What does this class need?

[MamaSprout]

So my STEM 9th grade kiddo has sort of self-studied her way through enough World History that it doesn't make any sense to drag her through a survey course. At least neither of are excited about it. I'm trying to decide what to add:

Finished in summer before 9th grade: Memoria Press Geography 3 and the 3rd Human Odyssey book (I don't have this on her transcript in any form at the moment b/c it was mostly eighth grade). We did all three Human Odyssey books in middle school.

Read on her own: 5 biographies in 2019: Melinda Gates, Trevor Noah, Chris Hatfield, Madeline Albright and Michelle Obama.

Keeps a timeline book across her subjects (the Everyday Education one) and reads atlases for fun, especially the info graphics at the front. She'll do this every once in a while for hours at a time.

Completed 3/4th of a MOOC comparative government class (so most of a college semester's worth)

Wrote a 6-page research paper on a World War 2 topic. She put a lot of hours into this one and it was a high quality paper.

Has watched most of the Crash Course World History

What should I add to call this a full credit "Topics in Contemporary World History?" She didn't do any of this with an idea of getting credit for it (except the MP Geography, which was assigned). She thinks she might want/need a government class later, so I don't think I want to call it government.

TIA!

 

[Lilaclady]

I think I will give her a credit and call

it good. You may also want to just award 0.5 for world History ( I called my dd’s global history because it was more than just the western history commonly taught) and 0.5 for comparative government because some colleges want to see world history and govt. will she also do u.s government? Some colleges want to see that. 

[MamaSprout]

Hmm... thinking out loud

We have a scenario where we need World History specifically. So not counting the Government MOOC for Contemporary World History I have-

Reading and discussing 5 Biographies (30 hours?- 6/ biography)

MP Geography 3 (tests, map work, textbook readings) 40-50 hours

Human Odyssey (20 hours- it was more than that with discussion, but I feel like this is an 8th grade book)

Research Paper (10 hours writing time- probably more hours with research)

That puts us at around 100-110 hours. Timeline and Crash Course might add another 8-10 hours?

So, I probably need another something... We have Great Courses Plus- any good Modern History courses there? Or Documentaries not to be missed? Dd has three courses with lots of videos this semester, though, so I don't think she wants too much more that way unless it's extra engaging.

She loves and has read lots of books like Disappearing Spoon. Is that History, Science, or free reading? Are there any history books that are engaging that way?

[LLucy]

A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage was well received here.  I thought the writing was better than other, similar books we read around the same time, like Salt. -- LL

[cintinative]

I *believe* but cannot prove, the Human Odyssey vol 3 book is for 9th grade. It is a thin volume though.

This won't really work in your scenario, but we supplemented HO3 with multiple volumes of the Pages from History series from OUP. I am going to add some American history from Civil War to WWI using the American Odyssey and Pages from History and transcript it as US history in a world context.  

[MamaSprout]

7 hours ago, cintinative said:

I *believe* but cannot prove, the Human Odyssey vol 3 book is for 9th grade. It is a thin volume though.

This won't really work in your scenario, but we supplemented HO3 with multiple volumes of the Pages from History series from OUP. I am going to add some American history from Civil War to WWI using the American Odyssey and Pages from History and transcript it as US history in a world context.  

This was kind of my plan, but she just kept reading stuff on her own... thanks for the reminder- though. I think I’ll add a couple of the similar-to-OUP Stanford Reading Like a Historian units and the 6 Glasses book from up thread. She would like that.

 Thanks!

Edited January 11, 2020 by MamaSprout

[freesia]

If you need/ want a documentary I love Eyes on the Prize about the Civil Rights movement. You could maybe tie it in with an overview of Civil Rights Movements around the World?  Another idea would have her read one of those books that traces a product like sugar or tea or oil or T-shirts. Some of them trace the historical impact. The oil and t-shirt one looks at the global market, but they are fascinatingly interdisciplinary (economics, social history, politics.) I don’t have time to search the titles right now, but can if you are interested. 

[freesia]

6 hours ago, LLucy said:

A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage was well received here.  I thought the writing was better than other, similar books we read around the same time, like Salt. -- LL

Oh, missed this—yes, a book like this. 

[BusyMom5]

What about keeping the info and deciding on what to call it later- once you see what else she ends up doing in 10th and 11th.  That's what I have decided to do with one of my kids stuff-  bundle it up, list everything,  but wait on giving it an official name.  

 

[MamaSprout]

2 hours ago, BusyMom5 said:

What about keeping the info and deciding on what to call it later- once you see what else she ends up doing in 10th and 11th.  That's what I have decided to do with one of my kids stuff-  bundle it up, list everything,  but wait on giving it an official name.  

 

Good thought- and kind of how I would normally roll- but she is considering applying to a specific accelerated program for 11th, so she would need to have a world history class done in 10th. She did a happy dance when she realized she didn’t have to do a survey course next year.

[EKS]

6 hours ago, cintinative said:

I *believe* but cannot prove, the Human Odyssey vol 3 book is for 9th grade. It is a thin volume though.

HO3 is a high school text; it's listed on the K12 website as being for Modern World Studies, a year long high school course.  

Edited January 10, 2020 by EKS

[cintinative]

16 minutes ago, EKS said:

HO3 is a high school text; it's listed on the K12 website as being for Modern World Studies, a year long high school course.  

 

Thank you! It was probably you who told me this but I did not know where to look.

[MamaSprout]

Okay you guys... I had a "very good" copy of History of the World in 6 Glasses in my Better World Books cart on my lunch break at work today, and when I logged into buy it tonight, all the of the "very good" copies were gone. The buying power of the Hive. SWB should get a commission...

[cintinative]

1 hour ago, MamaSprout said:

Okay you guys... I had a "very good" copy of History of the World in 6 Glasses in my Better World Books cart on my lunch break at work today, and when I logged into buy it tonight, all the of the "very good" copies were gone. The buying power of the Hive. SWB should get a commission...

you are not kidding!! I almost went to look at it on Amazon because of this thread!

Edited January 11, 2020 by cintinative

[Lilaclady]

We have a copy my dd is reading right now or I would have offered to send to you. You may want to check Barnes and noble online used book or abebooks. Good luck 

[Farrar]

I don't think it needs to specifically be A History of the World in 6 Glasses... Some similar big picture but specific subject options...

How We Got to Now
The Ghost Map
Salt
Cod
Guns, Germs, Steel
Collapse
At Home

Really, anything by Mark Kurlansky or Steven Johnson would fit.

Or, how about a tour through historical graphic novels...

Boxers and Saints
Little White Duck
Persepolis
Maus
Arab of the Future

There are a bunch more... if you have a decent library, it could just be a reading project.