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Probably not... but I thought I'd ask anyway....

 

I'm looking for a history/lit course, scheduled, that incorporates great "must reads", isn't dry, includes some literary analysis (but not to the point of overkill), writing assignments that are varied from book and topic to the next book and topic, one that includes ART both fine and the history of (for my "I want to be an art major" dd), one that she can be fairly independent with and that won't take her 5 hrs. a day to complete. Am I dreaming? Does anyone want to write something up like this for me?:angelsad2: Is something like this too much to ask for? I've looked at SL, MOH, Notgrass, LL, and BF. Any other suggestions?

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I like the schedule. A lot. However, I'm wondering if they cover enough of those classic "must reads?" I LOVE how it's broken down into bite size bits though!

 

Well, in year 1 a good chunk of those classic "must reads" (and I always wonder... "must read" in whose opinion? ;) ) come directly from the Bible. Several of the books of the Bible are studied as part of the year's Literature study, along with the Epic of Gilgamesh, The Cat of Bubastes, Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology, The Iliad, The Odyssey, a biography of Eric Liddell (missionary to China).

 

Take a look at the TOC and sample lessons: http://www.mfwbooks.com/pdf/ancienthistorysample.pdf

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Not history, but Excellence in Literature has most of the requirements outside of history.

Excellence in Literature is student-driven, independent learning (lots of guidance of where and what to learn), that includes learning about the history of the time period of the literature and fine arts that are related to the literature. It has varied writing assignments with each unit.

 

Each "unit" is designed to be done over four weeks with students reading a literature selection and having the option of reading the honors texts as well. There are many, many sources (mostly scholarly internet links) that give direction for independent learning related to the literature including historical context, literature analysis music, video, art related to the literature, as well as varied writing assignments.

 

Take a look at www.excellenceinliterature.com for more information and to be able to download sample units.

 

What makes this program most appealing to me is that this is how I like to learn.

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Well, in year 1 a good chunk of those classic "must reads" (and I always wonder... "must read" in whose opinion? ;) ) come directly from the Bible. Several of the books of the Bible are studied as part of the year's Literature study, along with the Epic of Gilgamesh, The Cat of Bubastes, Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology, The Iliad, The Odyssey, a biography of Eric Liddell(missionary to China).

 

Take a look at the TOC and sample lessons: http://www.mfwbooks.com/pdf/ancienthistorysample.pdf

 

Well.. I guess you're right. I just keep seeing all these books in other curriculums and I'm wondering if we need to cover ALL of them over the next 4 yrs.Thanks for the link and for taking the time to answer.

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Probably not... but I thought I'd ask anyway....

 

I'm looking for a history/lit course, scheduled, that incorporates great "must reads", isn't dry, includes some literary analysis (but not to the point of overkill), writing assignments that are varied from book and topic to the next book and topic, one that includes ART both fine and the history of (for my "I want to be an art major" dd), one that she can be fairly independent with and that won't take her 5 hrs. a day to complete. Am I dreaming? Does anyone want to write something up like this for me?:angelsad2: Is something like this too much to ask for? I've looked at SL, MOH, Notgrass, LL, and BF. Any other suggestions?

What about Trisms?

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Not history, but Excellence in Literature has most of the requirements outside of history.

Excellence in Literature is student-driven, independent learning (lots of guidance of where and what to learn), that includes learning about the history of the time period of the literature and fine arts that are related to the literature. It has varied writing assignments with each unit.

 

Each "unit" is designed to be done over four weeks with students reading a literature selection and having the option of reading the honors texts as well. There are many, many sources (mostly scholarly internet links) that give direction for independent learning related to the literature including historical context, literature analysis music, video, art related to the literature, as well as varied writing assignments.

 

Take a look at www.excellenceinliterature.com for more information and to be able to download sample units.

 

What makes this program most appealing to me is that this is how I like to learn.

 

Thanks for taking the time to answer and provide a link. You're right. This does look like it meets most of the criteria. What would be a good choice for history? Something not as involved as this... I still don't want her spending all day.. just doing literature and history. I do like it a lot though! Have you used it? How is the Lit 1?

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Thanks for taking the time to answer and provide a link. You're right. This does look like it meets most of the criteria. What would be a good choice for history? Something not as involved as this... I still don't want her spending all day.. just doing literature and history. I do like it a lot though! Have you used it? How is the Lit 1?

 

So far I've been impressed with it. I've done part of American Lit and part of British Lit. I have a friend who is using Lit. 1 and Lit. 3 (American Lit.) with her boys and they are both liking it.

 

As far as history, I personally think there are so many different appoaches and what works for one won't work for another. I think if kids are studying, learning, and somewhat being pushed then that is great, but how you push one child will be very different than the next.

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Emma

 

We used it for 3 years. We found that the lesson plans helped to mix things up -- activities are included, some silly, some not so. Doing the secondary readings helped, too.

 

I read everything along with the girls and we has some great discussions. Yes, it was a lot of work and some of the books were dry but almost every book has something to recommend it. My younger dd who started Omnibus in 7th grade skipped a couple of the theology books -- she doesn't like R C Sproul and hadn't the stomach for Martin Luther.

 

We did I-III but decided to do something different for dd1's senior year and dd2's last 3 years in high school.

 

I'm really glad we did it. One caveat: it is strongly reformed, if you are from another tradition you'll like have some issues with it.

 

HTH

~Moira

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Not history, but Excellence in Literature has most of the requirements outside of history.

Excellence in Literature is student-driven, independent learning (lots of guidance of where and what to learn), that includes learning about the history of the time period of the literature and fine arts that are related to the literature. It has varied writing assignments with each unit.

 

Each "unit" is designed to be done over four weeks with students reading a literature selection and having the option of reading the honors texts as well. There are many, many sources (mostly scholarly internet links) that give direction for independent learning related to the literature including historical context, literature analysis music, video, art related to the literature, as well as varied writing assignments.

 

Take a look at www.excellenceinliterature.com for more information and to be able to download sample units.

 

What makes this program most appealing to me is that this is how I like to learn.

 

 

I am wondering if the author provides some 'answers' (or summary of main points which should be covered) for the paper assigned, and the questions that are asked?

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