History Pockets: Ancient Civilizations, Grades 1-3

I have not tried this on younger scholars just yet but for grades 4 and 9th grade I have. I am not sure if it was because of their laziness or the interruptions of doing it at home and not with me. But this took longer than the q and a workbook we id on ancient civilization. This was suppose to be a fun mid term before we got into the deeper look of the ancient civilization and the quizzes. But its okay it was the information that was transferred that matters.

We homeschool using the CM method with literature based history reading. This is not curriculum. It is not a spine book. It is a fluffy addition, an easy filler activity that kids enjoy. Aka busy work. Knowing what it’s meant for and it’s limitations, we enjoy it. The kids can listen to our read alouds while coloring, gluing and pasting. We incorporate our children 2+ in this as they can stay busy and feel included. Also, we use the timeline images and copy on sticker paper so we can add them directly to timeline books we use with CM.I don’t like that I have to copy from the book to prevent destroying other pages for the next unit. I wanted something I didn’t have to copy and just have a consumable.

Not exactly what I was looking for but still a good product. The history “pockets” are basically all educational art projects and that’s great but this is definitely more of a supplemental book versus and stand alone history curriculum. I was hoping this would be my child’s ancient history workbook but instead we just read through it, do the projects and I still have to find additional resources like library books, YouTube videos etc.It was probably an oversight on my part for not looking into it more thoroughly but know I know exactly what “history pockets” are for the future!

I am a first year homeschooling mom with sixth and third graders. I purchased the History pockets: Ancient Eqypt for 4-6 grade, Ancient Greece 4-6, Ancient Rome 4-6 and the Ancient Civilizations for 2-3 grade. I have been able to teach both children simultaneously using these resources along with extra reading materials found at our local library. The Ancient civilizations pocket starts with Mesopotamia and then moves on to Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Where the Ancient Civilizations pocket gives an overview of each subject suitable for the third grade level, the 4-6 grade pockets are more in depth. I have adjusted my lesson to satisfy the needs of both of my children(which by the way love history)while also including biblical studies - Abraham was from Ur in Mesopotamia, Joseph in the Pharoh's house, Moses and the exodus from Egypt, etc. The pockets offer hands on craft and learning projects that made the subject interesting for both. Once we complete the study on Egypt, I will be starting the Ancient Greece pocket with my sixth grader to tie in with the next lesson in the Ancient Civilizations pocket - Greece. The pockets have been an excellent addition to our history lessons.

I used this with third graders and we loved it. The writing was just the right reading level, and the four vocabulary words for each civilization reading were perfect for an end-of-the-year project. We spent about four days on each civilization, doing the reading, the vocabulary, the post cards, and one of the other projects in each section. The rest I offered when they finished early. I used 11 x 17 paper, folding the bottom up about 5.5 inches. I punched the sides, and added a cover page and binder rings. I had the kids glue along the sides of each pocket to make the finished pockets, and then we followed the project as written from there. 12/10 Will definitely do this again.

This resource was a significant part of my unit. I teach the gifted and talented students. I wanted to enrich my student's learning, and I could do that with the help of this workbook. Not to mention that it was easy to add an extension project to their learning.

This was great for my kids the one year we did home school. I had a 3rd, 2nd, and 1st grader that loved it. Story of the World was just a little over their heads— with help they got the gist and I liked it, but they actually learned quite a bit and we reviewed vocabulary a lot. My kids still can identify the 3 different types of columns and point them out all the time. My kids do love to color and do crafts, that’s their thing. My fifth grader didn’t love it, but he isn’t into coloring and crafts. All in all it’s fantastic for younger grades.

As other reviews mentioned, the double-sided printing really is nuisance. I thought I would be ok with it, but it really was just a hassle once I compared it to the e-book version on the publisher's website. With the promo code they had on the publisher's site, the e-book was a little less than the printed copy and could be printed at home on single pages. Even if I was a teacher using this for my class (I am homeschooling), I would have still preferred single pages to make photocopying simpler. Even them grouping all of the reproducible pages together would have been a better move. Overall, I think we will enjoy the activities and learning experience of the pocket books; however, messing around with this paperback/double-sided copy takes time away from actually executing the activities. Someone mentioned buying multiple copies of the paperback, but printing the e-book on single pages, in my opinion, is an even easier and faster way to go.