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Hi,
My ds has had history all through middle school. He went through Seton's 8th grade history last year. After those tests he could use a break! My question is: is 3 years of history in high school ok? I plan: 10th grade-world history, 11th grade-american history and 12th grade government. This year I plan to have him read living history books set in the WW II era which he loves, but no text or tests. I appreciate your feedback!
Thanks for your opinions!
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In the four years of high school, we do 4 years worth of history....because we LOVE history here.....and they can never get enough. 
In any order, they do a year of Middle Ages, Ancient, American and whatever they still want to get read before they hit college. We also do a year of American Govt/Economics as it is required by CA. And, we cover any part of those above they still want or need to cover. Of course, I have only had graduate and one half-way through......but it has worked so far.
Then, I have the whole family studying the same era, at whatever level they are at. makes for great family conversations.
Blessings, from someone LIVING history right now, in Boston, following in the footsteps of Johnny Tremain ...please do not tell me he is not REAL 
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I can't seem to coordinate the younger kids with the high school-aged kids. So while we may include the high schoolers with some of our discussions, they mostly study the time period on their own. Usually freshmen year is American History, then Political Science - which makes sense to me because American history includes the founding of our governmental system and that is "fresh" in their minds.
Then junior and senior years are Western Civilization and we concentrate on good reading with a spine. We may do a quarter or longer on the French Revolution - studying the Church, political and social aspects, etc.
Then the Russian Revolution, Henry 8th's break with the Church, and its impact, etc. etc.
I include books on scientists of the time period, saints, political figures, etc.
From a Catholic standpoint, I think it makes much more sense to do Western Civilization in latter years, because so MUCH is tied up with Church and the student can be reading on a more mature level (adult saint bios, Walsh's books, etc.) I need 2 years even to make a stab at it. Plus apologetics ties in with their religious studies while in history they are studying the Protestant Reformation.
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I think it depends on the child. If he really despises history, he could probably still get into college on 3 yrs of history. That said, I feel like there is soooooo much history to know that I need 3 more years than homeschooling is currently providing me with! 
If you decide to go with 4 years, I would suggest doing a "review" of American history and then promising him he will NEVER have to study it again at home! lol That's what I told my ds, anyway.
10th grade will be a medieval/church history combo. incorporating religion.
11th grade will be 20th Century world history. I know its popular to teach the ancients again in high school, but I fear a child who does not know about the Vietnam War or Watergate will look just as ignorant as a child who does not know about the Trojan War. Just my .02 on the subject.
12th grade will be gov't/econ.
Another alternative would be to do a combo. American history/gov't course since he has had so much American in the 8th grade.
Are you doing your own transcripts for high school? If so, you could easily give him 9th grade credit for American History...I've seen the Seton 8th grade tests and they are quite difficult.
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I decided that we would study "modern History" - from WWII onward. We would use lots of living history books and go from there. This is the time period that interests him the most. Silly me - I realized that we don't need a text book per say this year. I also plan to have him research topics that interest him such as the changes in technology of aircraft used by the airforce . . . Some times I have to pinch myself into reality and remind myself that we home school and can have fun reading on history topics of interest! There are soooo many living history books out there that it is definitely worth 1 credit!
In 10th he will do world history, probably using several texts. 11th may bring him to the local comm. college for american history. One college he wants to get into requires several SAT sujbect area tests by home schoolers - one of which is history!
Thanks for your imput!
Now if I can just narrow down all those living history books into which ones we will read! So many goods ones to choose from!
Barb
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Barb.b wrote:
Hi,
My ds has had history all through middle school. He went through Seton's 8th grade history last year. After those tests he could use a break! My question is: is 3 years of history in high school ok? I plan: 10th grade-world history, 11th grade-american history and 12th grade government. This year I plan to have him read living history books set in the WW II era which he loves, but no text or tests. I appreciate your feedback!
Thanks for your opinions!
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3 years of history is pretty standard for most high schools. I think it's fine. But if you are having him read living history books set in the WW II era, I would count that anyway. Even without a text and/or tests, he WILL be learning history.
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MicheleQ wrote:
| 3 years of history is pretty standard for most high schools. I think it's fine. But if you are having him read living history books set in the WW II era, I would count that anyway. Even without a text and/or tests, he WILL be learning history. |
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Ditto what Michele said. Most of the college requirements I've looked at say 3 years history is sufficient for college prep. However, I definitely count history-related books they read towards a history credit. They seem to retain these better anyway.
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WJFR wrote:
MicheleQ wrote:
| 3 years of history is pretty standard for most high schools. I think it's fine. But if you are having him read living history books set in the WW II era, I would count that anyway. Even without a text and/or tests, he WILL be learning history. |
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Ditto what Michele said. Most of the college requirements I've looked at say 3 years history is sufficient for college prep. However, I definitely count history-related books they read towards a history credit. They seem to retain these better anyway. |
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We also count historical movies watched and events that our teen has participated in. She'll probably end up with three/four credits of History/Social Studies...American, World, Government and maybe Psychology (Dad's specialty.) Currently, we're slowly working our way through American History, mainly through film, and we're enjoying it so much that we don't want to rush!
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OOOOOO! I have been searching for that movie site! Thank you for responding. I heard about it quite a while ago and couldn't find it! I am excited. I would be interested in knowing when and how you encorportate that films.
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