tuzor Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Anyone take a break from STOW to pursure a different time period. We are going through Ancients now. Considering doing American History next year (2nd grade) then back to STOW. Any thoughts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_the_Rabbit_Hole Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 We just finished SOTW Ancients and will be doing MFW Adventures next. I felt dd needed some US History or be familiar with US things. I will not be doing the 4 yr cycle for the grammar stage but will do it for 5th -12th. I just felt there was so much covered in World History she did not need right now but so much missing that she did. Geography and US History to be precise. So for now our plan is US next then possibly a World History overview (with HOD Preparing) or World Geography (with MFW ECC) and another year of US History before the 4 yr cycle begins in 5th. This way she will have a better grasp of the world and their cultures as well as History of her own country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 We did SOTW 1 and 2, and now we're doing a year of American History using Mara Pratt's American History Stories as a spine. The reason I wanted to do this was that I firmly believe that Modern History is ideal for us in 5th, not 4th grade. Doing Am History in third gives us the rest of the world to do in 4th, while reviewing Am History a bit, and do Modern in 5th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 My son loved SOTW so much that he read all 4 volumes already (just finished up SOTW4 for the 2nd time a week or so ago). We've done SOTW1 and now 2 for "school", and I'm taking the next 2 years (3rd and 4th grade) to do US History. We'll go back to Ancients in 5th. Don't worry, the WTM police won't come after you for going off-cycle. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekfk Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 We're using the first SOTW book right now but I'm also using The Complete Book of US History a little. I intend to do more of it over the summer and hopefully get through most of it. Then we will start the next SOTW book. Luckily my 6 year old is crazy about the American Girl books, so she has learned a huge amount of US history already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuzor Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 We just finished SOTW Ancients and will be doing MFW Adventures next. I felt dd needed some US History or be familiar with US things. I will not be doing the 4 yr cycle for the grammar stage but will do it for 5th -12th. I just felt there was so much covered in World History she did not need right now but so much missing that she did. Geography and US History to be precise. So for now our plan is US next then possibly a World History overview (with HOD Preparing) or World Geography (with MFW ECC) and another year of US History before the 4 yr cycle begins in 5th. This way she will have a better grasp of the world and their cultures as well as History of her own country. This is a great idea thanks. What do you do for history from 1-5th prior to your STOW adventure. I am looking at elemental history Adventures in American History. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuzor Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 We did SOTW 1 and 2, and now we're doing a year of American History using Mara Pratt's American History Stories as a spine. The reason I wanted to do this was that I firmly believe that Modern History is ideal for us in 5th, not 4th grade. Doing Am History in third gives us the rest of the world to do in 4th, while reviewing Am History a bit, and do Modern in 5th. I will look into Mara Pratt's American History. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 We did medieval last year, and this year, we're doing American history. At some point, whether it's this spring or not until the summer when our new school year starts, we'll go back to SOTW, ancients, and after that, we'll see. I was just thinking today that it would be so nice to have a SOTW-style US history book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuzor Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 We did medieval last year, and this year, we're doing American history. At some point, whether it's this spring or not until the summer when our new school year starts, we'll go back to SOTW, ancients, and after that, we'll see. I was just thinking today that it would be so nice to have a SOTW-style US history book. So medieval from STOW or another publisher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 So medieval from STOW or another publisher? Oh, yes, sorry; that was unclear. Yes, we used SOTW2 for medieval, along with parts of H. E. Marshall's Our Island Story for English history. And a lot of supplemental stuff. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuzor Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 Its good to see other choices people made. Off to some more research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuzor Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 Even if you change the history do you still follow the science recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Even if you change the history do you still follow the science recommendations? I don't follow the science recommendations anyway. :tongue_smilie: The two subjects aren't married. There shouldn't be any issue continuing the science as you've been doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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