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  • August 22, 2012 at 4:28 pm
    Clarissa
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    I’m doing some of the long-range planning here today and I’m having a panicky moment right now.  I’ve not consistently done chronological history with my younger kiddos (10 & 7). We have done some Ancient history through MOH.  This school year I will be doing a mission-based study on China and so will not be doing a module of History.  Our h.s. plan is to use WV of the WW (David Quine) with the younger girls as we have with our older children.  How would you ladies proceed with the History Modules from this point?  I’ll have only 2 years after this school year with my 10 year old before she begins the D. Quine materials.  I’m just panicking thinking I can’t do it all.  I’m feeling a failure and wishing I would have been doing a module yearly—feeling I’ve ruined their education.  (thankfully…God is reminding me right now of His sovereignty)  Any ideas for how to plan?  Where to start?  Any help is appreciated.  Is there anyone else out there who has not always done the history modules??

    August 22, 2012 at 8:18 pm
    LDIMom
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    I haven’t always done them. We started with MOH when DS, 13, was 10 and in 5th grade. First year to HS too. I didnt’ know about SCM then; wish I had. But anyway, after 2 years of MOH Vol. 1 and 2, I found SCM and picked up in Module 4 b/c it was basically where we left off in MOH 2.

    The way we’re going DS, 13 in 8th grade, will have done Modules 4-6 in 7th, 8th and 9th grades, which doesn’t bode well for 2 years of US history, which our state requires. So, I plan to do Modules 1-3 in 2 years (his 10th and 11th grade years) and then go back to Modules 5 and 6 for his 12 grade year. I will just plan to follow the guides loosely on books he can read and also will be allowing him to pursue his insatiable interest in WWI and WWII by studying those intently with various living books and hopefully some living history field trips we’ll take.

    I think I’ll probably have him doing that in 4 years while our others are back in Module 4, which isn’t exactly SCM but you do what you gotta do when you pick up later in the school years. Having said that, our next two sons really want to go to the public high school in town where DH and I graduated from … so who knows. I just try to take it one day at a time!

    Yes, God is sovereign!!! Keep reminding yourself of that and know that whatever you do with SCM will be far richer than your DC would have received through many other studies of history (in my opinion anyway!).

    August 22, 2012 at 10:14 pm
    momto2blessings
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    I’m not too familiar w/David Quine’s materials.  I assume they’ll be covering from ancients to modern history in the 4 yrs. of high school? I don’t know how his material compares to Truthquest History (biblical commentary to go along w/living books), but we are using their guides for worldview and they mesh well w/SCM….my eldest is covering SCM Modules 1-6 in grades 7th-12th, along w/the TQ guides.  But if you’re set on the Quine materials, I would probably try to figure a way to hit on the most important events covered in Modules 1-6 in two years.  If I were doing that, I’d probably find a history textbook that outlines the most important historical events and read spine materials on those…and maybe use historical living books for literature time, too. 

    Also, I’m not very familar w/this program, but EpiKardia is a CM-style program that I believe goes through all of history every year. Found this middle school link: http://www.epikardia.com/books_for_middle_school_daily_lesson_plans.html. Maybe that would give confidence that you’re hitting on all the areas you’d like to?  You could just read the history books suggested. Don’t know if I’m much help…but hope you find peace w/a plan soon.  You aren’t messing things up….I was an ‘A’ student and can’t remember hardly a thing I learned in school about history.  I think all of our kids will fare better than most of us moms did:)  Blessings, Gina

    August 30, 2012 at 9:46 pm
    Clarissa
    Member

    Thank you, ladies.  I appreciate your encouragement.

    The Quine materials basically begin with Genesis and move forward through today, covering all manner of history, philosophy, theology, etc.  You are reading really good, deep books and doing a lot of listening to great audio presentations of materials too.  It leans heavily on the works of Francis Schaeffer.  IT is very thorough and, in my opinion, far better than any humanities or philosophy/religion course I paid for in college.

    I just want to do it ALL.  You know?  😉  That homeschool mom perfectionism syndrome.  But, God is in control and with His help, I”m sure they’ll come out knowing what He intended and He is even sovereign over the ‘gaps’ in their education!  🙂

    Thanks again!

     

    August 31, 2012 at 12:53 pm
    jeaninpa
    Participant

    I’ve heard good things about the Quine materials.

    The way I look at it is this:  I can scarcely remember any of the history that I learned in all my years of Christian school education, but if I can convey to my children the fascinating narrative of how God is moving, and how He has orchestrated people and events and the people and events are great, REAL stories.  If at any point, one of these true stories makes them excited, or angry, indignant, thrilled, sad or happy, then they’ll be hooked and they have the rest of their lives and eternity (Lord willing) to learn the rest.  

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