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History taking too long?
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I am wondering why our history lessons are taking so long. I know that lessons are to be kept short (20-30 min). I have started Modern Times, and today our lesson took an hour, including oral narrations, of course. That was with 3rd and 7th graders. That is just the Stories of America book and Abraham Lincoln (d’Aulaire) and does not include older son’s Abe Lincoln book. I don’t know how to get through all the material, yet keep the lesson short. Ideas?
Use a timer and keep the lessons short. If 20m is your goal that should include the pre-reading review and narration for that book. I’d set timer to read 15-16m and then stop and narrate. After that move to use a diff part of the brain with math or something different. Later, set the timer again for books you read to them individually or that they read on their own. No, you may not finish the entire lesson in a day, but you’ll preserve their eagerness and love of learning much more. Remember the schedule is your tool.
Please know I’m saying this to myself as reminder, too. It’s so easy to fall into the mindset that we must finish a lesson a day. I have seen how both work and the more relaxed timer approach is much better.
We do history daily and usually the reading out of Stories of America is enough for one day. Another day, I read the d’Aulaire book as far as we get with full attention, or 15-20 minutes. So Bible and geography have their own places in our weekly schedule. We love history so daily works for us, with short lessons.
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