MamaSprout Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 If you've done the K12 HO and CTC HD combo, what do you do for geography? We've done basic geography and states and capitals, and dd has a good grasp of where things are. Would MP Geography 1 be overkill? We have atlases and historical atlases, but nothing on hand to "record" what were learning. I also have activity guide for Story of the World 1, but we didn't really use it the first time through ancients. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 We used MP World Geo 1 the year before K12 HO V1 and CTC History Detective. It's a solid program but I think it would be overkill with the others. What we are using this year is "Building Skills by Exploring Maps: Ancient Civilizations". http://www.rainbowresource.com/product/sku/032202/b3fb67f3c29ec35196569517 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildiris Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Crimson Wife, Thanks for the link to Building Skills. What is MP World Geo 1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted February 6, 2014 Author Share Posted February 6, 2014 Memoria Press: http://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/american-and-modern-studies/geography-i 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildiris Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Memoria Press: http://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/american-and-modern-studies/geography-i Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ondreeuh Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 The full K12 program (Intermediate World History) includes geography and mapwork. You could buy the student pages and teacher guide via Amazon Marketplace. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I actually have a copy of the Intermediate World History A student pages that we got from our charter's lending library but have hardly used it. I like the WHD and the other mapwork book a lot better. The K12 student pages aren't very useful IMHO if the student is not enrolled in the online course. I don't think I'm going to bother trying to find the one that goes with Vol. 2 of HO. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serendipitous journey Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 *** OLD THREAD!!! *** (I'm running around the boards prepping 5th grade history ... ) The "Building Skills by Exploring Maps: Ancient Civilizations" physical book rec'd by CrimsonWife seems to be OOP, but it is downloadable from the publisher, Creative Teaching Press. And while I'm at it here's a link for World History Detective from Critical Thinking Co. which she also recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 We are using the Ancient Map book. It would work better as an ebook. We did not use the History Detective book, as we like the lessons from SHEG, my dc does a lot of self directed history, and we are also doing Famous Men of Rome through Lively Latin. We cover about a chapter a week in K12HO, then do either a relevant map lesson, or SHEG lesson plus our timeline. https://sheg.stanford.edu/world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 Reviving my old thread. We used/ liked okay the Building Map Skills for the Ancient World book last year for Ancients. We are headed into the last section of K12HO 1 and will do the first half of K12HO2 for next year. I'm stuck for simple geography again. I have the Building Map Skills World Geography book, and it's all modern, and it looks like too much of the same thing as last year. We really don't have a lot of time for history this year, and I really like K12HO series. I'm adding relevant pages from Annotated Mona Lisa. Last year we just read, discussed and marked on in a timeline book. Dd was getting quite a bit of ancient history from other sources, so it more or less stuck. I think I need more written output this year. Questions: How do all of you use K12HO? We'll have two days a week for world history/ geography- maybe 2-3 hours a week. She doesn't mind outlining, but I think I'd have a revolt if I had her do every chapter. I'm also having her read and summarize New Testament Bible stories and Mythology exam stories this year, so I'm not sure how much summarizing is appropriate for 6th grade. How long each week would Mapping the World with Art take? I think she'd like it, but I'm not sure of the time factor. I guess I could spread it out over two years. I'm also considering MP's Geography 3 (which also involves drawing a world map) and spread it out over 2 years. There is quite a few maps in the textbook. Would it make sense to get a book of outline maps of the world and have her to transfer those? If I found the student pages for K12HO, would those be included? I guess I'm looking for tips to make k12HO as efficient as possible for a kid who likes history but already has a full school calendar. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourisenough Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I just picked up Mapping the World through Art early this summer. We've done the first two (of 30) lessons (even had neighbor girls join in the fun). It took me about 10-15 minutes to read-aloud the two-page spread. We discussed it briefly afterward and then the girls watched the DVD lesson all the way through (I think they were both about 7-8 minutes long). We then played the lesson again from the beginning and they drew along with the video. A second time during the week, I read a picture book that complimented the lesson and they re-drew the maps. I would say 2 30-minute lessons per week would be a generous amount of time to schedule for MtWtA. If you didn't want to add additional reading on the topic, the lessons could easily stand on their own and be done in 30 minutes per week. We like to re-draw maps until they can be done from memory; this would be pretty quick to review 2-3 maps per week. I'm still debating what to do for history this year. My DD10 (5th/6th grade-ish) was going to begin the cycle again with Ancients this year; however, she has done SOTW as an enrichment class the last four years. The instructor decided last year to split Vol. 4 and complete it over two years. So, she'll be doing the second half of SOTW modern history with this class (which seems a pretty slow pace for my child who isn't terribly into modern world history - all the WW2 stuff really gets to her). I could start a second history strand and use CTC WHD + HO Vol. 1 which I own. Or maybe that would just be too much history. Anyway, I happen to think HO + WHD + MtWwA would be a great combo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serendipitous journey Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 I've got nuthin' on the K12HO front, because we're just headed into ancients this year; but this is an alternative for world mapping that boardie Mrs. Twain brought up on one of my threads: Map of the Whole World. It is fairly inexpensive and does cover drawing a world map in a much simpler way than Mapping the World with Art, which I understand can be quite time-consuming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted August 7, 2015 Author Share Posted August 7, 2015 Looks... interesting. Has anyone tried it? Time is a problem this year, and drawing the world is a goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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