This is Amy and I am wondering if I am missing a complete guide for Year 7? Either way, I could use some history advice for my 7th grader. My daughter is planning to start The Book of Middle Ages next week (and I just ordered your guide for that -- thank you!). I am also thinking of assigning Augustus Caesar's World simultaneously as a separate ancient history strand. Would this be too much? She has looked over it and really liked it. Additionally, we have not done a great job with American history the past few years because I have really struggled with the current selections available and how both the older and newer books handle our racial history. She just finished A History of US, Book 1. Would jumping into William Penn and George Washington's World be too great a leap as well as utter overkill on history? I could have her wait on The Book of Middle Ages but she is already reading a lot of the literature for that era, so it seems like a nice fit. We traveled to England in the fall so she is particularly excited about some of those historical connections. Thanks for any help you have to offer. :)
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Hello Amy,
No, you are not missing a complete guide for Year Seven. Unfortunately, the guides take me so much longer to write then I wish they did. :)
I'm so glad you like the guide for The Middle Ages! I don't think that adding Augustus Caesar's World as well the books for American history (The World of William Penn and George Washington's World) would be too much. According to Mason's PNEU programs, students in Year Seven would be reading something for national history (the American history books), something for the history of another country (or, in this case, world history with The Middle Ages) and something for ancient history (Augustus Caesar's World). As long as the reading selections are not overwhelming her in a weekly schedule, then this should be fine.
How exciting to go to England! It is a dream here in our family to go some day.
You may already know, but I wanted to share in case you didn't, but I do have a published guide for the Penn and Washington books: 16th-18th Century History: An American and World Study. I do have guides for Anne of Green Gables (Y7) and Ivanhoe (Y8), the latter which would be accessible for a Year Seven student and would fit the medieval time period.
I hope this helps!