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PLEASE NOTE: As of mid-December, the Connecting with History program
will no longer be available at this website . You will find Connecting with History at: WWW.RCHISTORY.COM Connecting with History is a four-year cycle of volumes spanning all of history from creation through modern times published by RC History.
The advantages of using a cyclic approach are many:
*History can be studying chronologically by the family together
*Younger children can join in at any point in the cycle, knowing that the family will cycle back through time periods they may have missed
*After completing a cycle of history the family repeats the cycle: repetition reinforces learning and understanding
*Each time the family begins a new cycle the students will be older and able to study in more depth than the previous cycle
The aim of Connecting with History is to break the artificial boundaries that separate religious and world history by using an integrated approach to understanding history.
Connecting with History assists you to dig more deeply into the riches of history, to see them with new eyes - the eyes of our Faith.
The Four Year Cycle
Volume One: Old Testament and Ancient Cultures - Creation to 63 B.C.
Focusing on the Biblical history of the Israelites as the "chosen people" sent to prepare the world for the coming of the Messiah, Volume One includes the surrounding cultures of the Mediterranean world: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome. more information...
Volume Two: New Testament and Early Medieval - 63 B.C. to A.D. 1054
An in-depth study of the New Testament and Early Church history within the Empire of Rome, this volume emphasizes the life and death of Christ as the central point of history and goes on to show the birth and spread of the Church as the Body of Christ, and its perseverance and growth through persecutions. The Church moves forward into the medieval period of history, spreading to new nations and replacing the Roman Empire with the Holy Roman Empire. more information...
Volume Three: Medieval through Renaissance - 1054-1700
Picking up where Volume Two left off we move into the High Medieval period. This time period is probably the most misunderstood of all eras in history.. Yet the "Middle Ages" produced some of the most inspiring saints, beautiful cathedrals, paintings, sculptures, and literature, as well as scientific discoveries and inventions that endure to this day. more information...
Volume Four: Early Modern and American History - 1700 +
Due to be published Summer, 2012
Features of each Volume:
Combined age levels for simpler teaching
Because the program was designed with multi-age teaching in mind we have arranged the units into developmental levels rather than individual grades.
All of the units and materials used are split into four main age categories (grade levels are suggestions). We have chosen the classical levels of education to emphasize that developmental stages of learning are a more approproiate guide than arbitrary grades levels.
Beginner's Level for grades K-3
Grammar Level for grades 4-6
Logic Level for grades 7-9
Rhetoric Level for grades 10-12
With this system you will be able to combine the studies of children within the same age categories as well as have all the children in your family studying the same general theme at the same time, but at their own level of ability and understanding.
Organized, step-by-step process
The six steps of the CONNECT method are:
Consider: prepatory reading recommendations as well as discussion questions for introducing the unit to students
Overview: introductory articles and outline of unit
Notebooking: instructions for timelines, writing assignments, hands-on activities and assignment charts, daily/weekly reading assignments, copy and memory work
Explore: Core text, non-fiction, literature and historical fiction reading assignments coordinated for all levels
Concentrate: time to "specialize" on a specific aspect of the unit, work on individual projects
Tell: share what has been learned through presentation of projects, oral and written reports
The planning has been done for you
Each unit includes:
*Teacher's notes and discussion starters
*Themes to encourage personal applications to history and faith
*An overview so students and teachers know where they are headed on their journey through the time period
*Instructions and ideas for compiling a Student Notebook
*Writing ideas
*Hands-on activity ideas
*Reading assignments for each unit
*Memory and copy work including poetry and scripture passages
*Research charts to help students focus in on the people and civilizations covered in the unit.
Literature and research-based learning
The Connecting With History program uses a Core Text for each age level. This text serves as the main reading for each student. In addition to the Core texts we include recommended reading lists which coordinate with the Core text readings. The coordinated booklists include non-fiction books for study and research, literature set in the time period being studied and quality historical fiction that brings a time period to life. Many of the books are appropriate for reading aloud.
The books and book packages for Connecting with History will be available from RC History in January.
For more information please visit the author's website at www.RCHistory.com
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