timeline figures

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  • June 21, 2010 at 8:33 pm
    Melody F.
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    Has anyone used the timeline figures from holdthatthought.com?  I just thought I would mention these because for $20.00 I got a CD with tons of  world and U.S. history events and people.  It was worth it to me to get the CD so that I wouldn’t have to take the time to find these on my own.  I can also adjust the size in case I want to write anything in our book of centuries to go along with the brief info they provide.  I use the free SCM book of centuries pages printed onto cardstock and the kids cut and glue these figures in. 

    June 21, 2010 at 11:41 pm
    my3boys
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    These look great!  Do you know how they compare to History Through the Ages timeline figures?

    I have considered ordering those but they are $75.00 for approx. the same amount of figures. 

    Thanks for the resource:)

    June 21, 2010 at 11:49 pm
    Alana Adams
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    If you do purchase these, please let us know what you think about them… It sounds like it could be a real timesaver!

    Alana

    June 22, 2010 at 12:49 am
    Bookworm
    Participant

    I have samples of the materials from holdthatthought.  I did buy a few notebooking resources from holdthatthought, but I just liked the timeline figures from History Through the Ages better.  That is what we decided to buy.  At the time I looked at them, it looked to me like there were more figures/more information and easier user interface for teh History Through The Ages even though it was a little more expensive. 

    June 22, 2010 at 1:05 am
    Melody F.
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    Well, I have to admit that the user interface for the CD is confusing!  Basically you just have to click around to find what you want, but once you get the hang of it, it’s no big deal.  You can go to the website (holdthatthought.com)  and download samples.  I have also used history through the ages, and I really like those as well, but the reason I chose to go with Hold That Thought is because they were cheaper, and the figures are uniform in size.  They sort of look like they came out of an old scrapbook!  I can use my printer’s settings to make them smaller if I need to.  With the History Through the Ages figures, you get more of a detailed discription about the person or event, but that’s what causes them to be different sizes.  I can always write more about the person/event if I want to, but so far that hasn’t been a problem.  Oh, and one other thing about History Through the Ages, the set that I ordered (which was a printed set, not the whole CD) came with both Bible figures and history figures, but with Hold That Thought you would have to buy a seperate CD for the Bible figures.  Even with that expense (it’s also $20.00) it would be cheaper than History Through the Ages.  As far as the number of figures, it may be about the same.  I just know both sets have lots of figures–I haven’t actually done the research to see which has more.  Both are great resources, so it comes down to personal preference.  I’m just thankful that I don’t have to come up with the figures myself! 

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