Hearts Academy Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 (edited) What is your plan..For history K-8? History has been all over the place at our house! I'm trying to figure out a plan. I'll try to combine in the same history But don't take that into consideration, just your plan for history K-8 to give me some ideas! :bigear: Edited May 5, 2012 by Hearts Academy More information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirstenH Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 (edited) Well, I pulled my son out of PS late, so we're very tentatively planning: 3rd: World Geography and Cultures 4th: Ancients 5th: Middle Ages 6th: Early Modern World History 7th: Early American History 8th: Late Modern World History 9th: Modern American History 10th: American Government/Civics 11th: International Studies 12th: Church History For my youngest, it might then look like this: K: Ancients 1: Middle Ages 2: Early Modern World History 3: Early American History 4: Late Modern World History 5: Modern American History 6: Ancients 7: Middle Ages 8: Early Modern World History 9: Late Modern World History 10: American Government/Civics 11: International Studies 12: Church History Again, this is just what I have sketched out. It may happen differently. Edited May 5, 2012 by KirstenH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohmomjacquie Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 We are using mfw next year so excited for it! We are going to be starting the 4year cycle for my oldest in 5t grade. So it will look something like this 3rd us history with adventures 4th ecc (world geography /cultures) 5th ancients 6th middle 7th exp-1850 8th modern then start over for high school. The younger two will join the 4 year cycle when they get to second grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 K: world cultures and geography 1st: American history to 1865 2nd: American history from 1865 to present 3rd: ancients 4th: medieval times 5th: early modern 6th: modern 7th: state history (I'm a Texan, so this is super important! ;)) 8th: special study of a specific theme self-selected by kids (science and technology, art, music, etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinivanMom Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 I wanted to have dedicated American history rather than just including it within world history, so our plan is: 1st: World history to middle ages 2nd: World history from middle ages to modern 3rd: American history to civil war 4th: American history from civil war to modern 5th: World geography and cultures 6th: World history to middle ages 7th: World history from renaissance to modern 8th: American history Since my kids are all spaced about two years apart, this also allows me to fold younger children in easier. The oldest started at the beginning of world history, the second starts at the beginning of American history, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoToSchool Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 I'm a bit unfamiliar with the 4 year cycle and it's benefits. Would someone like to explain, please? Thanks:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelmama1209 Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 We will be starting ancients in January of 2nd grade and continue through the full 4 year cycle. But we school year round so will be a little ahead of the curve. Anyway, I'm planning on doing American History in middle school. I know 1 year will be the Prairie Primer, but don't know about the others yet (suggestions welcome, please! :)) Then we'll do the 4 year cycle again in high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Twain Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 I have been doing the same thing every year so far. For the first half-ish of the year, we read through a world history overview book. For the second half, we read through an American history overview book. In addition we do these: Three history lapbooks per year so that they get more indepth knowledge in each area. Memory work A very basic timeline. Various biographies and historical fiction read alouds that loosely correlate with the time period we are studying. Next year I will correlate geography with our history reading using the TruthQuest Map Trek Altas/Hisory guides. I am very happy with our history program, though it is different from the four-year cycle approach. One of the main goals is for my kids to know the big picture of world history including the general order of major events and time periods by middle or high school. I also want them to be very knowledgeable in American history and civics/government. I think the yearly repetition is fantastic for this purpose. Epi Kardia also teaches history accoring to this method in case anyone is interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbpaulie Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 I'm a bit unfamiliar with the 4 year cycle and it's benefits. Would someone like to explain, please? Thanks:) 1st = Ancients 2nd = Middle Ages 3rd = Early Modern 4th = Modern and repeat twice more to get through 12th grade. Looks a bit different if you have younger kids tagging along or if you don't start at 1st. This rotation is further outlined in The Well Trained Mind (TWTM).:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 We've been a bit all over the map (literally, haha), and I pretty much unschooled history for the first several years, which worked super, super well for my DD. Our more formal history has looked like this/will probably look like this for her: 2nd -- early American history (from earliest explorers to start of Revolution) 3rd -- medieval (based on interest) 4th -- American history from Revolution to late 19th century (this current year) 5th -- ancient 6th -- 20th and 21st century American history (including parts of SOTW 4) 7th -- early modern history from a global perspective (SOTW 3) 8th -- modern global history (the rest of SOTW 4) 9th-12th -- depends on her needs. I'd like her to hit ancient again in about 9th grade, with world/European history, US history, and maybe government/comparative government, for other years. It will depend on if she wants to take AP exams or if she wants to take some community college classes. This child is very interested in history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkateLeft Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 For my older two, did the first four year cycle from 1st-4th, then took a couple of years off for American history, then did world history again in 7th and 8th. Our sequence for high school is completely different. We don't do the 4 year cycle in high school. My older ds did the four year cycle from 1st-4th, then a year of American history last year. This year, he's using MP's Classical Studies. Next year, he'll cycle back into ancients with his younger brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hearts Academy Posted May 5, 2012 Author Share Posted May 5, 2012 Thanks for the replies.:001_smile: Maybe I haven't completely failed because none of my dc have gotten the full history cycle!? :lol: I think next year we're doing State History and some American History and I'm still not sure after that. Possibly complete American History but I think I'll just figure it out then.. Even if I make a plan it never seems to work , I tried so hard to do the cycle but we struggled the first two years and barely got through it ended up doing American History and never got back to the history cycle (that was 4 years ago!). I'm sure they're getting more history then in PS though, just have to remind myself that. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medieval Mom Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 K-3: CHOW, OIS, and many history books (mostly interest led) from the 1000 Good Books List, including the d'Aulaire and Diane Stanley books, etc. 4: Ancients 5: Middle Ages 6: 1500-1800 7: 1800-1900 8: 1900-present day :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PentecostalMom Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 We are using Sonlight. For our current 1st grade year, we are doing Core A, which is a survey of different countries and cultures. For 2nd, we will begin with Core B, year one of two for world history. We plan to follow Sonlight's cores all the way through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyerin Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Well, we're just getting started, so take my plans with a grain of salt, but here's what I'm thinking: next couple of years: whatever mish-mash of history we get with FIAR when we get tired of FIAR (maybe 1st grade? maybe 2nd?): a one year overview of early American history (I want them to know pilgrims, founding fathers, pioneers, etc) after that, start a 4 year cycle with the ancients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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