walkinlegends Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 I've got a 4th grader, in our 4th year of the SOTW cycle. Omnibus is looking attractive to me, which would start in 7th grade with Ancients, I believe. Does anyone have thoughts what history to do for the 5th and 6th years? I've got 2 more kids cycling through SOTW behind my oldest, so I'll be starting over with Ancients for them next year. But if I do that, and keep everyone together for history (which we love and it's so much easier), then my oldest will do an extra 2 years of Ancients and Medieval before he starts back on Ancients again with Omnibus. Is that clear as mud? I can't wrap my mind around this. Any suggestions?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal_Bear Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Would doing Veritas Press self-paced history be an option? I think these are really very well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 A couple of options we have thought through-- For 5th you could do a geography year, and 6th do the VP transitions class. And then start Omnibus in 7th. What we are currently planning (we did the 4 year cycle 1-4) 5th grade: doing VP self paced NTGR 6th: SP Middle Ages 7th: (either VP SP U.S. history or another 1 year plan of US History) 8th: omnibus 1 or 3 depending on the year prior We went this way bc I didn't feel like my dd retained enough the first cycle, and didn't think she would be ready for Omnibus in 7th. Also I had read that omnibus 1 was more difficult than omnibus 3... Just a few things we are thinking through as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paula in MS Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 What I did was just continue the history cycle and then jump into Omnibus. What I WISH I had done, if I had planned ahead was maybe a year of American history and then for 6th grade, Veritas Press's Transition course where they cover world history in one year before starting Omnibus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkinlegends Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 How time-consuming or difficult do you think it would be to have my oldest doing a separate history curriculum from the other boys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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