A World of Adventure uses library books and the Bible for its primary texts. Real books allow children to learn from many different sources. The job of a textbook is to give a thorough summary of a topic. By reading numerous real books, children are exposed to many different facets of a topic and they learn to put all the knowledge they have gained together. With parental guidance they can then make informed decisions about what they believe to be true about a topic.
Real books tell a completely different side of a summary.
The story had touched the boy's heart and had introduced him to characters in history that had feelings and experienced many hardships. It made history come alive in such a way that the boy felt he had traveled back in time to Jamestown and watched the scene unfold before his very eyes. Textbooks do not provide the same type of learning experience. At the beginning of each section of A World of Adventure is a list of books, those which are required for this unit study, those which are suggested, and optional books for further enjoyment and study. You may choose to purchase these books for your family library, check them out of the library, or use a combination of both methods.