From Life Take 2:
Combing For Core 2:
Activity From Hands And Hearts Middle Ages Kit
History Odyssey Grammar Middle Ages
Sonlight Core 2
Illuminated Manuscripts
Lesson 4
Week 2
Game: Fox & Geese
Lesson 7
Week 3
Game: Nine-Man Marris
Lesson 37
Catapult
Lesson 11
Week 14
Royal Crown
Lesson 12
Week 13
Making Chain Mail
Lesson 13
Week 8
Personal Coat of Arms
Lesson 14
Week 8
Lay Siege To A Castle
Lesson 14
Week 8
Jigsaw Puzzle
Lesson 15
Jester Puppet
Lesson 36
Stained Glass Window
Lesson 17
Week 13
Kings Coins
Lesson 20
Tell Time with a Candle
Lesson 29
Make Candlestick
Lesson 29
Treasure Chests
History Odyssey Grammar Middle Ages
Sonlight Core 2
Knights
Lesson 13
Week 8
Vikings
Lesson 7
Week 3
Leonardo Da Vinci
Lesson 37
Shakespeare
Lesson 42
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Monday, July 12, 2010
Core 2 + Homeschool Odyssey Middle Ages
From Life Take 2:
This is my schedule for the combination of History Odyssey and Sonlight Core 2.
HO Grammar Middle Ages
Core
Core 2
Lesson 1
Wk 36 Dy 2
Lesson 2
Wk 36 Dy 4
Lesson 3
Wk 3 Dy 2
Lesson 4
Wk 2 Dy 1
Lesson 5
Wk 2 Dy 4
Lesson 6
Wk 2 Dy 5
Lesson 7
Wk 3 Dy 4
Lesson 8
Wk 3 Dy 3
Lesson 10
Wk 12 Dy 2
Lesson 11
Wk 14 Dy 5
Lesson 12
Wk 13 Dy 4
Lesson 13
Wk 8 Dy 3
Lesson 14
Wk 8 dy 2
Lesson 17
Wk 13 Dy 2
Lesson 18
Wk 12 Dy 3
Lesson 19
Wk 12 Dy 4
Lesson 23
Wk 13 Dy 5
Lesson 27
Wk 2 Dy 3
Lesson 35
Wk 17 Dy 3
Lesson 37
Wk 18 Dy 3; Wk 14 Dy 3; Wk 15 Dy 4
Lesson 38
Wk 16 Dy 3; Wk 16 Dy 5
Lesson 40
Wk 19 Dy 5
This is my schedule for the combination of History Odyssey and Sonlight Core 2.
HO Grammar Middle Ages
Core
Core 2
Lesson 1
Wk 36 Dy 2
Lesson 2
Wk 36 Dy 4
Lesson 3
Wk 3 Dy 2
Lesson 4
Wk 2 Dy 1
Lesson 5
Wk 2 Dy 4
Lesson 6
Wk 2 Dy 5
Lesson 7
Wk 3 Dy 4
Lesson 8
Wk 3 Dy 3
Lesson 10
Wk 12 Dy 2
Lesson 11
Wk 14 Dy 5
Lesson 12
Wk 13 Dy 4
Lesson 13
Wk 8 Dy 3
Lesson 14
Wk 8 dy 2
Lesson 17
Wk 13 Dy 2
Lesson 18
Wk 12 Dy 3
Lesson 19
Wk 12 Dy 4
Lesson 23
Wk 13 Dy 5
Lesson 27
Wk 2 Dy 3
Lesson 35
Wk 17 Dy 3
Lesson 37
Wk 18 Dy 3; Wk 14 Dy 3; Wk 15 Dy 4
Lesson 38
Wk 16 Dy 3; Wk 16 Dy 5
Lesson 40
Wk 19 Dy 5
Combining Programs
From Life Take 1:
It seems like homeschoolers just can't leave well enough alone! And I am no exception!! We are always tweaking this curriculum or adding that or taking something away in the search for the perfect curriculum. History is no acceptation to this -- in fact! It seems to be worse with history. At least for me!!
Story of the World (SOTW) -- This is an excellent curriculum. Used in Cores 6 and 7 -- so many people add it to Cores 1 and 2. This comes in book format or audiobook. I prefer the audiobook for use with Cores 1 and 2. We listen to it by CD rather than chapter. This is also great for car schooling. There is an activity guide for this that has lists of additional books, map, worksheets, and activities. Activities require prep work and purchasing of supplies in advance. Since I am not very good with either of those things -- we did not use this. I am hoping to though when we get to Cores 6 and 7 -- then Kris can do the prep work for me for his little brothers! : -) There are 4 volumes in this series. Volumes 1 and 2 are used in Core 6, Volumes 3 and 4 are used in Core 7.
Mystery of History (MOH) -- This is a great series!! It does an amazing job of combining biblical and world history. This one also includes activities, maps, and worksheets. It has pre- and post-tests. Requires the child to memorize 6 dates per volume. There will be 5 volumes when this series is complete. I had a really hard time combining this as this comers so much more biblical history than SL does. We ended up doing this as a separate thing. Mainly we are now using it as a family devotional every few weeks. It will take us longer than a year to complete but I think it is still worth the effort. I think this is one that is better off done on its own than combined with something else.
Children's History of the World (CHOW) -- This is a great book for the early years! I have been very pleased with it. It reads like a story. It gives just enough detail for a young child to understand what is happen without giving them to much to overwhelm them. Their have been some complaints about the dates in this book. At this point in time, I am not worried about dates so this has not been a problem for us. We read them and then pretty much ignore they exists. I am more concerned with my son knowing the order of events than the dates at this point in time. In the future I will worry about dates. This is used as the spine for SL Cores 1 and 2.
Hand and Hearts History Kits -- I love these!!! Hands on activities with no prep work or surprise purchases. It even came with crayons and paper towels!! Now this is one thing that will get used around here as it requires nothing of the teacher other than pulling out the box and helping when needed! I hope they come out with even more kits soon!!
History Odyssey -- Is a classical history program but is great for those who want more hands-on stuff for use with SL. It combines CHOW (spine for Cores 1 and 2) with SOTW (spine for Cores 6 and 7). It also adds in activities, audio books, coloring books, a library list, and map work. It has some notebooking involved as well. This was easy to add to SL and provided the hands-on things my son needed. I supplemented their activity book for the hands and hearts kits because their activity guide again required prep and purchasing in advanced.
HO Grammar Middle Ages
Core
Core 2
Lesson 1
Wk 36 Dy 2
Lesson 2
Wk 36 Dy 4
Lesson 3
Wk 3 Dy 2
Lesson 4
Wk 2 Dy 1
Lesson 5
Wk 2 Dy 4
Lesson 6
Wk 2 Dy 5
Lesson 7
Wk 3 Dy 4
Lesson 8
Wk 3 Dy 3
Lesson 10
Wk 12 Dy 2
Lesson 11
Wk 14 Dy 5
Lesson 12
Wk 13 Dy 4
Lesson 13
Wk 8 Dy 3
Lesson 14
Wk 8 dy 2
Lesson 17
Wk 13 Dy 2
Lesson 18
Wk 12 Dy 3
Lesson 19
Wk 12 Dy 4
Lesson 23
Wk 13 Dy 5
Lesson 27
Wk 2 Dy 3
Lesson 35
Wk 17 Dy 3
Lesson 37
Wk 18 Dy 3; Wk 14 Dy 3; Wk 15 Dy 4
Lesson 38
Wk 16 Dy 3; Wk 16 Dy 5
Lesson 40
Wk 19 Dy 5
History Pockets -- These are another easy hands-on thing to add to SL History Program. There are several of these in the series by Evan-Moor some are for younger grades some for older. Mainly these involve coloring, cutting, and gluing. If you have a child who loves to color -- these will be a great addition. If your child hates coloring -- this would be a waste of money.
Veritas Press -- This reminds me of several other programs. They utilize a lot of literature in their programs as well as some hands-on activities - primarily history pockets. I use their catalog as a book list for the library. Getting ideas for more books to add to a particular topic if need be. I did use their cards and tapes at one point. But again -- since I did not schedule it. It never really got used. We played a rummy type game with the cards. Where we tried to collect 5 events in history in a row to win. That was fun and helped my son learn when things better happened. But Veritas Press is more specific than SL is in covering events at a younger age so it was hard to play unless you took out the things we did not cover in depth -- which was a lot! So then we were left with only a few cards. For our family -- this was not a good purchase. If I was just using Veritas Press materials -- I think this would make an excellent learning tool. I still really like Veritas Press and do recommend some of their other products else where on this site.
So what do you do if you do decide to combine programs?
Well ....... there are several schedules available that combine these items. Paula's archives has a few of them. I would start there. Ask around.... several people have created their own. If you are part of the SL Preschool Yahoo Groups ... I believe it was Debra that created a schedule combing MOH, SOTW, and SL.. If you are looking for hands on ideas to combine Cores 1 and 2 with SOTW -- check out the History Odyssey Program. For those of you combining Cores 1 and Core 6 or Core 2 and Core 7. Email SL -- they have a sample schedule for how you can combine these two cores. Of course -- you can always create your own as well. I included my combined schedule for Core 2 and History Odyssey. Enjoy your journey into the past as you find the right program or programs that work best to help you on this adventure!
It seems like homeschoolers just can't leave well enough alone! And I am no exception!! We are always tweaking this curriculum or adding that or taking something away in the search for the perfect curriculum. History is no acceptation to this -- in fact! It seems to be worse with history. At least for me!!
Story of the World (SOTW) -- This is an excellent curriculum. Used in Cores 6 and 7 -- so many people add it to Cores 1 and 2. This comes in book format or audiobook. I prefer the audiobook for use with Cores 1 and 2. We listen to it by CD rather than chapter. This is also great for car schooling. There is an activity guide for this that has lists of additional books, map, worksheets, and activities. Activities require prep work and purchasing of supplies in advance. Since I am not very good with either of those things -- we did not use this. I am hoping to though when we get to Cores 6 and 7 -- then Kris can do the prep work for me for his little brothers! : -) There are 4 volumes in this series. Volumes 1 and 2 are used in Core 6, Volumes 3 and 4 are used in Core 7.
Mystery of History (MOH) -- This is a great series!! It does an amazing job of combining biblical and world history. This one also includes activities, maps, and worksheets. It has pre- and post-tests. Requires the child to memorize 6 dates per volume. There will be 5 volumes when this series is complete. I had a really hard time combining this as this comers so much more biblical history than SL does. We ended up doing this as a separate thing. Mainly we are now using it as a family devotional every few weeks. It will take us longer than a year to complete but I think it is still worth the effort. I think this is one that is better off done on its own than combined with something else.
Children's History of the World (CHOW) -- This is a great book for the early years! I have been very pleased with it. It reads like a story. It gives just enough detail for a young child to understand what is happen without giving them to much to overwhelm them. Their have been some complaints about the dates in this book. At this point in time, I am not worried about dates so this has not been a problem for us. We read them and then pretty much ignore they exists. I am more concerned with my son knowing the order of events than the dates at this point in time. In the future I will worry about dates. This is used as the spine for SL Cores 1 and 2.
Hand and Hearts History Kits -- I love these!!! Hands on activities with no prep work or surprise purchases. It even came with crayons and paper towels!! Now this is one thing that will get used around here as it requires nothing of the teacher other than pulling out the box and helping when needed! I hope they come out with even more kits soon!!
History Odyssey -- Is a classical history program but is great for those who want more hands-on stuff for use with SL. It combines CHOW (spine for Cores 1 and 2) with SOTW (spine for Cores 6 and 7). It also adds in activities, audio books, coloring books, a library list, and map work. It has some notebooking involved as well. This was easy to add to SL and provided the hands-on things my son needed. I supplemented their activity book for the hands and hearts kits because their activity guide again required prep and purchasing in advanced.
HO Grammar Middle Ages
Core
Core 2
Lesson 1
Wk 36 Dy 2
Lesson 2
Wk 36 Dy 4
Lesson 3
Wk 3 Dy 2
Lesson 4
Wk 2 Dy 1
Lesson 5
Wk 2 Dy 4
Lesson 6
Wk 2 Dy 5
Lesson 7
Wk 3 Dy 4
Lesson 8
Wk 3 Dy 3
Lesson 10
Wk 12 Dy 2
Lesson 11
Wk 14 Dy 5
Lesson 12
Wk 13 Dy 4
Lesson 13
Wk 8 Dy 3
Lesson 14
Wk 8 dy 2
Lesson 17
Wk 13 Dy 2
Lesson 18
Wk 12 Dy 3
Lesson 19
Wk 12 Dy 4
Lesson 23
Wk 13 Dy 5
Lesson 27
Wk 2 Dy 3
Lesson 35
Wk 17 Dy 3
Lesson 37
Wk 18 Dy 3; Wk 14 Dy 3; Wk 15 Dy 4
Lesson 38
Wk 16 Dy 3; Wk 16 Dy 5
Lesson 40
Wk 19 Dy 5
History Pockets -- These are another easy hands-on thing to add to SL History Program. There are several of these in the series by Evan-Moor some are for younger grades some for older. Mainly these involve coloring, cutting, and gluing. If you have a child who loves to color -- these will be a great addition. If your child hates coloring -- this would be a waste of money.
Veritas Press -- This reminds me of several other programs. They utilize a lot of literature in their programs as well as some hands-on activities - primarily history pockets. I use their catalog as a book list for the library. Getting ideas for more books to add to a particular topic if need be. I did use their cards and tapes at one point. But again -- since I did not schedule it. It never really got used. We played a rummy type game with the cards. Where we tried to collect 5 events in history in a row to win. That was fun and helped my son learn when things better happened. But Veritas Press is more specific than SL is in covering events at a younger age so it was hard to play unless you took out the things we did not cover in depth -- which was a lot! So then we were left with only a few cards. For our family -- this was not a good purchase. If I was just using Veritas Press materials -- I think this would make an excellent learning tool. I still really like Veritas Press and do recommend some of their other products else where on this site.
So what do you do if you do decide to combine programs?
Well ....... there are several schedules available that combine these items. Paula's archives has a few of them. I would start there. Ask around.... several people have created their own. If you are part of the SL Preschool Yahoo Groups ... I believe it was Debra that created a schedule combing MOH, SOTW, and SL.. If you are looking for hands on ideas to combine Cores 1 and 2 with SOTW -- check out the History Odyssey Program. For those of you combining Cores 1 and Core 6 or Core 2 and Core 7. Email SL -- they have a sample schedule for how you can combine these two cores. Of course -- you can always create your own as well. I included my combined schedule for Core 2 and History Odyssey. Enjoy your journey into the past as you find the right program or programs that work best to help you on this adventure!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
US History
Hi all,
I found this great link while searching for a copy of the Declaration of Independence. It is completely free and so far I like the materials. Then again we have only read the introduction. It talks about using stories as a basis for studying history just like Sonlight and we have been doing for years.
http://www.ushistory.org/
Please post your review of thus site in the comments section for other readers. Thanks!
- Posted from my iPhone
I found this great link while searching for a copy of the Declaration of Independence. It is completely free and so far I like the materials. Then again we have only read the introduction. It talks about using stories as a basis for studying history just like Sonlight and we have been doing for years.
http://www.ushistory.org/
Please post your review of thus site in the comments section for other readers. Thanks!
- Posted from my iPhone
Friday, November 28, 2008
History/Geography Links
From Life Take 1
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Be sure to look around the site for even more links to other resources. For more geography links and ideas -- please visit the Galloping The Globe Page.
Amazon Interactive
Colonial Williamson Virtual Field Trip
Cyberbee
The Jason Project
Global Online Adventures
Virtual Field Trips
Expeditions
Ancient Egypt
Biography
Castles on the Web
Family Search
HyperHistory
Justice For Kids
Africa Guide
History/Social Studies for Teachers
Lewis and Clark
Life in the Middle Ages
New Perspectives on the West
States and Capitals
The American Civil War
The Canada War Museum
The Civil War
The Oregon Trail
The World of the Vikings
West Web
White House for Kids
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Be sure to look around the site for even more links to other resources. For more geography links and ideas -- please visit the Galloping The Globe Page.
Amazon Interactive
Colonial Williamson Virtual Field Trip
Cyberbee
The Jason Project
Global Online Adventures
Virtual Field Trips
Expeditions
Ancient Egypt
Biography
Castles on the Web
Family Search
HyperHistory
Justice For Kids
Africa Guide
History/Social Studies for Teachers
Lewis and Clark
Life in the Middle Ages
New Perspectives on the West
States and Capitals
The American Civil War
The Canada War Museum
The Civil War
The Oregon Trail
The World of the Vikings
West Web
White House for Kids
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Presidents & Elections
From Life Take 1
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Websites:
The White House for Kids. Learn all about the President, his family, and more!
The White House Learn all about the Presidents both past and current.
Election 2004 Keep up to date on all the latest information.
PBS Kids Democracy Project Learn about democracy, voting, and what it would be like to be the President for a day.
George W. Bush Take a quiz to see how much you know about our current President.
Election Skills Workbooks for purchase from Scholastic for the upcoming election year.
Books:
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Websites:
The White House for Kids. Learn all about the President, his family, and more!
The White House Learn all about the Presidents both past and current.
Election 2004 Keep up to date on all the latest information.
PBS Kids Democracy Project Learn about democracy, voting, and what it would be like to be the President for a day.
George W. Bush Take a quiz to see how much you know about our current President.
Election Skills Workbooks for purchase from Scholastic for the upcoming election year.
Books:
- The White House Cookbook by Hugo Ziemann & F.L. Gillette
- The White House Family Cookbook by Henry Haller
- Duck for President by Doreen Cronin
- Clifford for President
- My Teacher for President by Kay Winters
- Robin Hill School Election Day by Margaret McNamara
- Vote! by Eileen Christelowe
- Werewolves Don't Run for President by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones
- Smart About the Presidents by Jon Buller and Susan Schade
- Smart About First Ladies by Jon Buller and Susan Schade
- The Story of the White House by Kate Waters
Presidents Song
From Life Take 1
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Here is a song to help you learn the order of the presidents. It is sung to the tune of 10 Little Indians. Thank You Lauren in GA for sharing this!
Washington, Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, William Henry Harrison Tyler was the 10th president. Polk then Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln,Johnson, Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes,Garfield, the 20th president. Arthur, Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Cleveland again, Then William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, the 30th president. Hoover, F.D. Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon,Ford, Carter, Reagan, George Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush right now!
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Here is a song to help you learn the order of the presidents. It is sung to the tune of 10 Little Indians. Thank You Lauren in GA for sharing this!
Washington, Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, William Henry Harrison Tyler was the 10th president. Polk then Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln,Johnson, Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes,Garfield, the 20th president. Arthur, Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Cleveland again, Then William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, the 30th president. Hoover, F.D. Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon,Ford, Carter, Reagan, George Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush right now!
Olympics
From Life Take 1
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Websites:
Olympic Educational Activities for all ages. Olympic Games History --lists who has hosted the Olympics and when. Map out the locations. Use a see through post-it arrow to write the date on and mark it on the map. For more than one year, just simply add all the dates onto the one arrow. Then you can play a quiz game using your map and arrows.
Books:
The Original Olympics by Stewart Ross Hour of the Olympics (Magic Tree House) Olympics by Chris Oxlade Ancient Olympics by Chris Oxlade Olympics Count Your Way Through Greece by Jim Haskins andKathleen Benson. Cool book, great illustrations, fairly short text per page spread. Footsteps in Time: The Greeks by Sally Hewitt. One page on the Olympics, plus a spread on making an Olympic torch. I Wonder Why The Greeks Built Temples and other questions about Ancient Greece by Fiona Macdonald. Here again, only one 2-page spread on the Olympics, but this is just a great book overall. Great questions like "Who took a shower in a bowl?" and "Why did the Greeks beat their trees?" There are 8 books in this series covering various history and science topics. Great introduction books! How Would You Survive as an Ancient Greek by Fiona Macdonald. More detailed than the above book, and the illustrations are, umm, yeah, more detailed too. I Wonder Why has the naked athletes running on thebottom of the page, so you are seeing them from the waist up. Survive has them full-body, but turned just enough to not quite see, um, boy parts. It is far more noticeable that they are not wearing clothes. I still plan to use the book, but figured I better put in the disclaimer!
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