![]() ![]() The first challenge for the year from the Homeschool Review Crew is about reading goals for the adult(s) of the homeschool. Want to read more about the biographies we have used? Check out these previous reviews. Either way, you’ll see real families incorporating these great products into their educational times. Each link will indicate which biography they reviewed so you can find some that sound particularly interesting, or just randomly choose a few to see what they did. ![]() If you would like to see other ways to incorporate the YWAM biographies and unit studies, please visit the Homeschool Review Crew and click on any of the links in the link up at the bottom of the page. The Heroes of History series includes a large number of people who have influences the history of America. We are always pleased with the biographies presented by YWAM Publishing and recommend them for all ages. Miss J had a good time and was able to choose activities that really brought the story alive for her. It worked well to allow us to take a much needed 2 weeks break from our normal history curriculum to work with this unit. There is plenty here to fill a week or a month, depending on how you choose to use it. It is highly adaptable and can be easily modified to fit your students, age levels, interest levels, or ability levels. While his success in the carmel and chocolate making businesses were exciting to read about, it was heart-touching to read about the ways in which he paid back (plus!) the people who invested and supported him – how he provided for his mother and his aunt beyond anything anyone expected of him how he set up a town (Hershey, PA) to provide a beautiful, wholesome place for his workers to live, so unlike his early experiences of company towns how he created a place to work where the employees shared in the success and were fully invested in the business.Īs you can see, the unit study provides a lot of material to use as you feel is appropriate for your students. We were surprised to learn that he built a huge factory in Cuba to provide the sugar he needed at his Pennsylvania factory.īut most of all, we were so please to read about his philanthropic adventures. We were thrilled, though, when he weathered that storm with the full support of his workers and came back stronger than before. Hershey was first successful with carmels, not chocolate, and that he lost a huge amount of money at one point. We marveled a his perseverance and success, and applauded how his mother and his aunt and a couple of friends continually assisted and encouraged him. It was quite a surprise to us both to learn how many business failures he had in his life and how much he had to overcome in people not believing in him. Hershey and all the challenges he went through. We thoroughly enjoyed reading about the life of Mr. My youngest daughter, 12 years old and in 6th grade, read it with me. The Milton Hershey biography was a joy to read. That is what their unit study and biography series is all about. They train many people to go out to share the gospel but they also publish materials that help students see the Christian character of many people from our history. ![]() YWAM is a company with a mission to reach the people of the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ. ![]()
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