I was the original poster and realized I was not subscribed to this thread, so here goes. Lots of food for thought here. I have been looking at BF Ancients too.

Kimberly

We will probably do Beautiful Feet's Ancient guide for 9th grade to start the four year cycle again in high school, then move on to module 4. Not sure what I will do with my youngers yet for that year as far as a spine.

I haven't actually done this, but I cannot see why this wouldn't work.  There are 180 days in a typical school year, so if you are combining 3 years of lessons into one year, that would give you 60 days (3 terms) to cover each module.

It is really simple.  =)  The lessons are labeled Bible, Geography, and History.  Just pick out those history and geography lessons, get the books you need, and decide if it is enough for your child.  You can add a research paper or extra readings, or whatever IF you feel that you need to or just want to.  There are so many living books that I always want to read and we just never have time. lol  This is where I would plan to put some of those wanted books.

Bible could be done in several ways.  SCM offers several Bible studies for HS students.  They can do that, they can do a simple read one chapter a day, you can find a devotional book, whatever.  

Another way to do is to speed up the Module pace and include the Bible - but you would have to do at least 3 lessons per day to combine all 3 modules without losing any time any where.  

Have you actually downloaded the free Module samples and really looked at them?  I think that this would make more sense if you did.  Here is the link:  http://simplycharlottemason.com/books/genesis-deuteronomy-ancient-egypt/  Looking at the How to Use, Resources Needed and most importantly, the Term 1 lay out and plan.  That is all there is in the free sample, but each term in each module is laid out like that.  Very easy to read and use.

How do you go about incorporating 3 different modules into 1 year as in the wxample of doing mods. 1-3 in 9th grade?

My girls have gotten their goverment credit through TeenPact so that frees up a space for state history.

@ makdonnelly - IMO, I think that it has to do with Bible not counting as a history credit for a HS transcript, although the Bible in it would count as a Bible credit.  Since the first three Mods are careful to line up Ancient Cultures with the Bible history, a lot more time is spent in the Bible then in the actual Ancient Culture.  (Bible is 3x week, history 1x week, and geography 1x week).  

If you are following the guides for HS and want to cover them all, I have seen Sonya suggest:

9th - that you either combine the in History portions of the first three into one year for an Ancient History credit or use the Beatiful Feet guide which already has them combined. 

10th - Mod.4 - 1 World History credit

11th - Mod. 5 - 1/2 World History credit and 1/2 American History credit

12th - Mod. 6 - 1/2 World History credit and 1/2 American History credit 

Many people add in a government/civics class in the 11 or 12 year.

Here is another thread that Sonya replied in: http://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/topic/american-history-for-high-school

If you don't need tons of Ancient History for a credit, you could easily do 9th - Mod 4, 10th - Mod 5, 11th - Mod 6 and 12th - government/civics. 

HOWEVER, I think that it will depend on how many American History credits vs. World History credits you end up needing for college admission.  You might check the college admission requirements for the places that you will be interested in.  That way you will know more clearly what you are trying to accomplish in your credits.  I think that Bookworm mentioned the HSLDA web page has information along those lines.  I hope this is clearer than mud.  lol

I have only seen module 5 but it appears that it will count for 1/2 credit American and 1/2 credit World. So, yes, a total of 1 history credit.

Why wouldn't each module count as 1 credit for history for any given year?  Sooooo confused over here.

Sonya, I am getting very confused about how to use the modules thru highschool.  I have been reading that alot of people say to combine mod. 1-3 for 9th and then for 10th mod 4 + state study then mod 5 + something and then mod 6 + something else in 12th.  And that each of those senario's equals 1 highschool credit.  Is that because each mod. is only a portion of history?  I am curious to know what exactly you do with your own children?  I will have 2 8th graders next year along with a 5th, and 2, 3rd's.  I was thinking of starting the cycle at mod.1 next year, but am now very confused.

Evergreen~ That does sound like a nice company policy with a heart for the orphans. I will take a much closer look. And blessings to you for blessing your family with waiting children.:-)

Sheraz~ Thank you for outlining this plan. I am so NOT used to thinking in terms of h.s. credit. Now that our dd will be starting 9th in the fall I need to start planning this way. If the next four years go by anything like the first fourteen did, well I better buckle my seat belt.
Kimberly

I just posted this on another thread - keep in mind I am not in HS years yet, but this is what I think could work out with what I have.  It might not be that way for you.  Here it is:

I have heard Sonya say that to count Mods 1-3 as a high school credit for history, you would have to combine just the history part into one year.  Which is totally doable, if you went through the guide books and did the history lessons for each module in 1 term.  You can have them do one of the Bible studies available as a seperate subject in order to keep them doing Bible during that year.  Another alternative she suggests is Beautiful Feet for going through the Ancients faster then the Mods go.

So I would seriously consider doing the history and geography parts of the SCM Mods 1-3 for 9th, with a seperate Bible study.  Then for 10th, I would use Mod 4 as my next thing, keeping in mind that you can always pick out just the history part if time is an issue.  For instance, could you not do Mod 4 that way for about 4 months, add in a Government/Civics (constitution) class or State Class for the other half.  Then for 11 and 12 I would do Module 5 and 6 each of those TOGETHER count as 1 World History Credit and 1 American History Credit, finishing up with Government/Civics class as needed.  

So hypothetically speaking you could do:

Ninth - Ancient cultures (Mod 1-3) (1 history credit)

Tenth - Module 4 and a State Study (each worth a 1/2 credit) 

Eleventh - Module 5 and a Government/Constitution/Civics Class  (I did this in HS, totally doable) 1/2 credit in each: world, US, and 1 credit in Governement)

Twelth - Module 6 - 1/2 credit in World and American 

You end up with 4 history credits.  The advantage in adding in the Government class in 11th is that you are freeing up an extra place in 12th grade to finish a needed math or science.  ( I hope I did the math right, lol - I'm still waking up)

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oops! that's spelled "family!"

Wow~ it has been a while since I looked at Biblioplan. They really have revamped things. I will take a closer look. Plus I love love love that they have Reece's Rainbow button at the bottom of their site, with beautiful pics of kids, some with special needs needing a forever fmaily. As a mom of a son with Down Syndrome (who is the light of my life :-)and twins from Ethiopia, this brings joy to my heart!

Evergreen...thanks for the tip on Biblioplan. The samples look really great!