How do the history streams work?

How do I choose which country's history to add as my neighbor's stream?

Why can't I study whichever ancient history I want this year?

We're going to be diving into these questions and more as we look at history lessons in upper elementary and middle school.

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Charlotte Mason said, form two, ages nine to 12, have a more considerable historical program

which they cover with ease and enjoyment.

Nicole, would you share with us what this considerable historical program looks like?

Yes, yeah. It does widen significantly, both in depth and in scope. So in Form 2, that's grades

4 to 6, the amount of reading increases to around 50 pages per term I wrote.

Do you agree with that?

Yeah, it sounds about right.

And we should clarify that 50 pages a term in 1920 is very different than in 2020.

Yeah, very standard printing, smaller-sized books. So consider that.

More space between lines, bigger font, and more white space around the edges. Exactly. For sure.

So the students are also more likely to begin reading independently in these three years or co-reading with a sibling or a parent. And the material also becomes more

demanding. Ms. Mason assigned what she called a more difficult book, but still one that was interesting

and very well written, as she said. The goal remained the same. And 900 pages long. Yes. The goal

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