General Discussion
General Discussion - Let's Talk about it!
Hi! I currently homeschool my youngest and will be homeschooling my middle child next year (he'll be entering 6th grade). I use Story of the World with my youngest (age 7) and we've been going very slow with it...so I will be using that with both of them next year. The books on Ancient times go very well with the world history topics "Investigating World History" covers and were just the sort of extension activities I was looking for to go deeper with my oldest on the topic. Thanks so much for offering them free. Has anyone modified any of these for use with younger students? Some of the activities I think would go over my youngest's head, some I've I think I could tweak (use discussion in stead of writing) so my older son and younger could do them together. Anything I can combine for them saves time!
Ans: The Investigating World History units are a new project, actually still in progress, and I don't believe anyone has done any adapting for younger learners, so I'm afraid you're on your own...Howard Brady
Another question...does this series need to go in order (ie, is there terminology or ideas introduced in one lesson that are built apon in another in a way that you would have trouble doing the later lesson if you hadn't done the first?). Or are these fairly independent lessons (ie, you could skip lessons, or start in the at Middle Ages, or change the order, without a student feeling lost?
Ans: There is a sequence of concepts, leading to a comprehensive Model for investigation. For more information, I suggest you read the Teacher/Mentors version of Investigating American History.