fairfarmhand Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I am stumped as to which program to use for World History. Been agonizing over this decision for weeks...I need something that is fairly open and go, as I have 3 younger kids. I you really liked or really hated something could you let me know why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 bumping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelBee Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 What grade? Do they like reading? Like SL or MFW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 How about Notgrass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abbeygirlsouth Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 After much deliberation I have decide to go with MOH in the fall. It incorporates Biblical history as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 ninth grade history. Never really used a formal curriculum before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelbe5 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Notgrass is very open and go. It speaks to the student. It does not contain writing instruction, but suggests writing assignments. You could also use literature books other than the ones suggested if you wish. Mystery of History might work well for you since you have younger children. You would expect more from a high schooler, but you could keep everyone on the same history cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brindee Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 My Father's World Ancient History & Literature. It's worth 3 credits; one each for Bible, History and English. It includes grammar and writing, both explained well, and clearly. The 3 classes are woven together to make it a complete whole, which helps it make more sense to the student, and therefore more interesting. My dd did it this school year and loved it! She only has 2 weeks left 'til she's done! We're definitely getting the MFW World History for next year, which picks up where the Ancient History left off! The Lesson plans are all written out for every week and have boxes for the student to check off. The plans are written to the student, so it can be done more independently which would be good for you since you have youngers! The first week is more intense, so you may need to spend a bit more time, but after that it flows pretty well, with only a weekly meeting form you needed, or more if you want. It's not a set program, in that there are suggested books and things that you can change up if it works better for you. We've done it as written for the Bible/History/English. MFW also has lesson plans laid out for Saxon Math and for Apologia Sciences. We did our own thing with those, though, not the MFW plans or sciences. This has probably been the best year ever for us. It's been a real growth year for dd, and she worked independently on a lot of it, as that is how she works the best. Anyway, that's my suggestion! Oh, btw, MFW uses Notgrass books for Ancient and World History. MFW is just more thorough and an overall complete program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 what have you considered so far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy101 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I made a booklist for the western civ 1 clep and we watched the teaching company DVDs and read corresponding chapter in the speivogal textbook Oak Meadow uses. That's it. Probably could have done w/o the textbook. They learned lots. It was low key. They did fine on the CLEP exam. I plan to do the same next semester for western civ 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted May 13, 2011 Author Share Posted May 13, 2011 I made a booklist for the western civ 1 clep and we watched the teaching company DVDs and read corresponding chapter in the speivogal textbook Oak Meadow uses. That's it. Probably could have done w/o the textbook. They learned lots. It was low key. They did fine on the CLEP exam. I plan to do the same next semester for western civ 2. now this sounds appealing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovinteachin Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 ... although I have to agree that the above suggestion does sounds very appealing. We won't actually be using World History until this fall, but I've skimmed the book and feel it's a good fit for us. We used Notgrass American History this year and my dd learned a lot. As others mentioned, it combines Bible and Literature. Notgrass may be repetitious for those who have read a lot of history based books, but we were light on history in previous years, so it has filled in gaps for us. Margie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdarling Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Notgrass is by far the best. It is fun and interesting. It makes history easy while covering everything you need to know and then some. I would never use any other history curriculum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amtmcm Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 BJU World History 10. DD14 has 5 more chapters to finish this summer. It's been great! Last week she read an excerpt from The Communist Manifesto and we had an excellent discussion about it. She completes 1 chapter per week: Days 1-2 Read text & answer section questions Days 3-4 Complete Student Activities Day 5 Chapter Test Student Activities include mapping, timelines, cause & effect charts, excerpts from original source documents, etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Nut Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I suggest using Biblioplan http://www.biblioplan.net/ ; all of your dc can work on the same topic with seperate books for each grade level. It's a literature approach that's more affordable than SL and ToG and for all ages! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margo out of lurking Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 My dd used Notgrass for American History. *I* learned a lot, not only from the curriculum, but also that she hated Notgrass. :glare: It also cemented her turnoff from any lit in history. For World History, we went a totally opposite direction and chose Christian Liberty Press. It's open and shut, literally, and it's inexpensive. It is not a ton of reading. It's been a good fit for a student who has had loads of history over the years and has other interests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grace4me Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 You might like Biblioplan. Take a look at it. I did, and while we decided to move forward with MFW Ancient Hist & Lit, BP did appeal to me for it's simplicity, flexibility, and affordability. DD and I wanted the structure MFW offered with the Bible incorporated as an actual history spine for Ancients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 My guys loved Notgrass and retained quite a bit from it. It was very easy for them to use themselves with just hubby and I grading (and periodic discussions). We supplemented English, but used their literature choices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris in Wis Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Is Notgrass a textbook? (But that's a question for another time and place.) Or do you prefer something more student-directed? I'm assuming that since you posted this on the high school board you want high school level material. But with younger children, too, Truthquest might be a good fit for you. Each guide has book suggestions for all ages, so all children can be reading about the same historical events, but in books at their personal reading level and depth of coverage. You can use a spine book - we used Spielvogel. A much younger child can use Story of the World. I also own an old OOP series called Picturesque Tales of Progress which made a very good spine for my middle graders! There are no formal tests. We did most of our history through discussion, creating notebooks, and with me assigning more lengthy written papers periodically throughout the year. Worked well for our family, and my kids are all nuts about history to this day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in Mint Hill Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Omnibus from Veritas is great for an integrated history and lit course, although it is just going to be Western Civ rather than world history. You can simply add some reading on Eastern History at appropriate times. The teacher's cd has answers to all the discussion questions, and other helps. The chapters in this text are tremendously engaging for young readers. Use the Spielvogel text when referenced at the end of each section, and have them read some of the classics. NOT ALL of them!! This is way too much work for one year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in Mint Hill Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 My dd used Notgrass for American History. *I* learned a lot, not only from the curriculum, but also that she hated Notgrass. :glare: It also cemented her turnoff from any lit in history. For World History, we went a totally opposite direction and chose Christian Liberty Press. It's open and shut, literally, and it's inexpensive. It is not a ton of reading. It's been a good fit for a student who has had loads of history over the years and has other interests. Hi Kristine! I am guessing this is my friend from Co Springs? who lives in Roanoke now? I miss you! TIMELINES - The Best Thing we ever did in homeschooling, according to my sons! Another way to go about history is to simply unify various reading with a homemade TIMELINE to scale. This way you can skip around and read about different civilizations and study various time periods, yet you all can refer to the wall timeline over the years for tying(sp?) it all together. We made the timeline with connected computer paper and put it around the top of the room. Then the boys made pics to go up in certain spots, labeled key events etc. The trick is to not let it become "too busy," once this begins happening make a more detailed timeline to fold up into a notebook, and keep only KEY events up on the wall timeline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margo out of lurking Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Hi Kristine! I am guessing this is my friend from Co Springs? who lives in Roanoke now? I miss you! Beth! Love your new screen name, so pretty! I PM'd you!:grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in Mint Hill Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Mint Hill is where we live now! Isn't it a great name? Its a suburb of Charlotte. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Nut Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Mint Hill is where we live now! Isn't it a great name? Its a suburb of Charlotte. I used to teach at Independence High School in Mint Hill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise2 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 I made a booklist for the western civ 1 clep and we watched the teaching company DVDs and read corresponding chapter in the speivogal textbook Oak Meadow uses. That's it. Probably could have done w/o the textbook. They learned lots. It was low key. They did fine on the CLEP exam. I plan to do the same next semester for western civ 2. Martha, my 7th and 9th grader did SL World History 1 this past year and we added the high school tchg co DVDs (I listened to the college) and had my 9th grader read the CLEP prep book as we went along (had a textbook but decided we didn't need it). Did you use the High School World History DVDs from Tchg Co or the College course and did you like it? Also, was your booklist from Western civ 1 CLEP literature or history? I'm assuming it was lit since you used a text for history. Would love to know...I'm planning for Western Civ 2 (SL 7) this year (beefed up for the older, fine for the younger as is, IMO). Thanks, Elise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in Mint Hill Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 I used to teach at Independence High School in Mint Hill! Hi Book Nut, Oh yeah!? :) I teach at Greyfriars - ever heard of it? What and where do you teach now? Beth finally reading Brothers Karamozov, Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfgivas Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 we're historyatourhouse.com fans! next year will be the first at the high school level for us. hth, ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Nut Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Hi Book Nut,Oh yeah!? :) I teach at Greyfriars - ever heard of it? What and where do you teach now? Beth finally reading Brothers Karamozov, Wow! I'm not familiar with Greyfriars; is it a private school? I no longer live in the Charlotte area (I live in Western NC now). I just teach my 2 dc (ages 15 & 13) @ home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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