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How Would You Plan Module 6 for a High Schooler?
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I am considering going with Module 6 when we reach that time frame in history. I have a Kindergartener and a 10th grader. Would you mind sharing how you would plan out the Module for a 10th grader? What books would you choose for the 10th grader to read? How would you approach the together studies? What other enrichment things would you schedule (and how often)? Also, my 10th grade daughter will be doing Chemistry and Latin as well as an introduction to Spanish which is one day a week.
I would really appreciate some input on how to plan this module out for my 10th grader if I choose to go ahead and go with Module 6. Thanks so much!
I’d follow it as closely to the SCM guide as possible to allow time for chemistry and Spanish.
Use the family read aloud suggestions to keep your two children together for a small amount of time. You might have your 10th grader be the one to read these to your kindergartener.
The links & tips for the module may have extras to consider.
There are sample daily/weekly schedules on the SCM site that may be helpful when planning your schedule.
I’m replying by phone and don’t have much time to give specifics at this point. Hopefully, my reply wil act as a sort of “bump” to generate more suggestions.
Thanks for the suggestions TailorMade! I really appreciate it. We used AO for a couple of years so I have used that format. We are currently using Tapestry of Grace in a CM way. One of the things I like about TOG is studying the same time frame of history. I also like that they give activity and project suggestions. I love the teacher’s notes. The thing is – it can be expensive for the curriculum itself and also a number of the key books are expensive. We haven’t bought very many of the books and have substituted our own resources and books from the library.
There are a number of things I see about the SCM curriculum approach that I like. One, it’s much more economical. 🙂 Two, I like that SCM brings CM’s methods to a practical level. I read Sonya’s blog posts regularly and appreciate all the helpful tips and information she shares for understanding and implementing CM’s methods. Three, I like that the SCM guides give you your framework – lesson plans for history, geography, and Bible. I found it increasingly difficult with AO in the upper years because there’s no direction for the teacher other than a weekly reading list. I pretty much *had* to read the key books in order to know what my student was covering and be able to discuss that material. It’s just not practical for me to read all the books she would be reading. And the regular years for the upper years are way advanced for the average student. And not only are they way advanced, but they are also a heavy workload. Even the Lite years are a very full year of work. I have also noticed that even the lower AO years are fairly advanced. That all leads to another thing I see about the SCM guides…I like that they are available for the teacher and that they are family oriented. They seem to be more on the level for the average student as well. But you still can add additional resources or substitute resources if you have an advanced student. I also LOVE that they have the new geography resources! I’ve looked at a sample of one of them and really like how it is put together. I love that it includes the maps. Saves me time in having to find maps to use. I also like that it’s all planned out too!
I like your suggestion of having my 10th grader read the history lesson to her sister. She actually does do some of the read-alouds with her sister right now. And that works really well. I try to choose a couple of books from the library each week for read-alouds that go along with the history being studied that week.
You mention the tips and links in the guides might be helpful. Do they offer links for additional books and resources that can be used?
I guess what I’m looking for is which of the recommended books in Module 6 would others suggest for a 10th grader – would you use them all, would you pick certain ones, etc. I’d love to hear from others who have done Module 6 (or really any of the modules I guess) with a high schooler – how you structure the day/week using the module guide as your framework. What type of schedule you put together for that module, etc. for your high schooler? Does that make sense?
You recommend following the guide closely. So the resource list at the beginning of the guide that is in the sample – are all those books scheduled in the guide? Or are they resources that you choose from and then schedule them out?
All resources listed in the Rsources Needed pages of all the Modules are already scheduled for you, balanced out through the year and with the family readings.
My oldest is in junior high this year, but I have added documentaries that pertain to the subject being studied (for example, we watched several documentaries about the Trojan War while studying Ancient Greece, a couple about Alexander the Great, etc.) You can find dozens on YouTube, National Geographic, PBS, the library, etc. I have occasionally added in a book (or 2 or 3) depending on the length and content, simply because we like history here. 😉
So let me just clarify to make sure I have it right. On pgs. 15-18 of the sample for Module 6 it lists “Resources Needed.” All of those books are scheduled then? Including the grade level specific books? (Of course, I assume the optional resources are not scheduled.)
BTW, I also like adding in documentaries and videos that complement our studies. 🙂
All of the books listed in the Resource scheduled into the plan at some point. The Resource list lets you know what you will need to find either online, at the library, etc. The plan is broken down into 3 terms so you will use some books in each of the terms. The books are usually listed in Term order.
Okay, thanks. This might be a question for Sonya but are there are any resources used in the high school levels that might contain content that would need to be pre-read by the parent first? And if so, is there a note in the module guide to let the parent know that?
There are always cautions provided in the guide. Other reminders to gather a book or activity materials are also included.
For additional titles, most refer to the SCM Bookfinder, AO, TQ, CM Help, and/or All through the Ages (to name a few good book lists.)
Most, if not all, of the notes in the guide alert the parent to evolutionary or potentially sensitive issues in books that are read with the younger grades. The books suggested for high school do contain some swearing when quoting original sources and some disturbing incidents (as would be expected in biographies on Hitler and Stalin), but neither are sensationalized or prolific. Bennett sometimes includes a less-than-stellar incident in his historical narrative, but it is usually mentioned for good reason (to illustrate character issues and such) and is not sensationlized or worded in a crude fashion. All in all, I tried to select books that were the cleanest I could find on modern times. Not all are squeaky clean, but I am comfortable with their content for high schoolers.
Thank you Sonya for including notes in the guide. That’s awesome! That’s one of the things I’m looking for in a guide. You mentioned that there are notes for the books for younger grades. Does that mean there aren’t any notes for the high school age?
Mrs. K , if you’re coming from ToG, you wil not find notes like those at all in SCM. I suggest downloading a sample of the guide that interests you. I love SCM guides, but I’ve seen the notes in tog and I don’t want you to expect that.
I didn’t see any for high school age when I leafed through this afternoon. I may have missed one, but it doesn’t look like there were any books that I thought necessitated a note for that age group.
I’m not sure what kind of note ToG includes, but mine are usually short “parental advisory” type notes, telling you what you might want to be on the lookout for and either edit orally as you read aloud or use as a discussion point. There are not many in the guide because I try to select books that don’t require them.
Does that help any?
Thanks missceegee. I do realize that the notes in the SCM guides are not like what TOG has. I’m actually not looking for extensive notes like that. 🙂 What I am referring to is just brief comments that give a parent a heads up if there’s a section a parent might want to look over in a book.
Sonya, yes that helps a lot! That’s exactly what I’m looking for! Yay!
So would anyone be willing to share how you’ve structured the day/week for your highschooler using the module guide as your framework? What type of schedule you put together for that module, etc. for your high schooler? Does that make sense?
I just wanted to bump this up. I have a tentative plan for our high school history for next year; but I still haven’t ruled out Module 6. Two things keep me coming back to Module 6: simplicity (not an overloaded schedule) and combining my two girls for the family studies. Something that really helps me when trying to see how a plan might work is if others can share how they use it. So I wanted to bump up the thread to see if anyone can answer the questions above in the last comment I made. Thanks so much!
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