We used SotW briefly with my DD6 when she was in, ohhh-- 3rd grade.
(It was a Calvert textbook for world history at the time).
I was DEFINITELY underwhelmed.
I preferred the Usborne History of the World (an encyclopedic tome) instead. Vastly.
My major objection to SotW was the very clear cultural and religious biases revealed by loaded word choice and narrative accounts which were-- uh-- sketchy in places.
Let's face it, the Spanish conquest of the western hemisphere was not "primarily" motivated by deep and genuine concern for the plight of un-churched native peoples. {ahem} I'd prefer that texts at this level NOT address motivation than oversimplify it to the point of this kind of half-truth (at best, I mean).
