jessicalb Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 We are starting 9th grade in three weeks and I am still up in the air with my plans! Ahhhh! ;) I was thinking I would do two years of combined world history and geography, and one year of combined US history, geography, and government. Now I am thinking it makes more sense to do three years of world history with US history and government woven in. Which way would you do it? And, whichever way you would do it, what time periods would you do for each year? Right now I am leaning towards three years of world history, looking something like this: 9th: Ancient - 1400ish 10th: 1400ish - 1900ish (US history, government, and constitution included) 11th: 1900ish - present (focus on the US role in world events) Thoughts? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 We do four years of World history, with US history included in the last two. 9th: World- Ancients, 1cr 10th World- Medieval+Renaissance, 1cr 11th World+US: 1600-1850 (0.5 cr World,+ 0.5 cr US), +0.5 cr US Government 12th World+US: 1850-present (0.5 cr World+ 0.5 cr. US) Ancients and Medieval and Renaissance are so wonderful, rich topics that I would hate to cram them together in a single year, particularly because of all the literature that goes with it. We could have easily spent even more time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HistoryBuff Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 (edited) I can sympathize because I did not think I would be teaching 9th this year but life has a way of making you thrown off balance. Anyhow, I did American History in 7th, World History in 8th (I think that was actually wrong compared to how public schools do it in NY). I am not sure what to do for 9th. I'm not into Ancient history and don't want to teach it. Last year we did World History with an emphasis on Geography and how each country was impacted by its location in the physical world--a.e. an island nation like Jamaica would have its culture impacted by the water--fishing playing a major part. One thing I do is use films from various countries to help my son understand--he's into subtitles! Edited August 11, 2012 by HistoryBuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 The WTM plan is world history split over four years, with American history woven in as you go. I feel strongly, though, that the history of our own country is worthy of special attention. So, we do world history over three years (slightly larger chunks than recommended in TWTM) and a year of American history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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