lhartz
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We are new to CM; one 10th grade ds.
I would like to cover all six history modules in three years.
Any suggestions?
Also, I wanted to get Planning Your CM Education but after looking at the sample of the history guide I wondered if just getting that would be adequate to just get me started.
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momto2blessings
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Welcome!
Well, my oldest is only 7th so hopefully others will chime in. At first thought, if it were me, I'd probably try to do Mod. 1-3 in one year. There's a lot of Bible covered w/not as many history books (though Bible is history, of course, but hopefully you know what I mean:)
As far as planning, if you only want a schedule for Bible/history/geography the history guide would be enough. If you'd like to plan out all your subjects w/guidance on how to do it CM-style....literature, composer study, artist study, Shakespeare, etc., then the Planning Guide is very helpful to set up schedules/rotations. HTH some:) Gina
anniepeter
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Listening in...I'm hoping to do 1-3 somehow next year too! 12th gr son needs a lot of history yet!!
4myboys
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I am considering doing all 6 mod in 3 years to give me time to repeat the cycle with my oldest, but I am not locked into this plan at this time. I will be doing mods 1 & 2 this year and will see how it goes from there. I am going to do Bible daily following the SCM Mod lesson plans, For History and Geography we will be primarily following my own plans, although I will be using some SCM recommended resources (The Golden Goblet, Boy of the Pyramids for 3rd grader, Pharaoh's of Ancient Egypt, etc.) I am treating Bible as a seperate subject and will not be concerned to carry over lessons from Mod 2 to next year when we start Mod 3 History. I know that the amount of reading is going to signifiantly increase as we progress through the mods, but I am confident that this will still be quite doable. We may drop a book here or there, or choose to focus on certain events more than others. We are Canadian, so we will be focusing on Canadian History in Mod 5 & 6 which means I will not be using most of the American History books recommended in those mods.
IF I were to be doing a 3 year cycle as late in the game as you are, I believe I would separate the Bible and scheduel that over 3 years as a separate subject, combine the Ancients (1-3) into one year, then devote 24 weeks or 2 terms each to the remaining mods(4-6).
Another option -- especially if you must have American History and you are most concerned about covering it adequately -- is to start with Mods 5 & 6 with the plan of covering them in 24 weeks (2 terms) each. This way if you need to spend more time, you can still carry over into the following term. Then, in the remaining terms of the second year and the final year you can cover the remaining mods according to interest and time available without the pressure of "We Must Complete to Graduate". Even if you don't cover everything in Mod 1-4, your child will still have covered more history in a more memorable and enjoyable way than the majority of PS students ever will.
Sue in MN
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I know you can do this because we're doing it in two years. I wouldn't advise this if you have younger children but I'm only teaching one high school student who likes to read. Last year we did Modules 3-5 reading the Bible all the way through Module 6. We read the entire New Testament including all of the Gospels even though the Module only scheduled parts of the gospels. When a narrative was in various gospels we read it in all of them and compared.
This year we are studying the last two terms of Module 6 and using Modules 1 & 2 to read through the Old Testament.
We had already recently studied US & World History through the 1880s before we began the SCM modules so we were just approaching this time from a different perspective. We also added in much from Sonlight's Core 200 History of God's Kingdom. This year will be our worldwind tour through the 20th Century and the Old Testament, throwing in a few resources about Egypt and Greece that we missed in earlier years.
lhartz
Member
Thank you so much for all the great suggestions!
I hope to get through Modules 1-3 in one year. Should I try to do three lessons for each one scheduled?
Also, Sue in MN, do you know where Sonlight Core 200 would fit in the SCM modules?
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