![]() ![]() I’m actually using it in two different ways this year.essentially I am using it as our spine for American History. I will have to look on the website to see what they are. ![]() Actually, I didn’t know about the add ons. I didn’t add in anything for the Revolutionary War or Civil War. Thank you! Did you add in the Revolutionary War and Civil War add ons? Also, for related activity/coloring page are you just using something you find online from a random site? With the ages of your crew, I'd encourage you to choose any of the excellent American history selections suggested above for next year, but not to use SOTW4 if your boys are part of the intended audience. Lots of wars and revolutions rather than inventions and sunny stories! Also, perhaps because the intended audience is older, there are no cave girls catching lizards or people on flying carpets zooming around the world there's a lot of grim reality and people treating other people badly. The accompanying activity guide has no coloring pages, and instead has worksheets that gently introduce both outlining and writing from an outline, beginning with filling in a few missing words and ending up with independent outlines. Rather than the more narrative feel of books 1-3, its chapters are pairs of thematically linked narratives - revolts in two different parts of the world, for instance - and they're written to be easy to outline. SWB wrote that book with grade 4-8 in mind, as a kind of preparation for or introduction to logic stage work. I haven't heard of KONOS and appreciate the suggestion to check it out □ !Įven though nobody is steering you toward SOTW 4, I feel like I need to add a public service announcement! People often comment that it's "not as good" as the other three, and I think it's because they're missing a deliberate difference. They all LOVE history and find it very exciting, so I want to encourage that but I find most texts that are 'balanced' are really just dry textbook style facts, and most of the easy to read/enjoy versions aren't very balanced (one way OR another). Some of my kids are very black and white and some appreciate shades of grey. but they were also human beings and made mistakes along the way. I'm trying to show my kiddos that these people did awesome, hard things that required courage (and sometimes a little supernatural favor! □). I'm not interested in history that paints all people of all groups bad OR perfect. The challenge seems to be finding a balance. I prefer a Christian worldview of history. Thank you! I'll definitely check that out. KONOS is everything, all subjects, except for math and English skills. You would teach to the oldest and let the littles come along. Your children do history, geography, science, arts and crafts, literature, while studying godly character traits such as inquisitiveness, wisdom, and courage. If you don't mind a Christian POV, KONOS does American history in Volume 2 (there's some American history in all three of the original volumes, but Vol. They are all very into maps and the USA right now, and I need to purchase in the next week or so. Usually, my girls like to write/answer questions along with drawing and my boys enjoy drawing while orally answering review questions.) Hit me with your best shot - I'd really like to do American History with them this year to go alongside the geography. Thoughts? Can I just do SOTW4? If not, what are some good American History curriculums that can be taught family style (I'm also totally okay with printing out student guides for one age group and separate guides for another. No slam on Notgrass, I think textbooks can totally have their place and the kids are clearly super into the geography. ![]() Kids are enjoying the 50 States Notgrass for Geography, but the trial/sample of their American History (Our Star Spangled History) is so. I've done SOTW 1 with my girls, I've done the general TGATB (which touches on the 4 different 'time periods' per year but the stories are PAINFUL to read and I have to edit as I go so I don't say bad words under my breath □). Other Resources for Learning ChallengesĪnyone have suggestions for favorite American History that I can do with all of my kiddos? DS6, DS8, DD10 and DD11.Resources (and Curricula) for Processing Difficulties.Science Courses: Text/Online Support Packages.Apps, Learning Games, and Online Enrichment Activities.Getting Started: Beginning the Home Education Adventure.Stories and Tales From Around the World. ![]()
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