History for Elementary

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  • May 9, 2015 at 5:09 pm
    rhondajennings68
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    I am looking at my curriculum for next year. Is anyone else using Truthquest History, the Story of Our World or the Mystery of History?  I have used some of the things that I have ordered from this site but am also looking at what else is out there.  That is probably a bad idea though because there is sooo much good stuff out there for home school.   Thanks

    May 9, 2015 at 5:48 pm
    RobinP
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    I’ve used TQ since it’s release in 2001, first with my oldest who is almost 25 and now my two 11yo boys.  Is there anything in particular you’re curious about?

    May 9, 2015 at 6:14 pm
    retrofam
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    I have used TQ and MOH. I liked both for a season , but my current favorite is A Living History of Our World.

    May 9, 2015 at 7:43 pm
    HollyS
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    We spent the last 2 years on MOH 1.  My kids really enjoyed it and it was very easy to use.  You can add in a bunch of extras or just stick with the readings (and some narration).  We had a baby and moved to a new house in the 2 years we spent on it.  It was very easy to fit in, even in the busiest times.

    We are switching back to SCM’s history for next year (we’d previously used the first level).  My reasons for switching are that it covered quite a few topics, but not in an in depth way.  I added in some extra books so we’d have more deeper studies, but that’s why it took us 2 years to go through.  My kids also preferred the CM style map drills over the mapping in MOH.  It focuses on historical maps, which is good too, but I liked them learning modern countries as well.  Overall, I was happy with MOH and we’ll probably reuse it when we return to ancients in a few years.

    May 10, 2015 at 8:29 am
    Melanie32
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    Truthquest is a wonderful curriculum! It’s probably been my very favorite in lay out but it’s not easy to implement IMO. It requires quite a bit of preplanning from mom and a lot of money for buying a lot of books or a great local library.

    It worked great for our family for elementary age American history. My local library had plenty of books on the subject and we really enjoyed all the wonderful books. However, it took a lot of trips to the library and a lot of searching for the books we needed.

    I tried to use Truthquest for other periods in history but our library didn’t have as many books on those periods. It became much more difficult to implement and we started trying other things for history.

    We aren’t big fans of Story of the World or The Mystery of History. Children retain so much more from true, living books. If I were teaching more than 1 child I would go with Simply Charlotte Mason, hands down. If I were teaching only 1, I would go with Beautiful Feet for elementary school. Both use living books and are laid out very well. 🙂

    May 10, 2015 at 10:29 am
    6boys1girl
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    We’ve used TQ for about 6 years now. It does take some planning from mom but I like that I get to pick which books we use and how long we spend on each topic. I’ve also found it easy to use as a multi-age curriculum (initially we kept everyone together – grades K-high school). Now we have divided up our kids- the 3 oldest use it individually, checking in with me at certain points; the next 3 will go through one of the guides with me.

    We have used it through many chaotic times – a 2 month old with brain cancer who was getting regular treatment, 4 moves, 2 lay offs for my husband, 2 new babies, etc. It was easy to adapt during those times since I was the one deciding how much we would do and when.

    I’ve found that my children have learned so much from it (okay, so have I : ).

    -Rebecca

    May 10, 2015 at 1:17 pm
    psreitmom
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    I have TQ Beginnings that I plan to use this fall. My dd12, who has some learning disabilities, needs things simplified. I thought I had read somewhere that you can use just the TQ guide without the other books. I will use other books if I can find them, but I will not purchase books because she is my last, and also because I do not want to be bogged down in this area, since we need to put more emphasis on math and reading. So the question for those who have used it, can the guide be used without using other books, if need be?

    May 10, 2015 at 2:18 pm
    RobinP
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    The Beginnings guide is different from the others.  Since most of it is covering the beginnings of history, it is heavy on Scripture and Michelle’s commentary.  She does have some supplementary books listed and the Ganz commentaries are use quite heavily.  But, yes, it’s much easier to use this guide as more of a stand-alone.

    May 10, 2015 at 8:00 pm
    psreitmom
    Participant

    Thanks, Robin. It helps knowing that, in case we don’t get to the other books.

    May 11, 2015 at 7:49 am
    rhondajennings68
    Participant

    Thanks for the responses. I mainly wanted to get a feel of how others felt about each one.

     

    Thanks

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