A Hint of What’s to Come – Level 8

January 25, 2015

20150125_083911For the last month or so, I’ve been on a book-collecting spree. I knew for a while that I was going to do World History for the Level 8 plans. Then, I got my hands on a copy of The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way at my local library. I fell in love. I knew I loved Joy Hakim’s writing style, from the History of Us series. After reading some of her science series, I knew I needed to incorporate them into Build Your Library somehow. And then it hit me – why not do a History of Science for Level 8? And why not weave in World History as well to round it out a bit more? So, rather than just a crash-course in World History, it’s become a hybrid of History of Science through World History. You’ll still touch on all the important historical events, but you’ll be seeing them through the lens of the scientific world.

As I started scheduling the three Story of Science books and weaving in the history, I got more and more excited. I have a huge pile of books – not all of them will make the cut and end up in the curriculum – but I am aiming for a science-theme. So the books range from classics to modern YA, to science fiction to living science books. I’m even hoping to work in some living math!

I’m really excited to dig in – I’ve nearly finished scheduling the science/history portion and I already know this is going to be an incredible year!

 Post update: Level 8 curriculum is available for purchase

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