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  1. My daughter is planning on a liberal arts path through college. We are having her take non-AP statistics. Even if you are non-mathy, stats comes up in many non-technical jobs and is used to justify everything from govt policy to health choices. Right now, we are going to have her try Khan Academy statistics with some help from her dad. We are also getting her "How to Lie With Statistics" by Huff. I haven't found much out there that isn't either college stats or geared toward AP Statistics.
  2. My daughter had always studied history using real books / videos / documentaries. She wanted a textbook history to help her understand how what she has read and seen falls in with the big picture. She chose Streams of Civilization Vol 2 over several other history spines. We are doing this over 2 years. Year one was "Modern History" and Year two is "20th Century History." My DD is also taking the Great Conversations online courses from Wilson Hill Academy (basically a streamlined Omnibus). THey discuss history in context with period literature, so I feel it goes well with supplementing her Streams of Civilization spine. My DD also does all the vocabulary and questions, then takes the tests that go along with it. This is HER choice. Personally, the chapters are dense, some sidebars are good Christians but maybe not major players in world history. Hitler gets a couple of sentences; can't remember much about the Holocaust. Why? Because they are trying to cover A LOT. Still, it is an interesting read and has kept me engaged as I've followed along with her. If it were me, I would cover it in 2 years and slow it down. I'd add some books / videos / documentaries / field trips so your student doesn't get overwhelmed by so much info. We add Crash Course History because my daughter finds it massively entertaining.
  3. Dicentra, your compilation of chemistry curriculum and resources is AWESOME! And so are you for putting all this together for the rest of us!! . I'm looking for a very easy high school chemistry course. The easiest, the least time consuming. I want my daughter to at least have concepts and a few experiments. She's had math through Algebra 2. Any suggestions? Thank you!
  4. I'd like to know as well. I have "Basic Economics" by Thomas Sowell which is amazing to me as an adult. I looked at Memoria Press Online Economics course. The class uses Dr. Sowell's text, "Economics In ONe Lesson" by Henry Hazlitt, ""The Worldly Philosophers" by Robert Heilbroner, and "Economics for Helen" by Hilaire Beloc. . I am considering signing up for the course. I'm just not sure about the workload as she is very involved in speech and debate (constantly writing, rewriting, traveling) and has other courses to take next year. But it's tempting!
  5. I signed my 11th grader up for Shormann Algebra 2 this year. She started the self-paced course. It looked perfect on paper. She had completed Saxon Algebra 2 3rd edition last year (10th grade). She liked the algebra portion but is frankly clueless about geometry. My daughter really liked Saxon. However, we chose not to continue with Saxon for 11th grade because 1) it got to the point that she was taking almost 3 hours some days to complete her math; and 2) I had retaught geometry lessons to her. She'd understand them. Do well on the retested material. Forget it all a few weeks later. Aargh. So I utterly refuse to slog through Advanced Math with her to complete the last half of her geometry (she gets 1/2 credit for Geometry in Saxon Algebra 2 3rd edition and would get the other 1/2 credit in Geometry in the first 60-90 lessons of Saxon Advanced Math). . Anyway, Shormann Algebra 2 seemed like a perfect answer. Supposedly, she would be able to review her Algebra 2 as well as complete her Geometry credit without having to slog through advanced concepts. And it seemed like the format would be similar to Saxon which she likes. Well, she completed the first 15 lessons and HATES it. She misses having a textbook. She feels Dr. Shormann jsut works problems but doesn't teach the concepts well -- just assuming that the student should get the concept by seeing problems worked. My DD also said that she could usually guess the answer electornically without working the problem so she could make "As" on the quizzes without learning the material. . So we dropped it after having PAID for it sigh. She is now doing the High School Geometry course using Khan Academy. So far, she really likes it. She's only 20% of the way through it though. Fingers crossed. . But this is MY kid. She scores low to mid 30s in her ACT for reading and English, but she scores in the low to mid 20s for math and science (not really her thing). Maybe try a sample on their site?
  6. My DD is enrolled in HSLDA Online Academy's AP World History: Modern course. I'm not sure how I feel about it though. Of course she's only had one class so it's hard to tell. The teachers seem pretty dry as does the college level history textbook. However, we're used to very engaging, story-based history (Story of the World, unit studies inc. "real" books by exciting authors & unit studies, etc.). Maybe my expectations are too high... I'd love to know if anyone has had a great online experience in any history course -- or any other high school subject online course. Or an engaging high school teacher in an online course.
  7. Hi, Has anyone taken courses at HSLDA Online Academy? Are there any teachers and/or courses that you felt were particularly good, that you would recommend? My daughter does fine with hard classes if the teacher is passionate and engaging. But she's not crazy about "let's learn streams of facts" courses delivered in monotones. She's in AP World History: Modern now. Are any of the teachers engaging? Otherwise, do you know any other teachers online in history -- preferably World History -- who are engaging? Thanks in advance for your help!
  8. My daughter has had Erica Schauer for French I and French 2. I'd love to hear thoughts / experiences / lessons learned from anyone who has taken French 3, since my daughter will be taking it next year. Unfortunately, although I can answer questions about French 1 or 2, I can't share anything from French 3 since my DD hasn't had it yet. I do know that my DD told me that Dr. S mentioned in class that her fave class to teach was French 2 - that French 3 seemed much harder for the kids to "get." I plan to email Dr. Schauer and ask her if she has any thoughts about what my DD can do to prepare for or what she should review to help her with French 3. Again, I'd also greatly appreciate anyone willing to share his/her experience with this course..
  9. My DD is taking Great Conversations I with Rayna Bailey this schoolyear. It is her favorite class! My DD is in the 8th grade and is on the older side of 8th grade. I would consider her an average to above average student but not the genius kid :-) Frankly, I am totally impressed with how Dr. Bailey has made even the hardest books accessible to younger students. My daughter is challenged by the more difficult texts but the handholding (excellent lectures, videos shown prior to reading certain books, extensive class discussion of the themes) has made her confident in tackling them. And, as another poster pointed out, the tough books are interspersed with easier ones. A few other points; * Does your logic level student get interested and engaged in themes about what is truth? what is goodness? comparing a pagan hero's quality traits to that of a Biblical hero? I think most average kids could read and understand the text and themes well enough to get a lot out of the class. I'm not sure every (or even most) 7th graders would be fascinated by these themes. My 8th grade daughter finds this sort of discussion exciting, but that's kind of her thing too. * The kids are not expected to write well developed essays at this point. The kids are expected to be able to answer opinion questions with 2 or 3 solid paragraphs with a theme sentence and supporting sentences. The assumption is that the students are taking another class concurrently that would cover writing. The GCI class focuses on the books and the themes. * Given the above, Dr. Bailey carefully explained the grading rubric for writing and periodically reminds the students about paragraphs / theme sentences. * Not having a heavy writing requirement was an important consideration to me because her writing classes at Well Trained Mind Academy require plenty of time and effort. I can't imagine my DD having another demanding writing class on top of Expository Writing III at WTMA. When I asked my DD if she wanted to take GC2 next year, she answered me with a resounding "Yes!" I registered her for the class this week and we are planning to continue the Great Conversation classes at least through GC3. After that point, we'll have to consider whether to continue with the series or take separate history and lit classes (another discussion). I hope this was helpful? I would be happy to answer any specific questions about the course or the teacher.
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