A Change of Plans for History

As the end of the year draws to a close, I have been reviewing the work that Munchkin has completed. Unfortunately, we have fallen behind on many subjects. I did forsee this happening with the pregnancy and birth of Teddy, but I continued with our original plans anyway hoping to get the majority of the work done. Looking at where we are now, I have decided to revise our plans beginning with history.

 One of the first things I've decided to alter is our history spine. We have been using a combination of Story of the World and some books from the Baldwin Project. I've noticed that Munchkin prefers the Story of the World books due to their simpler language. As she has some language processing difficulties, I have decided to simpify our program and use only the Story of the World as our spines. This will still be supplemented with living books.

 What we need to cover by February, which is the start of the new school year for us, is the remaining Ancient History portion of our program. This week we are going to be finishing off with Alexander the Great. If we continue working through the summer holidays (as much as we can), and only do the Ancient Rome parts from Story of the World, we should be able to finish of Ancient History. This way we can start the new year with the Middle Ages as originally planned.

With this in mind, this is how I envision the remaining Ancient History unit:

Read Aloud: The Bronze Bow and The Eagle of the Ninth

Independent Reading: Detectives inTogas and The Roman Mysteries Books.

Ongoing timeline work and written narrations.

Crafts: Ancient Roman Crafts , Create a Vellum Journal

1. Chapter 27 - The Rise of Rome
   • Map work - Locate Italy and Rome
     • Ancient Rome Mapping Lesson
   • Calendar - Roman Names for Months
2. Chapter 28 - The Roman Empire
   • Make a Roman Archway and Aqueduct
     • Construct An Aqueduct
   • Tour a Roman Town
   • Walk Through a Roman Street
   • Rome Reborn
   • Create a Travel Brochure
   • Gladiators: Racing Roman Gladiators
3. Chapter 29 - Rome's war with Carthage
   • Map work - Locate Carthage
   • The Young Carthaginian by G. A. Henty Audio Book
   • Roman Army
4. Chapter 34 - The Rise of Julius Caesar
   • Make a Roman Mosaic
   • Coins and Profile Designs
5. Chapter 35 - Caesar the Hero
   • Cleopatra by Diane Stanley
   • Prepare a Roman Feast
6. Chapter 36 - The First Roman Prince
7. Chapter 37 - The Beginning of Christianity
   • Map Work - Locate Nazareth and Jerusalem
8. Chapter 38 - The End of the Ancient Jewish Nation
9. Chapter 39 - Rome and the Christians
   • Nero
10. Chapter 40 - Rome Begins to Weaken
11. Chapter 41 - The Attacking Barbarians
12. Chapter 42 - The End of Rome
    • Romulus Augustus

7:55 PM - Dec. 8, 2007 - post comment

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