happyhome Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Looking for some BTDT experience.... How do you assign credits for the 4 year cycle of history? The typical high school graduation requirement is: 1 year American History 1 year World History 1/2 Government 1/2 Economics On your transcript, do you list each classical four year title? Or do you list the conventional titles knowing you've covered the material in totality over four years? Or do you do it some other way? Has anyone had problems with college admissions due to unconventional course listings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almondbutterandjelly Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 We're just in 9th grade now, but this is what I'm doing: 9th grade: World History: Ancient 1.0 credit 10th grade: World History: Medieval 1.0 credit American Government 0.5 credit (using Power Basics textbook plus a couple other things) 11th grade: World History: Early Modern 1.0 credit Economics 0.5 credit (using some git'er done textbook) 12th grade: US History 1.0 credit (although I will also include some Modern World History in our actual studies, for a more global perspective of US History) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad S Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) We're also just in 9th grade now, but this is what I'm doing: 9th grade: World History: Ancient 1.0 credit (FYI, we're also studying ancient literature in 9th in a separate course) 10th grade: World History: Medieval-Early Modern 1.0 credit (FYI, we'll also study literature of that time period in a separate course in 10th) Economics 0.5 credit (we may move then to AP Microeconomics in 11th if DS is interested). Modern econ issues match nicely with early modern history The order of topics in 11th and 12th will depend somewhat upon interests and what fits best and we may run US and modern history simultaneously or have two years of US history. 11th grade: World History: Modern 1.0 credit American Government 0.5 credit 12th grade: US History 1.0 credit ETA: I really don't anticipate any problems at all with this sequence and titles on the high school transcript, but it is five high school credits in our plan, including econ and government. Edited January 30, 2016 by Brad S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhome Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 Is this how you'll credit it or is this how you'll chronologically study it? In other words, are you pulling US history out of the cycle for a dedicated year in 12th grade? Or are you sticking to the 4 year model with US embedded within it and just listing the credits the way you've outlined above? Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad S Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Is this how you'll credit it or is this how you'll chronologically study it? In other words, are you pulling US history out of the cycle for a dedicated year in 12th grade? Or are you sticking to the 4 year model with US embedded within it and just listing the credits the way you've outlined above? We may run US History concurrently with World History over the same time periods, each at half speed. On the other hand, if it looks like a completed course in US History might be needed for a college application, or an AP class is desired, we might speed up one to complete earlier. Interests and goals are evolving at this age for DS, so it's really impossible to plan with complete certainty this far ahead for us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 (edited) 8th US History with the SAT subject test (and LL American Lit) 9th World History: Ancients (probably with parts of EiL World and MP Greek Tragedies). 10th World History: Middle Ages to Renaissance (LL Middle Age lit first semester, Shakespeare LL second.) 11th- Government, Econ (dual credit) and Modern History. Finish EiL 5 and add some American Documents and 20th Century world authors. Possibly some Cicero. 12th dual credit Comp and Lit. Edited February 1, 2016 by elladarcy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 DD's transcript lists: World History- Ancients 1cr World History - medieval and Renaissance 1cr US History in World Context 1500-1900 1cr US History in World Context 20th century 0.5 cr/ US government 0.5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Just a side thought. With our older kids, they had to do the sequence the OP listed b/c they were enrolled part time in public school, but college entrance requirements didn't always reflect that- they just wanted a certain number years of history. So check the schools DC is looking at. I would think public universities would expect the public school sequence, but private schools may be more flexible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 This is what we are planning for US history, as well-we'll just run US history alongside world. We may run US History concurrently with World History over the same time periods, each at half speed. On the other hand, if it looks like a completed course in US History might be needed for a college application, or an AP class is desired, we might speed up one to complete earlier. Interests and goals are evolving at this age for DS, so it's really impossible to plan with complete certainty this far ahead for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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