tld Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 This will likely be my last year homeschooling my daughter and we have yet to do a good world history overview. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countrymum Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Notgrass from Adam to Us if you want a Christian perspective. It is a textbook with an optional workbook but has literature suggestions, map work and a book of original source documents. The textbook has lots of pictures. https://www.rainbowresource.com/product/022285/From-Adam-to-Us-Curriculum-Package.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Possibly read through all 4 volumes of SWB's Story of the World (secular)?? Vol 1 = ancients (gr. 1-4) Vol 2 = medieval (gr. 3-6) vol 3 = early modern (4-7) vol 4 = modern (gr. 5-8) Maybe use the Kingfisher Encyclopedia of World History (gr. 4-6) or Usborne Encyclopedia of World History (gr. 4-6) (secular) as a "spine", and add in books all year to flesh out different locations/time periods of interest? Or use the 7th grade Abeka History of the World (Christian) textbook? Or, if she is a bit more advanced, the 7th/8th grade BJU World Studies (Christian) textbook? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 In addition to the other great suggestions, you could consider MOH 1 and 2 in one year, which wouldn't be the whole world but would be good. The BJU 7 is quite engaging and goes through world history more philosophically, which my dd enjoyed. I would suggest using their online video course if you want to do that, because that's where it will come alive. For secular, K12 has a number of textbooks you can pick up on amazon/ebay relatively inexpensively. Sonlight used to have a core that covered the world via cultures and history all in one. You might consider doing something really different like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momto6inIN Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Public school very rarely gets to ancients or medieval times so I'd probably focus on that because they will get plenty of Renaissance/American/Modern history. Plus, the mythology and fairy tales are so fun at that age! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 The Human Odyssey series is excellent. It would be easy to do the first two volumes in one year (I've actually done three in a year, but the third may be a little heavy going for a sixth grader.) The Human Odyssey Volume 1 The Human Odyssey Volume 2 The Human Odyssey Volume 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Bean Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 (edited) I've got my girl going through all of CAP'S The Curious Historian books. She is very much enjoying them after having done SOTW 1-3 in earlier years. We do a chapter a day for the most part. Pandia Press has History Quest you could read through. Edited July 23, 2023 by Green Bean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 Something fun and light we did that helped review history - I had all the SOTW on audio so I just shuffled the playlist, and we listened to one chosen at random when we got in the car. We would then talk about it casually afterwards for a few minutes. I also kept a laminated world map in the backseat for the kids to look at if they wanted. For a textbook - any of the above work really well. Make a timeline she can review often, too. (plan a trip) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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