provenance61 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 I'm looking for curriculum suggestions for a 10-week middle school history study in a co-op. For grades 6-7-8. I'd like to make the classes exciting and hands-on, although this is probably beyond the lapbooking age. Any suggestions? Beyond medieval. Topics such as Great Inventors, etc. would be appreciated. But I am looking for something that would have a set curriculum to guide the lessons, nothing that would need to be created from scratch. Thank you for any and all suggestions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plink Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 What era are you studying? You said "beyond medieval" but I'm not sure if you simply don't want a survey class, or specifically don't want anything from that time period. ??? I did a Leonardo da Vinci class that was hands-on without being lapbook heavy (we built lots of replicas of his inventions). Take a look, I have all the resources listed here: http://www.libertyhillhouse.com/2013/05/14/leonardo-da-vinci-lesson-plans/ My class was of mixed levels, so I chose Leonardo da Vinci by Kathleen Krull as the spine, but you could easily substitute a longer, more in depth biography. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
provenance61 Posted November 9, 2014 Author Share Posted November 9, 2014 I am open on time period, except would like to avoid a large survey. I'd like to focus on a study of a particular period that would be manageable in 10 weeks. Thank you for the link to the lesson plans, I'll take a look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g1234 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Can't recommend highly enough Stanford History Education Group's free history lessons, Reading Like a Historian, http://sheg.stanford.edu/rlh. Primary documents, compelling questions (that don't have simple answers) to ponder, everything all chosen and ready for you to use. We have liked the American History lessons better than the World History ones so far--the world history documents are harder to read, and the issues are more removed from the kids' lives. But everything there is top-notch and is great for going into depth on specific historical issues with a group. I've written about it in some other thread somewhere here.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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