Comments on: Homeschool: How to prepare for CLEP tests – Western Civilization part 1 http://chapmankids.net/blog/2010/01/21/homeschool-how-to-prepare-for-clep-tests-%e2%80%93-western-civilization-part-1/ But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. Daniel 3:18 KJV Tue, 22 May 2012 23:48:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ruthie http://chapmankids.net/blog/2010/01/21/homeschool-how-to-prepare-for-clep-tests-%e2%80%93-western-civilization-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-8880 Ruthie Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:49:38 +0000 http://chapmankids.net/blog/2010/01/21/homeschool-how-to-prepare-for-clep-tests-%e2%80%93-western-civilization-part-1/#comment-8880 Thank you so much for your answer. Have you heard of Amy Packs from Homeschool in the Woods? They have a great resource called History Through the Ages....a collection of Historical Timeline Figures. It has over 1,260 black and white timeline figures on 2 CDs. They have probably updated the software since I purchased ours. I haven't put it to use like I wanted to (I envisioned having a huge timeline that would wrap around our entire frontroom and would be added to each year as we studied a particular time in history. Hasn't happened yet, but we have used the pictures. You have inspired me to give a visual timeline another try! Put that program to good use! Thank you so much for your answer. Have you heard of Amy Packs from Homeschool in the Woods? They have a great resource called History Through the Ages….a collection of Historical Timeline Figures. It has over 1,260 black and white timeline figures on 2 CDs. They have probably updated the software since I purchased ours. I haven’t put it to use like I wanted to (I envisioned having a huge timeline that would wrap around our entire frontroom and would be added to each year as we studied a particular time in history. Hasn’t happened yet, but we have used the pictures. You have inspired me to give a visual timeline another try! Put that program to good use!

]]> By: Kelly http://chapmankids.net/blog/2010/01/21/homeschool-how-to-prepare-for-clep-tests-%e2%80%93-western-civilization-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-8879 Kelly Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:33:06 +0000 http://chapmankids.net/blog/2010/01/21/homeschool-how-to-prepare-for-clep-tests-%e2%80%93-western-civilization-part-1/#comment-8879 Mrs. Graham, It did NOT help me memorize dates. haha! I can't stand dates either. It did a little actually, but that wasn't the main point of my timeline. Basically it achieved both of the goals that you stated. After the timeline was all set up with births and deaths and wars and treaties, I saw how events led to each other and I was able to really put things together. I split the timeline up into about 10 pages, but in my mind it was really split into 5 or 6 different eras. The further back I went, the longer the eras were. I would memorize the order of all the big events in one era, and that would help me remember roughly who lived when if I knew how they impacted the events at that time. I did find it helpful to memorize a the dates of few of the major events (Fall of Constantinople, beginning and end of 100 Years War, traditional founding date of Rome) so I could get a rough idea of the order of things and base other smaller events around those major events. Of course the timeline wasn't my whole study guide because I did need to know specific things about people, culture and religion, but I'd say it was a huge part of every aspect of my study. I wish I would have made it a little earlier in my study, but now I know! I think next time it would also be helpful to make maps of different times to know who controlled what land when... Hope this helps! :) -Kelly Mrs. Graham,
It did NOT help me memorize dates. haha! I can’t stand dates either. It did a little actually, but that wasn’t the main point of my timeline. Basically it achieved both of the goals that you stated. After the timeline was all set up with births and deaths and wars and treaties, I saw how events led to each other and I was able to really put things together. I split the timeline up into about 10 pages, but in my mind it was really split into 5 or 6 different eras. The further back I went, the longer the eras were. I would memorize the order of all the big events in one era, and that would help me remember roughly who lived when if I knew how they impacted the events at that time. I did find it helpful to memorize a the dates of few of the major events (Fall of Constantinople, beginning and end of 100 Years War, traditional founding date of Rome) so I could get a rough idea of the order of things and base other smaller events around those major events.

Of course the timeline wasn’t my whole study guide because I did need to know specific things about people, culture and religion, but I’d say it was a huge part of every aspect of my study. I wish I would have made it a little earlier in my study, but now I know! I think next time it would also be helpful to make maps of different times to know who controlled what land when…

Hope this helps!
:)
-Kelly

]]> By: Ruthie http://chapmankids.net/blog/2010/01/21/homeschool-how-to-prepare-for-clep-tests-%e2%80%93-western-civilization-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-8874 Ruthie Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:24:52 +0000 http://chapmankids.net/blog/2010/01/21/homeschool-how-to-prepare-for-clep-tests-%e2%80%93-western-civilization-part-1/#comment-8874 Kelly, Could you explain more thoroughly regarding why you thought the timlining was so helpful. Was it because it helped you know the order of things, or did it help you have a visual of the overall picture or how various things around the world happened at the same time and it helped you make the connection. Does my question even make sense? Please don't tell me that it helped you to memorize dates (but if it did, tell me, I just don't want that to be the answer for my own hatred of memorizing specific dates :)). I know that is why some kids can't stand history cause it is all about memorizing specific places and dates. Kelly,
Could you explain more thoroughly regarding why you thought the timlining was so helpful. Was it because it helped you know the order of things, or did it help you have a visual of the overall picture or how various things around the world happened at the same time and it helped you make the connection. Does my question even make sense? Please don’t tell me that it helped you to memorize dates (but if it did, tell me, I just don’t want that to be the answer for my own hatred of memorizing specific dates :) ). I know that is why some kids can’t stand history cause it is all about memorizing specific places and dates.

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