Not sure which direction to go this year…

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  • July 24, 2016 at 2:54 pm
    Renee
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    Oh, and All through the Ages is a “History through Literature Guide” – it’s not a curriculum perse, it’s a book list of quality literature broken down in different sections (chronological history, geographical history, history of science and mathematics, history of the arts, western civ. and the christian tradition), age level (grades 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12), and type (overview of the era, specific events, biography, historical fiction, culture). She used a number of sources for the book (Answers in Genesis, Beautiful Feet, Honey for a Child’s Heart, Sonlight, Veritas Press, and many more!). It’s a wonderful resource, just not sure which section to start with, or how many I should get from each area, etc. Just need to get a feel for what’s what. I bought it on a whim at a use curriculum store last year and it has been neat to flip through… I don’t do well with a blank slate, it’s a bit too overwhelming for me, so this is a good starting point that still gives me a lot of flexibility and wiggle room. The more recent the history, the more books I could find it seemed. I reserved my limit of 15 for Pre-Civil War National Growth and Westward Expansion.

    July 24, 2016 at 3:36 pm
    sarah2106
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    All Through the Ages is a great resource, but I can’t talk highly enough about the SCM history guides. You can start with any time period, you don’t have to start at the beginning (Ancient Egypt) either.

    I love that it is planned out for me, but listed by day 1, day 2, day 3… not Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday… So if we miss a day we just do it on the next day, we are not behind. I also really like the book selections! They are age and ability appropriate. I like that it is all family reading until 4th grade then the student does family readings with me but also have their own readings. It is not a lot either, which I really like. It is enough but if we want to add to it because a topic sparks their interest we can with out feeling overwhelmed. That is when a guide like All Through the Ages is great when a topic sparks interest. We don’t have a great library but I purchase all the suggested SCM history books used (most are very inexpensive used) and since we will cycle through them it has been worth the investment. I have even been able to loan out books to local friends the past couple of years which has been fun.

    I really like all the SCM materials that we use and we use a lot of them, LOL. I like that each subject is on its own, so that if we miss a day of just one subject we just do it the next day. They is no flipping around in a teachers guide because we got “behind” in science but stayed on track for math but are 2 days “behind” in History.

    I made a weekly schedule in Xcel that I print out and every Sunday I take about 20 minutes to fill out the next weeks schedule. It is so fast and easy to stay on track but if we get off by a day… it is “corrected” the next week since I only schedule one week at a time.

    Only you can know what will work for you, but as I have read on this forum more than once “the best curriculum is the one that gets done” 🙂

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