Omnibus self-paced... does it do quizzes/tests and grading for you?

[Dianne-TX]

Thanks.

[Dianne-TX]

And, does it assign writing assignments?  If starting in high school, which one should be chosen?  I, II, III, IV...  When I look at 9th and 10th curriculum, it shows III for 9th and IV for 10th, but since we've never done it before wouldn't it be best to start with 1?  I'm just weird that way, I guess, I like to start at the beginning, but what do I know.  :)

[Pistachio mom]

Hi. My daughter is just finishing Omni1 for 9th grade, it is about ancient world lit/history/theology related concepts. We did the self paced course. The online course gives lots of quizzes. 2 tests:  a mid-term and a final. The reading is extensive, but I have  heard that the reading for Omni 2 is much less. The online self paced course does not include writing assignments. I gave my daughter the Summa assignments from the text book.  These assignments are a Biblical analysis discussion or composition of some aspect of the reading how it relates to Biblical principles. The online class did cover these concepts in the discussion activities, but I had my daughter still write several compositions. Also, the text gives very specific guidance for a classical logic kind of writing called progymnastica or something similar. We also did several of these. We chose to add in the writing assignments.

 

As to which course when: you can start with any course. Omni 1 is ancient history/lit and related theolory. Omni 2 is middle ages era. Omni 3 is explorers/renaissance and I think on up through modern times( and a lot of US colonial documents.) Omni 4 is ancient history again - just different lit than the onmi 1.  Omni 5 is middle ages, and omni 6 is modern times. The publisher designed the onmi courses to start for 7th grade, but my daughter was not ready for that lit at age 12. Really, you can start at any book. Think about your state requirements. My state requires us history for one year, and econ/govt another year, and world history. I plan to count onmi 3 for us history since it covers the era so well, along with what was also happening in Europe too.

 

Honestly, Omni 1 has been hard. Huge reading assignments. My daughter really had to adapt. But she loves the content. Next year,  I may have her audit the secondary course so we can skip a book and still hear the lectures if necessary. We like the primary source teaching, not textbookish, but alive! A godly world view in the teaching is so important too. Keep researching it.We have loved it.I just had to add in the writing, I also had to add in the map work too. I had to adapt a good course to make it workable for my family. We liked starting with ancients first, but you can really start with any cycle.

[Dianne-TX]

Thank you for such a thorough response.  I appreciate it.

[AdamOnt]

Great information above - I am also curious how to use the course to beef it up a bit with essays.

 

Can anyone who has used the course speak to the level of history that is included in the course? I think I have heard that it assumes you know a lot of world history from their previous courses. My son is very interested in History, and we would like a course that has great books but also gives a good history background. Does Omnibus Self Paced fit that?