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I've been beating the you can do it for free drum this morning, talking about how veterans know better than to spend money on expensive and cumbersome lesson plans. And look what Kim's done.
She's proved the point!. Check out her alternatives to pricey World History lesson plans.
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Thank you Kim, and Elizabeth for this link! I have been praying for more structure in our Ancient and World history cycle for my high schoolers and this looks like it may work very well. 
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Gwen I sat and read through the whole thing last night. Really still love it! Granted it is not Catholic. But there is very little editorializing so the objectionable parts are minimal. I figure they do state the prevailing opinions and that is worth the student at least being conversant about anyway. They suggest having the student research the bold words and narrate his findings to compose his own history bk. (novel idea, I know lol!) I figure that is where we will have the Catholic focus. But even for me as an adult it helped to look at the summaries and see where it all fit. That is often lost with both texts and real books.
So anyway, hope it helps. Saved me a load of cash! Got looking at the plan and thought geesh - this is the same as the Tapestry of Grace idea but minus the 300 page manual and zillions of accessories. But do check out the http://www.tapestryofgrace.com/Year%201/Y1_history.htm sections for each year. It is a bit tricky to access since you have to click on the year then click on the topic (history, arts, geography etc) but there are hundreds of links to web sites and activity pages for each era. Would work perfectly with Student's Friend. And it is free <g>
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Here is a history site that I have used ALOT with ds. Great history info written on a kids level with lots of pictures!
kids history
I also like this one:hyperhistory
which is an interactive timeline.
We have used these sites and others over and over and have never needed a history book. We do have a big Kingfisher's History of the World but we rarely use it anymore as we just find cooler stuff online. I think I have links saved for websites about nearly every period of history up to Lewis and Clark. If anyone needs any I would be glad to pass them along. History is one subject that can easily be done for free or nearly so.
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Starting to think about 7th grade next year.
Think I have figured out science, now history.
I would like to do an overview of world history over the next 2 years.
The Students' Outline recommended by Kim in the first post of this topic truely appeals to me, BUT --
dd#3 likes textbooks as a spine.( as a aside,this year we switched to the Exploring Astromony through Creation textbook and she loves it although she does not like the experiments. She has never talked about what she has learned and now she does so this was a great hit) We do real books to flesh out the area being studied as well but she does like the "read the book, answer the questions and discuss the topic with Mom or Dad" that we have been using with the Old World and America text this year. We have also used the A History of US sucessfully with lots of discussion, narrations and Mom derived questions.
Any text recommendations for a 7th-8th grader ?
I would rather not have to recreate the wheel if I can avoid it.
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lilac hill wrote:
Any text recommendations for a 7th-8th grader ?
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My rising 8th grader is going to use All Ye Lands next year for world history. It's recommended for younger ages by some programs, but I think it will work as a spine, with lots of other reading (historical fiction and biographies) thrown in.
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lapazfarm wrote:
Here is a history site that I have used ALOT with ds. Great history info written on a kids level with lots of pictures!
kids history
I also like this one:hyperhistory
which is an interactive timeline.
We have used these sites and others over and over and have never needed a history book. We do have a big Kingfisher's History of the World but we rarely use it anymore as we just find cooler stuff online. I think I have links saved for websites about nearly every period of history up to Lewis and Clark. If anyone needs any I would be glad to pass them along. History is one subject that can easily be done for free or nearly so.
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Theresa, instead of going to Alaska, just come here to Colorado so we can hang out and swap links, ok? These are great sites -- look like lots of fun for me and mine!
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lapazfarm wrote:
Here is a history site that I have used ALOT with ds. Great history info written on a kids level with lots of pictures!
kids history
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Wow! This is great for my younger kids. Thanks so much!
www.abookintime.com is another great resource.
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What a wonderful resource! WOW!!!!
Last summer, when I was trying to decide on curriculum for this year, I sold a lot of the curriculum I was no longer going to use in order to purchase what we needed for this year (didn't need a ton). I'm going to do that again this summer, as we don't have any money for curriculum.
But I also decided that I'm going to use the RULES OF BUYING from the Cindy's Porch website.
They are:
1.DO instead of BUY
2.SHOP at home FIRST
3.PROCRASTINATE
She explains them on the website (links above).
1.I'm going to DO instead of BUY by reading, and collecting WONDERFUL resources like the one Elizabeth shared here, so I can find fanstastic FREE (or extremely cheap) curriculum, and will come up with a list by subject. I will also continue to regularly use my FREE library. I have so many things I can use and don't have to spend any money on....EVEN for HIGH school!!!! 
2.I'm going to SHOP at HOME first, because I have 12 years of wonderful, fantastic, terrific curriculum sitting in my schoolroom that is CRYING OUT  to be used,  and then.....
3.I'm going to PROCRASTINATE and not buy ANYthing new until I've gone through what I have first, and tried to sell and get rid of that which I absolutely won't use, and then buy with the money only that which I NEED.
These rules have been working WONDERS on our financial plan to get rid of debt (which will take years, but we're determined), and changing our habits, and so I decided they can also work in our homeschooling purchases as well!!!!
Hope this helps some!
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