Kelley Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Just curious... How engaging is the author's commentary? Thanks! Kelley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marple Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I've used it with my grade school and junior high school kids (in our co-op). Personally, I think it would really need to be supplemented in order to make it high school level. As far as the commentary goes, my current 7th grader is beginning to find it a little irritating. She writes in a conversational style (which I like), but he finds that she tends to speak to the lower level readers. FYI, he is finding most of his schooling irritating right now so remember that this is just his opinion ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mims Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I think it would over all be written to a younger age. I do remember some of her activities and writing assignments looked great for that age (I was doing it with younger kids). Some of the assignments really seemed to make them dig and think. If you could just get your hands on it and see how consistant they are it might be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ria Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 It's really not a high school program. I think it's best for upper elementary to middle school. Ria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtsmamtj Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I use it for high school, but supplement with: Christine Miller's books, Greenleaf, various living books - approximately one book every two weeks, Diana Waring cds, Gilbert Beers book, mapping and a timeline. My daughter has loved it mainly because she can't stand history textbooks and this gives her a variety. We are doing MOH 1 since we hadn't done ancients yet. I hope to combine MOH 2 & 3 together because we have already done BF Refermation with tons of reading so I really only need to cover Midevil. I will use someting else for the rest of high school history. T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsintheGarden Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I haven't used the whole curriculum, but we listened to Diana Waring's MOH tapes several years ago on a long car trip. My oldest two dc (probably 12 & 10 years old at the time), dh, and I found her speaking style very annoying. OTOH, my sil loves Diana Waring - she's the one who lent us the tapes! I'd suggest borrowing it if you can before you decide. GardenMom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halftime Hope Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 for Jr. High. I think that would be about the limit. The thing that we've found is that the level of detail is more appropriate to younger grades (the memorizing facts) but there are not the abundant connections and overall trendlines that you normally see in material for high school. We've really hated the tests that come with it, because the questions are sometimes so nit-picky. We're not talking about the difference between forest and trees, but twigs on the trees! Aack! We do enjoy her writing style, but I'm not sure we'd enjoy it on tape. If you wanted to use it for high school, I'd use it as enrichment alongside a regular textbook. hth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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