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Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - History
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If you were like me and grew up in public school, your History knowledge is slim at best. Not only was I not exposed to much History, what I was "taught" (used loosely) was so boring. Dates and facts held no place in my brain even though I have an elephant memory and can remember what I paid for things, what the last 5 phone numbers I had were, what my address was when I was a kid. History was boring. Really. Boring. The only time it was mildly interesting to me was once in college, at a night class (not recommended), we were required to read a book about a time period. I finally made a connection.
As an adult, I realzied through reading fiction that I am fascinated with the American migration. Learning about the men, women, and children that walked miles and miles for days, some living and some dying, taught me about the human spirit. I realized that you can indeed learn history from good historicl fiction and it was fun. I also knew that is what I wanted my children to experience.
Here's the catch. I am so unknowledgeable in history that I had no idea how to go about teaching it. Where do I start? How can I teach what I don't know? When do I begin? It terrifies me to be honest.
Last year I bought at a second hand sale The Story of the World. It looked simple enough. I read to them, they learn, I learn. We didn't get far last year so I thought I would pick it up again this year and make it a priority in our school day. I bought the activity guide to go with it. So, each day I read a chapter. the girls color the coresponding sheet and when we are done, I ask them questions on what I read to check their memory. Then they each get a map for the chapter and have to follow directions on the map, like "find the Nile River and color it blue", or "color in the area between the Euphrates River and Tigris and label it Babylon". We also visit our big wall map to find the exact same place as our paper map. We see how things have changed. We talk about what we are learning. Then they put the pages in their notebook (three ring binder). At the end of the year we will have a record of what we did for history. Can I tell you too how much I have learned. I feel like I am in school with them.
Yesterday I said we would skip the story to have more time for our other work. They all said, no mom, we love History, it is our favorite subject. Do you know how happy I am? Besides, how many children their age are learning what monotheism vs. polytheism is? I'd say they have a head start.
Susan
PS- The only frustration I have with The Story of the World is that it teaches history without the bible, so we don't know what is going on in the Old Testament at the same time. That is a bit frustrating to me because I like to tie it all together and get a full understanding. Oh well, we will finish this book and then I will look for something similar but with a more biblical worldview. Any ideas?
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by chickadee |
veritas press history cards.
they incorporate biblical events in the historical timeline. you will not be able to just sit down and read with this approach though. the cards have only a small amount of information. you can also get a workbook type thing on cd and a history song which sings the events in order. i got it all the first two years and we seldom used the work pages. this year i just got the cards. they are an excellent guide through history then i supplement with library books. i've also thought of getting the story of the world to add more to our history. but i love the veritas cards for their visual aspect and the incorporation of biblical events.
btw: a set of cards alone is about $20. you might check on them on ebay too. request a veritas press catalog if you're interested. it's a great catalog just to browse. |
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Thursday, September 14, 2006 - Heather of http://heather.shamusyoung.com |
| Posted by Anonymous |
I would go to the Knowledgequest website : http://www.knowledgequestmaps.com/index.htm and check out their other products. The What Really Happened books are wonderful, especially if you love stories.
Also, on this page: http://www.knowledgequestmaps.com/history.htm they talk you through some different possible history curricula, several that are linked are definitely from a Biblical perspective. |
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Thursday, September 14, 2006 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by hsmomof2 |
| Check out Biblioplan for Families. www.biblioplan.net. (Sorry I don't know how to add a link in comments. It incorporates Bible history with world history. A big book called the Bible Timeline by Thomas Robinson might be helpful too. We use history as a basis for everything we learn, just about. It is the most-loved part of our day, well... after fiction read aloud time. :-) |
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Thursday, September 14, 2006 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by ccmmum |
| Mystery of History! We did Volume 1 (Creation through Birth of Christ) and it was great. We plan on doing the rest of the Volumes. I did it with my 6th grader and that was a good age to go deeply into the topics that interested her. |
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Thursday, September 14, 2006 - <i>Untitled Comment</i> |
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We have been using curriculum from My Father's World Books (www.MFWBooks.com) and it dove-tails Biblical history with secular history (I guess that is what you would call the different perspectives?!). I just love it. I am not good at using this book and that book and making it all work together. This curriculum does it for me and gives us a clear view of history, across the board. It is also fun!
After 14 years of homeschooling in a "second best" sort of way (because I alway knew there was something better than textbook style but didn't know how, couldn't find how to do it), I am homeschooling my last 2 the way I always knew it should be.
Even if you don't buy their curriculum, I suggest looking at their website and seeing their book list. It might help you figure out some ways to bring Biblical history alongside "The Story of the World".
Edited by mom24boys on Sep. 14, 2006 at 8:36 AM |
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Thursday, September 14, 2006 - FYI |
| Posted by Jen at heartmatters |
Mystery of History: You just pick it up and read, great biblical perspective. Has activities/assignments assigned at three different levels, depending on your child's age. So you can gear it for your older, and have a fun thing for the younger to feel included as well.
Truthquest History: I also like her biblical perspectives. This is more CM oriented, book lovers will enjoy this. You choose whichever books are available on the subject. And then tie it in with her wonderful biblical worldview summaries. You can linger as long as you want on a subject of interest by reading more books, or just read her blurb and move on. No mapping though.
Diana Waring: Her stuff is great too. Her audio's are biblically rooted, and she's very informative and entertaining. Has different workbooks for different ages too. Must admit: I just bought this! Thought the CD's would be great fun to listen to. |
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Thursday, September 14, 2006 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by SandBetweenMyToes |
So glad your school start has gone well. I was the same with history, and I, too, now love reading historical fiction. I was interested to see the responses, because although I can find lots to do for 3rd-4th grade level for American History, it's hard to find something for World History for that age. Marissa loves biographies of people that she finds interesting. We tend to use biographies or historical fiction and study from there.
Letitia |
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Thursday, September 14, 2006 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by MarlaMom |
| My friend, Heather (www.homeschoolblogger.com/lazyd) used Mystery of History also. I'm going to use it also when my third child is a bit older (he just started Kindergarten, but he doesn't have a great attention span at this point), or I will use the Unit Studies from Heart of Wisdom (www.heartofwisdom.com). |
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Friday, September 15, 2006 - Mystery of History! |
| Posted by PreschoolersandPeace |
Hands DOWN! We've done Veritas Press but were very disappointed to get to year four and find that it completely excludes the rest of the world- only camps on American history.
Done SOTW only to come away feeling robbed- the lessons are thinner that MOH and as you said, ignore any church history. We do love the CDs with Jum Weiss reading, though.
Doing TruthQuest this year by default because MOH has only two volumes finished. Already depressed :) MOH has been such a perfect fit for our family that everything else pales in comparison.
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Friday, October 6, 2006 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by Anonymous |
Hi! I have purchased SOTW, and was deeply saddened by the way the few Bible stories it mentioned were terribly distorted. I do not like the Bible being twisted in anyway. Also, she would state , "As a matter of fact" when referring to a story regarding mythology. I want my children to learn the History of the World while thinking biblically. I have decided not to use SOTW with my children. Rather, I plan on using Diana Waring's History books, as well as The Mystery of History. (Probably at separate times) I am so glad that these two ladies have written History from a Christian perspective.
Blessings,
Christine
www.christine-mary.blogspot.com |
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