History options for 7th grade that dont cost an arm and leg

[HollyDay]

Other than SOTW, what are some good and affordable history programs. I know affordable is a relative term, but something $200 or less.

[hsmom]

I don't know if this will help, but have you thought about finding a scope and sequence then putting together your own?

[Jenny in Atl]

I don't know either... still struggling between SL 7 and Trisms History Makers. Both are not cheap! :confused:

[Sue G in PA]

I vote for MOH. Cheap, thorough, fun, classical. Linda has MOH1 and 2 out and 3 coming very soon. If it's just History you want and you don't mind Biblical...MOH gets my vote.

[Karen in CO]

A couple of questions so we can help:
What time period?
How is your library?
How much planning do you want to do?
Do your dc outline and summarize as part of history now?

[Katrina]

I just purchased Trisms History Makers and it looks pretty good. You can stretch it out for both 7th and 8th and get some extra use out of it. (That's what I plan on doing.)

Katrina :seeya:

[HollyDay]

A couple of questions so we can help:
What time period? 1600 - 1850ish
How is your library? In a word: TERRIBLE!!!
How much planning do you want to do? Some would be fine
Do your dc outline and summarize as part of history now? Summarize yes, outline no


Thanks!

[Heather in VA]

What about History Odyssey? The guides are between 35 and 40 dollars and there are only a couple of books you'd want to purchase because you use them the whole year. Other than that you could use the library for everything else. The guides include some literature and writing assignments.

[Karen in CO]

Have you looked at Truthquest? Age of Revolution I covers that time period and is $28.95. The narrative in it is supposed to be thorough enough to not need a separate "spine" but each chapter includes a reading list so that you could add books on topics you wanted to spend more time on. It also includes "Think Write" questions for each chapter. You could add some Guerber books from The Baldwin Project as additional books to cover the entire time period. It is a good age to do a Foster book if you like those - George Washington's World or Adam Smith World.

[Pensguys]

What about History Odyssey? The guides are between 35 and 40 dollars and there are only a couple of books you'd want to purchase because you use them the whole year. Other than that you could use the library for everything else. The guides include some literature and writing assignments.

I vote for this one too.

[Hoggirl]

I am heading this direction next year (for the time period before). It is basically a schedule, but this is really all I need. There are readers and read-alouds listed as well. My library is stink-o, too. But, you could pick and choose, but it is easy b/c there aren't nearly as many choices as other programs/schedules. We are using Biblioplan to finish out our year this year, using their ten weeks on Rome (MOH 1 didn't have enough Rome for me given our Latin studies). We are not doing the readers, just the read-alouds. Ds is engrossed in Lord of the Rings right now, and I am not going to interrupt that. Plus, is isn't that keen on historical fiction anyway. Their read-alouds are paced out nicely, not nearly as much reading as other programs. They schedule in Kingfisher (which we already had), and I am having ds outline it.
There aren't discussion questions, but we do so much together that I don't feel like I need them.

[MIch elle]

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