Sally Day Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Has anyone taught levels one and two of History Odyssey simultaneously? Next year I will have an advanced fourth grader who needs level two, I reckon, and a second grader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Do you mean that you'd teach two separate lessons, or that the 4th grader would take level 1 and 2 both simultaneously? Level 2 is not a more in depth version of level 1, it is different time period and it deosn't line up geographically. In level 1 you are learning ancient Carthage and Persia and Egypt, in level 2 you are learning Charlemagne and Beowulf and the Holy Roman Empire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Day Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 No, I mean doing Ancients with both kids but using level one with my second grader and level two with my fourth grader. There are three age-appropriate levels for each time period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootAnn Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 I haven't used HO Level 1. When my kids have used HO Level 2, I'll admit that they did it mostly independently. (I can't leave anything alone, so I completely redid their checklist because I had a different spine & added some books. I just had my kid use the checklist to pace & plan their work for the year.) When we study history, in general, the younger kids are all studying the same time period (Ancients this year), but may be using different resources. The older kids are mostly independent, but we do read alouds or history-related movies together. Sometimes, one group is ahead or behind the particular time period or geographical region, but it provides some built-in review when we do it that way. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fardo Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 I don't think they line up very well are far as exact topics, and they use different books for spines. Level 1 is also more hands on, with crafts and the like, while level 2 is more about outlining. But if the 4th Grader was able to work independently for the most part, I think you'd be able to use the same read-alouds for both levels, assuming you were going to add read-alouds in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 I've got a ninth grader doing HO Middle Ages Level 3, a sixth grader doing HO Middle Ages Level 2, and a second grader using SOTW 2 and its activity guide. Everyone's doing the same time period but at their own levels. Exact topics don't always match up in pacing, and that's okay too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 No, I mean doing Ancients with both kids but using level one with my second grader and level two with my fourth grader. There are three age-appropriate levels for each time period. OK, whew . I haven't got to the level 2 stuff yet. But I'll say this, there is an enormous amount of additional readings and supplements for every topic on level 1. Maybe 15 books, fiction and nonfiction, at various levels of detail about the time period, soldiers, mythology, etc. There is plenty of content for a motivated 4th grader with level 1 alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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