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Topic: Concerns from a newbie - Can someone help?
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Andrea in VA
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posted 6/28/07 5:37 PM
This is our first year doing CC Foundations. In fact, the program is brand new to our area so everyone in it is new! I have been using Story of the World with my soon-to-be third grader from the beginning and we both love the chronological order, concentration on reading lots of literature, and the notebook approach. We really don't want to stop doing things this way.When I signed up for CC, I was under the impression that the students would be studying the timeline in chronological order and they would be memorizing history sentences to "flesh out" the timeline. Can someone explain to me why the timeline is chronological but the history sentences are not? My child is highly logical and I know this is going to irritate her!Also, is there a "good" reason for why the events of American history are memorized separately from the other events occurring at the same time? This really bugs ME! I know these are probably just newbie jitters but I still would like some feedback from those of you who are experienced with this program.Thanks so very much for your help!!Andrea
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Ave Smith
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posted 7/7/07 3:24 PM
Our family has been participating CC for three years and I have found the memory work to be extremely valuable in all areas of our life. The broad range time line has given a perspective of history that few elementary students have. We use it to reference the place and time in history for our current history lesson, scientific discoveries, classic literature and bible study. Think of CC history work as the steel framework that your child can swing from, moving from history to literature to scientific discoveries to art to technology, to discover that all of these separate subjects are connected and synthesized into what we call culture and driven by the current philosophy of the day. If you are looking for visual logic, make a long time-line from several pieces of art paper and hang it on a long wall. Record the CC broad range time-line on the top and make a line for each subject you want of reference underneath. Remember to line up the dates.
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