Cornersstone Curriculum

[Marsha]

Can you compare Starting Points and their World Views
Bible and Ancient Thought (Part 1))
Grandeur of Christianity (Part 2) and The Revolutionary Age (Part 3) ),
Christianity Answers the 21st Century (Part 4)

Thank you

[Julie in MN]

Can you compare Starting Points and their World Views
Bible and Ancient Thought (Part 1))
Grandeur of Christianity (Part 2) and The Revolutionary Age (Part 3) ),
Christianity Answers the 21st Century (Part 4)

Thank you

Compare them to what? Comparing them to one another isn't making sense to me, since they're all by the same author.

Well, Starting Points is more for middle school and the rest for high schoolers...

Julie

[Marsha]

Ok, I was wondering how Starting Points was different, but it seems that it is just for lower grades(7-8th).

Thank you

[Julie in MN]

Ok, I was wondering how Starting Points was different, but it seems that it is just for lower grades(7-8th).

Thank you

I think Starting Points is not only younger, but also more focused on Worldview. The history portion is small. Whereas the history portion of the upper years expands quite a bit.

If you have any other questions, I know I've read posts by users of Cornerstone, and maybe they'll chime in. Or do a search -- a quick search came up with this one to start. http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?p=912454&highlight=cornerstone+curriculum#post912454

I used part of Year 1 for my "own" education when I was teaching my older dd, but I've never used it with a student, so I'm not a good source.

Julie

[AngelBee]

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[mom31257]

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[CynthiaOK]

In a nutshell, Starting Points focuses more closely on developing a Christian worldview. A few modern novels are analyzed through the Christian worldview lens. It includes a section on American History (up to the founding of our nation) and analyzes why the nation was founded as it was.

Worldviews of the Western World (Years 1-3) goes much deeper. Not only does it develop a Christian worldview, but it goes into *why* the west is what it is today and what influences have shaped our western world. It is a 'great books study' in that the ancient through modern classics are read and analyzed through the Christian worldview lens. The American history component in year 2 is extremely thorough in teaching the student the background of our founding fathers as well as their worldviews.

Either course can be done alone - you don't need to do Starting Points before WVWW or you can do them all and get a lot from all 4 years. I've used it for the past 8 years and am now to the point where I know what I like from it and tweak it to fit my needs (I teach in a co-op). Cornerstone Curriculum allowed me to learn how to teach Christian worldview through the great books and I no longer follow it to the letter. Starting Points is not necessarily written in a younger tone. It is easier in that there is a lot less reading and writing and the novels picked are stories the students are probably already familiar with. We have had seniors take the Starting Points class and they have found it very beneficial.

Spend some time on the Cornerstonecurriculum.com website and download the sample pages. If you have any specific questions, let me know.

[proudmamma]

Cynthia, or anyone else, can you compare/contrast the Cornerstone Curriculum with Omnibus by any chance?

[CynthiaOK]

I'm sorry, but I've never used Omnibus.

[Mommyfaithe]

Cynthia...Would it be beneficial to have my ds use WVWW 1 & 2 if we will not have the time to use WVWW 3. I think this course may be beneficial to him, but I am not sure if we should start something I know we will not finish.

Thanks,
Faithe

[CynthiaOK]

Would it be beneficial to have my ds use WVWW 1 & 2 if we will not have the time to use WVWW 3

I think each year can stand alone with the exception of the first part of year 1 (the basic worldview portions). I would suggest, though, that if one is to omit anything, omitting the American History portion might be the best because most students will get American History in another form anyways. Year 3 relies heavily on audio tapes which my students found onerous. So we tweaked year 3 and did more readings. If you did Year 1 as it stands (you could even omit either the Iliad or the Odyssey and use a movie to get the basic gist), year 2 omitting American History, and tweaking year 3 a bit, I think you could have a fine worldview program (my apologies to Mr. Quine, but this has worked well for us). My students really enjoyed Year 3 so I hate to see anyone omit it.

I think the WVWW program has been revamped and I have the old version. So my comments are in relation to that version. HTH

[CynthiaOK]

exception of the first part of year 1 (the basic worldview portions)

Just to clarify: the first part of year 1 (worldview portion) would need to be done before any of the other years,IMO