Oak Meadow History for High School. . . Some ??s

[StephanieZ]

I am looking at OM for high school.

 

Before 9th grade, dd will have just completed 2 years of World History (SL 6 & 7) and she'll have had sl cores 3,4, 5, 6, 7. (So a nice survey of US & world topics.)

 

I am trying to figure out what the typical OM High School history sequence is. Am I right guessing that the US History is aimed for 9th grade, then World for 10th?

 

Do the OM courses get progressively more difficult (if yes, then in what sequence)? Or, are they all similarly challenging?

 

Also, if anyone else has gone from SL in K-8 to OM for high school, I'd love, love, love to hear any feedback/comparisons/encouragement. I am pretty nervous about the transition as I have been quite content with SL up until this point.

 

TIA!

[Murphy101]

You might check the newly created OM board in my sig. ;)

[AngieW in Texas]

I used SL for K-8 and have switched over to OM for high school for my middle dd. I'm switching my youngest over to OM next year in OM6.

 

My dd has enjoyed the change. She likes the textbooks that OM uses. The daily work questions are generally more than just comprehension questions. There is always a list of possible projects to choose from for each week. My dd only had one week where she didn't find any of the project options appealing.

 

OM schedules

9th grade US history and environmental science

10th grade world history and biology

11th grade world geography and chemistry

12th grade government and physics

 

My dd did US history and biology in 9th grade. I have decided that for my youngest, I will make sure to do chemistry BEFORE biology.

 

My dd will do world history and physics in 10th grade. I'm doing physics next because my dd will have had the math necessary for it, I know what program I want to use, and I'm comfortable teaching it.

 

I'm going to do chemistry for her last science class with me (will do science at the cc for her senior year). That gives me a year to dig up the text that OM uses and look it over to make sure that I'll be comfortable with it. I was unhappy with the program I used for my oldest (Spectrum).

[StephanieZ]

You might check the newly created OM board in my sig. ;)

 

I'd already bookmarked it and now I've joined. I'll post this over there as well. Thanks!

[StephanieZ]

Thank you AngieW!!!

[StephanieZ]

Angie,

 

Are you using OM for science as well? Why or why not?

[AngieW in Texas]

I used OM for biology and plan to use them for chemistry too. I'm not going to use their physics program because they use Saxon as the text. I won't go near Saxon. Saxon makes absolutely no sense at all to me.

 

I didn't use their environmental science program because I want my kids to take science at the cc for their senior year. They need to have already taken biology, chemistry, and physics by the end of the junior year so they don't have to take one of those and also take science at the cc.