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post #21 of 37
9/19/10 at 2:11am
We got ours in the mail a couple of days ago (I had completely forgotten about signing up for it way back when). Thanks for the heads up. My daughter was going to watch it with my MIL, and neither of them like anything intense/scary. Guess we'll put it away for a few years.

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post #22 of 37
9/19/10 at 4:02am
I didn't think it was actually very good but it will be a good jumping off point for some discussion and correction.
post #23 of 37
9/19/10 at 4:04am
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Originally Posted by luvmybaby333 View Post
Yikes! $40. I wish I'd gotten in on that!

Sorry your daughter was freaked out, OP.

I hope the rest of you are able to make it work for your home educating purposes.
It is $40???!?!? Wow!!

It is NOT worth that IMO.
post #24 of 37
9/19/10 at 5:51am
No fair, I haven't gotten ours yet. The adults in this house are big fans of history shows, particularly ones that make us think "gee how inaccurate may that be" and then cause us to go looking to see what really happened lol. I figured based on it being a History Channel thing that it wouldn't be a good choice for my girls yet, so it will stay on our high shelf in the bedroom until we feel they are old enough to watch such things.
post #25 of 37
9/19/10 at 6:04am
Maybe try This Is America, Charlie Brown. My son really liked (still does) that one.
post #26 of 37
9/19/10 at 6:10am
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Originally Posted by kittie313 View Post
No fair, I haven't gotten ours yet. The adults in this house are big fans of history shows, particularly ones that make us think "gee how inaccurate may that be" and then cause us to go looking to see what really happened lol.
I also find watching something and just getting familiar with whatever it is suffices to have a keener interest in it when it comes up again (we have lots of history books). Then he'll usually want to watch the dvd again and when there are discrepancies we can look into other sources too. It's a lot of fun.
post #27 of 37
9/19/10 at 1:36pm
Thank you so much for the warning.
Ours showed up this last week and I was planning on starting up watching it on Monday as part of our history curriculum. I may wait another week so that I can preview it really well.
post #28 of 37
9/19/10 at 2:13pm
I agree with abimommy, I didn't think it was that great really. They already showed it on tv anyway.
post #29 of 37
9/19/10 at 9:54pm
Yikes! My US History teachin' husband has seen it & almost showed it to my 7, 5 & 3 year olds today. I'm hoping he was just being forgetful! I can't imagine those scenes even being appropriate for high schoolers.
post #30 of 37
9/19/10 at 10:07pm
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Originally Posted by koru View Post
Yikes! My US History teachin' husband has seen it & almost showed it to my 7, 5 & 3 year olds today. I'm hoping he was just being forgetful! I can't imagine those scenes even being appropriate for high schoolers.
The way they were presented would be ok for most middle schoolers in my opinion. I haven't watched the entire series, but there wasn't gore in the stuff I saw, just an acknowledgment that sometimes life is brutal. You can't teach history and leave out the tough stuff.
post #31 of 37
9/19/10 at 10:15pm
I have found that all the history channel stuff is quite a bit more graphic and violent than other series. We tend to steer clear of anything from the History Channel - but I did request my copy of this DVD too. Figure it will be useful in the future at some point.
post #32 of 37
9/19/10 at 11:36pm
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Originally Posted by Needle in the Hay View Post
Maybe try This Is America, Charlie Brown. My son really liked (still does) that one.
Thanks for this.
post #33 of 37
9/20/10 at 1:46am
I haven't gotten ours either! Dangit!
post #34 of 37
9/20/10 at 10:40am
still waiting for ours, here.
post #35 of 37
9/20/10 at 3:24pm
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Originally Posted by SundayCrepes View Post
We signed up for the free 12 hour history of America DVD that was being provided to educators (including homeschoolers.) We recently received it and played some of it last night. We were shocked. Maybe if our son was older it wouldn't have been such a big deal, but for our 4 year old it was too much.

Now, I'd expect some recreation of battle scenes, but when we started out with the pilgrim era we thought we'd be okay. One of the first scenes they show is a man being burned at the stake for killing his pregnant wife with plans to eat her. You can imagine how a 4 year old would react to seeing a person being burned (he wasn't actually on fire, but he was tied up and surrounded by flames.)

So we looked through the table of contents. Most chapters were about wars so we figured we'd just pass by on those. "Cities" seemed a safe bet. All was fine until they showed a fire in a sweat shop. One young woman was dragged onto the elevator towards safety as she screamed for her sister. The narrator stated the sister died. That's when we turned it off and cuddled our son and told him sometimes bad things happen in life. However, because of that fire they now put sprinklers and smoke detectors in buildings and they make sure people can get out of the buildings if there's a fire. Don't know if it's true (per se) but he felt better.

So, if you got this dvd and you're planning on watching it, just be aware that it's not appropriate for all kids. I'll probably watch more on my own, but certainly not with my kids for many years.
Our's just arrived. just the end of last week. I am excited.

However, DH and I watch most of on the channel when it was first shown so i knew it is "way beyond" the age of my 4, soon to be 5, year old -- who is obsessed with ww2 air history. I knew when i requested it i was building our resource library for later and it'd not be something for the kids for a long time.

I am looking forward to viewing the extra stuff myself (and DH).

I am so sorry you had that experience, i have found in life in general i preview EVERYTHING even G-rated kids movies before my kids see them. makes my life better.
post #36 of 37
9/20/10 at 4:41pm
We just got it and I haven't opened it yet. We'll probably watch it, though. DD was just fine with the Aztec Massacre episode of Secrets of the Dead we watched last week. I doubt Story of Us will disturb her.

I would have drawn the line if she was still 4yo, though! Then again, I let her watch Lord of the Rings when she was 4...but that's fantasy, not things that actually happened being depicted.
post #37 of 37
9/21/10 at 1:10pm
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still waiting for ours, here.
Me too.
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