JennyD Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 I can't decide what to do with my youngest DS (rising 6th grade) for history this year. Last year everyone did US history and geography-- only oldest got all the way through to the modern era, so youngest DS and I could certainly continue with that, but I'm not feeling the love for yet another year of American history. This year the 11th grader will be doing European history and the 9th grader will be doing African/Asian history, so there isn't an obvious plan for my 6th grader. Any ideas for a great 6th grade history and/or social studies year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Uncle Sam and You by Notgrass. Geography. A year of biographies. History of Science. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyD Posted July 6, 2022 Author Share Posted July 6, 2022 A year of biographies is an intriguing idea! DS loves art, so maybe I should think more about art history. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, JennyD said: A year of biographies is an intriguing idea! DS loves art, so maybe I should think more about art history. Or a year of biographies with Mapping The World By Heart or Mapping The World By Art. Both are intended to teach geography through art. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Bean Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 What do you plan to do for 7th on up? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knitgrl Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 We used History Odyssey since it tied in well to guidelines from WTM about outlining and starting to write for history for that age. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 We did a 3-prong history this year with Human Odyssey, Story of Science, and Outrageous Women of..... Ds liked them all, and how they wove the stories back and forth. I added in IEW's theme book for the same time period so he had a little bit more reinforcement. However, out of everything, the book he gravitated the most to was Hakim's Story of Science series. He loved it. Over 2 years we did 1.5 of the books and it was a constant thing for him to inform us of this or that. Human Odyssey provided more context for the science side, and Outrageous Women filled in gaps, but he would have been satisfied with an entire year focused on the history of science. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyD Posted July 7, 2022 Author Share Posted July 7, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, Green Bean said: What do you plan to do for 7th on up? No plans. The only subjects I even vaguely think through ahead of time are math and high school physics, because the timing of calculus matters for the latter. Everything else is year by year. Edited July 7, 2022 by JennyD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyD Posted July 7, 2022 Author Share Posted July 7, 2022 4 hours ago, HomeAgain said: We did a 3-prong history this year with Human Odyssey, Story of Science, and Outrageous Women of..... Ds liked them all, and how they wove the stories back and forth. I added in IEW's theme book for the same time period so he had a little bit more reinforcement. However, out of everything, the book he gravitated the most to was Hakim's Story of Science series. He loved it. Over 2 years we did 1.5 of the books and it was a constant thing for him to inform us of this or that. Human Odyssey provided more context for the science side, and Outrageous Women filled in gaps, but he would have been satisfied with an entire year focused on the history of science. I have that Hakim set, or at least some pieces of it -- will take a closer look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 1 hour ago, JennyD said: I have that Hakim set, or at least some pieces of it -- will take a closer look! I think Build Your Library has a year of science history that uses it. I'd be curious about what else they're scheduling to reinforce the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 (edited) . Edited September 5, 2023 by SilverMoon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyD Posted July 7, 2022 Author Share Posted July 7, 2022 19 minutes ago, SilverMoon said: Build Your Library level 8* uses that Hakim set. Grade 6 is a great one for random rabbit trails! 🙂 My rising 6th and I are building a unit study type year together. His history will be tied to science for prehistory, evolution, and astronomy, as that's what he's excited about. I'll pad some biographies in there too, but as he's already done a pass through world history and a US year, I'm perfectly okay with history being lighter this year. Fwiw we're planning on BYL 7 and 8 for 7th and 8th. I was coming back here to say that I found your thread about prehistory earlier today and already printed out your/the other posters' list of resources! A prehistory year is PERFECT for DS11, esp since we are doing bio for science this year. Thanks for sharing all your work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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