kangato3 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 For 9th grade, ds will do first half of Spielvogel Human Odyssey. I'm looking to purchase either TTC Foundations of Western Civilization or the high school World History course. It seems the first is in more depth, but the second is appealing because of the costumed presentations. History is not this child's favorite subject, so I'm leaning toward the high school World History course, but I wouldn't want him to miss out on an in-depth course that might be great. Any opinions between these two courses? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 I own the TTC WH Linwood Thompson collection (Fertile Crescent to....). He's a kick and most younger students enjoy him. Some don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kangato3 Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 I own the TTC WH Linwood Thompson collection (Fertile Crescent to....). He's a kick and most younger students enjoy him. Some don't. Thanks for the feedback. Does anyone who has used the Foundations Course have any thoughts to chime in with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIch elle Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 but it's been a LONG time since we used the high school course (Linwood). I have it in VHS! Linwood's course is for middle school, a high school student that hasn't had much world history and/or for a quick world history survey. This might be a good course for your student. MY favorite TTC course is Foundations in West. Civ. 2! (And I own MANY.) It's a mature course for someone that has a basic understanding of history already. I've never used it with my dc because they "went" to high school. See if your library system has the courses for you to compare them before you buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janice in NJ Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Foundations I & II are some of TTC best courses in my opinion. Time spent with these professors is time well spent. None of my kids enjoyed Linwood. They thought his costumes were silly. Peace, Janice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Foundations I & II are some of TTC best courses in my opinion. Time spent with these professors is time well spent. None of my kids enjoyed Linwood. They thought his costumes were silly. Peace, Janice :iagree: My older dc didn't appreciate the antics of LT either (which they watched in grades 6/7). But they would not have appreciated long-winded lectures from the Foundations lectures. Since the OP said history is not a favorite subject, the LT videos would probably be fine (especially if they were free from the library). :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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