Sorry for the delay in posting a response, hinrichsquiver. Life got quite busy the past couple of weeks. I’m hoping we will settle back in to a sane routine now 😉
RE ACG 1: I like to recommend that the older children teach the material to the younger children (with mom’s help, of course, to keep on track, gather supplies, and make suggestions). I realize that it might not work in every situation, but having the older child at least help with the study will make sure he is reviewing/learning it too.
I’ve been trying to think of additional books to recommend (besides the ones listed in the other modules), and the only thing coming to mind would be possibly a worldview study that would help him interpret the world history events from a Biblical perspective. For example, I’m planning to go through the How Should We Then Live? DVDs with my oldest this year as we finish up Module 6 through present day. Another possibility would be the Uncle Eric books on economics, justice, etc. Those are based on a broad history scope.
Now just to make things interesting I’ll throw in this little tidbit: I’m seriously pondering some changes to the Curriculum Guide which would eliminate that one year of history overview in favor of just starting in to the chronology. All the books I can think of adding to the CHOW and SOM are the ones listed in the following modules anyway, you know? I’m thinking about deleting the present module 1 and breaking module 6 up into two years. Any thoughts on that idea?