looking for a new world history curriculum

[kittie313]

We're leaving our k12 school most likely when this year is up. We just want to put a different focus on subjects than we have been. Anyway, I am looking for a world history program for my girls to do next school year. I'm planning on doing history as a sort of "once a week or so maybe til they are reading fluently" thing for the next several years, building a foundation for reading math is more important to us at this point. So, what would you suggest as a program for us? We don't really want a textbook type program (I have SOTW vol 1 and 2, we don't like it) but are more interested in real literature and such and want to be able to take it slow and dig deep as they want to. I want to start at the beginning of ancient history (let's not include dinosaurs and creation/ evolution/ whatever please) and go forward from there to modern day.

I also want to be able to add research projects to it as they become more independent in their reading, to help them develop their writing and reading further. What would you suggest?

[Momma Aimee]

http://www.nothingnewpress.com/atta.shtml

All Through the Ages by Christine Miller is a guide for teaching and learning history using literature rather than textbooks. Textbooks make history boring, but history is full of excitement, adventure, and heart-wrenching drama. Bring the “story” back into “history” by using this exhaustive guide to over 7000 of the best in quality historical narratives, historical fiction, literature, and “living books”!

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http://www.mainlesson.com/main/displ...rticle=mission

QUOTE: The Baldwin Project seeks to make available online a comprehensive collection of resources for parents and teachers of children. Our focus, initially, is on literature for children that is in the public domain in the United States. This includes all works first published before 1923. The period from 1880 or so until 1922 offers a wealth of material in all categories, including: Nursery Rhymes, Fables, Folk Tales, Myths, Legends and Hero Stories, Literary Fairy Tales, Bible Stories, Nature Stories, Biography, History, Fiction, Poetry, Storytelling, Games, and Craft Activities.

To guide parents and teachers in their selection of stories for particular children, we plan to include suggested age ranges for each of the stories, both the age at which children first enjoy hearing the story read to them and the age when they can typically read the story to themselves. In addition we look forward to compiling anthologies of stories and lists of books suitable for each age.

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got to this site: http://www.homeschooldiner.com/ then go to http://www.homeschooldiner.com/guide...ure_based.html and then follwo that link to this page: http://www.homeschooldiner.com/subje...iterature.html

[kittie313]

Aimee, I have a feeling that you just gave me EXACTLY what I was hoping to find for a world history program for my girls. I'm going to look into these links more now..............

[sanssouci]

Social Studies

We adore The Story of the World. There's a chapter book and an activity book for different time periods. My son loves to read the chapter book in his free time. The activity book provides questions for you to ask them to spur their memory, and TONS of fun art projects, and games related to what they're learning. So it brings it all to 'life'. It also provides TONS of resources of other books related to that particular chapter. It's turned into my sons favorite subject, without a doubt because of this series.