8th grade: Something like SL, only just for history and WAY less intense

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Something for history that has:

 

Real literature

Workbooks or easy to use TM with assignments (not hard to use, overwhelming teacher's guide)

But way less books- perhaps 8 or 9 for the whole year

 

Just for history, not literature?

[PentecostalMom]

Something for history that has:

 

Real literature

Workbooks or easy to use TM with assignments (not hard to use, overwhelming teacher's guide)

But way less books- perhaps 8 or 9 for the whole year

 

Just for history, not literature?

Beautiful Feet?

 

 

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[SebastianCat]

I'd look into Heart of Dakota, My Father's World, Ambleside Online, Beautiful Feet.    I don't know that they will have exactly what you are looking for, but might be more easily adaptable than SL.

 

You could always use a book list from SL or one of these other vendors and pick 8 or 9 books, then just read them chronologically without following a strict schedule.   Set a pace that's comfortable for you and your kids - like 1 chapter per day, or 40 pages per week, etc.   Then make a simple log to chart your progress.    We did this with Readers the year I put together a full year of literature-based state history, and it worked well.  I had a stack of books and assigned my kids 1 chapter per day.   It was easy for them to remember and easy for me to keep documentation for our records.

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Thanks guys,

 

I kind of want something with work and accountability involved, so something pre-planned with the worksheets or TM is a great idea.  I had completely forgotten about BF so I will check that out.

 

I am kind of tossing around the idea of doing a co-op, but I really really am afraid of getting a bunch of kids that don't do their work...and I can only think of two kids out of the 12 7-8th graders we know in our homeschool area that actually do their work.   :mellow:

[SJ.]

What about BYL? (Build Your Library)

[mom31257]

What about something like Short Lessons in World or US History for the workbook and you just picking the literature to read along with the topics? 

 

 

[Guest]

Thanks guys,

 

I kind of want something with work and accountability involved, so something pre-planned with the worksheets or TM is a great idea.  I had completely forgotten about BF so I will check that out.

 

 

 

Memoria Press or CHOLL, or both.

[desiree77]

What about history odyssey? It has fewer books, reading from encyclopedias, and clear work each day involving outlining, mapping, and timeline.

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Lots of great ideas here. Thanks!

[AHASRADA]

Yes, Build Your Library or Moving Beyond the Page social studies units.

 

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[Tess in the Burbs]

Biblioplan has worksheets to buy separately and you pick what to read out of the guide, so you can pick how many books to read.

[Mrs. Tharp]

Memoria Press history and/or World History Detective/US History Detective with the lit. of your choice. 

[momtofive]

We're loving Heart of Dakota! ;) We tried SL a couple times, but it always ended up to be too much, and a lot of work on my end to make it fit us. With HOD, there's a guidebook that schedules everything out in manageable size pieces. If you only want history, or literature, or whatever, just do the parts you like, and leave the rest. They schedule all subjects, but you can easily just do the parts you like. They are more CM in style, incorporating living books, various types of narrations (oral and written), audio/visual components, history projects (if you want them), and wonderful book choices. The guides from about 5th grade and up have beautiful full-color notebooking pages, that make lovely keepsakes over time. :)