Quiver0f10 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I have both the red and White KF but was thinking of using one of the new recommendations in TWTM. Which do you prefer or do you have a different recommendation altogether? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheryl h Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 We are using MOH vol.2 as a spine and use the red Kingfisher and DK's The Story of Christianity for additional reading. Dd12 is a voracious reader so I can easily require her to read several selections from TWTM reading lists that go along with our historical time period and get literary essays out of her that way. I also pick out a few living books that go along with our history topic as well as doing outlines from the encyclopedia on topics that interest her. If I were going to have her do history independantly, I don't know if I would still chose MOH, but we do history as a family so it works great for our scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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abbeyej Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 "My" two seventh graders (ds and a good friend of ours we school with part time) were both sick to death of Kingfisher (we've used both editions, and I like them for mid/late elementary) and ready for something more. This year I'm alternating between the DK Definitive Visual Guide to History and the National Geographic Almanac of World History (both recommended in the newest WTM) and Hakim's History of US (we're doing books 2-5 in 7th -- the kids had both read chapters of Hakim before, but not straight through)...It seems to be working out well for us. DK is a lot like Kingfisher in format, but with more/better illustrations and more in-depth text. Almanac is good for slightly longer essays on certain topics, although its scope is limited. Hakim gives us a chance to stop and read a narrative history that gives more of the story... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 We're using K12's Human Odyssey as a spine (we're not taking the course, just using the text) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share Posted December 17, 2010 Thank you all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 (edited) . Edited September 5, 2023 by SilverMoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 We use History Odyssey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I am using SOTW 4 with Kingfisher. I plan on using an American Hx Text The American Nation for 8th. Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2cents Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 We're using Human Odyssey for World History and for US History we're using The American Pageant by Houghton Mifflin 2002. Yep their textbooks. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 (edited) We used All All American History 1 for 7th and AAH2 for 8th. Edited December 18, 2010 by The Dragon Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 I think the White Kingfisher is definitely easier to outline from! Because I only have the red, I read aloud from it and/or Usborne to introduce a topic each week and my son reads from SOTW on his own and outlines from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted December 18, 2010 Author Share Posted December 18, 2010 Thank you everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy in NJ Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Usborne and SOTW II. We're on Middle ages this year. TSOM = The Story of Mankind by Van Loon and he's using via History Odyssey level 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siloam Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Guerber here, she hates factoid type books like Usborne, DK and Kingfisher. Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rootsong Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 We're using History Odyssey with the red KF but will be soon switching over to k12's Human Odyssey because I can't function without an answer key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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