dangermom Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 My 9yo daughter is moving into the logic stage, and next year we'll be doing Ancient History. I'm considering History Odyssey for a spine. Anyway, I've been thinking about how to do logic-stage history, and I'm a little flummoxed. I've heard SWB speak on how to do literature at the beginning of logic stage, and I'm OK with that. Does anyone have suggestions on how to do this well in the study of history? (I sound like an idiot, don't I? Oh well, it's a lesson in humility I guess.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Do you know if SWB put the lecture you saw on logic stage literature as a downloadable mp3? I'd be interested in listening to it. I have similar questions about my DS9 moving into logic stage. My current plan is to begin with HO Ancients level 2. That way both my kids are in the same time frame. I haven't decided if I'm going to rearrange SOTW to fit HO or rearrange HO to fit SOTW which my DS6 will be doing. My thinking is that if we do HO we'll approach something that looks like a logic stage history notebook similar to WTM 2009. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted December 26, 2009 Author Share Posted December 26, 2009 It may have been the Great Books: History as Literature lecture, but I have two on literature on CD from a seminar I attended, and I'm not sure which one it was. Sorry. There was a K-8 lecture and a highschool one, I think. I'm having the same thing with HO and SOTW, which one to rearrange and such. The 6yo will be in SOTW 1 and the 9yo in HO Ancients 2. If I use it. Agh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 I'm planning on starting Ancients w/ both Feb 1 or so after we finish American History for this year. Keep me posted on your thoughts and I'll do the same. Did you see a long thread on HO a month or so ago? In it, someone (sorry blank on your name for now) posted a link to her blog where she correlated HO ancients to SOTW1. Capt_Uhura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted December 27, 2009 Author Share Posted December 27, 2009 Oh no, I missed it! Can anyone post a link for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Ok I FOUND IT! http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=139956&highlight=MissMoe Here's another one I bookmarked. http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=86199 And another one w/ good list for Logic Ancients reading list. http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137629 Capt_Uhura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemykids Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 My oldest in fifth grade is not fully in the logic stage as of right now, but we have been using some primary sources for years. I have not yet taught her how to look up primary sources on her own. We may do some of that next year, in sixth grade. As for outlining, yes, we are doing it but not on a strict or regular schedule, we also do narrations and summaries. What am I missing in the logic stage? Critical thinking? We have been doing that since about first grade! By myself, I teach my children how to look for biases, and how to think about things that we hear or study. We go over fallacies in our history studies naturally, as they come up. We have not started Critical Thinking as a subject, separately, yet.(next year) But we start informal logic pretty early….. I think children can start bits and pieces of the logic stage earlier than recommended, but as far as going fully into it and having my fifth grader evaluate the primary sources; well, we are not ready for that quite yet! :o (or maybe "I" need to get with the program) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 Yay, thanks Capt Uhura! I will look at those threads when I am more coherent, which is not right now. Is there a sickie smilie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemykids Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 I think primary sources just sound scary and intimidating, until you realize what they are! My guess is that analyzing them will probably be fun. When we get around to it.. Dangermom, I love your siggy! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelBee Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 I'm looking forward to it too, lovemykids--ancient and medieval are my favorite years of history. (And thanks--my sig lines are from an old NZ pop song I've always loved. :)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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