Opinions on Around the World in 180 Days??

[DB in NJ]

Contemplating using this next year, and I'm looking for opinions from those who have used it.

I'd be using it with a 5th grader and a 9th grader. Thanks!!!

[jcooperetc]

I used it a few years ago with my older kids. They liked looking up the information and learned a lot. At the time we had a set of World Book encyclopedias and found that the research questions were quoted almost directly from the encyclopedia information. We had a harder time finding a fitting answer to the questions from other sources.