Everything You Need to Ace World History in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide (Big Fat Notebooks)
Everything You Need to Ace World History . . . kicks off with the Paleolithic Era and transports the reader to ancient civilizations—from Africa and beyond; the middle ages across the world; the Renaissance; the age of exploration and colonialism, revolutions, and the modern world and the wars and movements that shaped it.
The BIG FAT NOTEBOOK™ series is built on a simple and irresistible conceit—borrowing the notes from the smartest kid in class. There are five books in all, and each is the only one book you need for each main subject taught in middle school: Math, Science, American History, English, and World History. Inside the reader will find every subject’s key concepts, easily digested and summarized: Critical ideas highlighted in marker colors. Definitions explained. Doodles that illuminate tricky concepts. Mnemonics for a memorable shortcut. And quizzes to recap it all.
The BIG FAT NOTEBOOKS meet Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and state history standards, and are vetted by National and State Teacher of the Year Award–winning teachers. They make learning fun, and are the perfect next step for every kid who grew up on Brain Quest.
Reviews (206)
Slave trade wiped from history
Not a mention, let alone a section, on the slave trade!? Apart from the egregious moral skipping of an inconvenient truth, how can the histories of both Americas, let alone Africa and Europe, be written without it? Most schools teach it, making the omission more glaring. The book is disqualified as a teaching aid.
Easy book to follow.
This is an easy to use book. It definitely is coming from a non Christian perspective so don't be alarmed when you open the book and it states humans developed from apes, theory of evolution and much more. It does highlight main topics per Era, but obviously isn't able to go over everything. There is a question with answer portion after each chapter. This book could benefit from a supported workbook. I homeschool 3 kids from grades 4th to 7th and they seem to like the book, however I don't believe in the Theory of Evolution so I tread lightly in that area and discuss other scientific evidence that shows other theories.
She is homeschooled and learns easily but gets bogged down sometimes by curricula and regular ...
My 7th grade daughter absolutely loves this whole series and so do I! She is homeschooled and learns easily but gets bogged down sometimes by curricula and regular textbooks. These study guides have been a great way for her to learn the important information and retain it. We currently use the entire series as her "spine" for learning after using a plethora of curricula choices (online, classical, unit studies, you name it) in the past. She reads the chapter as an intro, then we research in other sources as needed (sometimes completing additional projects as well) and then she completes the quiz at the end of the chapter. We use the Math book along with ALEKS online math but the other books are a great scope & sequence for middle school students along with a few other supplemental materials. Her standardized test scores have increased drastically since we bought these books last fall, yet she feels like she's in control of her education and able to dive in deeper to the subjects as she wants/needs as part of our interest driven educational philosophy.
First chapter just theory
I only gave this book three stars because the first chapter is useless. When will we wake up to the FACT that evolution is only a THEORY. Let's teach our students what we actually know to be fact and discard the rest or at least possess enough integrity to teach it as a possible theory. Guess I should have looked into the book before buying (We love the MATH of this series) instead of assuming it was acceptable in terms of actual history condensed into a readable volume.
Slanted Marxist view of modern history
A weird, deliberately post-modernist take on 20th century history. Seems like benign oversight at first - but becomes clear that there is a strange marxist/collectivist, quasi-anti semitic theme running through the book. Leaves out almost every horror of communism in Russia, China and other nations. The book presents communism as just another acceptable form of government. No mention of the systematic torture, starvation and enslavement of the population. Also - odd description of the middle east conflict that does not mention at all the rejection of a proposed Palestinian state during the formation of state of Israel in 1948. Just describes Israel as a "Jewish state taking control" of Arab land. As if Jews came in and just took over. I guess thats one way to look at it if you want to ignore inconvenient facts. Also - super weird - describes the WWII holocaust in a way that makes it seem that Nazi's persecuted lots of people - some of which just happened to be Jews. In fact, when the book gives a description of identification badges Nazis made people wear - it first lists 8 variously colored symbols (from "foreign prisoners" to "Jehova's Witnesses") before listing the yellow star of David Jews were forced to wear, almost as an afterthought. From reading this, a kid would not even realize that the Nazi's systematically hunted down and killed 2/3 of european jews. So - if you want a book that lists facts in such a way as to create a misleading narrative - this is the book for you and your kid.
love Love love!!!
So I teach six grade social studies, which is world history And I absolutely love this book. The visuals are great and the reading is easy to understand. It is written at a level that adults and children alike can enjoy. I would highly recommend this for a student that is struggling with history or someone that enjoys reading and learning more about history. It’s an absolutely great resource to have in my classroom and I think it would be wonderful for anyone who loves history!
Great learning book!
Awesome book! Makes learning fun! I’m not in middle school I’m an adult pursuing my history degree but the information is very accuract and fun to read.
History never looked so attractive
This book is bigger than I imagined. (Like most people I tend to forget to look at size dimensions when ordering) However, it’s great size and actually a very attractive book. I think my teen will enjoy using it for her homeschool studies. We just received this so I’m not positive on how effective it will be in teaching but from other reviews, I’m hopeful. I did notice that this book ends with 2015 so anything beyond that will need to be learned else where. I hope this is helpful to another. Happy learning!
Great books for homeschooling!
I home school two boys and friends and family are always asking how I know what to teach my kids. It cracks me up, but now I can say I have a guide that tells me everything they need to know for middle school according to Common Core. We officially don't follow Common Core in Texas, but in reality the schools teach it since the kids have to take standardized tests that follow it. These guides are great! I read them to my 4th and 6th graders and then supplement with YouTube/history channel/etc videos and books with photos. It is nice to know that I am covering at least the minimum they need in case they ever have to go to public schools. God forbid. ;-) I think these books explain things well and I like the questions at the end of each chapter. These are really a great resource for homeschooling. I personally am not a fan of paying big money for curriculum, so these books are a valuable and affordable resource.
Definitely a secular view
Super dissatisfied with a very staunch secular view of Creation and evolution (which is just a theory by the way). We read it to be informed but believe the Biblical account of creation.
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