While I was very happy with our plan for US History, I began to think about something I wish I had a better grasp on. I know my US History and I know some World History, but I don't know how all the pieces fit together. So, I have decided to create a two-year integrated History course for JA and BG.
Here is the plan: (in addition to the books/videos described for US History here )
Eyewitness to History as our World History Spine ~10 pgs/wk
Eyewitness to America as our US History Spine ~10 pgs/wk
131 Christians Everyone Should Know another Spine
China: It's History and Culture another Spine
The two Eyewitness books are arranged Chronologically, so I lined them up and figured out how many pages per week to finish in 72 weeks. The 131 Christians books is NOT arranged Chronologically, so JA and BG will have to figure out what to read when based on the time frame for each 6 weeks session. The China book is also Chronological, but doesn't lend itself to an easy X pgs/wk so they'll just have to read the appropriate section at the appropriate time. Each 6 weeks breaks down like this:
Creation - 1432 (I know, I wish now I had given more time to BC, but it is what it is)
1432 - 1597
1597 - 1741
1741- 1802
1802 - 1846
1846 - 1864
1864 - 1898
1898-1919
1919 - 1940
1940 - 1945
1945 - 1964
1964 - 1992
In addition to these books, they will be using the following internet resources, books and videos at the appropriate times. They will also be doing a timeline and Google Earth project mapping the event locations. In addition, JA will be writing two major papers (one for US History, one for World History) during the course of the two years. This will be so I can give him Honors Credit.
Internet resources
History: Mankind - The Story of Us All This will be done at the beginning as an overview with the associated study guides
Drive Through History with the associated study guides
Stanford Read Like a Historian and the associated study guides
Books:
Selected GA Henty books
Selected YWAM Christian Heros Then and Now
A Tale of Two Cities
My African Journey by Churchill
The Good Earth
Night by Elie Wiesel
Videos: (we won't watch all of these, but will pick and choose to fill in gaps)
(Yes, I know some of these are rated R - I will make a final decision after watching the movie myself)
Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
Amistad
Amazing Grace
The True Story of Braveheart
Ghandi
The Ten Commandments
Troy
Jesus of Nazereth
Ben-Hur
Masada
Ivanhoe
Marco Polo
The Canterbury Tales
Joan of Arc
Mongol
Christopher Columbus
War and Peace
Julius Ceasar's Rome
The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai
Tibet's Lost Paradise-Shangri-La
Pompeii - Buried Alive
The Warlords
Shaolin
Three Kingdoms
Inside the Forbidden City
The French Revolution
Digging for the Truth
Real Pirates of the Caribbean
The History of Ancient Rome
The Conquerors
Ancients Behaving Badly
55 Days at Peking
China Revealed
China and the Chinese
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it. Matthew 13:44-46
1 comment:
I also recommend the movie "Glory" for your studies. It does have realistic war violence, but not NEARLY what most movies have nowadays. We just finished studying the Civil War and I watched "Glory" with my 12 year old daughter, and it was appropriate for her at that age--I am sure it would be for your boys. Also, would you please consider adding Buster Keaton's silent masterpiece "The General" to the list, as a family movie to see when you are at the Civil War part of history? It would be something everyone could enjoy, as long as someone reads the occasional intertitles aloud. Don't think B&W silent is boring--this is one of the best movies ever made, and tell your kids that ALL the stunts were done by Buster Keaton himself--before special effects, so when he's running all over a moving train, that's really what's happening! My family loves this movie, and the kids just laugh out loud so hard at it. It's available through Netflix. : )
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