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Old 08-02-2021, 07:38 PM   #1
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Default History/Social Studies help

We've pretty much unschooled history up until this point, but dd is going into 6th grade so I feel the need to be a bit more intentional with her. She has auditory processing issues, so read alouds have never worked for us. She reads at a high school level but doesn't enjoy reading at all. She definitely learns best with video (as long as there are subtitles) and with small chunks of information, as well as hands-on activities that she believes have value (i.e. not just busywork). She also has dysgraphia so writing her ideas down is difficult, but she does well when typing on the computer.

I really don't to do an entirely computer-based curriculum because a lot of her interests are already on the computer (she does a lot of video editing, server building, some coding, 3D and graphic design, Blender, Minecraft, etc). But I also know she learns best that way.

I'd love not to have to come up with something myself.

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Default Re: History/Social Studies help

We used power homeschool last year and it is pretty much exactly what you described the only thing is it is online. Short video lectures with questions after each video.
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Thanks! I'll look into that.
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Default Re: History/Social Studies help

I've not used this, but friends have raved about Veritas Press Self-paced History. It's online and interactive, not just videos. (Follows a Classical model.)

Is notebooking or lapbooking an option? (I know with my kids it's been hit or miss.) We've done a few of the lapbook/unit studies from In the Hands of a Child and they've been fun. Homeschool Legacy has some nice units (we've done Victoria and one other). We also did a project or two from Adventure Homeschool. Those are designed as all-inclusive Unit Studies and tend to be a little more science-based, but include some history. I used them as enrichment projects here and there, (or as burn-out relief) but I think if you strung enough together, you could create a year's worth of chronological, hands-on projects with adequate depth. Most of them include videos to watch.

Homeschool in the Woods makes lovely old world style materials. (I have gobs of it!) The unit studies are hands-on project heavy, but they also include fair amount of reading and more audio than video, so that might not be for you guys. There are some great projects, though - I have units that include recipes, 3-d games, newspaper writing, puppets, boat models, all sorts of stuff. I've used the timeline figures most extensively. (And not on timelines! )
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