razorbackmama Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Do you have your logic students read from an encyclopedia AND a set narrative and then find additional reading? Or do you simply have them read from the encyclopedia and then find additional reading (picking from a narrative at times if it fits best)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy in NJ Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Mine read from either SOTW or TSOM and an encyclopedia as non-fiction history reading; they outline from the encyclopedia. Most of their assigned fiction reading is history related literature. For example, my ds13 is covering Middle Ages for our history rotation and is currently reading Robin Hood as his literature selection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsintheGarden Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Mine (5th & 7th grader) are reading and outlining from the old white Kingfisher. They also read between 200 and 300 pages from other books each week. I have a lot of Landmark books so they usually read from those, but they also read an occasional historical fiction book. They are also reading corresponding chapters from A Child's History of the World, Mighty Men, and a church history book series. Here are sample week readings from our 34-week schedule: Week 10 History, Literature, and Timeline: 1666-1675 AD Kingfisher pp. 452-457 (6), Science and Technology, Oceania, Decline of Ottoman Power, Peter the Great Readers: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare, 223 pp. (second half) Famous Pirates of the New World Landmark Courage and Conviction: John Eliot: Apostle to the Indians, pp. 239-244 (6 pp.) Week 11 Kingfisher pp. 458-463 (6) The Glorious Revolution, Society and Government, African States Readers: A Piece of the Mountain: The Story of Blaise Pascal by Joyce McPherson A Child’s History of the World Ch. 69 A Self-Made Man (Peter the Great) Mighty Men by Eleanor Farjeon, Peter the Great (Russia) 1672-1725, pp. 148-157 Courage and Conviction: Other Reformation Christians, pp. 245-250 (6 pp.) Week 15 Kingfisher pp. 482-485 (4) Austria and Prussia, The Arts Readers: Story of the Thirteen Colonies Landmark (second half) Betsy Ross and the Flag Landmark Hearts and Hands: Johann Sebastian Bach: Soli Deo Gloria, pp. 31-36 (6 pp.) HTH, GardenMom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnandtinagilbert Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 We use the ency. as a back-up resource these days. TOG provides the list. It looks much like the PP. If they can't answer their questions from there (As assigned in TOG), they hit the ency. next...either KF, US, or Brit. We have been using an ency.for science though and they like it. KF for the 7th grder, Usborne for the 5th grader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avila Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) I always use a narrative spine along with the encyclopedia. Then we fill in with the Famous Men books, biographies, primary sources and historical fiction. I use Dorothy Mills' books for the narrative spine up until they end :( in the Renaissance. I am still determing the narrative spine for next year. What I find is that our narrative fills in some of the dryness of the encyclopedia. Mills is mostly a social historian, IMO, so a lot of what she talks about is how people lived, what they ate, what they wore, and how they thought the world worked. So it covers the same time periods in a different way than most of the other texts I looked at. My week varies, but it usually includes pages from the Kingfisher (with timelines, biography summaries and outlining), a chapter or two from Mills, one or two people from Famous Men, reading at least one book of historical fiction, and writing a short essay on a topic covered by one of those resources. Edited January 2, 2011 by Asenik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I did a narrative (K12's Human Odyssey), no encyclopedia (they make me feel oogey), and supplemental reading (both fiction and non fiction). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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