Pip Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 I had never heard of these books until I joined this forum. It appears there are 3. In what order are they used and in what grade? What do you use for American history if you use these? What do you use for gov't and econ? I assume they are secular but are they Christian friendly (I don't need evangelizing but I am not interested that all of man's problems were caused by white Christian men.) My oldest is suddenly very interested in history and doesn't mind hitting it hard.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnitaMcC Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 I had never heard of these books until I joined this forum. It appears there are 3. In what order are they used and in what grade? What do you use for American history if you use these? What do you use for gov't and econ? I assume they are secular but are they Christian friendly (I don't need evangelizing but I am not interested that all of man's problems were caused by white Christian men.) My oldest is suddenly very interested in history and doesn't mind hitting it hard.. We are new to homeschooling and starting out at high school level. So don't know if my understanding is accurate or not... I think Spielvogel is world history for high school. We are using World History Vol 1 and 2 (can get in one text I think). I think it is secular. I ordered our texts.. haven't received them yet to look into them more. For U.S. History, government, economics.. we will use different texts. Our plan is World History and Human Geography in 9th grade, US History, US geography, and U.S. Government in 10th grade We are doing Consumer education/economics in 9th grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kate in seattle Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 There is a spielvogel "Western Civilization". It is a college text, generally used for an entry level Western Civ course. The current edition is the 6th (maybe 7, haven't looked at this for a while). I prefer the 5th as there were some significant changes to the 6th -I felt it was much more politically correct. The text of Western Civ comes in several "packages", the complete text bound in one volume, the text bound in two volumes (I, II, with overlapping chapters) for colleges on the semester system, and finally, the text bound in three volumes (A, B, C, each with at least one chapter repeated from the previous volume) for colleges on the quarter systerm. Veritas Press has recommended this history text for a number of years, but I first heard about it from Devon, whom many of us remember with great affection. There is also a Human Odyssey book, which is a high school text. I believe there might be a third one - World History, which also might be a college level text (please correct me, I know the least about this one) but is slightly more inclusive of non-Western cultures. Western Civ only ever BRIEFLY mentions any Eastern cultures. There is also a Western Civ college level text written by Kagan, Ozment & Turner which is very good, but it is more difficult to locate on the used market. That one was recommended to my by a history teacher at Logos School. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lori D. Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 One other difference between Spielvogel's Human Odyssey and Western Civ.: the H.O. text provides a fair amount of coverage good coverage to non-western nations, while the W.C. provides just a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill- OK Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 One other difference between Spielvogel's Human Odyssey and Western Civ.: the H.O. text provides a fair amount of coverage good coverage to non-western nations, while the W.C. provides just a little. It was also much more reader-friendly (in my opinion), had an accompanying book of primary source documents (you have to find this on amazon or a similar place), was easy to outline and has great discussion questions, and the sections on art and literature make tying these subjects in much easier. Can you tell I'm a fan? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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