Saddlemomma Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Just got the notification that, I believe for the first time, HCSB is offering a very nice discount on this program. If enough people commit to purchasing these, you can get up to 50% off The Romans DVDs and 40% off the Greeks DVDs. The discount will be offered through May 31st. https://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/old-western-culture/?source=GBC&c=1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarynB Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Cool! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pronghorn Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 This is a great program! My daughter is a little young for it, but has been slowly working her way through The Greeks. I will be ordering The Romans, hopefully with the 50% off discount. Before this program, I really was at a loss in reading. If I asked my daughter to read a book of my choice, let's just say her reading comprehension dropped dramatically. But with this program she is reading willingly and enjoying and understanding great literature. And the videos provide a tremendous amount of enjoyment and insight. It is a great program for those who love the ancients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 I put in a conditional order for both sets. I hope the price drops! Great deal for a program with great reviews. We are secular homeschoolers, but I am going to try to make it work (even if just for self-education). I've had a Great Books set my parents passed down sitting on my shelves forever. Time to dust those babies off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pronghorn Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 The Grammar of Poetry program is also very good and very hands-off if you get the DVDs. A couple of summers ago my daughter did it. She liked that she could pick the topics to write about. All her topics were about the Hetalia manga, which made them pretty incomprehensible to those of us outside the fandom lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 if I had the money I would buy this for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 One thing though. On their website the state a flat $7 per shipment rate for all customers including international (to encourage international users). HSBC is stating $10 US, $20 Canada and $30 international. It is still a good saving but an extra $23 in shipping swallows up almost 10% of it. Maybe they will have a sale themselves when I have more money and older kids. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarynB Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 One thing though. On their website the state a flat $7 per shipment rate for all customers including international (to encourage international users). HSBC is stating $10 US, $20 Canada and $30 international. It is still a good saving but an extra $23 in shipping swallows up almost 10% of it. Maybe they will have a sale themselves when I have more money and older kids. Kiwik, did you see this offer? http://www.romanroadsmedia.com/2015/01/classical-edu-for-parents/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Kiwik, did you see this offer? http://www.romanroadsmedia.com/2015/01/classical-edu-for-parents/ Thanks! The new deadline is mid July. If I don't give in to temptation and put all my spending money aside I should be able to do that. Does anyone think starting in year two would be a major problem? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndOfOrdinary Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Order the Greeks! I'm really glad you posted this, since this was the curriculum we were going to go with. Saving a chunk of cash is always nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Order the Greeks! I'm really glad you posted this, since this was the curriculum we were going to go with. Saving a chunk of cash is always nice. The challenge is for the first unit of the romans so would have to do that and ask for the first Greek one as the free unit when the challenge is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndOfOrdinary Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 The challenge is for the first unit of the romans so would have to do that and ask for the first Greek one as the free unit when the challenge is done. You do not have to watch The Aeneid with your children. You can self educate with The Aeneid and then order The Greeks unit of your choice. That way they are not out of order, you still get the first unit of the second year, and you can get the free curriculum before the next school year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndOfOrdinary Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I realized that I was assuming some knowledge in my suggestion. Before listening to Ms. VanDiver I had very little knowledge of the Aeneid. Somehow I forgot this tidbit in my suggesting first the Greeks. The Aeneid is the Roman "response" to the Iliad and the Odyessey. Depending on what level of d path you want to go into with your kids, knowledge of the first two epics is very helpful. Depending on how it is handled in Roman Roads, it is necessary. There are complete sections which are virtually the same only with little differences which are digs at the Greeks, or support for the Romans. It is fantastic cultural commentary! I do not know the level you are wanting to get into it with your students, but doing at least Iliad and Odyessy would be a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 EoE, have you used this curriculum yet? I'm hesitant to order it, as a secular homeschooler, but it looks so dang meaty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndOfOrdinary Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I have seen four different samples. My son really liked it. Combined with Great Courses, it will round out his desire to be independent for history. It is vastly more secular than Omnibus, which was our other option. We take most Christain emphasis to be based in moral values. In that way, we can then use Christian curriculum if it is not over the top. Most "Christian values" are "being a good person values" and upheld by just about most faiths. We discuss Jesus as a rather great community organizer who seemed to listen to that which was divine within himself. Hopefully we can all follow his example and listen t the divine within ourselves. This leaves it pretty open. You can view samples from their website and there are pirated versions about if you still are unsure. I think anytime you are allowing someone else to instruct your child, you are essentially going to have some issue with the instruction. We are all too individual. This is not spoon fed curriculum (if you look through the workbook), so some dissent is a positive thing. It is not Elizabeth VanDiver, but I have yet to find anything that comes near her. I have a total Nerd Crush on that woman. If you are die hard secular, then anything from a Christian publisher will more than likely not fit. We are fuzzy secular homeschoolers. Editing Apologia does not bother me and has led to great discussion about fact manipulation and careful rhetoric. The same thing is true for Prentice Hall, however. I want my son to make his own decision, so he gets the pros and cons of both sides. This means slightly Christian is in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 You do not have to watch The Aeneid with your children. You can self educate with The Aeneid and then order The Greeks unit of your choice. That way they are not out of order, you still get the first unit of the second year, and you can get the free curriculum before the next school year.my kids are 6 and 8 so it is not urgent. I can always repeat the Aenid after the Greeks to get back in sequence. Maybe I will do some prepetory reading while I save the money. I just want something to work on for myself and I am not good at reading the classics without guidance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I have seen four different samples. My son really liked it. Combined with Great Courses, it will round out his desire to be independent for history. It is vastly more secular than Omnibus, which was our other option. We take most Christain emphasis to be based in moral values. In that way, we can then use Christian curriculum if it is not over the top. Most "Christian values" are "being a good person values" and upheld by just about most faiths. We discuss Jesus as a rather great community organizer who seemed to listen to that which was divine within himself. Hopefully we can all follow his example and listen t the divine within ourselves. This leaves it pretty open. You can view samples from their website and there are pirated versions about if you still are unsure. I think anytime you are allowing someone else to instruct your child, you are essentially going to have some issue with the instruction. We are all too individual. This is not spoon fed curriculum (if you look through the workbook), so some dissent is a positive thing. It is not Elizabeth VanDiver, but I have yet to find anything that comes near her. I have a total Nerd Crush on that woman. If you are die hard secular, then anything from a Christian publisher will more than likely not fit. We are fuzzy secular homeschoolers. Editing Apologia does not bother me and has led to great discussion about fact manipulation and careful rhetoric. The same thing is true for Prentice Hall, however. I want my son to make his own decision, so he gets the pros and cons of both sides. This means slightly Christian is in. Thanks for this. A Christian POV doesn't really bother me either -- apart from nonsensical science or claims that my kids will face hell-fire damnation for being Jews. My son is pretty good at distinguishing what we believe from what others believe, so I don't worry too much about that. I just want it to be rigorous, and I think we agree from the samples that this program likely is. OT, but...have you looked at the Veritas Press Self-Paced stuff for independent history? Thoughts? I hope that enough people will take advantage of the HSBC deal to get the best price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeschoolmom3 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Great deal, we took advantage of it! We did part of the Greeks this year and are doing the Romans next year. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pronghorn Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 This deal on Homeschoolbuyersco-op has reached the best price level now. The Romans is 50% off! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndOfOrdinary Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Thanks for this. A Christian POV doesn't really bother me either -- apart from nonsensical science or claims that my kids will face hell-fire damnation for being Jews. My son is pretty good at distinguishing what we believe from what others believe, so I don't worry too much about that. I just want it to be rigorous, and I think we agree from the samples that this program likely is. OT, but...have you looked at the Veritas Press Self-Paced stuff for independent history? Thoughts? I hope that enough people will take advantage of the HSBC deal to get the best price. My son really liked the Omnibus self paced from Veritas. My issue was with the way much of the questions were slanted to provide a number of Christian options of thought, but not allow for a POV that was not Christian. I do not know exactly how to put it. It was very well crafted to show that there were many shades of Christian (that I greatly liked and respected), but the more we watched the more I noticed that very slim to no attention was paid to the other beliefs of the people. If they were mentioned there were tiny digs to undermine. It is hard to do works or ancients without recognizing the beliefs in a credible way. In most cases, the belief predates Christianity. That bugged me a bit. Ds totally missed it, but I didn't. I get why it was not in the curriculum, but it was a bit of the only sticking point I had. But Ds really enjoyed them. That was where we were going to go if not Roman Roads. This sale just happened before the Omnibus sale - thankfully. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 my kids are 6 and 8 so it is not urgent. I can always repeat the Aenid after the Greeks to get back in sequence. Maybe I will do some prepetory reading while I save the money. I just want something to work on for myself and I am not good at reading the classics without guidance. i have signed up for the Coursera Greek and Roman mythology course. It is part way through but I can still watch the lectures and do the quizzes and readings. Then I can do the challenge and take it from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3andme Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Just bumping this up - HSBC is having another sale on Old Western Culture from Roman Roads until November 30. It's 30 or 40% off depending on how many subscribe to the offer. I'm going to try the Greeks next year with my son. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I'm hoping more people join in on this HSBC offer so the price drops 40%! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3andme Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 FYI - The sale on Old Western Culture has been extended until 12/14. The cost is reduced 40% from $224 to $134 for each course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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