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Mystery of History – making it more 'meaty'?
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I have Mystery of History Vol. 1 to use in the fall with my dd9. I have been reading that some found it not ‘meaty’ enough. Our plates are pretty full for fall already, but I would like to hear how some of you have used MOH. What have you added to make it more ‘meaty’? I have already created a list of a few characters from that time period I would like my daughter to ‘know’ better through some extra literature {read independently and oral dictations}, but I would like to have some ideas on the back burner in case our schedule eases up or my daughter wants more!
Thanks!
We just finished it and loved it! Doing vol.2 next year.
We didn’t do the activities. We did the cards(written narration) and timeline and also read living books from the same time period.
I got the list of books in Winter Promise catalogue. Strongly recommend, each one of those books were great. Winter promise has a program including MOH but I didn’t think I needed all that. It was just enough for us.
We used MOH Vol I for my 6th and 5th graders last year. I loved it! We did oral narration after each lesson and a few of the suggested activities as we had time and inclination. We also did memory cards and timeline, and most of the quizzes (informally). I didn’t feel it was lacking at all; in fact I was amazed at how much I learned about ancient history this year — and I have a B.A. in English with a minor in history! Of course, you can always add living books to help flesh it out for your daughter (maybe check the list mentioned above, or use some of the resources suggested by SCM for Modules 1-3). Even though it was written to be more classical in style, it was very easy to adapt to CM. The lessons were a reasonable length and lent themselves well to reading aloud and narration. I was satisfied this year that my kids got a good, solid grasp of ancient history.
We are in MOH Vol 3. It was not until this year I realized how much it lends itself to be has deep or light as you choose. The thing that helped me was talking with another mother who actually does another history program which is similar to MOH. What I realized is if I have a child how needs more, I need to give more (internet research – library research). It really can be fun!!
I also realized I was trying to complete a lesson a day. That left know no time to dig deeper into those lessons which needed a more time. About 1/2 way through the year I took a deep breath and slowed down and allow them time to “dig deeper”. MOH became so much more to us.
Keep tweeking until you find what works for each child.
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Thanks for the replies! I’m very encouraged to hear you all enjoyed it!
I agree, lookingupair, that it can be as deep or light as we choose! We will be certified by fall to be a foster adopt home, so that will come in handy I’m sure!
Thanks for pointing me to the Winter Promise booklist, Petitemom! I requested a catalog and will hopefully be able to find some of the books at our library!
What a wonderful question, mariahk! This is exactly what I was looking for us, since we’re so new to CM but love MOH! We are currently starting MOH 2 along with SCM module 3. I am still trying to figure out how this is going to work, so your suggestions are going to be very helpful. Has anyone used it with a high school aged child as well? Our children will be in 4th DS, 7th DD, and 9th DD. God bless you all!
We are using MOH 3 this year and we are appreciating this schedule:
http://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/history/awesomehistory/awesome_history.html
You need to scroll down quite a ways and then just click on the century that you’re studying to find her suggestions for that time period.
I also use the Truthquest guide for Renaissance and Reformation to find extra books to read.
One thing I did was to write down all our resources (living books, videos, Netflix movies, etc.) right in the teacher’s guide, at the beginning of the lesson they’ll fit best with. That way I’ll have a reminder when we get to the lesson. I have one day a week planned for extra books or videos to view as a family, and I’ll assign independent books on the day of the lesson (for them to read in the next couple weeks on their own). I wrote down all our resources available, but I imagine we won’t actually get to all of them. If they aren’t interested in reading more on the subject, we’ll probably just move on.
thanks for reminding me to check guesthollow jeaninpa.
Looked at that before and always forget about it, it is so much stuff sometimes it is overwhelming.
That is why I like to go w/Winter promise for books, they have just enough and they are all good.
If I have time I will do like you Holly as far as adding in movies, write in the book so I don’t forget. We watched the pompei movie yesterday on Netflix which was great!
We are using MOH1 for both the kids (1st and 11th grades). This is also our first year really implementing the CM method and I’m a bit overwhelmed. I think I’m trying to do too many things. I realize its mainly written to the classical homeschooling family but I just can’t do the SCM modules because I am trying to fill in educational gaps left by the ps and the modules dont go through the subject matter fast enough for what we need. However, if I had more time (we only have 2 school years left), I would be more apt to using them. I’m really trying to simplify. I have gone through the list of books and have ordered what I can find that is not in the library but some of those books are ridiculously long and way too advanced for a highschooler imo. I dont want to bore my oldest ds to death by giving him too much of a challenge. Challenge is good though 🙂 I like Holly’s idea of writing the notes in the book-duh! Why didnt I think of that? I’m such a perfectionist that I didnt want to write in my book. But if I think about it, I like the book so much that I wont be getting rid of it either and if I cant use it for how I need it, then whats the point?! Lol! I forgot about Winter Promise. I’ll re-check them out again and see how they do things.
I went w/MOH for the same reason!
The books listed in Winter Promise catalogue would not be too advanced for a high schooler for sure. I’ve read most of them with a 4th and 6th grade for Volume 1.
They really enjoyed them.
Mystery of History would be just right for 9yo in my opinion without beefing up. But you can definitely add to it if your student needs more.
I was trying to look for the book lists on Winterpromise but I am having trouble finding them, can anyone tell me where they are located on the website?
This is an old tread. I haven’t look at the website in a long time, they might have change their program. I still have their 2011-2012 catalog which I kept for the book lists.
This is for Volume 1:
The Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt( substituted this one with The Cat of Bubustes)
Hittite Warrior
The Golden Goblet
God King
Adara
Victory on the Walls
The Illiad
The Odyssey
Bronze Bow
Gladiator
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