Sonya is it too early to ask?

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  • December 4, 2010 at 5:53 pm
    Missy OH
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    Are all the books listed in Module 5 going to make the new guide or will there be changes?

     

    Already trying to decide on next year…….tax time…….Smile  Thanks!

     

    Blessings,

    Missy

    December 4, 2010 at 7:03 pm
    Cindie2dds
    Member

    Great question. I’m all ears myself since we plan to do American History for the next couple of years.

    December 4, 2010 at 10:28 pm
    Sonya Shafer
    Moderator

    Great question, Missy. It’s too early to give a definite list, but yes, there will be some changes. Here’s the inside scoop: I’m trying to set up Module 5’s and 6’s handbooks to do American history 2 days a week and World history 2 days a week. That way our CM friends who live outside the US can easily substitute their own country’s history on those two days. 

    I have the tentative line-up of books for the American history days for Module 5, but I’m still working on the World history (and waiting for the 18th Century Famous Men book to be released). Do you want the tentative list, even though it’s not definite yet?

    December 5, 2010 at 3:42 am
    Caryn
    Participant

    Sonya,

    I’m sorry to hijack this thread, but YES!!!  Please post the list that you have now.  😎  I’m also getting ready for next year and preparing to order in January (most of the material anyway!) so it would be great to know what we’ll need.  Thanks!

    December 5, 2010 at 4:09 am
    Cindie2dds
    Member

    If you wanted to do only American History for the week instead of doing World History, are there going to be suggestions for that as well?

    December 5, 2010 at 1:30 pm
    Missy OH
    Participant

    Sonya,

     

    I thought it would be too early.  I don’t want to add pressure to you.  Smile  I would love to have the tenative list, but I need to know for every age group.  Would it be easier to list the books you don’t think you are going to use?  Or do you know of any books on the list you are for sure not using? 

      I like the idea of separating world history from american history.  I think it would be a nice option to have for my younger students.

     

    Thank you Sonya!  I appreciate that you are willing to do this!

     

    Blessings,Missy

    December 5, 2010 at 11:26 pm
    kcoard
    Participant

    Thankyou for the plan to be split between world and U.S history, that means I can spend part of the year on Australian (as we live here) and Uk history because that is where I am from!

    Looking forward to seeing the list.

     

    December 6, 2010 at 1:33 am
    Sonya Shafer
    Moderator

    OK, here’s the Tentative List of Books to be Used in Module 5 for American History

    Family:

    • Stories of America, Volume 1 (This is the new American history book we will be publishing spring 2011.)

    Grades 1-3:

    • The Pilgrims of Plimoth (by Marcia Sewall)

    • Samuel Eaton’s Day

    • Sarah Morton’s Day

    • The Courage of Sarah Noble

    • Tapenum’s Day

    • Toliver’s Secret

    • Benjamin Franklin (by D’Aulaire)

    Grades 4-6:

    • The Landing of the Pilgrims

    • The Sign of the Beaver

    • A Young Patriot (by Jim Murphy)

    • Amos Fortune, Free Man

    Grades 7-9:

    • The Witch of Blackbird Pond (optional)

    • Poor Richard

    • Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

    • Early Thunder OR Johnny Tremain

    • Lewis and Clark: An Illustrated History (by Ken Burns; corresponding DVD optional)

    Grades 10-12:

    • American Voices, pp. 1-170 (from Notgrass; other half will be read in Module 6)

    • Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

    • The Boys of ’76

    • Lewis and Clark: An Illustrated History (by Ken Burns; corresponding DVD optional)

    • (option: If you want to split Exploring Government into two years, you could add half of the course during this module and the other half in Module 6. Or you can just do the whole course during Module 6.)

    That’s what I have right now for the American History listings. Cindie, if you wanted to do only American History within one year, you could probably do all the American History lessons from Module 5 and Module 6. Hope this helps, ladies!

    December 6, 2010 at 4:23 am
    Cindie2dds
    Member

    Hmmm, thus begs the question of when Module 6 will be ready. (no pressure)

    Seriously, though, thank you, Sonya! I guess we could use the books from the current Module 5 we already have to beef it up to use the whole year as well.

    Great selections!

    Oh, is Bible going to be taught during the week as well?

    December 6, 2010 at 2:11 pm
    Missy OH
    Participant

    Sonya,

     

    It’s looking good!  Thank you for taking the extra time to do this.  Am I understanding correctly that these are just the tentative American History selections and you are still making the world history ones?

     

    Blessings,

    Missy

    December 6, 2010 at 2:27 pm
    Sonya Shafer
    Moderator

    Cindie, glad you like the selections! We’ve scheduled Module 6’s handbook for spring 2012. However, that goal may be affected by the release of the Famous Men books to go with it.

    Bible and Geography will be covered on the fifth day (2 days American history, 1 day Geography & Bible, 2 days World history). We will continue going through the epistles, using the GOAL journal, and do an in-depth study of Hebrews.

    Missy, you’re correct. I’m still working on the World history component.

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