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HS World History: still undecided
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@Mrs. K, so you’re writing out the essay/prompts for just one of the books in Module 6? I’m sorry, I’m slow going these days (getting better, but still slow going), forgive me for so many questions
. Which Marrin books are you referring to??Thanks. I hope this will be helpful to others in the future.
my3boys, I don’t mind the questions at all! 🙂
What I’m working on right now is my own teacher’s guide of sorts for the spine book that is scheduled in SCM’s module 6. The Marrin books I mentioned are other living books scheduled in Module 6 in addition to the spine book. If you download the sample for module 6, there’s a page that lists the resources needed. Under the section Grades 10-12, you’ll see the books by Marrin that are scheduled. I don’t know if I’ll have enough time to put together a guide for the spine book AND the Marrin books. Right now, I’m just working on the spine book. As I mentioned in one of my other comments, my goal for this guide I’m putting together is so that during school, all the prep work will be done and it will be open and go for me. I find that it is extremely helpful for me to have all that prep work done so that each week, I can just open up and see what I have written out for that week’s assigned reading. The narration prompts/discussion questions are already thought up and written down, I can see at a glance if there are any vocabulary words that may be unfamiliar to my daughter, if there any extra resources to go along with that reading (like short videos, etc.), my notes are all typed up for the reading, etc. This is just something that really helps me out a lot. 🙂
Ah, yes, the prep work. Something I haven’t been doing very well and I’m reaping its consequences.
Thank you for such details replies. I’m a detail kind of person but sometimes I don’t spend the time necessary in the prep work and it’s those little details that can mess me up.
Thank you
You’re very welcome. 🙂
Now that would be awesome!
Our fine arts co-op has a free table, and last week I picked up James Stobauch’s American History. I just spent the last hour or two pouring through it. I liked it very much. The passages were short, with an average length of 2-3 pages followed by writing assignments. It was the writing assignments that I really liked. Found them very thought provoking.
One example was on Jefferson and signing the Lousiana Purchase before being approved by Congress. The question posed was, “It is doubtful that Jefferson could have obtained the Louisiana Purchase if he had had to wait for congressional approval. When should the president ignore the rule of law to accomplish altruistic goals?”
I also liked that this book is 372 pages, compared to Notgrass’s two books totaling 830 (not including American Voices). Not knocking Notgrass’s books…I have three children using them this year, but we’re looking to return to SCM in the fall. Stobaugh’s book would better fit the need for a spine to be used along with living history books.
I had been trying to find a way to do a one year high school world history using SCM modules, so after looking at their American History text, I may go with Stobaugh’s World History as a spine and pull favorite readers from the SCM guides (and do Module 2 with other three children).
Thank you! It is hard to tell from an online sample what you’re in for once it comes in the mail. Lol
My ds would thank you if he could
:-). You’re welcome! I should also add that there is a teacher’s guide/answer key. I looked up what the answer was to that question and he said that in his opinion, no president should break laws (unless they violate God’s laws). The purchase may not have been made. Paraphrasing here.
The homeschool conference (used books!) I am going to isn’t until June. Tempted to order the world history now but who knows…maybe I’ll find it used.
Hi, I’m new around here. I came across this resource when searching for history essay /discussion questions myself for my middle school daughter. Has anyone else seen this? Haven’t ordered yet but am interested.
http://www.thehomeschoolshop.com/sh-essay-history
Blessings
Hi Kelly, yes, I know someone on here suggested that a week or two ago, but I haven’t heard any reviews yet on it. Anyone use this yet?
my3boys, I was also looking at Stobaugh’s website at their world history literature, but it looked a bit overwhelming. He suggested quite a large book list, with quite gigantic books, to read the summer before beginning the program.
It was one of those moments for me…reign it in…focus on Charlotte Mason ideas of spending time with books. Thank you, Lord, for helping me school my children.
I am planning next year’s history and have one high schooler in my mix. I decided to use Truthquest commentaries as a spine, Heart of Wisdom’s book list, and SCM resources. For the writing part, I plan to use Truthquest’s think write prompts because they teach worldview also.
I will use Power in Your Hands also. I appreciate the other ideas here and the discussion.
. Which Marrin books are you referring to??
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