Grade 8- History is a hot mess! Help!

[DragonFaerie]

DS wants to come back to homeschooling for 8th grade.  I have a ton of stuff from previous years, so I do not want to buy anything new if I don't have to.  The problem is that I have TOO much stuff for history, and I have no idea what to do with it or how to use it.  I work (a lot!), so I need him to be as independent as possible, so I need some suggestions.  Here's what I have:

 

SOTW, vol. 3 and 4

Human Odyssey, vol. 2 and 3

History Odyssey, Modern Times, level 2

Kingfisher Encyclopedia (the red one)

Story of Mankind (Van Loon)

 

I know that History Odyssey uses Kingfisher and Story of Mankind, but I've also read that Story of Mankind isn't that great.  And DS may be too old for SOTW since he'll be in 8th in the fall.  So, what should I do with all this stuff?  I have no teacher's manuals, and I stink and making up assignments, but just having him read doesn't seem like enough.  We need some type of output (and he absolutely HATES writing).  If I use History Odyssey, he'll have work to do, but I really want to use Human Odyssey because everyone says it's so good.  But if I do that, then what type of "work" would he do with it?  DS really enjoyed the first two SOTW, so maybe I should just let him read the other two, but that doesn't seem like enough for 8th grade.  Agh! Please help!

[EKS]

I'd have him use the Human Odyssey book(s) and require nontraditional output, such as videos, presentations, maps, drawings, stories, plays, etc.

[Bluegoat]

You could maybe also think about using his history for some required writing output - presumably he is going to have to do some?  If it is in addition to another whole program it might be too much, but if it is a main writing outlet, it could mitigate that.

[zarabellesmom]

Are you planning to homeschool high school? If so, I would probably give some thought to what kind of sequence you have planned for that and then back into it from there.

 

ETA: If not, then I would probably let your DS have a pretty good amount of input on the kind of thing he is interested in studying and then just run with that for the year.

Edited May 16, 2016 by ZaraBellesMom

[DragonFaerie]

I'd have him use the Human Odyssey book(s) and require nontraditional output, such as videos, presentations, maps, drawings, stories, plays, etc.

  

 

This is a good idea. Thanks.

 

You could maybe also think about using his history for some required writing output - presumably he is going to have to do some?  If it is in addition to another whole program it might be too much, but if it is a main writing outlet, it could mitigate that.

  

 

You've got a good point about this. I could mix some writing in with the other ideas EKS mentioned. Maybe that wouldn't kills both. Lol...

 

Are you planning to homeschool high school? If so, I would probably give some thought to what kind of sequence you have planned for that and then back into it from there.

 

ETA: If not, then I would probably let your DS have a pretty good amount of input on the kind of thing he is interested in studying and then just run with that for the year.

I've no idea aabout high school. With this kid, we take it one day at a time. Lol...

[almondbutterandjelly]

I vote for Human Odyssey.  When we used it, I had my dd read corresponding sections in the Usborne Encyclopedia and outline those sections.  For other output, I assigned a project.  My dd prefers Lego projects (this is a thing.  They did it at the classical private school she attended for 8th grade.)  For ancient Rome, for instance, my dd did the scene where Julius Caesar gets stabbed by the Senate.  She had lego blood droplets and everything.  It was elaborate.  Maybe your ds might enjoy projects like that.

[Haiku]

We liked The Story of Mankind, but we hated History Odyssey.

 

I'd go with Human Odyssey. My dd's main output for 8th grade history is an end-of-year research paper.

[DragonFaerie]

I vote for Human Odyssey.  When we used it, I had my dd read corresponding sections in the Usborne Encyclopedia and outline those sections.  For other output, I assigned a project.  My dd prefers Lego projects (this is a thing.  They did it at the classical private school she attended for 8th grade.)  For ancient Rome, for instance, my dd did the scene where Julius Caesar gets stabbed by the Senate.  She had lego blood droplets and everything.  It was elaborate.  Maybe your ds might enjoy projects like that.

 

DS would love something like this.  He enjoys building anything out of anything.  :D

 

We liked The Story of Mankind, but we hated History Odyssey.

 

I'd go with Human Odyssey. My dd's main output for 8th grade history is an end-of-year research paper.

 

So what about output for everything else she studied during the year aside from just the one topic?  And, did she only have one chance at a good grade?  Or did you not do grades?  

[DragonFaerie]

Interestingly enough, I showed DS all the choices, and he picked History Odyssey, except he didn't like the looks of Story of Mankind and liked Human Odyssey better. I thought about combining HO and HO (hehe), but that might be more time consuming than I can manage.  I know someone did it with the Ancients, but I haven't found anything with it done for the Modern Times, level 2. 

[Saddlemomma]

We did the 20th Century using Human Odyssey this year. I had my DD do further internet research, watch some documentaries, and read additional historical fiction. For output, she had to do an in-depth PowerPoint notebook on the main players and events. There were also about 3 substantial essays required.

[Haiku]

So what about output for everything else she studied during the year aside from just the one topic?  And, did she only have one chance at a good grade?  Or did you not do grades?  

 

My dd was only in 6th grade when we read SOM, and I wasn't very worried about output. 

 

Even this year, in 8th grade, I have not focused on grades. I don't feel that grades are a useful metric, for us, for assessing knowledge. This year we have had a different spine, and I found discussion questions for it, and we use those. I'm not going to grade dd's history paper; I'm using it as a learning opportunity, not as an assessment.

[Dmmetler]

Well, my DD's 6th grade history output was creating a Graphic novel version of British History, in which all major characters were snakes, so count me in on the non-traditional output. I suspect she did a lot more writing with less fuss in writing the graphic novel than she would have ever done if I'd tried assigning essays.

[BusyMom5]

We have been using HO textbook, too.  Most of our output is outlines, summaries and discussion with me.

[Kareni]

 We need some type of output (and he absolutely HATES writing). 

 

 

We started homeschooling when my daughter was in seventh grade.  This is what I did.

 

I had my daughter keep a Book of the Centuries when she began homeschooling in 7th grade.  We did a three year sweep through world history, and she added information to her book for three years.  Here are the instructions I gave her in 7th grade.

 

"History and Reading

 

The plan:

 

To study history chronologically from prehistory to about AD500.

 

The means:

 

We’ll use Hillyer and Huey’s two books Young People’s Story of the Ancient World as well as numerous other books and resources.

 

Typically each week there will be a list of required reading.  There will generally be a novel to be read pertaining to the time period.  There may also be some myths and legends to be read.  There will also be non-fiction books or selections to be read and perhaps a website to visit or a video to view.

 

You will need to locate any places mentioned on the map, in a historical atlas and on the globe (if we obtain one).  Each week you will make two pages for your Book of the Centuries.  These pages should be work you can be proud of!  They should be well planned, edited and neat.  They can be in your best cursive or done on the computer.  All art work should be done with care.  The pages should pertain to the time period being studied.  Each page should be titled.  Pages might cover such topics as:

 

A people

A great man or woman (a ruler, artist, explorer, scientist)

An artifact (tools, buildings, type of writing)

A religion

An event

A discovery or invention

A war or battle

The daily life of a people

A map (route of an explorer, location of a people) 

An imaginary encounter between two historical personae

???

 

You might find information on these topics at home or you may need to do additional research at the library or online. 

 

Maps should include a legend (which may be printed) in addition to the title.

 

In addition to your two pages, you should also note five to ten important dates in your Book of the Centuries."

 

 

If you'd like to see the materials we used in 7th, 8th, and 9th grade, let me know and I'll post them.

 

Regards,

Kareni

[DragonFaerie]

We started homeschooling when my daughter was in seventh grade.  This is what I did.

 

I had my daughter keep a Book of the Centuries when she began homeschooling in 7th grade.  We did a three year sweep through world history, and she added information to her book for three years.  Here are the instructions I gave her in 7th grade.

 

"History and Reading

 

The plan:

 

To study history chronologically from prehistory to about AD500.

 

The means:

 

We’ll use Hillyer and Huey’s two books Young People’s Story of the Ancient World as well as numerous other books and resources.

 

Typically each week there will be a list of required reading.  There will generally be a novel to be read pertaining to the time period.  There may also be some myths and legends to be read.  There will also be non-fiction books or selections to be read and perhaps a website to visit or a video to view.

 

You will need to locate any places mentioned on the map, in a historical atlas and on the globe (if we obtain one).  Each week you will make two pages for your Book of the Centuries.  These pages should be work you can be proud of!  They should be well planned, edited and neat.  They can be in your best cursive or done on the computer.  All art work should be done with care.  The pages should pertain to the time period being studied.  Each page should be titled.  Pages might cover such topics as:

 

A people

A great man or woman (a ruler, artist, explorer, scientist)

An artifact (tools, buildings, type of writing)

A religion

An event

A discovery or invention

A war or battle

The daily life of a people

A map (route of an explorer, location of a people) 

An imaginary encounter between two historical personae

???

 

You might find information on these topics at home or you may need to do additional research at the library or online. 

 

Maps should include a legend (which may be printed) in addition to the title.

 

In addition to your two pages, you should also note five to ten important dates in your Book of the Centuries."

 

 

If you'd like to see the materials we used in 7th, 8th, and 9th grade, let me know and I'll post them.

 

Regards,

Kareni

 

That sounds amazing, Kareni!  I would love to see anything you'd like to share, especially if you have any type of schedule for the required readings.  Thanks!

[Kareni]

That sounds amazing, Kareni!  I would love to see anything you'd like to share, especially if you have any type of schedule for the required readings.  Thanks!

 

I'll post the resources I used in this and the next two posts.

 

 

My daughter used the following materials in 7th grade which covered the time period up to 500AD. Yes, she did read all of these books; however, she was and is a voracious reader.  We are also quite liberal, so some of these materials might not work for others.

 

 

Selections from The Kingfisher Illustrated History of the World by Charlotte Evans et al.

 

The Young People's Story of Our Heritage: The Ancient World, Pre-history to 500BC by V. M. Hillyer and E. G. Huey

 

The Young People's Story of Our Heritage: The Ancient World, 500BC to 500AD by V. M. Hillyer and E. G. Huey

 

A Bone from a Dry Sea by Peter Dickinson

 

Cave of the Moving Shadows by Thomas Milstead

 

Spirit on the Wall by Ann O'Neal Garcia

 

Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

 

Pharaoh's Daughter by Julius Lester

 

Video:  David Macaulay's World of Ancient Engineering:   Pyramid

 

Black Ships before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff

 

Dateline: Troy by Paul Fleischman

 

Inside the Walls of Troy by Clemence McClaren 

 

The Curse of King Tut by Patricia Netzley

 

The Golden Fleece by Padraic Colum

 

Escape from Egypt by Sonia Levitin

 

Troy by Adele Geras   

 

The Wanderings of Odysseus by Rosemary Sutcliff

 

The Cat of Bubastes by G. A. Henty

 

City of Gold and Other Stories from the Old Testament by Peter Dickinson

 

Gods and Goddesses by John Malam

 

The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin

 

Selections from  Cultural Atlas for Young People:  Ancient Greece by Anton Powell

 

Selections from Then and Now by Stefania and Dominic Perring

 

Selections from Usborne Book of Famous Lives

 

Selections from  Heroines by Rebecca Hazell

 

Selections from A Picturesque Tale of Progress, Volume 2 by Olive Beaupre Miller

 

The Story of the World, History for the Classical Child: Ancient Times by Susan W. Bauer

 

Niko: Sculptor's Apprentice by Isabelle Lawrence

 

How Would You Survive as an Ancient Greek? by Fiona Macdonald

 

Calliope Magazine: Taharqo

 

Calliope Magazine: Ancient Celts

 

Alexander the Great by Peter Chrisp

 

Video: Alexander the Great (The History Makers)

 

Men of Athens by Olivia Coolidge

 

Selections from Mathematicians are People, Too by Luetta and Wilbert Reimer

 

Science in Ancient Greece by Kathlyn Gay

 

Selections from A Day in Old Athens by William S. Davis

 

Your Travel Guide to Ancient Greece by Nancy Day

 

The Librarian who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky

 

The Emperor's Silent Army by Jane O'Connor

 

Selections from Ancient Japan by J. E. Kidder

 

Hannibal's Elephants by Alfred Powers

 

The Story of the Romans by H. A. Guerber

 

Galen: My Life in Imperial Rome by Marissa Moss

 

Caesar's Gallic War by Olivia Coolidge

 

Selections from Ancient Inventions by Peter James and Nick Thorpe

 

Video:  Anthony and Cleopatra (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1974)

 

Videos:  I, Claudius (Volumes 1-7)

 

Augustus Caesar's World by Genevieve Foster

 

City by David Macaulay

 

The Wadjet Eye by Jill Rubalcaba

 

Video:  David Macaulay's World of Ancient Engineering:   Roman City

 

Song for a Dark Queen by Rosemary Sutcliff

 

Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfield

 

Video:  Ancient Mysteries:  Pompeii, Buried Alive

 

The Capricorn Bracelet by Rosemary Sutcliff

 

The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff

 

Selections from Wonders of Ancient Chinese Science by Robert Silverberg

 

The White Stag by Kate Seredy

 

Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges

 

Selections from The Dark Ages by Tony Gregory

 

Lady Ch'iao Kuo:  Warrior of the South by Laurence Yep

 

The Dancing Bear by Peter Dickinson

 

Video:  Africa (Ancient Civilizations for Children)

 

The Cartoon History of the Universe II, From the Springtime of China to the Fall of Rome by Larry Gonick

 

Regards,

Kareni

[Kareni]

Here's the mega list of resources that my daughter used when she was in 8th grade (quite some moons ago).  Since she'd only begun homeschooling in 7th grade, she was on the second year of a three year sweep through world history and was studying the time period AD500 to AD 1700.  The list includes books, videos and music.  She was/is a speedy reader so she read many more books than others might.

 

Asterisked entries were used only in part.

 

 

Eighth Grade History Reading and Resource List

 

Dorling Kindersley History of the World edited by Plantagenet Somerset Fry **

The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon  **

The Story of Mankind:  A Picturesque Tale of Progress by Olive Beaupre Miller **

The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart

The Man Who Loved Books by Jean Fritz

Across a Dark and Wild Sea by Don Brown

The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White

Brendan the Navigator by Jean Fritz

The Illustrated History of the World, Vol. 3, Rome and the Classical West by J. M. Roberts **

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley – audio (Vol. 1)

The Brendan Voyage by Tim Severin **

Then and Now by Stefania and Dominic Perring **

I am Mordred by Nancy Springer

The Illustrated History of the World, Vol. 4, The Age of Diverging Traditions by J. M. Roberts **

Tusk and Stone by Malcolm Bosse

Muhammad by Demi

The Shining Company by Rosemary Sutcliff

The Real Middle Earth by Brian Bates **

The Middle Ages by Mike Corbishley **

Beowulf the Warrior  by Ian Serraillier

Beowulf: A New Telling by Robert Nye

The Collected Beowulf by Gareth Hinds

Maples in the Mist by Minfong Ho

Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde by Caroline Arnold

The Arabian Nights retold by Neil Philip

The Age of Chivalry edited by Merle Severy **

His Majesty’s Elephant by Judith Tarr

Charlemagne and the Early Middle Ages by Miriam Greenblatt

Prison Window, Jerusalem Blue by Bruce Clements

Norse Gods and Giants by Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire

The Real Vikings by Melvin and Gilda Berger

Medieval Knights by Trevor Cairns **

Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle

The Story of Science:  Aristotle Leads the Way by Joy Hakim  **

The Edge on the Sword by Rebecca Tingle

Alfred the Great and the Saxons by Robin May

The Time Traveler Book of Viking Raiders by Anne Civardi and James Graham-Campbell

Blood Feud by Rosemary Sutcliff

The Song Dynasty by Scott Ingram

Hakon of Rogen’s Saga by Erik Haugaard

Early Explorers of North America by C. Keith Wilbur **

The Cartoon History of the Universe III by Larry Gonick

Fafnir by Bernard Evslin

The King’s Shadow by Elizabeth Alder

1000 Years Ago on Planet Earth by Sneed Collard

The Legend of the Cid by Robert Goldston

Shakespeare Stories by Leon Garfield **

Shakespeare and MacBeth:  The Story Behind the Play by James Barter

Shakespeare’s MacBeth  (video)

William the Conqueror by Thomas B. Costain

Anna of Byzantium by Tracy Barrett

A Travel Guide to Medieval Constantinople by James Barter

Robin Hood by Neil Philip

A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E. L. Konigsburg

Daily Life in the Middle Ages by Paul B. Newman **

Brother Cadfael videos: A Morbid Taste for Bones and Monk’s Hood

Tales of the Crusades by Olivia Coolidge

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park

Saladin by Diane Stanley

In a Dark Wood by Michael Cadnum

The Story of the Wise Men by Regine Pernoud and Canon Grivot

Canticles of Ecstasy (the music of Hildegard von Bingen) by Sequentia

The Magna Charta by James H. Daugherty

Marvels of Science by Kendall Haven **

The Road to Damietta by Scott O’Dell

Eyewitness Medieval Life by Andrew Langley

Music of the Gothic Era (The Early Music Consort of London/David Munrow)

Brother Sun, Sister Moon (video) (Wertmuller and Zeffirelli)

Book of the Lion by Michael Cadnum

Angkor:  Heart of an Asian Empire by Bruno Dagens **

Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe (video, BBC production)

Quest for a Maid by Frances Hendry

Castle by David Macaulay

The Ramsay Scallop by Frances Temple

Girl in a Cage by Jane Yolen

Archers, Alchemists, and 98 Other Jobs You Might Have Loved or Loathed by Priscilla Galloway

The King’s Swift Rider by Mollie Hunter

Marco Polo:  To China and Back by Steven Otfinoski

Cathedral by David Macaulay

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer as retold by Geraldine McCaughrean

Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales (read by Prunella Scales and Martin Starkie)**

Dog of the Bondi Castle by Lynn Hall

Harold the Herald by Dana Fradon

Traveling Man:  The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354 by James Rumford

The Inferno of Dante (cantos 1 – 5) translated by Robert Pinsky

Beckett (video, 1964)

The Lion in Winter (video, 1968)

A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman **

The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly

The Second Mrs. Giaconda by E. L. Konigsburg

Rats, Bulls, and Flying Machines by Deborah Prum

The Passion of Joan of Arc (video, 1928, Carl Th. Dreyer)

1492:  Music from the Age of Discovery by The Waverly Consort 

The Cargo of the Madalena by Cynthia Harnett

1492:  The Year of the New World by Piero Ventura

The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

Great Painters by Piero Ventura **

Accidental Explorers by Rebecca Stefoff **

Greensleeves:  A Collection of English Lute Songs by Julianne Baird and Ronn McFarlane

Beware, Princess Elizabeth by Carolyn Meyer

The Sea King:  Sir Francis Drake and His Times by Albert Marrin

Elizabeth R:  The Lion’s Cub (video, BBC production, 1971)

Elizabeth (video, 1998, with Cate Blanchett)

Den of the White Fox by Lensey Namioka

From Coronado to Escalante:  The Explorers of the Spanish Southwest by John Miller Morris

Cantos 1 – 5 of Fierce Wars and Faithful Loves:  A retelling of Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene, Book 1 by Roy Maynard

On the Banks of the Helicon:  Early Music of Scotland by the Baltimore Consort

The Inquisition (video, The History Channel, 1996)

The Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes (adapted by Leighton Barret)

The World of Captain John Smith by Genevieve Foster **

The World of Lully by the Chicago Baroque Ensemble

John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress retold by Gary D. Schmidt

I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino

Dowland:  Ayres and Lute Lessons by the Deller Consort

Out of Many Waters by Jacqueline Dembar Greene

The Trial and Execution of Charles I by Leonard W. Cowie

Rembrandt by Ceciel de Bie and Martijn Leenen

The Reduced Shakespeare Company (video, Acorn Media, 2003)

Witch Child by Celia Rees

At the Sign of the Sugared Plum by Mary Hooper

Vivaldi’s Ring of Mystery:  A Tale of Venice and Violins (audio)

Girl with a Pearl Earring (video, 2003)

 

Regards,

Kareni

[Kareni]

Last one since we did a three year sweep through world history.

 

In 9th grade, we used a hodgepodge of materials when my daughter covered the time period 1700 to 2000. Here are the resources (non-fiction, literature, videos and music) that we used.   Be aware that we are fairly liberal so some materials might not suit all families.

World History the Easy Way, Volume 2 by Charles Frazee

American History the Easy Way by William Kellogg

World History Map Activities by Marvin Scott

 

Poor Richard’s Almanack by Benjamin Franklin
George Washington, Spymaster by Thomas B. Allen
Tomaso Albinoni – 12 Concerti a cinque Op. 5
Roots by Alex Haley (to p. 126)
Georg Philipp Telemann – Suite A Minor, 2 Double Concertos (Michala Petri, Academy of St. Martin-in-the Fields)
Amadeus (video)
"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift
George Washington’s World by Genevieve Foster
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
I Will Repay by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Eldorado by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Sir Percy Hits Back by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
The Scarlet Pimpernel (three part video, BBC)
Carl Friedrich Abel – Symphonies Op. 10, numbers 1 – 6, La Stagione
Francesco Geminiani – 12 Concerti Grossi, I Musici
The Art of the Fugue by Bach, Emerson String Quartet
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Longitude (video, A&E)
C.S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower (set of 8 videos, A&E)
Lock, Stock, and Barrel by Donald Sobol
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphonies 5 in C Minor, Op. 67, and 6 in F Major, Op. 68, Pastoral
"Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Cartouche (video)
Joseph Haydn – String Quartets, Op. 17, Nos. 1, 2, and 4, Kodaly Quartet
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (translated by Norman Denny)
The New Nation by Joy Hakim
A Tale of Two Cities (video)
Georges Bizet – Carmen Suites No. 1 and No. 2; L’Arlesienne Suites No. 1 and No. 2, Leonard Bernstein
Adolphe Adam – Giselle, conducted by Richard Bonynge, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 4 “Romanticâ€, conducted by Eugen Jochum, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Men-of-War: Life in Nelson's Navy by Patrick O'Brian
Young Frankenstein (video)
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (video with Kenneth Branagh)
Lily Afshar -- A Jug of Wine and Thou (Persian music)
Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
Master and Commander (video)
Chamber Works by Women Composers, The Macalester Trio
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun by Rhoda Blumberg
Wassail! Wassail! Early American Christmas Music by the Revels
"An Occurrence at the Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
The Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
Stephen Foster’s Civil War Songs (sung by Linda Russell)

The Century for Young People by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
Critical Thinking in United States History, Book Four, Spanish-American War to Vietnam War by Kevin O’Reilly
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake and Nutcracker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Mstislav Rostropovich conducting
Winsor McCay: The Master Edition (The Sinking of the Lusitania)
Claude Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Jeux, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez conducting
The Battleship Potemkin (video)
“Broadway, Blues, and Truth†from RESPECT: A Century of Women in Music
Botchan by Soseki Natsume (translated by Umeji Sasaki)
Many Lives, Many Stories by Kathryn Abbott and Patricia Minter
Witness by Karen Hesse
Influenza 1918 (video from PBS)
New Orleans Rhythm Kings and Jelly Roll Morton
Antarctica by Walter Dean Myers
War Game by Michael Foreman
Mao Tse-Tung and His China by Albert Marrin
“The Butcher Boyâ€, “The Garage†and “Rough House†from The Best Arbuckle Keaton Collection (video)
Fluffy Ruffle Girls: Women in Ragtime
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Charles A. Lindbergh: A Human Hero by James Cross Giblin
Inherit the Wind (video)
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
All Quiet on the Western Front (video)
The Depression and New Deal by Robert McElvaine
Cabaret (video)
Radio Comedy Classics: Jack Benny Program and Fred Allen Show
Surviving Hitler by Andrea Warren
Maus I and Maus II by Art Spiegelman
Rabbit-Proof Fence (video)
The Verse by the Side of the Road by Frank Ransome, Jr.
Elvis Presley title album
Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy the Kid, Fanfare for the Common Man (New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein)
1940s House (video)
Diary of Anne Frank
North to Freedom by Anne Holm
Shane (video)
Frank Sinatra, Come Swing with Me
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The Little World of Don Camillo by Giovanni Guareschi
Ed Sullivan’s Rock and Roll Classics, Volume 8: Legends of Rock (video)
Beatles, Beatles for Sale
Atomic Café (video)
Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited
“I Have a Dream†by Martin Luther King, Jr.
All the President's Men (video)
Forrest Gump (video)
Judy Collins, Whales and Nightingales
Hair (video)
The Vietnam War by Marilyn B. Young, John J. Fitzgerald and A. Tom Grunfeld
Singers and Songwriters, 1974-1975
Good Morning, Vietnam (video)
Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis
The Mouse that Roared by Leonard Wibberley
The Mouse that Roared (video)
Abba, The Definitive Collection
W;t by Margaret Edson
W;t (video)
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Fax from Sarajevo by Joe Kubert
U2, Achtung Baby
A Little History of the World by E. H. Gombrich

Regards,
Kareni

[Kareni]

And getting back to this ~

 

 I would love to see anything you'd like to share, especially if you have any type of schedule for the required readings. 

 

I no longer have a schedule for the first two years of my daughter's three year sweep through history; however, I believe I do still have a spreadsheet for her 9th grade year when she studied the time period 1700 to 2000.  If you'd like to see that, simply send me a personal message with your email address and I'll email it to you.

 

Regards,

Kareni
 

[happypamama]

I skimmed the thread, so forgive me if this has been mentioned, but I don't use Story of Mankind with History Odyssey.  We use the Human Odyssey books (and Kingfisher) with it instead, and it is indeed very independent.  Occasionally there will be something missing that isn't in Human Odyssey, but it's usually little stuff, and I either have them skip that (like a person in the list of summaries) or look it up on Google.  My eighth and fifth graders really like Human Odyssey.  It didn't take me long to find the corresponding chapters in Human Odyssey to go with History Odyssey Modern Level 2; PM me, and I will send them to you if you want.

[happypamama]

Double post

Edited May 25, 2016 by happypamama

[DragonFaerie]

And getting back to this ~

 

 

I no longer have a schedule for the first two years of my daughter's three year sweep through history; however, I believe I do still have a spreadsheet for her 9th grade year when she studied the time period 1700 to 2000.  If you'd like to see that, simply send me a personal message with your email address and I'll email it to you.

 

Regards,

Kareni

 

 

Kareni, those lists are amazing and quite impressive!  There is no way my son would EVER read that much.  But you certainly have given me quite a bit to choose from.  Thank you so much for the help!

[Kareni]

Kareni, those lists are amazing and quite impressive!  There is no way my son would EVER read that much.  But you certainly have given me quite a bit to choose from.  Thank you so much for the help!

 

I'm glad to have been of help.  Best wishes to you and your son.

 

Regards,

Kareni