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That is pretty much what my thoughts are too, Regentrude. As for the social aspect of the co-op, he will be attending several other co-op classes so dropping this one wouldn't be a big deal socially. It just feels like such a waste of time to start with Ren./Ref. this year and then start OVER at Ancients next year only to hit Ren./Ref. again in such a short period of time.
I'm going to bounce it all off of DH tonight and see what his thoughts are but I wanted the wisdom of the Hive too. :001_smile: Thanks!!!
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I think I'm going to lose my mind over this. :tongue_smilie:
DS13 loves history. This will be his first year homeschooling. For elementary school he went to public school and for 6th & 7th he went to a small Christian school. He is now home for 8th - 12th. History exposure in public and private school followed no understandable logic. He did go through the SOTW series on audio several times on his own, though we didn't "formally" do anything to supplement them.
In my other thread from earlier this week I wanted feedback on a projected scope and sequence for high school history based on our local graduation requirements. I had already decided to do World History in 2 yrs.: Ancients - Medieval in 9th and Renaissance - Modern in 10th.
This year for 8th grade we had planned on doing Mystery of History 3: Renaissance & Reformation. The only reason for starting there is that this is what our co-op is offering and, being our first year of homeschooling we were looking for some sort of framework to jump off of. HOWEVER, the thought occurs to me now that I could scrap the co-op MOH3 class and just start our World History rotation NOW and do it over 3 yrs. instead of two.
The obvious benefit would be more time to delve into each time period. I'm also thinking that the co-op class may not be all that helpful anyway since it is strictly supplemental. I teach at home and they do the additional projects and such during the class time. Being in 8th grade I don't know how worth it those projects and activities will be or if they'll just end up being a waste of time. Also, I'm thinking about how redundant it would be to cover this time period in depth now only to come back to it again so soon in high school.
The downside; however, would be starting from scratch on history planning for this year and possibly having to buy some new materials.
So, if you were in this position, what would you do? Would you just stick with what you've already got planned and start at the beginning next year; or would you change THIS year's plan to start from the beginning and work forward in 3 yrs.?
The options would look like this:
Option 1 - Currently Planned
8th Grade - Renaissance & Reformation
9th Grade - Ancients - Renaissance/Reformation
10th Grade - Early Modern - Modern
OR
Option 2
8th Grade - Ancients
9th Grade - Medieval - Renaissance/Reformation
10th - Exploration - Modern
OR, yet a third option that I just thought of.
Option 3
8th Grade - Delaware State History
9th Grade - Ancients - Renaissance/Reformation
10th Grade - Early Modern - Modern
Clearly, I am going out of my mind and need some feedback. :bigear:
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I think that's a great idea! In fact, I may do the same thing here just to have a jumping off point for discussion.
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Yes, but REALLY informally.
I have the Amanda Bennett unit study but we're not going to follow it as it's laid out.
DS13 is a sports fanatic so he already knows about most of the sports involved. I'll have him look up any that he's not familiar with or ones that he wants to know more about.
We'll watch the parts of the Olympics that he is interested in and keep informed of the rest online.
I've got a few library books on the subject and a book on how to draw sports. We'll also watch Chariots of Fire.
He is going to do a project, which involves a display and written report.
For this he'll create a 3-sided display board that must include:
- The title "2012 Olympics: London"
- Flags of the competing countries (I bought flag stickers that he can use for this.)
- The Olympic rings symbol
- The Olympic torch
- The gold, silver, and bronze medal emblems
- A map of England with London clearly marked
- What each of the ring colors symbolizes
- The Olympic Motto, Creed & Oath
- A bar graph detailing how many gold, silver & bronze medals each country won.
- A 5 paragraph report with a framework that I'll detail later.
This will be one of his first grades for the new school year. He will be graded on neatness, accuracy of information and whether he has included all of the required elements. How he puts it together is his choice.
- The title "2012 Olympics: London"
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It sounds like she is very close to me. It would help to know her specific location (city and state) since some organizations are picky about only helping those in their immediate geographic location.
First thing, have her call:
Glasgow Church
302-834-4772
Ask for the food pantry or Feed My Sheep ministry. She won't get to talk to anyone personally but she'll have to leave a message. They will hook her up with some food and can help her find more resources in the area. This is in Newark DE. There are no DART buses that go by the church, so if she isn't able to get there to pick up the food, let me know and if she's close to me (Elkton, Newark, Bear etc.) I could take it to her. If she's not that close then one of the Deacons could probably deliver it. Jesse Blanton is the head deacon and Dot Imperatrice is in charge of the food pantry. Make sure she tells them EVERYTHING and they can figure out other ways that she may be able to get help. I have a DART card that has about $10 left on it that she can have if she needs it to get around DE.
Some other local organizations:
Wayfarer's House
Elkton, MD
107 Delaware Avenue
Elkton, MD 21921
Phone Number: 410-398-4381
Description: Emergency & transitional shelter. Meals; Counseling.
Emmaus House
Newark, DE
Newark, DE 19714
Phone Number: 302-737-2241
Website: http://www.homewardbound.org
Description: Homeless shelter for homeless families with children.
Cecil County DSS
Elkton, MD
170 East Main Street
Elkton, MD 21921
Phone Number: 410-996-0100
Description: Emergency shelter
Cecil County Help Center
135 East High Street
Elkton MD
21921 United States
*You can just walk in and get clothing and whatever food is available for free. Their other services are listed below but I'm not sure if you have to make an appointment or if you can just walk in.
Hours of operation:
Mon: 8AM 4:30PM
Tue: 8AM 4:30PM
Wed: 8AM 4:30PM
Thu: 8AM 4:30PM
Fri: 8AM 4:30PM
OVERVIEW: Offers emergency assistance for food, clothing, and financial assistance with eviction prevention, first month's rent, and rental assistance (as funding permits).
SERVICES:
1) EMERGENCY FOOD: Emergency groceries are available to assist eligible Cecil County households. Households receiving Food Stamps are not eligible for food assistance.
2) CLOTHING: Free clothing is available Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 9-11:30AM and 1-3PM.
3) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Assistance is available to eligible households for eviction, first month's rent, or rental assistance (as funding permits).
This website might be able to help somewhat.
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Seamus Heaney's translation is the one we enjoyed most.
:iagree:
Beowulf is my favorite book of all time and I've read it MANY times. This is THE best translation.
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We have people in our town who desperately need help due to the economy and they are spending thousands on a new LED church sign.
Do you go to my church? :glare:
I'm so fed up with the commercialization of churches these days. They build these mega-churches that do nothing but feed their own egos. Why not small community churches where the pastor can actually know the names and faces of his parishioners and the debt is manageable or non-existent? Or, even better, why not house churches? What's wrong with a dozen families meeting in each others' homes or a park? This is the kind of church I'm looking for. I actually quit going to our "home" church a few years ago because I'm fed up with this mega-church, bigger is better commercialization mentality within the church. DH doesn't like that I've stopped going but I can't in good conscience go where I feel that the pastor is so self-absorbed.
As for the letter that the OP posted, I would say that it's hard to ascertain the motives of a pastor or church with a letter like that. Set up a meeting to discuss your concerns and go from there. My knee jerk reaction is not a good one, but that is also colored by my own personal church experiences and that's not fair to a pastor who MAY have meant that letter to be completely harmless.
Ummm sorry for hijacking your thread. :tongue_smilie:
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Suggest sports medicine. ;)
I did actually, but I knew that he wouldn't go for it. He hates math and doesn't think he wants to do anything in the science field, mostly because it's so closely related to math. :001_smile:
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Teen #2 (dd) has known for years that she wants to work with animals...she has plans to attend a local CC and get a veterinary assistant diploma and then open a boarding/grooming business.Ds#2 - Zoology. He will be 14 in September and already has his list of potential schools narrowed down to 10 with a short list of 6 that he dearly wants to visit. MSU is a very likely place for him to land because they are one of the few schools that still offers a zoology emphasis in the biology major and has undergrad research options in zoology. He wants a master's and PH.D; herpetology is his goal.
Now see, THESE are the kinds of children I can work with... animal nuts. :D Or... you know... at least REALISTICALLY focused. LOL
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No. I don't want anything obstructing my view when I drive.
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I'm just curious how many middle and high school students have a realistic idea of what they want to major in in college and then go on to do afterward?
DS starts high school next year and his only answer to anything relating to the future or college is SPORTS! Player, sportscaster, owner, manager, trainer, journalist etc. He doesn't care as long as it's sports related. :glare: Sometimes I wish he would just say, "mom, I want to be a history teacher" or veterinarian or something like that. It would make planning a lot simpler. :tongue_smilie: As it is he may as well just say president of Namibia because I don't have a clue where to go with "sports."
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Does he have ADHD? I do and am the same way as your ds unless I have taken Adderall. Obviously, as an adult, I have a *little* more self-control (not a lot sometimes!), but it often feels like I physically CANNOT stop myself from speaking. When I am able to control it, it is physically painful to me. I hate how it feels, how I know it makes the people around me react, but it is so incredibly difficult to just...ZIP IT!
I don't have any advice, just wanted to offer a perspective of someone who has the same issues. Often I end up on various boards and forums so that I can "talk" without interrupting whatever is going on in my house!
Nope, no ADHD. He isn't impulsive in other ways or hyperactive. He also doesn't really zone out like those with inattentive ADD. He is incredibly forgetful though. I almost think he just needs a lot of social stimulation and being an only child, we're it. The fact that he CAN be quiet when the situation deems it appropriate (in a school setting, movie theater, lecture etc.) makes me think it is more of a behavioral issue than a developmental or chemical disorder.
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What is he going to do post-grad? Vocational training, college, ivy league, military? Because, really most colleges won't look THAT closely at transcripts beyond basic stuff- they want to know about TEST scores and transcripts are secondary unless he is going Ivy or Academy or some sort of specialized training/field.
I would map out the history that you and your son want and then fit it in to a course of study. Like Regentrude said- there are elective credits- make use of them.
Good point. College is the assumption at this point, no Ivy League though. ;) He doesn't know what he wants to do or study when it comes to college so that far out is still very fluid. One hiccup comes in that I have to go through an adviser next year and clear everything with them. At DH's insistence we are using a local umbrella school that will allow DS to graduate with a "real" diploma so I have to make sure that we can completely outline and document where our credits come from. Honestly, I wouldn't be as concerned if we were going it alone and I wouldn't have any hesitation about combining things to achieve credits.
Also, according to their website the college that DS will likely attend (local state) does take transcripts into consideration. A portfolio is also required for homeschoolers.
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Has anyone used Streams of Civilization I and II as a spine for World History? I actually own both of them but I don't hear anyone talking about them anymore.
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hmm... I wonder... mfw does a year of ancient history, then a year of world history from Rome times to modern
then US history
gov't
economics
and the .5 geography credit is built into the history in "world" and "part 2 of us" with option to expand to 1 credit
maybe their framework would be helpful as you plan? take a look?
http://www.mfwbooks.com/inc/pdf/HS_Course_of_Study.pdf?r12
the "ancient" would be the elective in history and yet help not feel like you cram it all in one year with world.
-crystal
Oooh I like the way that is laid out. Thanks! I'll have to look into that further.
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Usually morning but really, sometimes it's just whenever I get around to it. :D If I'm doing a lot of physical work at home like deep cleaning the house or working in the yard, I won't shower first. It just seems silly to shower BEFORE getting all sweaty and dirty. DH is the complete opposite though; he can't do ANYTHING before showering.
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I'm usually up before DS13 but not by much. We're both anywhere from 5 - 7am. I'm usually on the earlier end of the spectrum with him being somewhere in the middle and 7am is the absolute latest that either of us is typically up and only if we're absolutely exhausted for some reason. We're both early birds.
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The O.P. is concerned with cramming everything into one year and says she wants to do it over 2 years. She is not looking for a survey course. Maybe she started homeschooling later on and her ds did not get the advantage of rotating through history chronologically and/or as she has stated her ds loves history and therefore wants something more in depth.
My ds is actually in the same boat. We started homeschooling half way through 7th grade and he loves history. The way I have handled it for him is to skip ancients during high school since we covered it 1.5 years in middle school.
YES! You hit the nail on the head, Jessica. DS is in 8th grade and this is our first year homeschooling. He has listened to all of the SOTW volumes on audio numerous times and reads a lot of non-fiction relating to history, particularly WW2. He had virtually no history in elementary school and what he got in 6th and 7th was rather inadequate, in my opinion, focusing almost exclusively on American History. I'll look into those history suggestions. Thanks.
First, a question: do these graduation requirements in your state apply to homeschoolers as well? In our state, they don't.
Second: aside from the required courses, there are usually some credits open for misc electives. If your son loves history, you could decide to use those electives for a longer, more in depth history study. There is no reason why electives can not be chosen in the core subjects (we will, for example, use electives for math).
Third: does it say US history must be crammed into one year? I doubt that is specified. So you could spend three years on World history chronologically and cover US history as it comes up, making sure to do enough US specific work to count for a whole credit. We do a 4 year history rotation and cover US during the last two years, spending our time half on US and half on the rest of the world.
Yes, our graduation requirements are the same for homeschoolers as for public schoolers. It does not say that US History must be crammed into one year, nor does it say the same for World History; however, it specifies that one CREDIT is needed. One credit is typically equal to one year of full-time work. Honestly, I'm less concerned with just one year of US History. I think THAT is completely doable. It's the World History that I think is unreasonable to fit into one year (AKA: one credit).
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Does he plenty of opportunity to socialize?
From MY perspective, yes. But then, I'm an introvert who hates to talk and isn't real fond of being around people either. :tongue_smilie:From HIS perspective though, I guess probably not. The thing is, he loves to be home. He is a dyed in the wool homebody. He goes to karate twice a week and in the spring and fall he does baseball once or twice a week. When our co-op starts back up he'll be there for a full day once a week. In our neighborhood he really only has a sibling pair of friends who are younger than him, though he doesn't play with them as often as he would like.
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I've been doing some research on graduation requirements and trying to map out a general plan since DS will be in high school next year.
I think I've got most everything figured out with the exception of history/social studies. I just can't quite wrap my head around it.
He is required to have 4 credits, which must include (interesting since that is 4 1/2 credits :001_huh:):
1 credit American History
1 credit World History
1/2 credit civics
1/2 credit economics
1/2 credit geography
1 elective
What bugs me is the World History. Cramming it ALL into one year just seems like a lot to me. How are you supposed to get any depth in just one year? History is also DS's favorite subject so I would prefer to do it over AT LEAST 2 yrs. Of course, I don't see time-wise how we could do any MORE than 2 yrs.
What I'm contemplating is:
9th World History
10th World History
11th U.S. History + Civics (1/2) Economics (1/2)
12th Geography (tied in with Bible/worldviews and literature)
My question is, would that second year of World History be counted as the elective or do I need to cram something else in somewhere? Also, do you know of a good, solid World History that is divided over two years? Most seem to go in 3 or 4 yr. cycles.
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You were being human. At least you didn't lay into DH the minute he walked in the door. That was an amazing and brave thing he did for those people. I'm sure you're proud of him.
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DH and I are SO not talkers. We could practically go through an entire week using only a handful of words. DS13, on the other hand, is a NON. STOP. TALKER. He literally talks from the time he gets up until he goes to sleep. It drives DH and I NUTS. It's not frantic or chattery, just constant talk... about something... all. day. long.
The problem is not JUST the talking though, it's the need to constantly interrupt by injecting his comments into adult conversations, answering for either DH or myself when we're trying to talk and not understanding the concept of PLEASE DON'T TALK AT ALL RIGHT NOW. DH can ask me a simple yes or no question and I LITERALLY cannot even get the answer out before DS13 has either answered for me or gone off on some other topic.
On an even more serious note, I'm actually concerned about driving with him in the car because I just can't THINK.
I've tried giving him guidelines like no talking in the car or do not interrupt when I'm trying to have a conversation and I've tried giving him a journal to get out his thoughts. When he was younger I would have him tap my arm once when he needed to interrupt, which worked occasionally but he always complained that by the time I got to him (literally within a few minutes or less) he had forgotten what he wanted to say. I've tried making him physically hold his tongue but he would just hold it while continuing to keep trying to tell me why XYZ was SOOO important that he needed to get it out right. then. It's like he's physically incapable of NOT talking and it's literally just whatever comes into his head. He doesn't have a concept of what is important or even relevant to a conversation. The irony is; however, that he never once got in trouble for talking in class when he was in school.
We joke that God must have a real sense of humor to have given us this kid but in all honesty, it's wearing us thin that no one can seem to have a conversation without him jumping in.
What say ye? Anybody else have a kid like this? I need some advice before I have a nervous breakdown.
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Honestly, I'm a little apprehensive to teach any of the classics as I am not acquainted with very many of them. I think part of what appeals to me about a classical education for my kids is that I get to come along for the ride. We'll discover which classics we despise together!
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Though I have to admit, one of my favorite books of all time is a classic: Beowulf. I am absolutely chomping at the bit to do that one. I read it for pleasure almost every year. I also remember liking The Canterbury Tales but I haven't picked them up since high school so I don't remember much.
Pride and Prejudice...:auto:
I hated that book with a passion. I think that is one I will be leaving off of DS's book list.
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I let DS13 help decide on his co-op electives and then talked to him about the curriculum choices. I also let him pick his Free Reading books from a list I had already pre-made. The ones that he didn't choose we will either read as read alouds or he will listen to them on audio or they will be saved for future years.
I've also consulted him A LOT on scheduling. I was undecided on whether to do a little bit in all subjects everyday or to do longer amounts a few times a week. When I asked for his input he said he would rather do his daily subjects first and then have one long block per week for each of the others.
I try not to be rigid about some things. I have one child so I don't have to be so controlling about times and such. If he happens to need more sleep one day, we can always start school later and finish up later. Not a big deal. He's kind of excited about that this year.
Board games, movies, outings, cooking, video games etc.! We try to do something fun everyday.
Does your highschooler know what s/he wants to major in?
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Hahahaha! That sounds like DS13. He loves Nerf guns and race cars. He builds elaborate race tracks out of blocks and makes stop-motion videos of cars racing. He never wanted to be a garbage man but when he was little we were SURE he would be a landscaper. He would spend HOURS outside with a toy lawnmower pretending to cut the grass in various patterns. Our neighbors would watch him in awe.
Now he's interested in baseball, Nascar racing, filmmaking/acting, meteorology and WW2 history. As a journaling project last week I asked him, "if you could do ONLY 3 things for the rest of your life (besides eat and sleep) what would they be?" His answers were: