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The history courses are very good.
I suspect they are all done from a liberal point of view. For instance the course on Bible history is taught by Bart Ehrman. He is an anti-Christian atheist that has written a dozen books designed to ridicule the teachings of the Christian Church.
I’d be skeptical of anything they put out.
Homeschool ping.
English, American history with emphasis on the US Constitution, Math, Economics, Accounting.
Whatever you do, don’t get on their mailing list. Emails and catalogs galore.
Seriously - being a frugal homeschooler, it has been difficult to fork out what they are asking for their courses. We have bought a few, and in general they have been decent enough. But they do not tend to get repeat viewings. I didn’t know about the subscription. That sounds like a good deal if you have high school age students.
If you go for a single course, watch a while - they are always having sales.
I’ve listen to a couple. They are recorded lectures. I found them to be fine. I never had any of the notes or texts. Like any other college course, some of the lectures were good. Some were a yawn.
I got them with credits on audible that had been accumulating over a few months, so I am not sure of a “value.”
A great course would be Saint Andrews, in Scotland.
Quite a bit of mathematics and philosophy involved....
Don’t know about that specific one. We have several of the basic math courses, half a dozen science ones, and loads of history and literature. Basically a whole college education other than science labs!
Right now, I’ve got “Late Middle Ages” in the car and “Herodotus’s Histories” in the kitchen.
We did the month free trial of Great Courses Plus, but we didn’t keep it. I think it would be good for older kids. While I was subscribed I got a survey from them that indicated they were planning on expanding offerings for younger grades.
ah, no.
Great courses - bucket list :
St. Andrews
Augusta National Golf Club
Pebble Beach
Cypress Point
Pinehurst
Don’t know how old your homeschooler is.
But as SUPPLEMENTS for mathematics meaning arithmetic, algebra, trig, you can buy for all those subjects workbook supplements by Keedy-Bittenger.
Here’s one of their algebra books for $2.50 on ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/262592582466?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true
Others are listed at that link for 99 cents. Make sure they are clean and not marked up.
Keedy-Bittinger are basically boot camp for math. Drill Drill Drill and your homeschooler will be able to do those subjects in their sleep. The texts are problem after problem after problem, repetition with very gradual increasing difficulty.
Have your homeschooler take a pad of paper and work the problems by hand. The motor skills of writing along with thinking and solving allow the memory to settle into mind and body similarly to a ballet dancer learning how to move the body to a beam in a studio. I’m not a fan of computer math instruction especially if there are lots of distractions with cartoons and such. Best to get pad and pencil and get busy drilling.
All the answers to Keedy-Bittinger problems are in the back of the text so your homeschooler can check their work. The problems and answers are designed to build confidence and to master a class of problems before moving to the next.
If your homeschooler pursues computer science, engineering, physics, chemistry, they will thank you for Keedy-Bittinger.
Philosophy for homeschoolers should center on ethics, reasoning, and logic. If your homeschooler ever thinks of being a lawyer one day, do get a text on Symbolic Logic with plenty of problems and word problems. They will go far on that alone.
Good luck!
khanacademy.org
I can’t speak for that particular course and I didn’t use them when I homeschooled my children, but my husband has never gotten a bad course from them. He has taken everything from history courses to math courses to music courses, etc. We get together with friends every week to watch one on the French Revolution. Those courses are amazing!