Module 6 spines

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  • April 18, 2011 at 5:42 pm
    Sue
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    I’m doing a little planning for next year, so I’m wondering what spines anyone has used for history module 6 and why you like them.  My kids are currently 10yo, 11yo (special needs, taught with 10yo), and 13 yo.

    Thanks,

    Sue

    April 19, 2011 at 2:43 am
    Sue
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    * bump *

    April 20, 2011 at 12:08 pm
    thowell
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    Watching this thread as well.

    April 21, 2011 at 3:41 am
    fivestones
    Member

    Hi Sue!

    When my daughter was 11, we were still using AO curriculum, we used “This Country of Ours” by HE Marshall and Story of the World Volume 4 as our spines.

    With having more children in separate years of AO, she pretty much read these by herself. She never complained that she didn’t like them but I can’t really tell you my opinion.  I was very scattered in history at the time and that is why I choose SC the next year, so that I could bring my children back together and we could actually have time to discuss 🙂  I do remember that both were short chapters and she always gave great narrations.

    HTH!

    Vanessa

    April 21, 2011 at 5:28 pm
    Sue
    Participant

    I liked what I saw of “This Country of Ours” when I looked at it online here (available free to read online or download to Kindle at Project Gutenberg).  However, it only covers up to 1907, and I really don’t know if there is a decent book to use as a spine for the later years of American History in module 6.

    We did listen to a few segments of “Story of the World” on audiobook earlier this year (for module 5), but my kids (ages 10, 11, and 12 then) kind of got a glazed looked in their eyes.  They just weren’t interested in it (it was covering portions about Galileo and Johannes Kepler), and the narrations were horrible.  I think I’ll try it again for module 6, though, unless I find something I like better for World History.

    Sue

    April 21, 2011 at 5:36 pm
    my3boys
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    We are listening to “This Counntry of Ours” really just for fun and I found it at Librivox.  My kids like to listen to it while were driving around, but read their books for history.  We started from the beginning, which is further back in history than we are covering, but you don’t have to do that, you can download it from time in history that you prefer.

    Just an idea:)

    April 21, 2011 at 5:39 pm
    Anonymous
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    I’ve heard a lot of good comments about “This Country Of Ours” by H.E. Marshall. We have this book. Do you think it would work well as a spine for American History for high school with plenty of supplementing of biographies, historical documents, etc.? I know when you’re teaching different levels together, the main text can be on a lower level and then you add in supplemental materials for the older grades.

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