Cricket Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Please describe what you require for your kids in 9th grade in order to earn one credit in History and English. This is our first time with a rising ninth grader. We have plenty to read but what do you require in terms of written work and anything else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 This is what DD did in 9th grade to earn one history and one English credit (we teach history and English as an integrated course) Textbook: a college history text. read and take notes on relevant chapters. Major works of Literature studied: read and discuss The Iliad ,The Odyssey, Histories (Herodotus) Antigone, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus on Colonos (Sophocles) Electra (Euripides) Poetry Sappho The Aeneid (Vergil), Metamorphoses (Ovid) Trial and death of Socrates Plato Supplementary reading: A Day in Old Athens William S. Davis Aristotle leads the way Joy Hakim The Greek Treasure Irving Stone Everyday things in Ancient Greece C. H. Quennell The King must die Mary Renault A Day in Old Rome William S. Davis Famous men of Rome John Haaren The buildings of Ancient Rome Helen and Richard Leacroft She listened to 72 Audio lectures by the Teaching Company: Each college level lecture is 30 minutes in length and taught by Prof. Elizabeth Vandiver The Iliad (12 lectures), The Odyssey (12 lectures), The Aeneid (12 lectures) Greek Tragedy (selected lectures), Classical Mythology (24 lectures) Writing assignments: about 1 per month essays on major works of literature two history papers oral presentation Participated in National Mythology Exam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket Posted June 9, 2013 Author Share Posted June 9, 2013 Thank you. I'm thinking I will put English and History credits together as well. I always like to see clear expectations other people for similar grade levels. Dh says I'm not tough enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa B Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 I have a 10th grader and an 8th grade doing US History I and American Literature together this fall. We have a ridiculous amount of reading along with more lectures and videos than we could ever get through. We will be having group discussions weekly, on Saturdays. For writing, I am requiring 30 formal pages from each. They can do 30 one-page papers, one 30-page paper or anything in-between, but the writing has to be done to my satisfaction. I am encouraging them to take good written notes as well, as their final grades will be based on their CLEP scores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Regentrude, thank you for posting the above. It has given me a much better start than I had previously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Just to throw out a different approach (not that it helps you or is even remotely what you want), I'm thinking about just letting dd pursue her own history interests this coming year and only scheduling the lit, maybe with a SL lit core. If we do the SL lit, it will include some writing. I did no writing in hs for 9th gr history, so the world will not end if she pursues it enjoyably and we don't. However we'll also probably do another National History Day project, which involves an over the top amount of research and writing. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 My 9th grade plans for next year include: history: BJU World History vol 1 literature: Foresman Ancient World grammar: AG Review/Reinforcement plus Easy Grammar 9 vocab: Word Roots writing: Elements of Style There will be writing assignments for history along the way. I will also be adding more literature to the history. We are also beginning Building Critical Thinking Skills Level 3: verbal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TeaCookiesBears Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Just to throw out a different approach (not that it helps you or is even remotely what you want), I'm thinking about just letting dd pursue her own history interests this coming year and only scheduling the lit, maybe with a SL lit core. If we do the SL lit, it will include some writing. I did no writing in hs for 9th gr history, so the world will not end if she pursues it enjoyably and we don't. However we'll also probably do another National History Day project, which involves an over the top amount of research and writing. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/public/style_emoticons/#EMO_DIR#/wink.gifElizabeth,That is how history was done when I went to high school along with book tests! Lol! I was looking for a way to streamline history and literature but was scared I would screw things. Doing history and literature the way you described would allow me to concentrate on other areas dd15 is having trouble. This dd loves to read literature so I think trusting her to follow her own interest with some guidance will workout better.I noticed dd15 learned more history reading literature then looking up things on her own than with any history program I place in front of her so far. I on the other hand love to learn from history books rather than literature. So,I have to allow her to learn the way she learns. Thanks for the idea. Edit to add: This is how I am doing History and English now: History Odyssey level 3 includes some literature Selected literature books VFCR Rod&Staff Writing with Skill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 listening in Me too. :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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