Omnibus III - How it teaches history & using Western Civ

[SS in MD]

I'm considering Omnibus III (or TOG Year 3) for our rising 9th grade dd. I had a few questions about Omni III and how it teaches history.... It's hard to comprehend the flow of history given the online sample (not a continual flow... pgs are missing here and there). But, does Omni teach history thru' GB and it's text summaries (student book) or Spielvogel (Western Civ)? It seems from the sample Western Civ is suggested as further reading and only few pages are listed per session? Again since I don't have the book in front of me please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

I don't know if dd can get thru' all the primary reading (and she wants to do some of the secondary as well). Will history still "flow" for her if we skip some primary books??? Or should she read the "prelude" of each chapter regardless?

 

Thanks for your help!

Sangita

dd(14),dd(12),dd(9),ds(6)

[Cedarmom]

I had my son read whole chapters (or at least larger sections)of SPielvogel, as opposed to snippets. I liked Speilvogel as a spine, but felt Omnibus's reading were too short. We didn't read all of WEstern Civilazation, but we did do more than Omnibus suggested. I was worried, like you are, that the history wouldn't flow. Omnibus's writers felt that we probably covered the history in earlier years. And we had. But not on a highschool level, plus just because we did it doesn't guarantee my son remembers!