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HollyDay
05-03-2008, 02:45 PM
History for 7th and 4th grades next year. We did mostly SOTW vol 2 this year with some MOH vol 2 and even some Streams vol 1 and tons of literature thrown in. MOH vol 2 was a bit too "heavy handed" in church history for my likes and needs this year that is why I did more SOTW.

But, what about next year? My 7th grader to be feels SOTW talks down to her too much. What suggestions do you guys have???
Hoggirl
05-03-2008, 04:07 PM
I think that year schedules in some different spines specifically for the jr. high age group. I believe it is available as an e-book.
Another Lynn
05-03-2008, 04:09 PM
with a 7th grader.... have you looked at TOG? or Diana Waring? Or maybe just an "older" spine. My oldest is only 3rd grade, so I have no idea what the suggested books are for middle/high school - but you might look at amblesideonline/house of education. Maybe that would give you ideas you haven't found elsewhere. (www.amblesideonline.org)
runningirl71
05-03-2008, 04:31 PM
is reading SOTW3 right now on his own. I'm doing SL7 with him and SOTW3 and 4 are scheduled for the year. Do you have these books? The SOTW books gradually go up for age appropriateness, with the last one being rated for 4-8 grade. The chapters are definitely longer to me for SOTW3. We just started this 5 weeks ago (pulled ds out of a private school) and history moves pretty fast. It is definitely not a hard read but keeps him engaged. His sister has been in SOTW3 all year, doing 1 or 2 chapters a week. He's been doing a chapter a day almost and may finish the book the same time as his sister. :) You could try looking into Sonlight to see if it is an option for you, but your kids would then move at different paces.
Lizzie in Ma
05-04-2008, 07:02 AM
We are finishing up MOH2 with The Story of the Middle Ages and are going to use The Story of the Renaissance and Reformation for MOH3. I love these and we did them as read alouds the first time around. Now my 7th grader reads them herself.
I am looking at the Synge books on www.mainlesson.com to go even deeper this year, they look great.