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Hi,
I'm starting to gather ideas for our first year of high school and came across Trisms curriculum. It looks super cool and I've read through old posts on here. I'm just looking for any other comments who have used it can give me. Also, about how long each day did your child devote to it. I'm looking at it to fulfill history and english for my son's 9th grade year. He will be doing algebra 2, earth science, computer coursework, piano an hour a day, and some science of cooking that I'll create(his choice), as well as some other tid bits here and there. So, I really want to make sure I/he aren't biting off too much with Trisms.
Thanks for your input!
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We love TRISMS but can't recommend the first hs book "Discovering the Ancient World" it is really really ancient, and info was hard to find. We switch to Expansion of Civilization fairly quickly. EOC is a good place to start, it covers Greece, Egypt, Rome, China, and so on when they are becoming civilizations.
The beauty of TRISMS is that it will take as long as you want it to each day. You decide how many questionnaires and how in depth they need to be. We use it as our base, and my son puts in about 2.5 hours per day into TRISMS assignments.
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I went ahead and bought and have received Discovering the Ancient World. I went ahead and did the first lesson on my own and think it is exactly what I wanted. I especially like that it is research based which is what my son likes, it has lists of books and videos for each lesson, and it has quizzes so I can keep a pulse on his learning. I thought that it looked like the type of curriculum I would normally put together on my own. With 6 sons my time is spread pretty thin and so I thought I would try it for this year.
I'm really hoping that he'll be able to just go with it more or less on his own...have you found this to be the case, LeeAnn? Also, what credits do you count it towards? I'm thinking history and English as I can see an hour a day spent on both of these certainly.
Thanks for your input!
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My son does it on his own. I do give him a check list each week, as my son has learning issues, and requires a bit of hand holding. We started the program with History Maker's when he was in 8th grade, and now we are 1/2 way through Rise of Nations. I have enjoyed the breadth of the program, and that it takes so little work on my part.
We use the full program, so we follow the credit suggestions in the teacher's book.
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LeeAnn,
I'm working through making lesson plans now and trying to refine this to a what to do each day kind of thing. Was there a schedule you tended to follow for each unit?
Thanks!
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