TOG Supplemental Resources Questions

[classicHSmom]

Has anyone had success or preferred the TOG Supplemental reading selections to the suggested primary resources? I'm mostly thinking the SOTW books (UG) or Streams of Civilizations (D) vs. the TOG suggestions.

 

Thanks.

[Melissa in CA]

We personally prefer the Primary Resources over the Supplemental. Mainly because the TOG history Q's, Lit Q's, etc. are all geared toward the primary readings. Not that you cannot find the answers in other books, but we have been happy with TOG's primary choices. They chose them as their primaries for a reason. ;)

 

The Supplementals are there for those who prefer them, or have already used the Primary ones and need another 'choice,' or feel the need to add some type of textbook to their studies (Streams in Redesign, BJU in classic). I also think many use SOTW because they have youngers and want to keep them altogether by reading just one history book.

 

All the supplementals are great books in and of themselves. We just prefer the Primary selections.

[MamaT]

We are going to do Year 1 Redesign next year. I am going to have my kids read the primary selections and the selections in SOTW (UG), Streams (D), and Spielvogel ®. With both combined it is probably still less reading than my dc are accustomed to in a week.

[Cinder]

I was in a TOG co-op this past year. We used Yr1. Several families preferred the alternate history spine because they felt it provided more continuity--the history is presented in just one writing style. Some used SOTW for their youngers, some used BJU 6 for the UG/Dialectic. One family really preferred Susan Wise Bauer's ancient history book. My ds's preferred the primary resources, though I did sometimes supplement the R-level reading with Spielvogel to give ds a broader picture.

 

Cinder

[siloam]

Has anyone had success or preferred the TOG Supplemental reading selections to the suggested primary resources? I'm mostly thinking the SOTW books (UG) or Streams of Civilizations (D) vs. the TOG suggestions.

 

Thanks.

 

 

I tend to use a lot of alternates, but I have have younger kids, so there is no conflict with the discussion questions. When we come back to year 1 I plan to use MOH and Guerber.

 

Heather

 

[classicHSmom]

Thanks for the replies.

 

I tend to use a lot of alternates, but I have have younger kids, so there is no conflict with the discussion questions. When we come back to year 1 I plan to use MOH and Guerber.

 

Heather

 

 

Heather,

Do you have a correlation chart for MOH and TOG or do you do it week by week? I've seen them referenced here and there but have never seen them. Also, I'm not too familiar with MOH, but I've heard that it's more Christian based than SOTW. Is this true and is there anything else you can add? Does MOH follow the 4 year cycle as well? Also, what age is it geared towards?

 

Thanks.

[siloam]

Thanks for the replies.

 

 

 

Heather,

Do you have a correlation chart for MOH and TOG or do you do it week by week? I've seen them referenced here and there but have never seen them. Also, I'm not too familiar with MOH, but I've heard that it's more Christian based than SOTW. Is this true and is there anything else you can add? Does MOH follow the 4 year cycle as well? Also, what age is it geared towards?

 

Thanks.

 

 

Yes I did make a PDF of how year 1 and MOH 1 correlate, e-mail me and I can send it to you. MOH comes from an young earth (the creation is taken literal and the earth is only about 7000 years old) point of view and a lot of Biblical events are included as fact. Here is the volume 1 table of contents.

 

MOH will have 4 volumes, but it will assume that you will do at least a 1-2 year study of American History either alongside it or after it. In other words they are focusing on world history. It is written to be readers at 4-8th grade. Volume 1 is easily used as a read aloud for younger children. Due to user request volumes 2 and 3 have longer lessons and more detail, so people have mixed results using them with younger children. I used it with my oldest in 2nd grade and she adored it, but she is a history buff and has a high tolerance for being read to for a long time. :D

 

There are samples at both the publisher's and author's websites:

 

http://brightideaspress.com/?page_id=125

 

http://www.themysteryofhistory.com/volumeI.shtml

 

Let me know if you have any questions.

 

Heather

 

 

[teacalm]

I like MOH too and since I have 3 copies now, dds and I can take turns reading this book. The only problem is I also would like to use the supplemental history in TOG 1 Classic which is the Kingfisher Illustrated History of the World. I now have 4 copies of this book which means my 3 kids and I have all our copies to take turns reading from.

 

Decisions, decisions.