TheAutumnOak Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I posted this on the logic forum, but thought I would also ask here...I think that is what xpost means :blush: Does anyone here just follow WTM's reccomendations for history and not use a standard curriculum like TOG or MOH?...Do you use the encyclopedia and just study out people and events like recommended? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poke Salad Annie Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 My answer will be very skewed against using any kind of *boxed* program, so keep that in mind. Yes, you can use a history encyclopedia, living history book, or whatever you'd like from the library which covers the time period you are interested in exploring. You can then read that book aloud, asking for a narration, then asking general discussion questions. To me, (and this is JMHO), that is a more *natural* way of studying history. If you feel comfortable reading with the kids and discussing, it shouldn't be a problem. You can do that for free without paying for an expensive program. Have you read Marva Collins' book, Marva Collins' Way? I am inspired every time I read that book, and believe me, mine is getting dog-eared by now. :) She did Socratic discussions with the children in her one-room school without much of anything but a text and her own thoughts. Discussion kind of starts to flow naturally when you offer an opening question, and that's how Marva began to draw her students into the readings. You can find plenty of history project books at the library for some extra fun to add to the study of the time period you're covering. Also, remember there are many titles at Librivox to download and listen to ---Famous Men of Greece, Famous Men of Rome, etc. These could add more flavor to the time period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAutumnOak Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 :bigear: Does anyone else do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Granted mine are young;), but I just read living books...I count SOTW as a living book. My kids know a LOT of history for their ages imho. Copywork and narration are the only activities we regularly, aside from reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I am currently doing history with my older using an encyclopedia as our main history resource. We've tried several different approaches, but right now it is working very well. She reads, enters her information on a timeline, looks it up on a map then we discuss it. She writes summaries about once a week from a topic we covered during the week. She's my history loving child so I had thought that a bigger program would be better for her but had trouble placing her in any. We did this as a way to get history progressing while I looked for a solution. It turns out that the simple solution was the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 We do. My youngest ds uses the Usborne history encyclopedia and living books. My older girls are using WTM high school lit/history, along with Omnibus articles for help with Christian perspective. We're using the 1st edition WTM (though I have read the newer editions,) so prior to SOTW, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAutumnOak Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 My older girls are using WTM high school lit/history, What is this?...I have never heard of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfside Academy Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 We do. My youngest ds uses the Usborne history encyclopedia and living books. My older girls are using WTM high school lit/history, along with Omnibus articles for help with Christian perspective. We're using the 1st edition WTM (though I have read the newer editions,) so prior to SOTW, etc. :bigear: I'm not familiar with Omnibus. What exactly are the articles you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 :bigear: Does anyone else do this? Yes, we do. Even more free style than the WTM suggestions. We use the encyclopedia as a spine - but don't like it very much. I have found the Universal History of the World books which are wonderful, well written so that one can actually READ them. We use living books, documentaries (DS is a very visual learner and documentaries work well for him, he actually remembers everything). I make up my own writing assignments. DS chooses research topics and makes many powerpoint presentations about his history topics. With DD13 we have begun the rhetoric stage and are following WTM suggestions for Ancients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5LittleMonkeys Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 What is this?...I have never heard of it... I believe she is just referring to the high school history and literature suggestions in The Well Trained Mind. Literature is directly tied to history in WTM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd293 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 We tried it with dd10, but it was very dry and we soon gave it up. I loved history at school, and it was the thing that most drew me to the WTM, but we have not been able to get it right so far - SOTW with crafts was too time consuming, and simple outlining etc was too dry. Our snatches of success have been where we have spent a lot of time on historical fiction or literature from the period. This year we are just reading, reading, reading - both the four narrative world histories that I know of, and a range of historical fiction. We will timeline as we go. Next year the goal is to do in depth projects in areas that capture dd's interest. For me, the bottom line was that her retention of facts is much better when they are taught in the context of a story, whereas her recall from outlining was negligible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 :bigear: I'm not familiar with Omnibus. What exactly are the articles you use? Omnibus is Veritas Press' 7th-12th grade history/literature/Bible/art/etc. curriculum. Each volume contains a discussion/article about each book used and then discussion questions and writing prompts. We have found the information in each book to be very helpful to our studies. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommamia Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I have not read the other replies. One of my best friends does(follow WTM) She always has. I've admired the fact that she never curriculum hunts and has just followed WTM. She used to be on this ooard, but now comes on minimally. I'll tell her about your question:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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