saraha Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 In trying to take some good advice, I am looking for a history dvd with workbook/tests/some kind of activity. I am trying to outsource and wondered if there is a program out there where you show them the segment of the dvd, have them do the assigned work on their own, then maybe discuss. Is there such a thing? Thanks, Sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 What age? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraha Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 Aiming at 5th through 8th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinD Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Bumping, because if there is one I'd love to know more about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber in SJ Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 For my 8th grader doing US history last year, I combined two things. This video course from The Teaching Company http://www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=132 With this syllabus from Hewett https://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/Materials/mItem.aspx?id=2852 The videos will take you through approximately 1/2 of the History of US series by Joy Hakim. The videos have 10-15 comprehension questions and two essay/ discussion questions per lecture. I matched the lectures to the books and made a reading schedule. The syllabus has a test for each book. It also has a list of project ideas. So our schedule looked a little like this: Mon: Watch lecture; take notes of people, places & events Tues: Place people & events on timeline - assigned reading Wed: Complete comprehension questions-review lecture if necessary Thurs: Do appropriate map work- assigned reading Fri: Choose one of the essay questions- freewrite, brainstorm or fill out a graphic organizer. Work on a project. Tests are also taken here Every other month I'd have her choose one of the essay questions she had worked on to develop into a full essay. On the other months a project was due. The projects were things like "develop a colonial newspaper with news articles, want ads, etc" Over the semester she also had to choose to do a book report on a book relevant to what is being studied or a research paper & find the time to work on that. It sounds very disjointed, but once I had it all scheduled out and in a binder, all she had to do was look at the calendar and do what was there. Amber in SJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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