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Please forgive me if this has been discussed before. I have read the stickies and lots of threads, but I haven't seen this particular question.

 

What should be the rough proportion of time spent on different activities in studying history?

 

Here's what I am tentatively planning:

 

100 hours learning content = about 30 minutes per day reading or listening to lectures

25 hours writing = one short essay per week x 30 weeks (15 hours) + 1 long or 2 shorter research papers (10 hours)

15+ hours enrichment = documentaries, field trips, etc.

10 hours review/study/tests

 

Total = 150 hours

 

Is this an appropriate balance? I'm trying to be realistic in my planning. I'm aiming for 150 hours because it will probably go over that in practice.  Of course we could spend lots more time on output, doing projects, coloring maps, making timelines, etc. But then we'd either go way over on hours or have to do less input.

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I don't see signature lines on my mobile. What grade is this for?

 

I have tended to have my older kids listen to 2-3 lectures per week. But they are also generally reading quite a bit in that time period. Typically a period novel, a chapter in a history textbook, or several chapters in a non-fiction book about the period.

 

So I think my reading/lecture time may be longer than 100 hours

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I do not think there are "guidelines" or "shoulds".  In some school history classes, students never write any essays and just take multiple choice tests.

A student can demonstrate history mastery in a variety of ways, for example by doing a research project for National History Day.

Your approach looks fine to me.

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