Dmmetler Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 It has worked very well for DD to use a textbook written for high school students in a given country and use that as a spine. We have one more year of middle school before we need to start worrying about state requirements. So far, we have spent a year on U.K. History and Australian history. So, I'm open to suggestions. Requirements are that it needs to be something studied in the country of origin and written from that viewpoint, it needs to be published in English (or I suppose Latin would work ;) ), and it needs to be easy to get shipped to the USA. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Something from the Caribbean might be fun. No specific suggestions, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loesje22000 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 http://www.south-african-homeschool-curriculum.com/high-school-homeschool-curriculum.html ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 Maybe. I'd prefer something secular, but South Africa would definitely be interesting and a totally different worldview. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slackermom Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Even the history of South African textbooks and the process of deciding on a book to use would make for a really interesting lesson. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loesje22000 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Maybe. I'd prefer something secular, but South Africa would definitely be interesting and a totally different worldview. This is the only title I am aware of, but I mentioned it for the totally different worldview :) Part of SA used (uses?) textbooks in Afrikaans, a seperated language from Dutch, but another part used (uses?) textbooks in English. I found it!: a list of South African curriculum suppliers: http://homeschoolinfo.co.za/resources.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ondreeuh Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 What a great idea! I did just a little poking, and Singapore has a history series called "Singapore: the Making of a Nation-State" published by Star Publishing. I don't know how easy it is to get. Kenya has a series in English called "History & Government" and here is a link to their form 1/grade 9 book: https://textbookcentre.com/catalogue/history-and-government-form-1-students-book-klb_19574/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 I wonder what exchange rates are between US and Kenya? (and how my credit card company would handle that charge? I have had to call them in advance just to avoid problems when ordering from Galore Park :)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I'm thinking Hong Kong probably has English language textbooks too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi mum Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 There was quite a bit of talk here a few years back about this series from India. (Scroll down to History) We have added the Class 12 Themes in Indian History (vol I,II and III) to our history cycle and enjoyed the different perspective. They are free to download, so you could have a good look to decide if they are suitable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loesje22000 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I wonder what exchange rates are between US and Kenya? (and how my credit card company would handle that charge? I have had to call them in advance just to avoid problems when ordering from Galore Park :)) According dutch exchange sites 1 Kenyan Shilling = 0.0096 USD for the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slackermom Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Canada might be an interesting, and maybe critical, point of view. An American neighbor, with a different narrative of how it all went down in North America and beyond. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Germany? There are plenty of info about Germany in English. Definitely there must be a few good textbooks too. I know a very good website too, in a case you are interested - http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 DD apparently finished the Australian history books this week, so I'm going to download the India ones since that's fast, and go from there, and look for more print books for next year. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Apparently you can get Dutch 7th and 8th grade history textbooks and workbooks in English as well, thanks to the popularity of bilingual secondary school (the ones labeled TTO): https://www.malmberg.nl/voortgezet-onderwijs/methodes/mens-maatschappij/geschiedenis/memo-onderbouw/lesmateriaal.htm I don't know how easy it would be to obtain them, but posting this here in case someone is interested (and didn't see me mention them on the other thread). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal_Bear Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 maybe the books from Sonlight's or Bookshark's Eastern Hemisphere core? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted August 19, 2017 Author Share Posted August 19, 2017 She did those a few years back, but most are written from a Western World view. They're interesting,but they don't provide that lens into how history looks from a different perspective. I figure we can do this two more years. She needs US History and US Government on her transcript for high school, and can do those at the community college and tick boxes there. There is also a course in the honors program that focuses on Memphis history, which I think will be very interesting, and one on African American history, both of which DD says she wants to take. So, four semesters taken care of, with 5 years ahead to fill. On to Canada! (And to start seeing which country I can get my hands on next. Canada was easy to find used on Amazon. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal_Bear Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 (edited) Would you be interested in this? A Different Mirror by Ron Takaki https://www.amazon.com/Different-Mirror-Young-People-Multicultural/dp/1609804163/ref=la_B000APV34C_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1503189214&sr=1-2 He was one of my professors at Berkeley. Edited August 20, 2017 by calbear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 (edited) Have you looked into India? It is quite common for kids to be educated in English there, so they should have textbooks galore, and they would probably be fairly inexpensive since they don't make them expensively like we do. :) (ETA I see you already checked this out.) Edited August 20, 2017 by SKL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 What a great idea! I did just a little poking, and Singapore has a history series called "Singapore: the Making of a Nation-State" published by Star Publishing. I don't know how easy it is to get. This is a set of two textbooks. Vol 1 covers pre-colonial Singapore, and Vol 2 covers colonial Singapore from the British occupation to the Japanese occupation. The follow-up to that is this textbook series from Pearson: All About History Unit 1: European Dominance and Expansion In South East Asia All About History Unit 2: The World In Crisis (The Making of the Contemporary World Order, 1870s-1991) All About History Unit 4: Decolonisation and The Emergence of Nations All About History Unit 3: Bi-Polarity and The Cold War 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabelen Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 What a neat idea! You basically have all of the old British empire at your disposal! It was vast! You can choose among several continents. You can also pick a big, better known country like India, or one of the smaller, lesser well known, like Sri Lanka, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrale Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Singapore, India, Philippines, What textbooks have you used so far? I am especially interested in good Australian ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megbo Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 What an awesome idea! I'm curious to hear what textbook you're using for Canadian history. We've been including a little Canadian history here and there, but really should get a solid textbook for reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 What a great idea! Wish I thought my kids would go for it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 We're using this one and it's second volume for Canada https://www.amazon.ca/Origins-Canadian-Confederation-Douglas-Francis/dp/0176502505/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0/142-5802024-1483651?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=X9HJMQZACE9W9XKDY4AE 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 We used year 9 and Year 10 of this https://www.amazon.ca/History-Australian-Curriculum-Year-Bundle/dp/1139176587/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1503698868&sr=1-5&keywords=History+for+the+Australian+curriculum For Australia (plus the companion geography book). These took a good 6 months to arrive. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 For British history, we used all three of these https://www.galorepark.co.uk/13-History-Common-Entrance In general, we do the reading, follow rabbit trails, and write. I don't have her do anywhere near all the questions and assignments in the book, because they usually are very focused on specific exams, which DD doesn't need to sit. Which is why she can go through multiple textbooks in a single year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 We used the Year 12 books here for India, downloaded to an iPad. http://ncertbooks.prashanthellina.com/12_History.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daria Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Canada might be an interesting, and maybe critical, point of view. An American neighbor, with a different narrative of how it all went down in North America and beyond. I moved to Canada during high school, having already taken U.S. History, and I distinctly remember having my mind blown by a lesson on how the English and Canadians won the War of 1812. I had attended a very progressive private school in the U.S., but no one had ever even hinted that there was disagreement about it. I asked my Canadian history teacher why my American teacher would disagree with him, and he told me that Americans often claim that they won, because they won the last and bloodiest battle of the war, but that battle had no impact on the treaty. This, of course, caused me to read a fair amount about the war, and was a pretty major turning point for me in terms of my own beliefs. The fact that you could have a war that lead to a treaty that both sides were happy about, led pretty to the question of why diplomacy couldn't have lead to the same treaty. Anyway, I think that reading American history through a Canadian lens can be fascinating, so I might vote for that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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