Instructor Guide to The Story of the World, Volume 1: Ancient Times, 25th Anniversary Expanded Edition: From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor

by Susan Wise Bauer, Susanna Jarrett

Overview

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. 

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781944481902
Publisher:	The Well-Trained Mind Press
Publication date:	02/17/2026
Series:	Story of the World
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	206
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

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.