mom2jrcsc Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trivium Academy Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Not required but when you cover the 13 colonies, you'll cover it quite a bit. There are fabulous books for GA history that you could read as a read aloud if you wanted to cover it more, look at your local bookstores and museum gift shops. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaniceO Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I am by no means an expert, but I don't plan on doing any state history with my kids, unless we move to a state where it is required. Right now we are stationed overseas and don't really have a state to study. We move around so much that it would be pointless to study any 1 state. I was thinking about taking a couple of weeks in the summer and teaching the kids about the state they were born in (like a mini unit study type thing), but I'm not sure yet. If I did that we would have to study Georgia, New York, and eventually (when the baby is old enough) Hawaii. I just don't see state history as a big deal (especially when none of us have any type of loyalty/attachment to any state). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 It used to be when I was in high school. I plan on doing so in 8th (adding it to SL core 100). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 GA does not otherwise require it of homeschoolers. We're covering it this summer and next, just because it's kind of fun and goes well with our history focus. This past school year, we did prehistory - 1864, so this summer, we're using a book on colonial GA from National Geographic and part of Notgrass' GA hy. We'll pick up with the Civil War in HY in August. Since Georgia is full of Civil War history, we'll add in some local field trips. Is we weren't doing American HY these 2 years, I don't know that we would do any GA HY. Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patchfire Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I actually am looking forward to doing GA state history... despite growing up in GA, I went to school across the state line in TN and had to sit through two different semesters (4th grade and then 8th grade) of TN state history. So I figure at least now I'll get a crack at my own state via the kids! :) But, no, as far as I can tell, it's not specifically required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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