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Looking ahead to DD's high school plan. She will be doing M2M, World Geography, World History, and the 1st American History. (Not totally sure what we will call M2M in the history category, but that's OK.) My question is about art/music credit. So far the guides have all had an art or music study. I have been using that along with the art class they take at co-op to count as like a semester of art. In M2M we will have the nature journal, but I don't see any art in the Geography guide, and don't know about the World History guide. Anyone know? Maybe the Geography guide has some that isn't mentioned on the website.

I would think that somehow you could count Mapping the World with Art as part of an art credit. I know there are a few projects that go with that book also.

LynnH wrote:I would think that somehow you could count Mapping the World with Art as part of an art credit.

What is "Mapping the World"?

It is part of the Geography portion, but here is the description:

Mapping the World by Art
List Price - $46.95 (Add to Cart)
Author – Ellen J. McHenry
Bibliographic Data – 306 pages (some in full-color), printable CD with PDF of curriculum, 2 DVD’s with 30 step-by-step map drawing lessons

Description:

Our oldest son used and enjoyed this curriculum his freshman year of high school. When used along with The Archaeology Book, A Book of Discovery, The Seven Wonders of the World, and Must See Places of the World, it is a wonderful way to experience and learn the geography of the world! This curriculum is in 3 parts:

1) Part 1 contains 30 short history lessons. Each lesson is one double-sided page. The lessons start with the beginnings of cartography in ancient Greece, and end with the official discovery of Antarctica in the 1800s.

Link to Table of Contents

2) Part 2 contains the drawing lessons. The drawing lessons are based on the themes of the history lessons. Each drawing lesson has step-by-step pictures that guide the student as they draw an area of the world from scratch (starting with nothing but a blank piece of paper). This method of learning is absolutely ideal for kinetic learners, but I have found it extremely effective for all types of learners. The drawing lessons progress in such a way that later drawings incorporate earlier ones. For example, in one of the first lessons you learn to draw the Nile River. Later, when you draw Africa, you already know how to draw the Nile. The drawing lessons tend to stay away from political boundaries, although some could not be avoided (France and Spain, for example).

3) Part 3 contains extra activities and worksheets that go with the history lessons and/or the drawing lessons. Activities include extra worksheets for practicing what was learned in the drawing lessons, board games, crafts such as making simple navigational instruments, or art projects (about maps) using paint or colored pencils. There are also supplemental videos suggested, all of which can be accessed for free via the Internet. The videos are mostly documentaries about the navigators who sailed around the world, or brief video visits to the places the students have drawn.

Link to very large file of history readings, drawing lessons, and activities for first 3 chapters

SPECIAL ADDED FEATURE: As a supplement to the printed drawing lessons, Ellen has recorded (in her basement workshop) two DVDs that contain videos of each drawing lesson. If your student has trouble following step-by-step pictures, he/she can watch the video of the lessons to get the general idea of how to do the drawing. Have the printed versions of the lessons near at hand so you can refer to them for sharper images of sketch lines and labels.

Michele,

This post will help answer your question! Link: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=14901

Blessings,
Carrie

Oh thank you Carrie! Well, I won't worry about that then!