Lightbearers or Starting Points?

[LibrarianMom]

Since Lightbearers and Starting Points have both been mentioned for worldview curricula, could someone compare the two? From looking at them, it seems that Lightbearers focuses more on moral/ethical issues where Starting Points looks more literature based. Is that a correct assumption? Would there be too much overlap if students used both courses at different times?

I'm trying to construct our long term plan right now with the plan to begin Building on the Rock followed by Lightbearers for our Bible/Worldview studies and then transition to Starting Points and World Views of the Western World for high school. Any thoughts on that plan are appreciated as well.

[CynthiaOK]

I've used Starting Points and one aspect of Lightbearer's (the How To Be Your Own Selfish Pig). My impression is that they are different enough to allow use of both programs. Based on what I've seen, I would use Lightbearer's first and then Starting Points.

Additionally, I've followed Starting Points with WVWW years 1-3. I think it's a great idea to get a general plan laid out for the long term. But remember, you can always tweak the programs to make it work for you if necessary. You may find that you will want to incorporate aspects of other worldviews programs as you move along. That's what has happened with me. When I started, WVWW was about the only program of its kind, but there seems to have been an explosion of worldviews courses in the past few years. And they all have something about them that I like :-)