| | |  | Out of the Box | Home » » » Further Up and Further In: A Literature Based Unit Study Utilizing C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia | | | | | | | Description: | | Home Schooling Just God More Satisfying! A literature based unit study that your 4th-8th grade students will enjoy! Further Up and Further In utilized C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia. Improve your child's reading comprehension and academic excellence while building godly character with a method that your child will love. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Diane Pendergraft | | Publisher:
| Cadron Creek Christian Curriculum | | Publication Date:
| 2002 | | ISBN:
| 0965251144 | | Package Length:
| 10.7 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.25 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 3 reviews |
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7 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 Oh, Yeah, I can tell you what I think of this one!Aug 21, 2008
By Just Pretty Books
I ordered this book for our summer reading club where a group of 3 families (5 children) were going to cover all 7 Narnia books. The children ranged in age from 7 through 15. I thought it would be a great resource book to provide extra enrichment activities and fun discussion questions. To be honest, the overly academic approach to this book quickly killed the joy and fun of the Narnia books and we rapidly dropped it.
The activities and exercises in this book are definitely geared toward the high-school student, NOT a younger audience. For example, a crossword puzzle to be done at the end of one book presented a major challenge to all 3 moms.
Definitely a resource to consider if you want to turn the Chronicles into a major academic labor, but skip it otherwise. Best suited for high school students.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 a course you will loveAug 16, 2010
By whitepine
We used this book at home and in weekly meetings with friends. It provided many fun ideas and thought provoking questions. We found that it engages a range of ability and maturity levels. Our only reservation was that some questions seemed to have overly obvious answers even for young particpants.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Further Up and Further In: A Literature Based Unit StudyJul 25, 2010
By K. Alphs
I purchased the unit study "Further Up and Further In" for two reasons:
1. My child was interested in doing a unit study based on the classic C.S. Lewis book series "The Chronicles of Narnia."
2. I am scheduled to teach a literary analysis/apologetics class on "The Chronciles of Narnia."
"Further Up and Further In" is a unit study with each section corresponding to one of the books in "The Chronicles of Narnia" series. Topics covered in this study are: Bible, art, music, cooking, English, reading, health and safety, geographical/social studies, history and science.
The pluses of this curriculum are:
1. The author does an outstanding job of extracting "Biblical truths" from "The Chronciles of Narnia" series. This provides the parent/teacher the opportunity to talk with the child/student in regard to the truths and how they relate to everyday life.
2. The curriculum can be used for a one to two year period of study.
3. The curriculum is extremely affordable. Additional resources can be found through a good library system.
4. The curriculum can be used with younger students at the upper elementary grade level and with older students in the junior to senior high years.
5. The unit study appproach is ideal for teaching basic library skills to younger students. In regard to older students this approach works well at reinforcing library skills, while teaching research skills.
6. The unit study approach allows the parent/teacher and child/student to pick and choose what topics to cover and how in depth to dive into a topic.
7. There is a Yahoo Group called FUFI. Parents/teachers are able to interact with the author, publisher and others using this curriculum.
The minuses of this curriculum:
1. It has not been updated in content since it was authored.
Overall I think the concept of using the classic C.S. Lewis series "The Chronicles of Narnia" for a unit study is a fantastic idea. I look forward to using this study in our own homeschool and with my enrichment students to coincide with the release of the Walden/20th Century Fox movie, "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader."
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