{"product_id":"chapter-ii","title":"Chapter II: Warriors and Giants","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"ch-specs__heading\"\u003eCHAPTER II BOX SET \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e(\u003cem\u003eThis is a pre-order and ships in the second half of June!\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-lede\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the widening of the world: the first encounter with ancient history, Norse mythology, and heroic literature.\u003c\/strong\u003e Chapter II carries children from the great civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean to the strange northern world of Odin, Thor, and Beowulf.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe recommend adding the Second and Third Grade bundles to extend that work into daily practice through mathematics, handwriting, grammar, geography, music, art, and a growing library of more demanding books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"ch-specs__books\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eOn the Shores of the Great Sea\u003c\/cite\u003e \u003cspan class=\"author\"\u003eM. B. Synge\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eIn the Days of Giants\u003c\/cite\u003e \u003cspan class=\"author\"\u003eAbbie Farwell Brown\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eStories of Beowulf\u003c\/cite\u003e \u003cspan class=\"author\"\u003eH. E. Marshall\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eCompanion Pamphlet\u003c\/cite\u003e \u003cspan class=\"author\"\u003e60–80 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-specs__meta\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAges:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7–10\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrades:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2nd–4th grade\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Linen over board, premium smyth sewn binding \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaper:\u003c\/strong\u003e 60lb white paper, custom printed endpapers \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Restored originals + new color artwork\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eABOUT THE BOOKS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn the Shores of the Great Sea\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eM. B. Synge's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn the Shores of the Great Sea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1903) is one of the finest history books ever written for children. It tells the story of the ancient Mediterranean world (Egypt, Phoenicia, Israel, Persia, Greece, and Rome), not as a catalog of facts, but as a continuous narrative in which one civilization gives way to the next and every event grows out of the ones before it. Joseph is sold into slavery. Moses parts the Red Sea. The Greeks fight at Marathon. Alexander weeps because there are no more worlds to conquer. Caesar crosses the Rubicon. And at the end of the book, Rome stands at peace, waiting for something it does not yet know it is waiting for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSynge frames her story through the Mediterranean itself (what the Bible calls the Great Sea- does it?), and the effect is to show children that history is not a collection of isolated episodes but a single story unfolding across centuries. Biblical and secular history stand side by side without apology, because in the ancient world they were not separate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/chapter.house\/\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e edition features three new color illustrations by Cortney Skinner. It is the first book in Synge's five-volume \"Story of the World\" series; the second volume, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Discovery of New Worlds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, continues the narrative in Chapter III.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAges 7–10 | 2nd–4th grade\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the Days of Giants\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBefore Thor was a movie character, he was a god. Before Loki was a pop-culture villain, he was a trickster whose cleverness brought both laughter and ruin to Asgard. And the actual stories (the ones from the Norse Eddas, not the films) are stranger, funnier, and more interesting than anything Marvel has put on screen. Odin did not lose his eye in battle. He sacrificed it willingly, paying for a single drink from the well of wisdom. Thor's hammer does not give him the ability to fly; he has a chariot pulled by two goats. Loki is not Thor's brother. He is his occasional companion and frequent tormentor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbbie Farwell Brown's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the Days of Giants\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1902) retells sixteen Norse myths with the drama and dry humor they deserve. These are stories about sacrifice, cunning, loyalty, the price of pride, and the acceptance of fate. They are also, frankly, thrilling, which matters when you are trying to put a book in the hands of a seven-year-old boy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Charlotte Mason education circles, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the Days of Giants\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is known as a \"stretching book\": One that is just beyond a child's comfortable reading level, requiring real effort and rewarding it. The names are unfamiliar, the world is alien, and the effort of working through both makes better readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/chapter.house\/\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e edition restores all six of E. Boyd Smith's original full-page illustrations, a feature no other in-print edition provides.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAges 7–10 | 2nd–4th grade\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStories of Beowulf\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the oldest surviving long poem in Old English and one of the foundational texts of English literature. It was one of J. R. R. Tolkien's chief inspirations for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; children who read Marshall's retelling may recognize Grendel in the orcs, the dragon's hoard in Smaug's treasure, and Beowulf's final sacrifice in Aragorn. The roots of modern fantasy are here, and they are worth knowing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eH. E. Marshall's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStories of Beowulf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings the three great episodes of the poem within reach of a seven-year-old without shrinking them. Grendel is terrifying. The Water Witch is dark. The Dragon is real enough to give children nightmares is this something we want to say?. Marshall does not water it down; she trusts her young readers to handle the weight of the story. Her prose is elevated enough to feel like an epic and clear enough to follow at a sitting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe story unfolds in three acts: Beowulf defeats the monster Grendel bare-handed in King Hrothgar's hall; descends into a dark underwater lair to face Grendel's mother; and, years later as an old king, faces a fire dragon knowing he will not survive. These are stories about courage in the face of certain danger: The same courage that Lewis had in mind when he wrote, \"Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/chapter.house\/\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e edition includes three original illustrations by T. W. C. Shaw-Taylor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAges 7–10 | 2nd–4th grade\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Chapter II Pamphlet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe companion pamphlet, included with every Chapter II box set, is a full introduction to the books, the philosophy behind them, and the practice of reading them well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContents of the Chapter II pamphlet:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Virtus et Miraculum\":\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The founding essay of Chapter House. An argument for why virtue is the proper aim of education and why story is the best way to cultivate it, drawing on Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Confucius, and St. John Chrysostom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntroduction to Chapter II: Warriors and Giants:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e An overview of all three books and how they fit together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLiterary Essays:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Individual essays on Synge's method in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn the \u003cem\u003eShores of the Great Sea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the Norse myths that Marvel got wrong in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the Days of Giants\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and the importance of \u003cem\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/em\u003e, including a discussion of why the 2007 Zemeckis film adaptation is a corruption of the original and why it matters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow to Enjoy These Titles with Your Children:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Practical guidance on the \"ping pong\" reading approach, narration, and pacing for the early elementary years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Sample Day with Chapter II:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e A full sample daily schedule showing how the Chapter House books fit alongside mathematics, handwriting, nature study, and other subjects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Introduction to Homeschooling:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e For families new to home education.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Survey of Educational Philosophies:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Charlotte Mason, Classical, Montessori, Waldorf, and Orton-Gillingham approaches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy You Should Read the Bible:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e A case for biblical literacy regardless of faith background, with a reading list.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Note to Christian Parents Apprehensive About Ancient Mythology:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e A thorough response to concerns about pagan mythology, drawing on St. Paul, St. Basil the Great, J. R. R. Tolkien, and C. S. Lewis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGreek vs. Roman Names:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e A reference table for the gods and heroes who appear in multiple forms across the series.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Chapter House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43006710579248,"sku":"CH-II","price":99.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/4398\/9040\/files\/CH_2_BoxSet.webp?v=1777948049","url":"https:\/\/passage.press\/products\/chapter-ii","provider":"Passage Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}