vtgfarm Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 This is our first year teaching history at the high school level, and I'd like to keep all of my students on the same history sequence. We did Ancients last year, so we're studying Medieval - Early Renaissance this year. HOWM and HORW have too much to cover together in a year, so we will have to pick and choose from the chapters. Does anyone have a chart made up to help coordinate chapters covered in The Story of the World with those addressed in the high school books? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 I haven't seen the later volumes of Wayfarers. I'd check the samples to see if both series are scheduled. Wayfarers keeps the whole family on the same history cycle. I know SOTW was scheduled in ancients and I think the high school books were, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtgfarm Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 I took a look at the samples, and the high school books are not Bauer's. Bummer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Here's a link to the High School books SWB wrote. http://peacehillpress.com/history-of-the-world/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtgfarm Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 Yes, I have the books. The issue is coordinating the History of the World study with the Story of the World study being done by younger sibs. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I took a look at the samples, and the high school books are not Bauer's. Bummer! Sorry. I couldn't remember. It might be because the high school book series is not finished, and it is getting published into books that no longer fit into the rotation. Wayfarers must have chosen something that fits better and offers more consistency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlotteb Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I have used both the elementary and high school series. IMO, it would be hard to coordinate both at the same time. The high school books go deep into certain civilizations that the elementary books barely cover. The chapters probably would not line up very well at all. It is likely that one week, your children could be studying the same history events, but another week could not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtgfarm Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 Thanks, charlotteb! My hope was to have a basic line of study where the older students could go more into depth. I began with the high school recommendations in The Well Trained Mind, but Bauer's books go *so* deep that it takes both the History of the Medieval World *and* the History of the Renaissance World to cover the time period suggested in the 4-year cycle. What I need is a way to pick and choose chapters, versus 1600 pages of history text reading... Sigh. Any recommendations? My daughter does like her writing style, and I hate to abandon ship entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlotteb Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Do you have a copy of both books, where you can compare the table of contents? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtgfarm Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 Yes, just utterly overwhelmed with the task. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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