nitascool Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I'm planning for 7th grade for ds and someone suggested using History of US. Our library had it and it seems like a decent set of books. But if we use this we'll be buying them. So how do you use these books? Do you use them in conjunction with other books on the WTM history rotation or stand alone? They seem to line up with SOTW 3 and 4 but ds has already read them both twice. So do you use any "World History" books in conjunction besides SOTW? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 We used books 2-5 for 7th grade, spending about 4-5 weeks on each one. (Most 4 weeks, I think...) Between Hakim books, we worked on world history of the same period, mostly using world history spines recommended for upper logic stage students: the DK History and the NG Almanac of World History (along with various supplements and literature coordinated to the period). For 8th we're using books 6-10 (reading speed increased just a bit) and chapters 22-29 of Spielvogel's Western Civilization (combined volume) and a number of other supplements and literature. We try to stick to WTM-type assignments for timeline, summarizing, outlining... The timeline is expected with nearly all history reading, but I try to vary the other assignments so they don't get too repetitive. Lots of reading and lots of writing though. We use SOTW for grammar stage but not for logic stage (except where one child overhears the other). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I don't use SOTW for logic stage either. I will use some of Story Of US, but I weave it in as reading where needed. I picked up the set cheap at a library sale and I don't expect I will use all of them. I am in year two of the four year history cycle this year (Medieval to Renaissance) and I will be using the first book when it is time to discuss the first Americans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbeth Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 We've used them two different ways with our older children. Our oldest used them during years three and four of the classical cycle. We used Biblioplan which scheduled their reading along with some other world history spine choices, readers, etc. Our second dd did a year of stand alone US history in 7th grade after covering world history using Sonlight cores 6 and 7. For her stand alone year she read all ten volumes and we used the syllabus from hewitt for scheduling and tests. Here's a link to that: https://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/Materials/mItem.aspx?id=2852 Both ways worked out equally well, it just depends on where your child is in the history rotation and whether you want to include world history or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I am using Hakim's books, volume 6 through 10, this year for modern history studies. He is also reading from SOTW and we're reading from Kingfisher and some other 20th century history books to cover other topics, world events, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jules909 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I'm using them with my 7th grader, along with the teaching guides published by Oxford University Press. The teaching guides are for middle school and high school classes according to the covers. Sonlight uses History of US as their 9th grade spine, so I am using their book list to go along with our history studies...I actually have the Sonlight curriculum..but not following it, as I prefer the teaching guides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I'm using extra books and materials that I've had on my lists for years (library, some I own, books online, videos, etc.) I am also using the quizzes developed to go along with the books as review. I'm not sure where I got this - maybe Rainbow Resource Center.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 For 7th grade this year, we are using a combination of SOTW vol 4 with Hakim's History of US and tons and tons of literature. I'm basically using SOTW as a timeline to facilitate other options. We are using encyclopedias, other spines, geography books, and dvds too. I've incorporated writing as well. It has been a wonderful study! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueTaelon Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 You guys have me worried, I just added 5th grade K12 History for my dd and this series is whats used for their history book. They go though books 1-6 this year but it looks like you all are using them for 7-8th graders. Do I need to be worried that this course is to advanced for a 5th grader? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I used them when my kids were in 7th and 5th. I used the schedule in SL Core 100 and did all the books in one year. We read them out loud, but they were not too difficult for dd in 5th at the time. We really enjoyed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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