For those who are interested in seeing our new school year overview click HERE .
We will be using Ambleside Online's year 5 as our spine resource and to keep things flowing smoothly for all of us, I will be using Truthquest's American History for Young Students II 1800-1868 to help choose books for the two youngest, keeping the same history time table for us all. So as an example, I will choose a book my five year old can understand and read that to all of the kids, and then Laura, who is an independent reader can read her own books later on in the day.
(When Laura reaches year 7, Timothy and Audrey will begin year 2 guaranteeing they will be on the same history time line)
Just for reference the Ambleside History guide goes like this:
Year 1 -- early history, focusing on people rather than events
Year 2 -- 1000 AD - Middle Ages
Year 3 -- 1400 - 1600 (Renaissance to Reformation)
Year 4 -- 1700's up to the French Revolution and American Revolution
Year 5 -- 1800 to 1920 up to WWI
Year 6 -- end of WWI to present day, then a term in ancient history
Year 7 -- 800-1400's Middle Ages (Alfred, King Arthur, Joan of Arc)
Year 8 -- 1400-1600's (Renaissance to Reformation)
Year 9 -- 1688-1815 including French and American revolutions
Year 10 -- 1815-1901 including the American Civil War
Year 11 -- 20th Century
Year 12 -- ancient history
I will continue to post schedules and book guides in the days to come leading up to our first day of school.
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