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I'm looking for a new history program. I love the idea of TRISMS - encouraging independent studies, research, rabbit trailing, analysis, etc. However, I've read that there is no spine and that it can seem a bit disjointed. First, if you are a TRISMS user, do you find this to be an accurate assessment and if so, what do you do to mitigate any problems that arise? Second, are there any history programs that have a spine but also encourage independent study and analysis, like TRISMS?

 

Since I have you here, can I also ask a dumb question? What exactly do you need to implement TRISMS? (We're looking at History Makers) Their website isn't entirely clear on that.

 

Hope this made some sense. Thanks!!

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Guest Cheryl in SoCal

I answered on the K-8 subforum. Here it is again:001_smile:

 

I'm looking for a new history program. I love the idea of TRISMS - encouraging independent studies, research, rabbit trailing, analysis, etc. However, I've read that there is no spine and that it can seem a bit disjointed. First, if you are a TRISMS user, do you find this to be an accurate assessment and if so, what do you do to mitigate any problems that arise? Second, are there any history programs that have a spine but also encourage independent study and analysis, like TRISMS?

 

Since I have you here, can I also ask a dumb question? What exactly do you need to implement TRISMS? (We're looking at History Makers) Their website isn't entirely clear on that.

 

Hope this made some sense. Thanks!!

Well, I see TRISMS as the spine (kind of like a syllabus) that you add meat to by using other text books and resources. One of the reasons I really like this is that you can choose resources which reflect your particular world view, making your history reflect your world view without any tweaking.

 

History Makers is my least favorite because the method is a little different from the high school volumes, and because it covers from 500BC to present in one (or two if you stretch it out) years. I will be using it with my younger crew but not on it's own. I'll use it with MOH as my spine and work in the History Makers units as we cover them in MOH.

 

I used DAW (Discovering the Ancient World) last year, and am using DAW (with my next student) and EOC (Expansion of Civilization) this year. I hesitate to write what resources I use because, well, I have an addition:blush::lol: The main ones I use with the high school volumes for history are King's Meadow lectures, Diana Waring's CD's, Mystery of History, World History (Duiker/Spielvogel), Western Civilization (Spielvogel) and several other varies texts. I also have several different books/resources for art history, music history, architecture, world religions, atlases, map software, etc, etc. I believe on TRISMS website they have a minimum resource package that they sell, which is considerably smaller than mine;)

 

Have you joined the Yahoo group? It's pretty quiet but a good resource for asking questions as there are many on there who have been using TRISMS for years.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TRISMS/

 

I hope I helped a little. I've not searched for anything similar to TRISMS because I stopped looking once I found it :)

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