kagmypts Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 My daughter just finished year 4 in her history rotation. She will be in eighth grade next year, and I am unsure what are plans are for high school. I am not sure if she will be home with us or in a traditional brick and mortar school. With that said, I would like to do a one-year American history course with her next year. Does anyone have a curriculum or a spine that they recommend? Depending on the book, I may have my sixth grader join in (he just finished year 3 in the history rotation) so that I can combine my kids in at least one subject. As a side note, I have Notgrass's America the Beautiful, but it doesn't seem to be challenging enough for my eighth grader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourisenough Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 I've seen people mention CLE's new 8th grade American history program. I haven't used it (or even looked at it), but that might be worth investigating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 You could use Notgrass's highschool text. Skip the 5th day Bible lessons to give a little more breathing room. (I'm not opposed to Bible lessons, just that sometimes they seemed forced or not the context I wanted them in, iykwim.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kagmypts Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 You could use Notgrass's highschool text. Skip the 5th day Bible lessons to give a little more breathing room. (I'm not opposed to Bible lessons, just that sometimes they seemed forced or not the context I wanted them in, iykwim.) Thank you. The high school text looks much more appropriate for my daughter. Do you think that the supplemental literature package is critical to the course? I already have a fairly rigorous literature and composition program for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Thank you. The high school text looks much more appropriate for my daughter. Do you think that the supplemental literature package is critical to the course? I already have a fairly rigorous literature and composition program for her. No, I would choose go with your original lit. plans. I used the highschool text as a read aloud this last year (in morning time), omitted the Bible lessons, and had my 8th grader read biographies by Albert Marrin books on her own. I like the primary source book, but because I was doing it as a read aloud we didn't have time for it. We didn't get all the way to the end of Volume 2, but I was pleased with what we accomplished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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