tntgoodwin Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 I like the idea of the 4 year WTM history cycle, but I would also like to dedicate a full year in elementary - middle school for American History, as well as a full year in high school. What grades do you think would be the best to do that in? What kind of schedule or cycle would allow me to do this? And, what textbook would you reccomend to use as a spine for this subject? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) I like the idea of the 4 year WTM history cycle, but I would also like to dedicate a full year in elementary - middle school for American History, as well as a full year in high school. What grades do you think would be the best to do that in? What kind of schedule or cycle would allow me to do this? And, what textbook would you reccomend to use as a spine for this subject? I saw somewhere that somebody does 2 4 year world history cycles ala WTM and 2 2 year cycles of American History. That is an awesome idea and might work well for you. Have you looked into All American History for an American History spine? ETA: So you could 1st-4th world history 5th-6th American history 7th-10th world history 11th-12th American history Edited October 19, 2011 by wy_kid_wrangler04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Mama Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 I'm using guesthollow.com for a free curricula for my dc. It's very thorough. I'm actually combining AH1 and AH2 into a full year's worth of work. We school year-round and have been very impressed with the guesthollow website and the free history and science offerings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 We're taking time off now, mid-cycle for American history. I thought it made sense to do after the middle ages as you end around Columbus anyway. I had a blog post that lists some of the options I looked at long enough to get a feel for. It's not everything that's out there though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 We're doing US history for third grade, and will probably do it again in 9th or 10th. It wasn't my original plan, but the classical rotation wasn't working for us, so we'll do US this year and either restart the 4 year cycle next year or do a 1 year overview of world history or maybe do unit studies. I've learned not to nail down plans too far in the future. They always change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne J Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 My plan: Ancients Middle Ages American History I American History II Ancients Middle Ages Renaissance (Emphasis on world history, tying it in to American history) Modern (ditto) Ancients Middle Ages Renaissance Modern, emphasis on American Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 I've got a 5th grader and a 3rd grader and have only now found my balance in the two histories... We spend September-December (start of school to Christmas break) studying American history. We go as far as we go with it, as my kids love to explore all the rabbit trails. We then spend January-May/early June studying world history. Again, we go as far as we go with this. Because this was our first year doing this, we started with explorers for American, and we'll start with ancient times for world. We'll pick up next year where we leave off this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeBlessings Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 We're doing two years of American History. I'm using Sonlight Core 100 (secularly), which uses A History of Us by Joy Hakim as a core. The Core 100 is meant to be completed in one year, but I decided to add in Literature and space it into two. We will then restart the 4 year cycle with Ancients and my youngest will be a Kindergartner. I haven't decided if she will complete the whole 4 year cycle or just Ancients and Middle Ages, then 1-2 years of age appropriate American history (not Core 100), then restarting the cycle as a 4 year spread and at some point doing Core 100 when she is older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tntgoodwin Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 I saw somewhere that somebody does 2 4 year world history cycles ala WTM and 2 2 year cycles of American History. That is an awesome idea and might work well for you. Have you looked into All American History for an American History spine? ETA: So you could 1st-4th world history 5th-6th American history 7th-10th world history 11th-12th American history I do like this schedule, I think.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourcatmom Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I saw somewhere that somebody does 2 4 year world history cycles ala WTM and 2 2 year cycles of American History. That is an awesome idea and might work well for you. Have you looked into All American History for an American History spine? ETA: So you could 1st-4th world history 5th-6th American history 7th-10th world history 11th-12th American history I started another thread about the AAH book that my 5th grader is using. Do you use this combined with another program or alone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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