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We have always studied the same historical period as a family with more challenging living books for the older ones. But next year I am wondering about changing this - doing American with my youngers and having my seventh grader do a condensed Ancient/Medieval world history. I am just not sure it will work. The reason I want to do this is that I want my dd to have read through history before high school. My younger ones would then move to Ancients next year and follow a 4 year cycle. But this means that my oldest will never be on the same era with everyone else through high school.
Aagh - this is driving me batty. How do you do it? As your kids get older do they move into their own history reading.
Any advice?
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Marilyn,
My kids have been on different history for many years. Our boys did much together until they got to high school, and then had different courses they were studying. Our daughter had missed some of what they did together, so I wanted to do more American with her longer before moving her to Ancient, etc. But they all did do history together when younger with Five in a Row, and The Prairie Primer, etc.. I think it's just that once I had to begin high school courses, things had to change for us, because their plans became more tailored for each of them. Also, we were using different resources and even ways of learning for each of them too by then.
Our oldest is graduated. He did more 'traditional' courses for high school (Global Studies, for 9th, World History for 10th, American History for 11th, and Economics/Govt. for 12th). Our second son will be in 11th grade this coming year. He's using Trisms, which is chronological, and he began at the beginning, and at the end, will have gone compltely through history in depth, and includes all (and then some) of what his brother studied, so he'll have all of those courses plus, but not in those particular years.
Sarah, our youngest, who will be in 8th grade this coming year, had done American through 6th. We did an overview of world history last year using biographies. I decided I wanted to do a chronological study with her as well through high school, but she's a completely different learner...very right brained, very creative, extremely voracious reader, and more hands on. So after praying, I felt it best to follow a Charlotte Mason way with her, and decided to use Simply Charlotte Mason Simply Charlotte Mason dot com. I'm using their history modules through the rest of her 8th-12th grades, and am going to 'tweak it' (as I do everything) to be sure some of the hands on comes in for her. I think it'll work well for her. This is their history guide Simply Charlotte Mason History Guide
One thing I'm planning to do with her though is to do the 3 day a week world history, 2 day a week American history model that Charlotte Mason did. This year, with the 1st and 2nd modules (I'm doing together this year so we're on track), we're also going to study NY State History, something she really needs to do, and I'm looking forward to. She's at the point now, where using World History and American will all be fit together in her Book of Centuries, and she can understand it fine.
It's so hard to make these decisions, isn't it? Just pray, and let the Lord help you to discern what's best for each of your children, for you, and for your family as a whole. May you be blessed this coming year, whatever He leads you to! 
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Thank you Tracy. I am still agonizing over this - I am just doing my weekly plan and we will only have one history block a week - but they will have history readers for independent reading - and for readaloud I would focus on American which is what the younger ones will be doing.
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Oh, I'm sorry you're agonizing, Marilyn.  I understand why you are, because I'm agonizing over some of my decisions as I read posts about different grammar curriculums, etc., when I thought I had decided on what we were doing.  Readalouds are GREAT places to keep the learning together at least in part! That, and liturgical year/learning our faith as well.
This process of choosing and deciding and planning can be quite frustrating and painful some years!  I remember when we stopped doing much of our schooling together because of the various reasons I mentioned in my above post. I remember it feeling quite unsettling, and a bit upsetting, almost as if an era in our homeschooling was over.
I'm going through that again this year, now that I'm planning for only 2 after our son has graduated. I feel like I'm missing an arm or something.  
Ah, the roller coaster journey of a homeschooling mom. It's certainly an emotional and difficult one sometimes. Hang in there! God will lead you to what will work the best for ALL of you! He never lets us down! 
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Topic: Kids on different time periods? Possible?
