Tohru Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 If you HAD to choose, which would you cover first for early elementary (k-2): A year of: American History: Vikings to Colonial Or a year of: Geography: Children around the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dramorellis Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I personally would do ( and have done ) World Geography and pre-history for K-1st and address American history as it comes up. We then did the Ancients for 2nd and took a break from SOTW now in 3rd to go deeper into American History up to the end of the Civil War. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5Wizards Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Geography - children around the world. I just think that it could be more interesting to younger children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I would do (a very fun, activity based) world geography for K and two years of (also very fun) American history with food, music, crafts, etc. in grades 1-2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I am very strongly influenced by typical 19th century practices. Stories, observational geography, nature study, and holidays were for grades K-2. Home geography was for grade 3. Elementary geography or history was started in grade 4 or 5. Neither textbook history or world geography was started before grade 4, and sometimes not until grade 5 or 6. So, I guess I'd pick Children Around the World, even though I prefer sticking closer to home, and studying things like brooks, migrating birds, wool, grains, and Groundhog Day. A typical grade 3 home geography http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12228/12228-h/12228-h.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tohru Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 I am very strongly influenced by typical 19th century practices. Stories, observational geography, nature study, and holidays were for grades K-2. Home geography was for grade 3. Elementary geography or history was started in grade 4 or 5. Neither textbook history or world geography was started before grade 4, and sometimes not until grade 5 or 6. So, I guess I'd pick Children Around the World, even though I prefer sticking closer to home, and studying things like brooks, migrating birds, wool, grains, and Groundhog Day. A typical grade 3 home geography http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12228/12228-h/12228-h.htm Good to know, but I still need to pick one or the other - there is no 3rd choice. :) ETA: Oh Hunter, Thank you! That link is rockin awesome! Thank you, thank you! What a fabulous book - do you have any other great ones you know of teaching other subjects, like maybe nature study or sciences? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Good to know, but I still need to pick one or the other - there is no 3rd choice. :) I'd do children of the world. Do you have a text picked out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tohru Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 I just ETAed my post :) No, I don't have a text yet. I was thinking of using a spine 'Children Just Like Me', plus Geography through Art or something along those lines. Do you have a better idea? (That link was fantastic!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I'd ask my kid what he wants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Topic-wise (I'm not familiar with the specific resources you listed) I'd probably choose the Children of the World first, since hearing about other kids seems to spark interest in most kids I've encountered. It also seems to encourage a less insular curiosity about the wide world, instead of restricting it to one, more localized region. That said, if my kid(s) showed a particular interest in one or the other right away, I'd go with that, regardless of my own preference. I do know that my own childhood education was rather sparse on the world geography front, and I'm a bit biased towards making sure that doesn't happen with my kids' generation (so far as I can help it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tohru Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 I'd ask my kid what he wants. Co-op Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitterpatter Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Honestly, starting history with ancients makes so much sense. Having knowledge of where all of the explorers and settlers came from and why puts the founding our our country in perspective. So, world geography gets my vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 This is a kindergartner or first grader? I'd go for geography. You can do map puzzles, draw rough maps of continents, play map games. As you learn about each area, you can do a bit of history, look at some art, read a folk tale, cook a regional meal, maybe listen to music, play a game or watch a few minutes of a children's program in that language. It'll be a fun overview of the world in a kid- friendly way. The next year I'd start history with Ancients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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