TOG history credits question...

[Sparrows-Song]

The umbrella school we plan to use for highschool only requires 1 credit for U.S. History, and 1 credit for "Social Studies" (which may include World History, World Geography, Ancient History, Modern History, or European History.)

 

In looking at how the TOG website breaks down their year plans, it is listed as this:

 

Yr.1: World History 1

Yr.2: World History 2: Colonial America

Yr.3: World History 3: America in the 1800's

Yr.4: World History 4: America in the 1900's.

 

Would Yr.1 count as a complete "World History" credit? And how would I have my child to get the US History credit without working 2 whole years (or more) to get a single credit? Maybe I am overlooking something simple. Can we just do a year's worth of work and call it whatever we want?

 

Thanks for answering!

[Sparrows-Song]

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[Karenciavo]

If you use TOG through all four years your child will have 4 credits, what you call them is up to you. Yes, Year 1 would be one full year of world history equaling 1 credit. Your US History credits could be year 3 or 4. If you don't want to use TOG for four years in high school than I would pick something else for US history, maybe even for world history if you wanted to get farther than the ancients.

 

Those are pretty light requirements that your umbrella school has and I wouldn't follow them. I mean, they don't care if you do more than recommended, right? High schools in my area require 1 year of world history and 2 years of US history. Make a list of possible college choices, if college is the plan, and go to their web sites for requirements.

[Shelbelle7]

The umbrella school we plan to use for highschool only requires 1 credit for U.S. History, and 1 credit for "Social Studies" (which may include World History, World Geography, Ancient History, Modern History, or European History.)

 

In looking at how the TOG website breaks down their year plans, it is listed as this:

 

Yr.1: World History 1

Yr.2: World History 2: Colonial America

Yr.3: World History 3: America in the 1800's

Yr.4: World History 4: America in the 1900's.

 

Would Yr.1 count as a complete "World History" credit? And how would I have my child to get the US History credit without working 2 whole years (or more) to get a single credit? Maybe I am overlooking something simple. Can we just do a year's worth of work and call it whatever we want?

 

Thanks for answering!

Our umbrella school requires 3 credits in history, with 1 of them being American history. We counted TOG Year 1 as Ancient World history. We have to complete Years 3 AND 4 to get American history credit, but they each count as a full credit (2 credits in total) with Year 3 being Early American history and Year 4 being 20th Century American history. You can definitely just call it what you want. I think that somewhere TOG even makes suggestions for what you might call the different years. If you go on their forums and ask, I'm sure you'll get lots of suggestions! :)

[Sparrows-Song]

Thanks for your replies! I did find that the public schools in MS (where we are) require 1 World History, 1 US History, 1/2 Govt, and 1/2 MS Studies. So, that is a little more than the umbrella school requires.

 

I think if we stick with TOG, I may do one of two things: either complete all 4 years and call it what it is, or combine yrs 3 and 4 into one year, omitting anything that isn't US-centered.

 

It tends to get confusing when you start thinking of combining years, and omitting certain things~ I hate to omit too much, but then, neither of my boys are wanting to major in history in college, so who knows?

 

Thanks for your replies and help!