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Where to find used curriculum?
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Question:
Is anyone here aware of message boards, classifieds, web sites, etc. where I
could advertise for some curriculum I would like to purchase? I would also be
interested in recommendations for Algebra curriculum that covers what would be
considered a full year of algebra 1.
Answer: -
The Pennsylvania Homeschoolers site sells used Jacobs Algebra books.
Site: http://pahomeschoolers.com/jacobs.html
You might also take a look at my publishers page which lists used
book sites at http://www.geocities.com/athens/8208/publish.html
You can see some algebra reviews at
http://www.geocities.com/athens/8208/algebra.html
-Another source for used books is Follett Educational Services at:
http://www.fes.follett.com/index.html They have Elementary Algebra by Jacobs,
which I'd recommend (fun book), for $14.75. To search on their site you need to
know the publisher, which is Freeman, since they don't list the author in most
cases. Another good book is Algebra 1 Expressions Equatns Applctns (Foerster).
If you get older editions from Follett they get pretty cheap. I think the 1st
edition of his Algebra and Trig book is about $3. The publisher for the
Foerster books is Addison Wesley.
Follett has a shipping policy that I think is unfair to homeschoolers. If you
call the number on the site and say you're a homeschooler they will give you
another phone number. At the number for schools the shipping is $5 minimum, and
I think 9%, but at the homeschool number there is still a $5 minimum, but its
15%. They said something about additional costs. I canceled my order with the
homeschool division and became an alternative school, paid by credit card and
got the cheaper shipping.
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