Help with history time line

Go to this page – http://simplycharlottemason.com/planning/curriculum-guide/

Click 2nd option – Step by Step Guide – and it will show you what years each module covers.

Misty – Module 5 covers the historical period known as Early Modern and covers both American and World history covering the years 1550 to 1850. The Modern Times module covers both American and World history and covers the years 1850-2012.

Module 5 and Module 6 both cover American and World History side by side. From what I remember, you are doing world history twice a week (say M and W) and American History twice a week (say T and TH) and geography once a week (say F).  

If you will do both Modules, then you would count it as 1 credit for American History and 1 credit for World History. (Each year covers 1/2 credit of each).

Here is a link to the Early Modern Module 5 booklists: 

http://simplycharlottemason.com/planning/curriculum-guide/early-modern-epistles/

Here is a link to the Modern Times Module 6 booklist:

http://simplycharlottemason.com/planning/curriculum-guide/modern-times-epistles-revelation/

Does that help?

Misty, I would not count the credits like that. I don’t have time now, but I would suggest reading up a bit on what constitutes a full credit. I know Sonya has included that info in the backs of the newly revised guides. Module 1 – 1/2 credit for history/geo and 1/2 credit bible. Each is a bit different.

Okay – I went on a hunt for a thread with a response from Sonya about the revised editions…I found one. She said: 

“Calculating credits is a subjective thing sometimes, but here is how my mind views the modules.

Modules 1-3: If you are considering the Bible history as “Bible” and not world history, then I think you would need all three modules to equal 1 history credit. Reading Ancient Egypt only one day per week will not give enough hours for a credit just in one year. If, however, you are counting the Bible history readings toward your history credit, then you would have enough to award 1 credit per year possibly.

Modules 4-6: Since students read world history four days per week, I do count these modules as 1 history credit per year. If you divide up American History and World History on your transcript, however, keep in mind that Module 5 is only half of each, and the revised Module 6 (coming very soon!) will be only half of each. So if you do both Modules 5 and 6, you will have 1 credit of American History and 1 credit of World History. (And if you add the American Government course we recommend, you will have 1 credit of that as well.)

Clear as mud?“

(For reference:   http://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/topic/new-high-school-spine-for-module-6  Sonya’s 3rd post)

I think that state and college requirements vary a bit, so knowing those that affect each of us personally would be helpful. 

For example, I have seen more than one thread on this forum announcing that credit hours should be 150-180 work hours per year to count as 1 credit….other threads proclaim that 120-150 hours is the absolute requirement. However, when I check our state requirements, it says that 100 hours are required to be counted as 1 credit. (And yes, I know that one needs to check the colleges of preference and see what they require!)

So it actually does vary a bit – which should be a relief to any number of us here, LOL

Thanks, Christie. Thanks for pointing out that figuring out credits for each Module will be different…that is why I thought I better clarify that I was speaking about the revised Mod 5-6. I was a little alarmed at first reading your post and thinking that I had said the wrong thing about Mod. 5 and 6. Whew… =)