sagira Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I'm thinking of combining SOTW with An Island Story by H.E. Marshall. I know next year, with SOTW being The Ancients (first year), we will either read one chapter of An Island Story or none at all. However, has anybody used SOTW 2 with An Island Story? Then for third year I was going to try This Country of Ours combined with An Island Story to see both perspectives of American History. Then in fourth continue with SOTW 3. Does this sound right? Has anybody used An Island Story? This Country of Ours? Thanks for any insight you can provide :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chloe Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I am using a schedule created by Missy from the AO yahoo group. I'll try to attach the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chloe Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 http://www.geocities.com/justahappygrl/ if you go to the above site there's a file for AO/SOTW History. I think that's the one you want. It's not broken down in weeks, but the resources are listed chronologically by chapters. HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Honestly, my son just listened to the first volume on his own. I have compiled some other www.librivox.org audio selections to include in the remaining SOTW Vol 2 that we are doing this year. They can be found on my blog, down the left-hand corner titled SOTW Vo. 1 & 2 Reading Lists. http://ournestof3.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb in NZ Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 using a variety of books for my 10yos in history this term. (For some reason we tend to change to new curriculum / schedules mid-year instead of beginning of the year.) For ds#2's history readings I've decided to take a multi-topic approach. We have, as a family, completed SOTW 1-4 so ds has a good outline to plug the various histories into. Our week looks like this: M---NZ History (Frontier of Dreams) Read 4-6 pages with Mom T---Empire History (Our Island Story) Read or listen to 2 chapters & narrate back to Mom. W---US History (This Country of Ours) Read or listen to 1 chapter & narrate back to Mom. TH---World History (SOTW 1) Listen to 1 chapter & narrate back to Mom. Do map page from AG. F---Literature (Tales from Shakespeare) Listen to 1 tale & narrate back to Mom. I plan for ds#2 to put important info on his timeline after narrating, but I still need to print out his timeline. I've made a timeline to put in clear pages that has different stripes for the different areas (i.e. America, Europe, Middle East, Oceania, etc.). This should tie together the different histories for him. I thought ds may get confused by 4 different histories, but after 5 weeks I see that it is just the approach we need at this time. I was lucky to find OIS & SOTW on cd & was able to download TCOO & TFS readings, so ds can work more independently. He narrates back the readings with enthusiasm. JMHO, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted August 23, 2008 Author Share Posted August 23, 2008 Thank you for the words, the lists, the resources and the schedules. It sounds like the chapters are really short and I don't need to take an extra year just covering This Country of Ours and An Island Story. I could possibly combine it with SOTW 3 and just school a bit extra in the Summer if necessary. :w00t: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Laura in China has spreadsheets on her website correlating SOTW 2 and 3 with OIS (there is very little overlap with SOTW 1). The link is in her sig. She saved me the bother of doing it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in SouthGa Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 I am working on a schedule combining SOTW 3, History of US, Our Island Story, and This Country of Ours, along with lit. and geography. I'll also include the first 4 chapters of SOTW 4 and the vol. of US that includes the Civil War (our goal is to finish history to right after the Civil War this year). It may take me another couple of weeks, and I may just do 9 weeks at a time, but I'll be happy to share. I'll post it on my blog when it is done, and let everyone here know. I've decided I can't justify dishing out the money to continue TOG when our current unit is finished. The kids go to the Master's Academy of Fine Arts once a week and do lots of hands on stuff there, and by the time I combine the cost of the two programs (TOG and MAFA) I would be spending WAY to much money on history, lit, and arts (close to $3000 for all 3 kids, and that includes getting about 75% of the TOG books at the library!). And with a 1 year old, I am having a hard time getting the full benefit out of TOG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 I am doing just what you propose for dc 11, 13: Here are my Middle Ages book lists: SOTW 2 text & audio KF Encyclopedia Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia Our Island Story Famous Men of Middle Ages Fifty Famous Stories Retold WTM Middle Ages fiction book lists for logic stage Netflix docs & movies for Middle Ages (posted here last month) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Laura in China has spreadsheets on her website correlating SOTW 2 and 3 with OIS (there is very little overlap with SOTW 1). The link is in her sig. She saved me the bother of doing it myself. Just go to my blog, and check out the links in the right hand bar. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 What a great schedule! I just want to use An Island Story to better understand American History. So that's all I'll be using. Love the resources too -- thank you, Laura in China! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I'm glad it's useful - do watch out for errors, as I'm sure there are some. Best wishes Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I've read both "Our Island Story" and "This Country of Ours" (on my own, not with my child). And while I find H.E. Marshall's writing style lively, I also found these books to be extremely reactionary (and at times racist), and possessed of a nationalist-fantasy mentality that simply would not be compatible with our educational values. The insults aimed at Mormons, Native Americans, and African Americans (who am I leaving out?) in "This Country of Ours" are pretty hard to take. Some might find her rampant hate-mongering and obviously prejudiced viewpoint a good spark for discussion, but I wouldn't want to fight this degree of bias (especially when it is so ugly) in my teaching materials. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLHCO Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I've read both "Our Island Story" and "This Country of Ours" (on my own, not with my child). And while I find H.E. Marshall's writing style lively, I also found these books to be extremely reactionary (and at times racist), and possessed of a nationalist-fantasy mentality that simply would not be compatible with our educational values. The insults aimed at Mormons, Native Americans, and African Americans (who am I leaving out?) in "This Country of Ours" are pretty hard to take. Some might find her rampant hate-mongering and obviously prejudiced viewpoint a good spark for discussion, but I wouldn't want to fight this degree of bias (especially when it is so ugly) in my teaching materials. Bill Can you give any specifics regarding hate-mongering? I was considering looking at "This Country of Ours" but I'd rather add things to a dull, facts-only text than have to counter things in a text, but I am okay with a different view of a particular historical event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Can you give any specifics regarding hate-mongering? I was considering looking at "This Country of Ours" but I'd rather add things to a dull, facts-only text than have to counter things in a text, but I am okay with a different view of a particular historical event. This is from memory, as they were library books. The worst things I remember were directed at Mormons (I'm not Mormon). Marshall described the early Mormons as "thieves" who stole horses and cattle, along with other unpleasant accusations and slurs aimed at Joseph Smith. One may or may not agree with Mormonism, but this book just gets ugly. Native Americans are almost alway portrayed as untrustworthy savages who are ready to heartlessly betray the good white-folk who have placed trust in the Indians. Slavery, whose worst excesses are mildly scolded, is portrayed as a condition many blacks actually enjoyed and benefited from. And the few times blacks speak (maybe it is only once) it is in heavy "dialect". I was very disappointed by this book (which I'd had high hopes for) but the author's historical judgement are too far afield for my taste. Shame, because she does write in an "engaging" fashion. But be forewarned that her politics are of another time. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magistramom Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 We did and it worked beautifully. We also did CHOW. Both were great to combo wit SOTW during grades 1 - 4. For grades 5 up, we have been using The Story of Mankind (van Loon). You may also want to add FMo...series along with SOTW during both stages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shasta Mom Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 re: Netflix docs & movies for Middle Ages (posted here last month) from Beth in SW WA - Beth - I searched for it and couldn't find it. Do you know where I might find it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 re: Netflix docs & movies for Middle Ages (posted here last month) from Beth in SW WA - Beth - I searched for it and couldn't find it. Do you know where I might find it? We're making our way through the lists :) http://67.202.21.157/forums/showthread.php?t=46264&highlight=netflix+middle+ages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Just go to my blog, and check out the links in the right hand bar. Laura Thanks, Laura. I'm taking yours and starting my own Excel spreadsheet which also includes Famous Men Of Middle Ages, KF Ency, my Teaching Company dvds and my Middle Ages Netflix list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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