Sonlight Maps

[7gifts]

First time doing sonlight, doing American History in Depth, how on earth do you use the maps in the student study guide part?  I keep reading and am a bit lost on the best way to use printed maps and markable map.

 

Thank you!

[Lang Syne Boardie]

On 1/13/2020 at 11:24 PM, 7gifts said:

First time doing sonlight, doing American History in Depth, how on earth do you use the maps in the student study guide part?  I keep reading and am a bit lost on the best way to use printed maps and markable map.

 

Thank you!

Sonlight intends for you to have your student simply locate the assigned places and literally mark them, in whiteboard marker, on the blank (outline) "markable map" that they sell. At the end of each semester or year, clean the map to reuse next time.

If you feel this not sufficient for learning how the geography affected history, or how the history moved through the geography, then I have a suggestion:

MapTrek by Knowledge Quest has historical, blackline maps with very, very good instructions for three levels of study (including high school).

https://knowledgequestmaps.com/maps-and-timelines/map-trek/

You could match it up to your SL American History in Depth in two ways:

This chart has a schedule to match up very well: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/map-trek/Curriculum+Integration+Guides/14_5_MTAmericanHS.pdf

Or you could match it up to use with Joy Hakim's history series (you will end up doing more maps this way, or you could choose 1 or 2 per week): https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/map-trek/Curriculum+Integration+Guides/11_HistoryofUS.pdf