MelanieM Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I have a kiddo in 9th this year, and we plan to use History of the Ancient World by SWB. Can anyone provide an example of how you've scheduled this out over the year for your HSer? I'm hoping to save myself some planning time if at all possible. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimomma Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 We are using this with my 9th grader. I am combining it with Literature (Great Books) and writing (rhetoric focussed) for 2 credits total. So the strictly history part is about 2/3 of a credit which translate to 3 hours a week of "in-class" time with some "homework." I have scheduled three chapters a week. Dd reads the chapter, taking notes and referring to an atlas for map perspective. Then I have her do the corresponding sections in the study guide. This is corrected by me and I will ask her to fix issues before the assignment is done. We usually skip the map work (section 4) of the guide. In reality, this takes more like 1.5 hours per chapter so we are not yet keeping pace. But there is some wiggle room as covering 88 chapters at three per week adds up to less than our full academic year. If we continue to be behind, I will either skip some chapters or insist on dd finishing her work outside of "school hours." She is tying in her history work with her Great Books and rhetoric work so in reality, it is a solid full credit, if not more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelanieM Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 Thank you! That's very helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlotteb Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 (edited) We did 2 lessons a week, using the activity guide along with it. So my kids and I would read the lesson one day and I would have them answer the activity guide questions for that lesson on the next day. Then we'd start all over with the next lesson. Fridays were used as catch-up days, as some lessons took longer than others. This took about an hour a day. We also matched our literature with our history via WTM ways, but this was counted as a separate subject and done at a different time. We did not have time to finish the whole book with this schedule, as there are over 80 lessons. So we decided to take a few smaller lessons out, or eliminated some because we felt we were very familiar already with the lesson. Edited September 21, 2017 by charlotteb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelanieM Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 We did 2 lessons a week, using the activity guide along with it. So my kids and I would read the lesson one day and I would have them answer the activity guide questions for that lesson on the next day. Then we'd start all over with the next lesson. Fridays were used as catch-up days, as some lessons took longer than others. This took about an hour a day. We also matched our literature with our history via WTM ways, but this was counted as a separate subject and done at a different time. We did not have time to finish the whole book with this schedule, as there are over 80 lessons. So we decided to take a few smaller lessons out, or eliminated some because we felt we were very familiar already with the lesson. Thank you! So did you do any written assignments/essays, or just read the chapter and do the questions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlotteb Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Thank you! So did you do any written assignments/essays, or just read the chapter and do the questions? Youre welcome. We did not do any written assignments or essays. The chapters are often very long and I couldn't find the time for any of those. Plus, my kids did essays with their literature, which followed along with history. We just did questions from the activity guide. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimomma Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 The chapters are often very long and I couldn't find the time for any of those. I am curious about this. I have read/heard his before and feel like I must be looking at a different book. We are finding the chapters refreshingly short in contract the Human Odyssey which we used for the logic stage. Am I missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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