kristi26 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Hi! I hope this is okay to post here... I recently put together my own History curriculum using lots of different booklists available for free online that I'll be using next year with my 8th, 5th, and 2nd graders using materials we either already own or can easily get for free online and from the library. I thought some others might be interested in using it as well so I thought I'd offer up the link to it here. My plan is to cover 1550 through 1850 using Story of the World 3 and History of US 2-5 as the spines. Let me know what you all think of it and if there are any issues with it at all! :) Thanks! http://themommywrite...bookshands.html ETA: Here's the second of the three terms as well! http://themommywrite...kshands_17.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lang Syne Boardie Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I would really love to read your blog and learn about this, but I'm afraid my old eyes can't handle the white type on a purple background. :( (Ouch) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lang Syne Boardie Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I tried again and saw the link to a Google doc, so I'm looking at your curric. now :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 I would really love to read your blog and learn about this, but I'm afraid my old eyes can't handle the white type on a purple background. :( (Ouch) Thanks for the constructive criticism! I made a change to it so that it's black type on white. Hopefully that's better! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lang Syne Boardie Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Wow, I can't believe you changed it because one old cranky woman commented! It looks great. I love the purple background. Also you have cute kids. I felt so curmudgeonly telling you that. "Hey, kid, get off my lawn." I remember being annoyed, several years ago, when I first noticed people giving that kind of feedback on blogs. That's because I was younger and honestly didn't understand that 40 year old eyes are easily punctured by too-bright colors. LOL But now I'm the one with old eyes.... anyway, your blog AND your curriculum look great. Homeschoolers need more lists of suggestions to keep as many grades as possible together for history, centered around a few spines, without having to buy an expensive packaged program. I think you'll find people will be glad to use your plan for this era. They will probably ask you to compile more of the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSinNH Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Wow....you are so kind for sharing all of your hard work. This is EXACTLY what I was going to do for next year (minus the little kids), so you just saved me a lot of time this summer. Now, I just need to add in Map Trek for mapwork and I will be set. Many thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 Wow....you are so kind for sharing all of your hard work. This is EXACTLY what I was going to do for next year (minus the little kids), so you just saved me a lot of time this summer. Now, I just need to add in Map Trek for mapwork and I will be set. Many thanks! Ah! Glad you said that! I have a book of outline maps that I got from the Dollar Days sale that I planned to add in and use based on the area being studied if that helps! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 Wow, I can't believe you changed it because one old cranky woman commented! It looks great. I love the purple background. Also you have cute kids. I felt so curmudgeonly telling you that. "Hey, kid, get off my lawn." I remember being annoyed, several years ago, when I first noticed people giving that kind of feedback on blogs. That's because I was younger and honestly didn't understand that 40 year old eyes are easily punctured by too-bright colors. LOL But now I'm the one with old eyes.... anyway, your blog AND your curriculum look great. Homeschoolers need more lists of suggestions to keep as many grades as possible together for history, centered around a few spines, without having to buy an expensive packaged program. I think you'll find people will be glad to use your plan for this era. They will probably ask you to compile more of the same. Eh, I figure if one person SAID it, lots more were thinking it! ;) So it needed changing. Thanks for the kind words! I plan to put together a list of what we did this year (for middle ages) eventually and will do one for the following year for modern times when we get there. It's been a lot of fun. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 Just in case you missed it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathkath Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Cool! Have you done this for other time periods as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 Cool! Have you done this for other time periods as well? I haven't completed any other time periods yet. I'm in the process of fixing up the final of the three terms for 1550 through 1850 and then will work on the Middle Ages (which is totally backward, lol, but it's what we did THIS year). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkacademy Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Love that you have added in Horrible Histories I have wanted to do something to go along with those forever I was thinking lapbooks or something lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 Love that you have added in Horrible Histories I have wanted to do something to go along with those forever I was thinking lapbooks or something lol! Thanks! I want to add in more at some point! Lol. I think they're great!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkacademy Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Thanks! I want to add in more at some point! Lol. I think they're great!! We have the dvd with a lot of the movies and a lot of the books Have you seen the Horrible Science books? Those are great too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 No, I'll have to look into those! I bet my boys would enjoy them as well! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraceyS/FL Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Thanks!! Except gee, stop planning for next year and do this year - because that is where I am "right now"!!!! :D LOL!!! I actually have a feeling our sequence is going to go 2 -> 1 -> 3 -> 4 I let the kids vote 2 weeks ago on ancients vs medieval, and medieval won - except I don't quite think the 8 yo knew what she was skipping until now. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy M Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Thank you! I like seeing other people's free organized schedules like that. :) I couldn't access the second term--maybe because I'm international? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 Thank you! I like seeing other people's free organized schedules like that. :) I couldn't access the second term--maybe because I'm international? Hmm...just tried the link again myself and it opened for me? Maybe try a different browser? I'm using Chrome if that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 Thanks!! Except gee, stop planning for next year and do this year - because that is where I am "right now"!!!! :D LOL!!! I actually have a feeling our sequence is going to go 2 -> 1 -> 3 -> 4 I let the kids vote 2 weeks ago on ancients vs medieval, and medieval won - except I don't quite think the 8 yo knew what she was skipping until now. :D Lol. I have it started but it is nowhere near ready! It'll take me awhile to get it to share-worthy status, sorry! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julikins Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I'm international, too. I was able to download the 1st section, but not the 2nd as well. Hmmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Hi! I hope this is okay to post here... I recently put together my own History curriculum using lots of different booklists available for free online that I'll be using next year with my 8th, 5th, and 2nd graders using materials we either already own or can easily get for free online and from the library. I thought some others might be interested in using it as well so I thought I'd offer up the link to it here. My plan is to cover 1550 through 1850 using Story of the World 3 and History of US 2-5 as the spines. Let me know what you all think of it and if there are any issues with it at all! :) Thanks! http://themommywrite...bookshands.html ETA: Here's the second of the three terms as well! http://themommywrite...kshands_17.html I cannot access the second document. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 Okay, try it now. I think I had it set to private. :confused1: Thanks for letting me know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Okay, try it now. I think I had it set to private. :confused1: Thanks for letting me know! There it is! Thanks again! :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Aren't you nice to share this? I am going to take a look at this. History is wearing me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Thank you! Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEGway Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 This is great! I was just wishing someone had already done a SCM-format-y plan with different spine/books/extras (namely, stuff I already had collected). And, I was just going to do something myself.... but this is even better. Totally tweakable, but enough structure to not be starting from scratch. Thank you SO much for offering this to the general public. You're amazing! Sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrayshire Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Wow!! Thank you for sharing all your hard work! I will be checking this out for sure! It made my day to see that our homeschool blog is on your "Favorite Blogs" list! Whoohoo! Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidsnbooks8 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 This looks great! Thank you for sharing :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmhearn Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 This looks so cool! Can't wait to see more. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Thank you for all of the encouragement, everyone! :) I put up the final part of the plans this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Awesome! Btw, what spine are you using for Middle Ages? Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Awesome! Btw, what spine are you using for Middle Ages? Tara For the first part, we are using Story of the World 2 and Famous Men of the Middle Ages, along with pieces from The Story of Mankind and The Story of Europe (the last 3 are available for free on www.mainlesson.com). :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Great! We are planning to use Suzanne Strauss Art's Early Times Middle Ages book, but we also use TSOM, we have SOTW, and I have been looking at Famous Men. :) Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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