Why does the schedule skip some sections of A Childs History of the World and also The Story Of Mankind?
A. The entire texts of CHOW and SOM are not scheduled — only those chapters which fit the chronological progression. While this is not the common practice today, CM did use texts in this way. A child might begin reading about history from one book, but when he moved into a higher form, he would be reading the next part of history from a different book, probably picking it up in the middle. You may use either CHOW or SOM, or both, depending upon your students’ abilities. In general, CHOW is for younger children and SOM is for older, but Ambleside leaves that choice with the parents.
