I’m new to SCM History Cycles and trying to map out my upcoming 9th grader’s history courses for high school. If you had to pick 4 out of the 6 history cycles, which would you choose? Or is it possible to combine 2 cycles?
We will be starting with Modern in 9th because that will be the next time period for our homeschool.
Standard advice is to make sure to get through Modern and Early modern as those together make 1 credit of American history.
If you skip Bible you can combine the 1st 3, but I think Bible is a really great part of them.
I personally don’t love Greece and Rome as much as the other 4 modules. I think the Old Testament one is great!
Maybe just quickly read the family spine books for Greece and Rome over a summer ….or do that for whichever ones you skip? Just read the 1 family spine book as a quick overview…
My daughter is entering 9th grade and we just finished the first volume in the SCM History cycle. I think I will take your advice on reading the Greece and Rome spines, although I really do love the Bible readings as well. Maybe we can manage 2 volumes in 1.5 years. I can skip a few things here and there…