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I have kids who are 12, 15, and 17. Can I teach them all the same history with Take a Stand?

4/26/2011

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Yes!  What is nice about this program, is that once the child reaches the dialectic stage (age 11 or 12), he can handle the thinking process of Take a Stand!  The older students will research different sources and come up with more complex answers, while the younger students may just use one source.  The younger students will learn from the
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How much work does the parent have to do with your program?

4/26/2011

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The parent needs no more than one hour per week at the beginning of the school year.  Once the student learns the tools of the historian, he is able to conduct the research on his own.  From this time on, the parent spends less than an hour per week with instruction time.  The student is responsible for the work, and has to present to the parent his argument, in speech and then in writing.  It is a great curriculum because it is the student who does the reading and researching on his own time.  The parent then meets with the student once per week 
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