High School (Waldorf and Catholic Inspired)

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22 to 26 credits

Grade 9:

 Blocks:  (ca. 40 weeks) 

  1. History: Revolutions: Live Education!: Revolutionaries and Romantics, Kovacs: The Age of Revolution: Ch. 17-34, Novel: Scarlet Pimpernel 
  2. Biology: Anatomy Physiology: Kovacs: Muscles and Bones: Ch. 35-48, DVD: Biology 101, Common Sense Press: Discovering the Human Body and Senses (for students who like to cut and paste) or Lyrical Life Science Vol. 3
  3. English: Short Story: Live Education!: Short Story  "Traditions in the Short Story": America Reads: Traditions in Literature, Common Sense Press: The Gold Book: American Literature, Moving Beyond the Page: Short Stories (4 weeks)
  4. Earth Science/Geography: Geology: Physical Science Apologia (Module 6)  (Out of print, you could use Discovering Design with Earth Science instead), Lyrical Earth Science, and do local field trips and Geology Lab for Kids
  5. Art History: BBC: Sister Wendy's Story of Painting (10 episodes), Seton: Art Through Faith or Walch: Short Lessons in Art History: 27 artists or Short Lessons in Art History (Activities) or Taking the Mystery out of Studying Art History or Memoria Press A Classical History of Art (4 weeks, then once weekly, carry over to Grade 10 if necessary), The Story of Mankind: Chapter: "The Arts" van Loon
  6. Chemistry: Organic: Basement Workshop: Carbon Chemistry: 11 chapters
  7. English: History of Drama (Comedy and Tragedy): Either: 1 Tragedy: "Antigone"; Memoria Press: Three Theban Plays; The Great Courses: Greek Tragedy: 1-4, 12; 1 Comedy: Simply Charlotte Mason: "Twelfth Night", Movie Twelfth Night or Memoria Press: "As You Like It", Movie; The Great Courses: Great Authors of the Western Literary Tradition, Prof. Weinstein, first edition, Part 4, lecture 8; 1 Modern Play ("Our Town" or "The Romancers" both are in America Reads: Traditions in Literature  ), Our Town movie; Or: Moving Beyond the Page: Drama; Theory: America Reads: Traditions in Literature: "Modern Drama;" "Introduction to Drama": Adventures in Appreciation (Cardinal Newman Edition)
  8. Mathematics: Counting and Probability: The Great Courses: Fundamentals of Math (Lectures 20, 21, 23), TOPS Probability: 28 ch., BBC: The Story of Maths 1
  9. English: The Novel: America Reads: Traditions in Literature/Common Sense Press: The Gold Book: American Literature: The Pearl (John Steinbeck), Steinbeck: The Great Courses: Classics of American Literature (Lecture # 70); The Old Man and the Sea, Movie The Old Man and the Sea (4 weeks)
  10. Physics: Thermodynamics: DVD: Physics 101, TOPS Heat, Tiner: The World of Physics: Ch. 6  (4 weeks)
Year Long:
Grade 10:

Blocks: (ca. 40 weeks)

  1. History: Ancient: Van Loon: The Story of Mankind, Practical ideas, questions here, The Great Courses: The Other Side of History, Professor Noggin's Ancient History Card Game or Ancient History Go Fish Game  (5 weeks)
  2. Earth Science/Geography: Oceanography:  MODG Earth Science Syllabus or parts of World Physical Geography; Professor Noggin's card game  (4 weeks)
  3. Physics: Mechanics/Kinematics: TOPS: Machines/TOPS: Motion (1-26 or 36) (16 lessons), Physics 101: Disc C: 13-16, The World of Physics: Ch. 1-4  (4 weeks, continue during science time)
  4. English: History of Language: Book: Sumer Is Icumen In, Videos, choose from: The Adventure of English, BBC/PBS: The Story of English; There are accompanying books to both series.  Interesting other books: The Story of English in 100 Words, Book: The Journey of English, Book: The Mother Tongue, Basement Workshop: Excavating English (4 weeks) 
  5. English: Poetry: Choose either Basement Workshop: Speak Like Rain (quite difficult) or CHC: The Secret Code of Poetry  (4 weeks and finish during the year)  
  6. Biology: Embryology/Cells/Physiology: Biology 101, Cells  (4 weeks)
  7. Chemistry: Salts, acids, bases: TOPS Analysis: 16 chapters  (3 weeks)
  8. Mathematics: TOPS: Math Lab: 20 tasks, BBC: The Story of Maths 2  (4 weeks)
  9. Earth Science/Geography: Cartography: Chapter in World Physical Geography, Book with projects: Charting the World  (3 weeks)
  10. American History: Live Ed!: Early American: Natives, Colonists, Revolutionaries (4 weeks)
Year Long:

Grade 11:

 Blocks:

  1. English: Shakespeare: Hillsdale: Hamlet and The Tempest and Memoria Press Hamlet  (4 weeks)
  2. English: Parzival: The Legend of Parzival, Parsifal, Wagner: "Parsifal"  (4 weeks)
  3. Music: History: Alfred's Great Music and Musicians  or start The History of Music of Classical Music (4 weeks)
  4. Chemistry: Atomic: Basement Workshop: The Elements, Common Sense Press: Discovering Atoms, Molecules, and Matter, DVD: Chemistry 101: Discs A, B, Painless Chemistry (Loris Chen) (4 weeks)
  5. Biology: Botany: DVD: Biology 101, Apologia Biology: Module 2 (Monera), Module 3 (Protista), Module 4 (Fungi), Module 14-15 (Plantae), and/or Basement Workshop: Botany in 8 Lessons, Home Schooler's Resources, TOPS: Corn and Beans 
  6. Earth Science/Geography: Meteorology: MODG Earth Science Syllabus, World Physical Geography, Apologia: Physical Science: Module 7, 8, Cloud Mobile Kit,  
  7. Mathematics: TOPS: Graphing: 20 tasks, BBC: Story of Maths 3 (4 weeks)
  8. Physics: Electricity: TOPS Electricity: 36 tasks, DVD: Physics 101: Disc C: 10-12, The World of Physics: Ch. 10 (Electricity), Ch. 11 (Magnetism), Ch. 12 (Electromagnetism), Apologia Physical Science Module 12  (4 weeks)
  9. History: Middle Ages: Mills: The Book of the Middle Ages or van Loon's The Story of Mankind (ch. 27-38)
  10. History: Renaissance: Mills: Renaissance and Reformation Times or van Loon's The Story of Mankind (ch. 39-53)

Year Long:


Grade 12:

 Blocks:

  1. Biology: Zoology & Evolution: DVD: Biology 101: Disc B, C, TOPS Animal Survival, Apologia Biology Module 9 (Evolution)
  2. Physics: Optics/Experimental Design: The World of Physics: Ch. 9: Light, DVD: Physics 101: Disc A, TOPS Light: 1-36
  3. Chemistry: Finish DVD: Chemistry 101
  4. Art History of Architecture: Picture books by Elizabeth Mann, Young People's Story of Architecture (Helen Butterfield), Story of Buildings, Child's History of Art-Architecture, Wild Buildings and Bridges, 100 Most Beautiful Cathedrals of the World, Frank Lloyd Wright Paper Models, What Adults Don't Know About Architecture, Super Structures
  5. Earth Science: Astronomy: MODG Earth Science Syllabus, TOPS: Pi in the Sky, Common Sense Press: The World of Space, The Universe: Season 1, Brother Astronomer
  6. Philosophy: Philosophy, The Philosophy Book, The Consequences of Ideas, A Young Person's Guide to Philosophy, Introduction to Western Philosophy
  7. English: Transcendentalism: Teaching Company: Emerson, Thoreau, and the Transcendentalist Movement, Transcendentalism Unit
  8. Math: TOPS: Far Out Math, BBC: Story of Maths 4
  9. Economics: Hillsdale Economics 101, Cathy Duffy Recommendation, Practical Finance: The Complete Guide to Personal Finance for Teenagers and College Students Revised 2nd Edition with Workbook on Companion CD or Money Matters for Teens and/or Surviving Math Skills
  10. Government: Hillsdale: Intro to the Constitution, DVD: Understanding Government: The Three Branches of Government, Constitution Quest Game, Suggestions Cathy Duffy, Constitution with Peter Sagal, Workbook: Our Constitution, Your Citizenship 

Year Long:





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Study Skills:
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