Alana in Canada Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 or rather, what are you having your children do with it? I had my son read his all the relevant entries for the first time today and he did and then I wondered, now what? Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 My dd is starting round two of SOTW in fifth grade. I have her reading SOTW, KFE and a History of the Ancient World. Depending on the chapters she either outlines SOTW or Ancient World. I have her read all but only outline twice a week from one source. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alana in Canada Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 History of the Ancient World--is that the Guerber/Miller book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen in NS Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 or rather, what are you having your children do with it? I had my son read his all the relevant entries for the first time today and he did and then I wondered, now what? Any thoughts? My ds takes dates from KF to put on his timeline. He compares the map in the KF entry to our wall map, Usborne atlas, and globe to see what has changed over the years. He also picks out two topics from KF for further reading (lib. books, World Book encyclopedia). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Well, we read from it as an introduction to the time period under study. It gets used in report writing and timeline preparation, too. I'm having my son outline from SOTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alana in Canada Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 That's interesting--you use it as an introduction? That's a great idea. I gave it to him after we did SoTW. About timelines--I usually go through my HTTA figures and print them out before hand. When we do our chapter test I have him put it in our timeline book and write a small description. Should I change that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 History of the Ancient World--is that the Guerber/Miller book? Yes, and what the others said about timelines and maps is all good too. I just haven't added it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 No, I think that sounds just fine. I don't think it matters in which order you do the test vs. the timeline. Are you using the SOTW tests? Or something else? If using a type of test that includes more dates, then you might want to do the timeline work first, to help him with remembering those; otherwise, I don't see that it would matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alana in Canada Posted September 13, 2008 Author Share Posted September 13, 2008 We do the tests as review, mostly. If they don't know the answer I tell them to re-read their narrations. That usually triggers it. Next week, I'll have him read the entries as an introduction. That's a good plan, actually, because we're doing Africa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Ummmm...we never ended up using it. Reading encyclopedias runs very low on the list of desirable activities around here- we all much prefer narratives. Makes a good doorstop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alana in Canada Posted September 13, 2008 Author Share Posted September 13, 2008 I was wondering when someone would say it would make a good doorstop! As the boy read it last week, he said quire excitedly, you could read this whole thing and know everything about history! I told him he would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Calvin reads it as part of his history studies (also reads SOTW, Our Island Story, This Country of Ours, and more). He might use some of the information for a piece of writing, but not always. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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