marmeeofsix Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I'm curious to see what everyone uses for history in high school. I'm trying to make a decision on which curriculum to use with my daughter this coming school year. Has anyone used all of the Beautiful Feet high school guides with their children? I'm torn with either staying with SL or trying BF. I can't seem to find anyone who has used BF for all four years of high school. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chloe Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 We do history a la WTM with Great books. We are through the first year and it is working very well for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 We used Notgrass for World, American, and Gov't and my boys liked it. We also supplement with various videos or shows on the History Channel. For Economics we use the Teaching Company videos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I've put together a plan using one of the Notgrass books, SWB's History of the Ancient World, and great books.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I've used Beautiful Feet with my son and he enjoyed them. I'll be using Ancient Civilizations and the Bible with my dd, and using their "digging deeper" suggestions for beefing it up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brindee Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 My dd was in 9th this year and we used MFW AHL (she's finishing it up this week!). She has LOVED it! We're going with MFW WHL for next year (.....If it aint broke, don't fix it! :D). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonibee Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 We've used Sonlight Cores 100-400 all the way through, now on student #4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquinas Academy Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 We do history a la WTM with Great books. We are through the first year and it is working very well for us. This is what we are doing to. We're also using SWB's History of the Ancient World. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeegal Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 We do history a la WTM with Great books. We are through the first year and it is working very well for us. This is my plan. We start in the fall. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in MN Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Another family using MFW's AHL and very happy. AHL also includes Notgrass. Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imeverywoman Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 We have used SL and it's worked wonderfully for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 We are using History Odyssey and SWb's books. My son LOVES it! But then, history is his thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaOz Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 My two highschoolers are currently using Sonlight. I am considering changing one of the them to MFW next year. The other will continue with SL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieM Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 We've used Sonlight with great success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Home'scool Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 I used TOG and loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 We're using TOG. I'll have 2 in high school next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2paul Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 9th grade: Last year we did Notgrass American History, and Sonlight 100. Read as much as the assigned lit as possible. Notgrass & Hakim's books were a huge hit with him. 10th grade: This year we did portions of Omnibus 1 w/related lit; Spielvogel and SWB's History of the Ancient World were great supplements. We threw in some TQ also. DS wanted Church History, so we did Sonlight 200 w/o the lit. Saving the lit for another time. We started off with TOG but it didn't work for DS. 11th grade: Next year we'll do World History with MFW. :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaOz Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 11th grade: Next year we'll do World History with MFW. :thumbup: So, you think it is OK to jump in and do MFW World History without having first done AHL? I was wondering about this. My 9th grader is currently doing SL 100, but I'm considering MFW for her for next year except she is not keen on doing Ancients again. Is the Language Arts/writing portion of AHL essential to be able to move into WHL? Maybe not...... (Thinking, thinking). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 What is AHL? I looked on MFW's site and don't see Notgrass mentioned under their U.S. History courses (they use a Bob Jones text) so is this for ancient history? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in MN Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 What is AHL? I looked on MFW's site and don't see Notgrass mentioned under their U.S. History courses (they use a Bob Jones text) so is this for ancient history? Yes, Ancient History & Literature. MFW uses Notgrass World for part of ancient and part of world history. They use BJU for 0.5 credit of history each in years 3 and 4 (the other 0.5 credits are for gov & econ). Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendaC Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 DD will be beginning high school in the fall and we plan to use Notgrass. I picked it up at the used book sale yesterday and very excited about using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise in PA Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 We used TOG for over five years - excellent, rigorous high school curriculum for history and literature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 We use the old WTM guidelines (great books study + Spielvogel,) plus BJU World Hiistory. The BJU and Spielvogel are the spines. The context papers for their great books flesh it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Nut Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Biblioplan, Hakim books (US history) & (planning) on SL Core 300 & 400. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris in Wis Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 We use TQ as background, some Omnibus (to incorporate literature and church history), Spielvogel as a spine. Very eclectic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofugirl101 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Do yall recommend using AP prep books for history, then taking the exam in May? I'm considering doing European History for my sophomore year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 We will be doing history through Seton and from what I understand it's very rigorous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I was a long-term SL user (started with kindergarten level and did all the levels from there on up) until we got to their high school level Cores. Those were awful. I did Core 100 and Core 300. Core 100 was okay, but it's really a better fit for 7th or 8th grade, NOT for high school. Core 300 was a scattered mess. I abandoned SL. I started using Oak Meadow for high school history last year and I really like it. They chose very good textbooks and the daily work is interesting. I have gotten to the point that I have my dd do either the questions or the weekly projects, but not both (she can choose each week which she wants to do). My oldest used Thinkwell for government this past year and I thought that was interesting, but you should be aware that it is lecture only. There are no assignments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 ETA: Spielvogel. Not Notgrass. Why did I say Notgrass? I'm so crazed (crazy).... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 We'll be using TOG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reet3 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 We used SL for American history and loved it. But I wanted to delve into world history over a four year period. Tried TOG, and it was good, but I'm trying Biblioplan in the fall. It's less expensive, less overwhelming, less space on the shelves:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greta Lea Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 9th grade was a mom pulled together program based on my son's interest. Last year, he wanted to study Modern/20th Cent. history. We started the year just using the SL catalog as a reading guide (Core 300), but soon moved to using AO. I didn't like SL's Core 300 main text for 20th cent. history, so we tried one of the AO suggestios. LOVED it. From there, we started adding in more and more from the AO year 11 book selections. My son needs an American History, government and economics credit (last two need just be 1/2 credits), so he's gonna be doing AO's Year 9 & 10 (some modifications...mostly year 9's literature) in 11th and 12th grade). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie Q Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 We will be using Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources by Robert Strayer for a world history course, which I'm planning to spread out over two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trish h Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 we use notgrass but I supplement with some historical fiction, famous men of..., World history maps/ geography, and short biographies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 We use The World: A Brief History (Felipe Fernandez-Armesto) for a quick overview or for inspiration for further research, multiple Teaching Company lecture series, historical documentaries, current non-fiction books on selected historical topics chosen by dd and by me (we take turns choosing, and our choices range from the history of clothing to the relationship between tea and empire to political spying), classic literature, and some historical fiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smillard00 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 We've used Beautiful Feet for history, but now that ds is going into high school, I wanted to do great books with him. I think we're going to use the 9th grade history from Kolbe. If we weren't doing great books, I would definitely be using Beautiful Feet. I have their Ancient History and their modern US & World History at the high school levels. I really like their guides. There is a yahoo group if you want to ask specific questions. I'm one of the moderators and I'm still using BF with my younger kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiddenJewel Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 My 11th grader is doing US History from several resources. My 9th grader will be doing EpiKardia World History I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ks-sunflower Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 This one looked interesting- Larry Krieger wrote some well-reviewed SAT and AP history prep materials. World History: Patterns of Interaction [Hardcover] Rober B. Beck (Author), Linda Black (Author), Larry S. Krieger (Author) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jibaker103 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 We've used Beautiful Feet for history, but now that ds is going into high school, I wanted to do great books with him. I think we're going to use the 9th grade history from Kolbe. If we weren't doing great books, I would definitely be using Beautiful Feet. I have their Ancient History and their modern US & World History at the high school levels. I really like their guides. There is a yahoo group if you want to ask specific questions. I'm one of the moderators and I'm still using BF with my younger kids. Please provide a link to the BF Yahoo Message Board. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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