Tehachapi South of Bakersfield, North of Antelope Valley...in the mountains! 80 degrees, yeah!

Thank You! coffeegal- Thanks, I know now I'm on the right track! Nukeswife & Capt Uhura- I Printed out the "Sample" but did not think of the "try it" since I knew I was buying it. Thanks!

I have ordered History Odyssey Modern Level 2. I am in a charter so I will not get the material for over a month and a week before start time. I want to plan now. It has 99 lessons so I figured we would cover the first 49 in semester 1. How many lessons should we do in a week? Does the time to cover each lesson vary?

You could check into History Odyssey by Pandia Press. This will be our first year using this material (8th grade). They use different spines and it looks like it will be good for us. We always used STOW and Kingfisher and everything else we had time for. At second grade I would choose based on its overall treatment of an era / topic and its appeal to my child. A love of learning is what I would foster. As they get older, always get as many "primary sources" that you can to read and discuss yourselves. I love history and one thing you'll learn is that there are going to be inaccuracies and misinterpretations especially when reading reviews in places like amazon. When found in a text or other places, I like to take those instances as an opportunity to have a discussion with my child and we investigate and draw our own conclusions. Like I said, your second grader is going to get a taste of history and just start to make connections, most likely they are not going to memorize details.

Thanks, and I'm glad you will be able to look for these extras in the future. Have a great summer!

I did not know these existed, where are they available? We found most of the labs from Biology enjoyable (it was years ago though). The Chemistry on the other hand seemed hit and miss and the dvd may be a good addition depending on the cost.

My DD needs an elective for senior year and I thought she could do this as a refresher (she completed Biology and Chemistry but can not conceive taking the advanced courses along with her current work load). An added benefit to us all is that she can study with younger sister. I would like to make it more challenging by accessing the book extras from 2nd edition. I did not realize when I bought the 1st edition that they were not included. Would someone mind sharing the code? Or, if you have suggestions for "extra" reading/study to make this a HS course, I'd appreciate your input.

This site has movies and lesson plans specific to countries or eras etc. and India is included. http://www.teachwithmovies.org/world-history-2.html#14 India -- Lesson Plans from Films Relating to India Force More Powerful -- Short Subject World/India, Poland, Denmark, Chile, South Africa; 1800s - the Present; U.S./1945 - the Present; Civil Rights Movement, Tennessee [12+; Six sections, each between 20 and 30 minutes in length] Snippet Lesson Plan on Non-violence and the Indian Independence Movement (World/India, U.S./1945 - 1991 & Diversity) [12+; snippet: 25 minutes; lesson: two class periods] [*]Gandhi Biography; World/India, South Africa, England & 1800s - Cold War Era; U.S./Diversity; Religions [10+] [*]A Passage To India World/India & England; Literature/England [12+] [*]Water World/India; Religions/Hinduism; Literature/Literary Devices [12+; Literary devices analyzed: character, symbols, subplot, foils and irony]

Critical Thinking book 1 & 2- No, I do not think he is too old. I think he will be better able to respond to the discussion questions at his age. I have always used these books for 8th grade.

I second Abeka, we loved it and I had 3 older girls and used it with #4.

I would like to access the "book extras" but I have the 1st edition and it does not have the password. These extras are interesting and helpful. If anyone would share the password I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

5,000 Year Leap Tolstoy's The Kreutzer, Sonata, and Other Short Stories The Riches of the West

If she has never been to camp, I would drive her to and fro for the one week. Of course I live 20 minutes from town so I'm used to having to drive a lot. I would grin and bear it for the one week rather than have her drive it on her own.

8/7 is kind of a refresher, we skipped it and used Algebra 1/2 with no regrets

Pulling out the main topic is a great start. Have him then put 1-3 words from each of the following sentences as sub points. That's great that he can pull out the main idea, now he just needs to pull out the details/supporting ideas. Hope this helps. I. Title or Main topic A. First paragraph main idea (topic sentence) 1. Detail 1 2. Detail 2 a. more info. detail 2 3. Detail 3 B. Paragraph 2