Runningmom80 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 That's the only thing I'm stuck on! I will probably go with SOTW, but wanted to see if there are other options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2blessings Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I use Truthquest History: http://www.truthquesthistory.com/default.php. The guides give biblical commentary followed by MANY living books choices (spines and history readers). To narrow the choices, I pick selections from AO and SCM's free curriculum guide and check them off in my TQ guide and focus on them (plus a couple of TQ's 'don't miss' books and I like their movie suggestions). Just what works for us:) Gina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodland Mist Academy Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 For the younger years we used SOTW as a spine. We also used many of the book suggestions found in the activity guide, WTM, and various other places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Next fall, with ds9 by then, I'm planning on using Christine Miller's Story of the Renaissance for the first part of our term, continuing with SOTW Early Modern, using History Odyssey Early Modern Level 1 as a guide and mapping resource. We are supplementing with some excellent living fiction, nonfiction, and biography books. Our first two books for the year are Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper and I, Juan de Pareja. Other literature selections include Little Lord Fauntleroy and Heidi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber in AUS Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I like to think we look at history in a CM way. We use SOTW with a focus on narration. I also choose a number of go alongs from the AG, both lit and history selections and use them like a SL core. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyfulhomeschooler Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 MFW :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDad Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 (edited) An eclectic mix of AO, HUFI, and SOTW. Plus LOTS of supplemental books. I tweak like a madman. For most of my kids, the sequence will end up being a five-year cycle, one year off to study Eastern cultures and world religion and other odds'n'ends, a four-year cycle, and the last two years will be for interest-based study, civics, government, and more odds'n'ends. ETA: We secular-ize everything. We do history in a very CM manner (narration, Book of Centuries, etc). Edited March 31, 2012 by SuperDad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 (edited) I like to think we look at history in a CM way. We use SOTW with a focus on narration. I also choose a number of go alongs from the AG, both lit and history selections and use them like a SL core. It goes without saying that we approach History in the CM way, with narrations and the Book of Centuries :) I also wanted to add that we're going to go faster through American History in SOTW 3 as we are covering that exclusively this year. Edited March 30, 2012 by sagira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorisuewho Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 We're going with a combination of Truthquest and Beautiful Feet for next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted March 31, 2012 Author Share Posted March 31, 2012 Thanks! I'll look into these. Most of these sound non-secular, is this true? I don't mind a little religion, but I do not want a completely religious text. I should have specified, sorry about that. I do appreciate the input. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohmomjacquie Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 MFW :) Us too. Next year will be our first using mfw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 I use SOTW (which is pretty neutral religion-wise) and Christine Miller's Guerber books for US History. My dc really love SOTW! My little guy has asked every.day.this.week! if we can do the next chapter in SOTW (b/c he wants to do the next pages in the activity guide:tongue_smilie:). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raceNzanesmom Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 I now use Heart of Dakota and it has living history already scheduled. Back when I did my own I used (and LOVED) TruthQuest History. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorisuewho Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Thanks! I'll look into these. Most of these sound non-secular, is this true? I don't mind a little religion, but I do not want a completely religious text. I should have specified, sorry about that. I do appreciate the input. :D Truthquest, Beautiful Feet, Heart of Dakota, and My Father's World are all Christian curriculums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted March 31, 2012 Author Share Posted March 31, 2012 Truthquest, Beautiful Feet, Heart of Dakota, and My Father's World are all Christian curriculums. Thanks! That's what I thought. I'll probably just go with sotw. Thanks everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommatomany Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Beautiful Feet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Thanks! I'll look into these. Most of these sound non-secular, is this true? I don't mind a little religion, but I do not want a completely religious text. I should have specified, sorry about that. I do appreciate the input. :D What I'm using is not religious, and used secularly, but MOH, MFW and Truthquest are religious, I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted March 31, 2012 Author Share Posted March 31, 2012 What I'm using is not religious, and used secularly, but MOH, MFW and Truthquest are religious, I believe. Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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