Wendi Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 I'm looking at TRISMS. I noticed that it uses excerpts for literature. Do colleges expect that students will have read ALL of every work in high school? Or is it okay to do TRISMS, and have the students read only some of the works in their entirety? Also, does TRISMS recommend some basic reference works, or are you completely on your own? I'm asking because we were frustrated when using Around the World in 180 Days, because some of the questions were hard to answer without using a specific encyclopedia. Thanks, Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cheryl in SoCal Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 I have only gone through the first volume of the series (Discovering the Ancient World) so I can't say with certainty what the other books are like (though I do own them all and can look if you have specific questions:D). In DAW they include excerpts from required readings, short stories, poems, etc. In DAW they were often literature from the time period (Code of Hammurabi, etc). The student CAN read the entire book if you want. The student is also supposed to read historical fiction and/or biographies (1 per month). Here is a list of the excerpts included with DAW: The Story of Creation - Norse Myth The Story of Creation - Greek Myth Hurakan & Gucumatz - The Story of Creation from Central America Ra and Sekhmet - The Story of Creation from Etypt The flood by Ovid - Roman The Yellow Emperor and the Great Flood - China Manu & the Fish - India The story of the Flood from the Epic of Gilgamesh Deucalion's Flood - Greek Flood Myth The Coming of Evil Summary of Part 1 from the Epic of Gilgamesh Part 2 - The Forest Journey from the Epic of Gilgamesh Part 3 - Ishtar and Gilgamesh, & the Death of Enkidu Part 4 - The Search for Everlasting Life Hieroglyphic alphabet chart Egyptian poetry The story of Sinuhe - Egyptian short story The Tale of the Doomed Prince Theseus & the Minotaur - Greek Myth Daedalus & Icarus - Greek Myth The Golden Reed Pipe - Yao Folktale The Vaulnerable Spot - Yi Folktale The Legend of Silk Aryan Hymns from the Rig Veda A prayer to the Gods of Night - Old Babylonian poem Selections from the Code of Hammurabi List of Characters for the Iliad Book 1 - Quarrel, Oath, and Promise of the Iliad by Homer Book 2 - Assembly and Muster of Armies Book 16 - A Ship Fired, A Tide Turned Book 24 - A Grace Given to Sorrow Book 9 of the Odyssey by Homer Writing with Pictures Sythian Origin Myth & Account of the Scyths by Herodotus Much of the literature for DAW is short stories/poetry/etc from the time period being studied. One could easily have the student read the entire Epic of Gilgamesh, Iliad and/or Odyssey, etc if you wanted to expand the literature component. I love TRISMS because it's history that includes literature but isn't mainly literature like Omnibus. It's very rich, in-depth history that studies all aspects of each civilization through time, which includes their literature but isn't studying a civilization by just or mainly reading it's literature. Does that makes sense? They do have recommended resources but I've expanded on them;):lol: There is a Yahoo group where there are many who have been through all 4 volumes, who I'm sure can give much better answers. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trisms/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebbS Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Like Cheryl, we have only used DAW so far. We're starting EOC in the fall. I also love this curriculum for it's depth, because it's research based and because my daughter not only enjoyed it, but also got a lot out of it. We used the resource set that TRISMs recommends on their website. In addition, we use our local library and the web quite extensively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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