have just started giving my first grader the tests. In fact, she got the Roman playmobil set for Christmas to "play" along with the history. We have added a lot of pictures to her journaling and about every three weeks we review the entries in her journal.