9th grade history Early Modern

[Starr]

I'm looking for ideas for history/literature for ds 14, 9th grade. I need something fairly well laid out because I may need some major surgery. I usually have lesson plans in my head. :D And generally follow a TWTM approach. He reads well and is a deep thinker but needs to work on organizing his thoughts and writing. We are doing Early Modern this year. Thanks for your ideas.

[HollyDay]

Have you considered BF's high school history. I am not sure which segment you would need for early modern (I,II, III, or IV).

[dphock]

I haven't even started this yet, but I am impressed with the look of the TRISMS history materials ... integrating history and other subjects in an active learning way. You might give that a look.

[lakerks]

I have a ds 14, 9th grade, and we plan to do a lot with the early modern period this year in history.

 

I decided to go with Janice Campbell's Excellence in Literature - Reading and Writing Through the Classics, Introduction to Literature.

 

http://www.everyday-education.com/literature/index.shtml

 

It's not an exact match in terms of all of the books he'll read corresponding to the early modern period of history. (Two or three do; I think the rest would fit in with 1850 - present.) But I liked it enough that I decided that didn't matter for us this year.

 

And within the last week or so, I've seen a thread here about someone starting a wiki group for folks using that curriculum this year.

 

http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=200798&highlight=wiki

 

Hope that helps.

[proudmamma]

Gileskirk is really good and they just finished their new Modernity program. They actually changed the name to King's Meadow Humanities. The lectures are by George Grant and he is an awesome speaker. Here is the link, and there is a sample on there to listen to:

 

http://www.kingsmeadow.com/

 

HTH!

[Starr]

Thank you for the ideas. I'll start looking into them.