SDMomof3 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 I am looking for a history/social studies recommendation for my son. He is a rising 8th grader. Ds is a math a stem kid. He will have a heavy course load next year, so I am hoping to find a low output history class or curriculum ideas. We are with a charter school, so I am looking for something secular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassia Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 We used U.S. History Detective from Critical Thinking. Secular and easy to use without a lot of work. You might want to add to it, but we didn't. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 (edited) . Edited July 12, 2022 by SilverMoon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisha Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Similar to SilverMoon, my 8th grader is reading Hakim's concise History of US (10 chapters a week) and at the end of the week, writing from WTMbook suggestion--3-4 main people, 3-4 main events and 1-2 things you'd like to learn more about (though sometimes we do it orally). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 I wanted something light this year for my 8th grade DS as well for history, so I let him tell me what topic he was most interested in - He picked British history, and I picked up this series of three short British textbooks aimed at middle school age (Here's one of them: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0008195250). Then he also picked a couple of topics to dive deeper with that we found audiobooks to match. The only written output I'm planning is a paper he will pick a topic to write about, and complete in our last month of the school year after his more intensive English class wraps up. He's also more of a STEM kid so the challenging English class plus a workload of 2 math subjects and a science class means that it's a relief to him to have this be his easy subject. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Around that age we were doing things like History of the World in 100 Objects https://www.amazon.com/History-World-100-Objects/dp/0143124153/ref=sr_1_1?crid=C2AEO59QO9IT&dchild=1&keywords=history+in+100+objects&qid=1615490415&sprefix=history+in+100+%2Caps%2C177&sr=8-1 and An Uncommon History of Common Things. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1426204205/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 These books also have other similar series so you could find a history of almost anything that interests him. or instance, what about the history of Samurai in 100 Objects? https://www.amazon.com/Samurai-Story-Japans-Great-Warriors/dp/1856487032/ref=sr_1_18?crid=C2AEO59QO9IT&dchild=1&keywords=history+in+100+objects&qid=1615490599&sprefix=history+in+100+%2Caps%2C177&sr=8-18 or a history of weaponry. Forged by Fire is so popular right now. Or history of bridges and famous bridge disasters. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 I meant the Story of Science trilogy from Hakim, not the US history set. 🙂 Since he likes STEM the history of science may be more appealing. This is the first volume. https://www.amazon.com/Story-Science-Aristotle-Leads-Way/dp/1588341607/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=story+of+Science+Hakim&qid=1615493886&sr=8-3 The other two are Newton at the Center and Einstein Adds a New Dimension. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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