Hakim Q.

[beachpotato]

How many days/week do you use it and what do you use to supplement, if anything?

[Sasharowan]

I plan on using it 3 days a week reading/discussion next year along with SOTW3 for my ds12 going into 7th. He is a strong reader, not so strong on writing, so there will be few writing assignments. I haven't actually done this though, so it may all fall apart once we start. :)

[beachpotato]

Thanks!

For those of you who have used it, how long did it take you to get through the lessons?

[mom2abcd]

I'm curious, too. I know some do the ten volumes in one year and some in two. I'd love to get everything done in one year, but is that too much for a 13 year old who's not super motivated academically?

 

I purchased the blackline masters used and the gal said these REALLY helped cement the learning. They look really good.

 

And I have the Sonlight notes since they're supposed to be a big help in pointing out the more liberal slant...

 

One year or two... one or two... Decisions, decisions.

[2cents]

We used ours with Biblioplan. Biblioplan has Hakim book reading right in their lesson plans. That said-I wasn't really that impressed with Biblioplan and we only used it for a year. It seemed to be a little disjointed to me. May just have been a bad fit. But it might be worth checking out in case it works better for others.

[plansrme]

My older daughter is using the reading schedule with WinterPromise, as her younger sister used WP AS I last year and will use AS II this year. We supplemented with the WP read-alouds; the Sonlight discussion questions; the tests for the series (the ones put out by Oxford Press--they're surprisingly thorough for multiple choice tests); a book called, I think, "American History Activities" (labeled for 8th-12th grades); a high school level text on economics in U.S. history; assorted books on the time periods being covered; and several field trips. I bought but did not use a couple of resources on source documents. We also used IEW's American History writing lessons, and they followed the time period beautifully.

 

We have loved this resource.

 

Terri

[Soph the vet]

I used Hakim with Biblioplan for year 3 this past year and it worked well. I think you either love or hate Biblioplan;). If you try to do everything in it for the grammar stage you will be overwhelmed. They scheduled two or three chapters of Hakim at a time so about 5 volumes each year.

[Sasharowan]

I'm curious, too. I know some do the ten volumes in one year and some in two. I'd love to get everything done in one year, but is that too much for a 13 year old who's not super motivated academically?

 

I purchased the blackline masters used and the gal said these REALLY helped cement the learning. They look really good.

 

And I have the Sonlight notes since they're supposed to be a big help in pointing out the more liberal slant...

 

One year or two... one or two... Decisions, decisions.

 

I have two years planned out for my ds12.

[BizyPenguin]

I'll be using Biblioplan which schedules Hakim beginning in the 3rd book (America and The World 1600-1850) and that's one of the reason I chose Biblioplan. (Hey Two Cents! Please elaborate on what it is you disliked about Biblioplan!!) Also check out Hewitt which has a schedule for reading Hakim and check out the elementary and high school Hakim Teacher's Guides here. HTH!

[mcconnellboys]

I used it alongside Kingfisher and other history encyclopedias, as well as living books. We read a lot of Albert Marrin's books for early modern and modern history. I also like Genevieve Foster's George Washington's World, and Abraham Lincoln's World, among others.

[beachpotato]

Thanks!