I have great plans but last year we got only some of our dates on our time lines... How do you decide what to put on them and how to you remember to do it? Do you write it in your lesson plan, --- work on time line today? I think I was spoiled using SOs where there is a time line incorporated.. I am going to have dd print up some of it to put on our wall one I am trying to do this year... figure if I see it I will remember!
Remember to do it? You mean we are actually to DO it and not just think about it? This year, I think I'm going to schedule Friday as "Timeline Day". My number one history goal on Friday will be to bring the timeline up to date.
oo, I like that idea! Fridays are usually easy days here, in fact dd has the same goal as ds if she finishes all her work thursday she gets friday off!
Does anyone incorporate geography into the timeline? (that idea was mentioned earlier in this thread) I put a map centered low on the wall and put a long timeline above it. Then I tried linking the two with strings but it got crazy very quickly. So now I'm thinking of putting tiny pictures on the map, and the same picture on the timeline. Ugh. Has anyone tried anything that worked to successfully combine geography with history? I have big wall to work with. -Jodi
I incorporate geography into history, but not into my timeline. For example, we are currently mapping out the Oregon Trail (having already done Lewis and Clark's expedition). We will also map out the Mormons' journey from Navoo to the Great Salt Lake. I am also putting small outline maps of states on the timeline, with the name of the state and when it joined the Union.
I think that could work if you put a picture of the location of the historical event... I plan to put pictures on my time line to remind them of the event... for instance for USA dd will want a picture of a flapper when that was popular in USA. that kind of thing, the inventions when they are created, you could to a small scale shape of the country, or state etc... It could work
I actually finally registered on this site so that I could respond to this thread and implore you to check out Learning Adventures. There are three years of Christian based curriculum using Living Books starting (Chronologically) in World History (Called: A World of Adventure) with unit studies on Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, The Middle Ages, The Renaissance and Reformation. It is written by a homeschool mom and has SAVED us. (No I am not affiliated with them other than being a happy customer). It is also very highly rated by the experts (not just me.) When we were considering it, I was at my wits end, my ds was struggling and I felt like I was always fussing. We had already spent a ton of money and were lost. I e-mailed the author (Dorian Holt) with some questions (which, by the way had already been answered in full on her web site) and she responded right away with a stream of long, encouraging and straightforward information and personal help. When the books came, I was not disappointed. We were soon swept away in another time and culture have long talks about the struggles of God's people. Instead of begging him, my ds reads constantly, work long periods of time on his notebooks and projects, and enjoys talking to people about what we, yes WE, are learning. I am so thankful for this curriculum. My son and I are going on a cruise together next week and he wants to take it with us! Thanks for reading this, Lisa
Thanks Lisa for the info. We're using Sonlight for American History and I haven't decided what my oldest will do for World History (middle school) after we finish SL Core 3 and 4. Off to check it out (seems like I've heard about it before....wonder if its bookmarked :lol Rhonda C.
thanks Lisa, I will check it out. I haven't come across learning advernture in my travels. How old were/are your kids when you used it?
