Name: Teach Them Diligently (Branson)
Start: 2025-05-15T00:00:00-05:00
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Tagged: History, history cycle

This topic has 12 replies, 5 voices, and was last updated 10 years, 6 months ago by Sarai Mermigas-Bloor.

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October 1, 2014 at 12:21 am
Sarai Mermigas-Bloor
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I have DS 7th grade and DS 1st grade doing Roman History from SCM. They were doing Creation to the Greek from MFW. I have two ideas of how the history cycle should be for DS (7th grade) through 12th grade.
Option A
7th- Rome
8th – Middles Ages
9th – Early Modern
10th – Modern
11th – Ancients
12th – Middle Ages

Option B
7th – Rome
8th – Middle Ages
9th – Ancient
10th – Middle Ages
11th – Early Modern
12th – Modern
Veritas Press has a survey of Histroy from Creation to Modern Times and I was thinking about that as well for when DS in 7th grade could do this when he goes into 8th grade.
Any thoughts or perpective will me most helpful. I need wisdom!
October 1, 2014 at 1:51 am
Sonya Shafer
Moderator
Not to throw a kink in the works, but you could also do something like
7th – Rome
8th – Middle Ages
9th & 10th – Early Modern at a slower pace with some people of interest explored further
11th & 12th – Modern at a slower pace with some Government and Economics thrown in at some point
October 1, 2014 at 5:50 pm
Sarai Mermigas-Bloor
Participant
Sonya,
Thank You for responding! I really like your idea and in the process of “chewing” on it. Could you give me an example orpeople of interest to explore and how that slower pace would look like.

October 1, 2014 at 8:23 pm
Sonya Shafer
Moderator
I’m mainly thinking of biographies. There are lots of interesting people of history in those time periods that you could add biographies or autobiographies of, as well as more time period historical fiction; for example, biographies on John and Abigail Adams, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, more Charles Dickens books, David Livingstone, Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Graham Bell, Helen Keller, George Washington Carver, Booker T. Washington, Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Corrie Ten Boom, Ronald Reagan or any of the other presidents, more Albert Marrin books, more Russell Freedman books, the other volume of America: The Last Best Hope, more G. A. Henty books (that’s all I can think of off the top of my head right now, but the possibilities are vast).
October 1, 2014 at 8:27 pm
Sarai Mermigas-Bloor
Participant
That is a wonderful list! I don’t my husband about your idea and he really likes it as well. It is definely something to really consider and pray over. Thank you so much!!
If I do this for my olderst son, what would be the best option for the younger children?
October 1, 2014 at 8:57 pm
ServingwithJoy
Participant
Not to horn in on Sonya’s wonderful advice :-), but I just wanted to agree with her that doing Modern before graduation will probably serve your kids better if they are going on to college. Unless they are going to major in history, most of what will be discussed in college would be in the modern era and have to do with ethics/politics/government, so it would be helpful to have that fresh in their minds. Personally, I want to be sure my kids go into their philosophy and polysci classes well armed with a Biblical worldview, especially concerning the ethical dilemnas of this day and age.
October 2, 2014 at 3:10 am
Sonya Shafer
Moderator
What are the grades/ages of the younger children?
October 2, 2014 at 3:30 am
Sarai Mermigas-Bloor
Participant
My 7th grader is doing Rome and my 1st grader is doing it with him. I have a taglog 3/4 year old. When we do what you suggest, the younger ones will be 3rd, 1st and K.
October 2, 2014 at 3:59 am
ourLittleFlock
Participant
Sorry for the off-topic comment, but I just have to tell Sonya how she made me smile with the mile-long list she came up with “off the top of her head.” Hope my head is so full of wonderful details when I’m done with this journey.
Kim
October 3, 2014 at 10:04 am
Jackie Betancourt
Participant
This is a great post, Sarai! If I may jump on board here, Sonya, what would you recommend for us who have 5th, 8th, and 10th graders? We were planning on starting on early American History, but are willing to change it if need be. My 10th grade DD did Medieval with BiblioPlan last year, so I counted that pretty much as World History. What do you suggest? She hasn’t done any government or economics yet either. Thank you!
October 3, 2014 at 7:23 pm
Sonya Shafer
Moderator
Sarai, it looks like your 1st grader will finish 6th grade when your older one graduates. At that point, you can do the 6 modules as written.
1st, 7th – Rome
2nd, 8th – Middle Ages
3&4, 9&10 – Early Modern (Your 1st grader will start with American history here.)
5&6, 11&12 – Modern

October 3, 2014 at 7:25 pm
Sonya Shafer
Moderator
Here’s an idea for you, thebetancourt6.
5th, 8th, 10th – Early Modern
6th, 9th, 11th – Modern
7th, 10th – Egypt ; 12th – Govt. & Economics
8th, 11th – Greece
9th, 12th – Rome
10th – Middle Ages
11th – Early Modern
12th – Modern
October 4, 2014 at 10:45 pm
Sarai Mermigas-Bloor
Participant
Sonya,
Thank you!!!