I did not care much for this book. It was BORING! Students are bambarded with fact after fact to memorize without any attempt to really tell a story and make it at all interesting. Was disappointing, and I had to supplement with Mystery of History, which also covers the same material as the the beginning of the abeka book, but tells the story of the people and the facts in a very interesting and memorable way. I will have to find something else to supplement for the middle of the abeka book to the end.