Instructor Guide to The Story of the World, Volume 1: Ancient Times, 25th Anniversary Expanded Edition

Turn The Story of the World, Volume 1: Ancient Times, 25th Anniversary Expanded Edition into a full-year history curriculum with this expanded, easy-to-use guide, now featuring 30+ new activities, teacher script, field trip suggestions, memory work lessons, group activity adaptations, and much more. 

This Instructor Guide and accompanying Student Workbook turn The Story of the World, Volume 1: Ancient Times, 25th Anniversary Expanded Edition into a full-year history curriculum that brings the wonders of the ancient world to life for elementary students. 
Perfect for families, co-ops, and classrooms, the 25th Anniversary Expanded Edition includes:

• Teacher script for narration exercises, review exercises, and map activities 
• Sample answers for narration prompts, review questions and student page activities 
• Field trip ideas 
• 300+ interactive activities 
• Easy instructions to adapt activities for group use 
• Memory work suggestions 
• Updated reading lists for history and literature
• Low-prep and no-prep activities for busy days
• Adaptable schedules

With over 30 new activities and a brand-new design, this guide makes teaching ancient history more engaging and accessible than ever. 

This Instructor Guide is designed for use with The Story of the World, Volume 1: Ancient Times, 25th Anniversary Expanded Edition and the corresponding Student Workbook―both sold separately. It is not compatible with the classic (2001/2006) editions. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white drawings

Susan Wise Bauer is a writer, educator, and historian. Her previous books include the Writing With Ease, Writing With Skill, and Story of the World series from Well-Trained Mind Press, as well as The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had, Rethinking School, The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory, and the History of the World series, all from W. W. Norton. She has a Ph.D. in American Studies from the College of William & Mary in Virginia, as well as an M.A. in seventeenth-century literature and a Master of Divinity in Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literature. For fifteen years, she taught literature and composition at the College of William and Mary.

Jeff West is an established illustrator and his variety and bulk of work is expansive, ranging from traditional art to art for TV and movies. He recently earned himself an Emmy nomination and has worked on blockbuster shows and films. He resides in Arizona.