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Posted: May 10 2012 at 11:36am \| IP Logged

Has anybody here used Teaching the Classics? If you have, what is your opinion of it?

Thanks!

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Posted: May 10 2012 at 1:41pm \| IP Logged

I love Adam Andrews! I went to several of his talks at a homeschool convention and I bought his DVD's (I haven't watched them yet

). I really like his approach of teaching the parents and empowering us to teach literature.

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Posted: May 14 2012 at 5:51pm \| IP Logged

Have you looked at the book yet? How are you planning to use the DVDs?

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Posted: May 14 2012 at 9:57pm \| IP Logged

We used Teaching the Classics a couple of years ago. We did it as part of our family block - students from second grade to sophomore. The DVD's are very good - and do make the program. We watched the dvds and the older children had handouts - we used the 6 week plan by Jill Pike.

We then used the story chart and lit analysis ideas in our narrations of history and literature living books through the year. My high schooler followed it up with Windows to the World that year.

I plan on doing it again next school year - just six weeks as a lit analysis booster for my eighth graders.

My view - it is a good introduction to the Socratic method.

Those who are Narration veterans probably would not need it though.

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Posted: May 18 2012 at 6:50am \| IP Logged

MarilynW wrote:

We then used the story chart and lit analysis ideas in our narrations of history and literature living books through the year. My high schooler followed it up with Windows to the World that year.

I plan on doing it again next school year - just six weeks as a lit analysis booster for my eighth graders.

Thanks, Marilyn, how do you like "Windows to the World"?

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Posted: May 19 2012 at 5:48pm \| IP Logged

My daughter liked it. I am just going through it at the moment and seeing how I can use it for my Grade 8 twins. Lots of good stuff, but quite densely presented. I would prefer Hewitt's Lightning Lit for the boys - but I want to use the resources that I already have.

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