Combining SCM with Truthquest History

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  • June 22, 2009 at 6:16 pm
    Sherrie
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    Hello everyone,

    At the risk of sharing something that may seem quite obvious to many of you, I would like to tell you about a recent “ah-ha!” moment that has greatly helped me in planning our History studies.

    For the past year or so I have vacillated between following the SCM History modules and using Truthquest study guides. On one hand, I love the simplicity of the SCM guide. On the other hand, I have not felt confident enough to add my own running Biblical commentary to those book selections. This led me to purchase Michelle Miller’s Truthquest series, whose commentary is so good.

    However, I know that like me, many of you can attest to the fact that sometimes one can become overwhelmed when following Truthquest (even though Michelle tells us not to be! :lol:) So I prayed about how I might combine the two of them – for I wanted the best of both worlds! Then I sat down with my Ancient Egypt Truthquest guide and HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW all the books that corresponded with the SCM History module selections. (All but one were there – and the one that wasn’t there I added in the appropriate section)

    For some reason when I did this, the Truthquest guide no longer seemed overwhelming to me! I can now look at the SCM highlighted selections (knowing I will make those the priority) and view EVERYTHING ELSE an optional extra. For example, this week we came to the section in TQ’s guide on “Mummies”. Now there is no specific book listed in the SCM Module about mummies. But instead of getting that panicky feeling inside like I usually do that I had to cover the mummy section I felt great freedom in looking through it and thinking, “Okay, if the kids want to read one of these books on mummies, we’ll do it and if not, it’s okay because I know I’m going to read all the highlighted SCM selections coming up and those are what’s most important to me.”

    I don’t know if this makes any sense to any of you. but there’s just something about highlighting those SCM titles in yellow that helped me tremendously. (Maybe its because I’m such a visual learner.) But regardless, I no longer feel like I have to conquer the whole TQ guide, yet I am blessed to have the insightful, Biblical commentary as a spine.

    Ah yes, the best of both worlds. 😀

    June 23, 2009 at 1:14 am
    Daniellemomof4
    Member

    Thank you for posting this!!! I feel exactly the same way as you. I love TQ but wanted the simplicity of SCM. Even my 16dd said that TQ overwhelms her when trying to decide what to read. We are going to be doing the same time period as you this year. I have the SCM handbook but I haven’t bought my TQ guide yet for this time period. If you don’t mind me asking, what book was it that isn’t in the TQ guide and what section did you put it under? Thank you again for the encouragement!

    Blessings,

    Danielle

    June 23, 2009 at 3:50 am
    6boys1girl
    Participant

    That is a great idea! I’m planning on using the TQ American History 1 with my 8 and almost 7 year olds (the others will be listening in but it’s not there “main” for this year). I have been starting to get overwhelmed with the whole thing although I really like her commentary and the “timeline” of it as I feel totally incompetent in both these areas.

    I will definitely be remembering your idea whenever I start to get overwhelmed.

    Thanks for posting this.

    -Rebecca

    June 23, 2009 at 12:49 pm
    Sherrie
    Member

    Hello Danielle and Rebecca,

    I’m glad my highlighting suggestion was helpful to you both. I don’t know why, but sometimes the simplest little thing can make all the difference in the world.

    Danielle, after reading your post I realized there are actually two SCM books that I needed to add the the Truthquest list. The first is Croco’nile which I placed under the General Egyptian Fiction section. And the second is SCM’s newest book, Letters from Egypt which I placed under the Culture of Ancient Egypt section. I rec’d my copy of this book last week, and have found it to be as good as Sonya said it was. My girls and I are half way through Boy of the Pyramids. It too is a great read. My 9 year old keeps sneaking it off my desk and reading ahead!

    God Bless!

    June 23, 2009 at 5:39 pm
    Des
    Participant

    This is an excellent idea!!! I wish I had thought of doing this last year with my Ameircan history TQ guide, maybe I woudn’t have stalled. I will keep this in mind for our next time through.

    June 25, 2009 at 12:45 pm
    Amber E
    Member

    Thank you for sharing! I, too, got overwhelmed staring at my TQ guide and the SCM list. This will make it easier! 😉

    June 25, 2009 at 3:13 pm
    Rachel White
    Participant

    This is a wonderful idea, too! Thank you for sharing.

    Rachel

    June 25, 2009 at 3:52 pm
    csmamma
    Participant

    Here, here! Thanks for sharing your “ah-ha” moment! 😀

    June 26, 2009 at 2:53 am
    Suzq
    Participant

    Amen! Awesome idea! Now why didn’t I think of that. 🙂

    June 26, 2009 at 6:10 pm
    Sharon
    Participant

    Thank you for sharing! I also struggled and just put my TQ away. I took it out again and haven’t had the chance to start write down plans for the new school year yet so this is a help. I’m also a visual learner. Most people laugh when they see my planner. I have a specific color for each category.

    FYI……I would like to share another little tid bit for using TQ. Since I struggled with wanting to do everything and I didn’t have enough history knowledge to personally decide what’s really important and what’s not, if you do have a textbook on hand (or borrow one), you can look at their table of contents and use that as a skeleton model.

    God bless!!

    Sharon Nelson

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