| A Course of Study in Good Citizenship:
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One of the few requirements for homeschooling in Texas is to have a curriculum that provides for a course of study in good citizenship. For high schoolers, this seems relatively clear since most public high school students take a one semester government class. However, there isn't any such designated class for middle or elementary school. |
| A Course of Study in Good Citizenship:
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One of the few requirements for homeschooling in Texas is to have a curriculum that provides for a course of study in good citizenship. For high schoolers, this seems relatively clear since most public high school students take a one semester government class. However, there isn't any such designated class for middle or elementary school. |
| American Literature Courses |
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Listing of available curriculums, classes, and resources for American Literature at the high school level. |
| Creating Your Own Unit Studies |
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By Beverly S. Krueger. All unit studies are not created equal. For some the term applies to a cross curricular topical study which incorporates as many academic subjects as possible. Usually only math is left out, but even then most complete unit studies involve graphing or measuring or some other mathematical activity. |
| Design Your Own Spelling Curriculum Without Paying for a Book |
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Suite 101.com by Teresa Higginbotham. Every year as we prepare curriculum, we buy a spelling book. It is always filled with pages of exercises for the children to practice the spelling list for the week. Although some spelling programs and not overly expensive I discovered that we would use the list but maybe only do one of the pages in the workbook. We used other activities either through the internet, or through a downloaded shareware program. So we really were only using about 1/4 of the book we paid for. If you decide you would like to teach spelling without a book You need three things--the lists,the rules and activities to help your children learn. |
| Designing Homeschool Unit Studies |
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Even if you use textbook curriculum for most of your homeschool studies, breaking out of the print mold and jumping headlong into a unit study is nice every now and then. For one thing, it makes your students think a little more about how the different parts of life actually fit together. For another, it gives you a break from the middle-of-the-year doldrums. |
| Fantasy Football Unit Study |
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A unit study for playing fantasy football. |
| First Period--Fantasy Football |
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Since it appears to be that time of year, I’ve been thinking about what my son will be doing for high school this year. He will be playing fantasy football in our family/friends league. We’ve been doing it since he was ten and we let it count as school work. Why? |
| How to Create a Unit Study |
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By Eileen Heath. What is a unit study? It seems to be the "way to go" in homeschooling right now. It is actually a variation on what used to be called "themes" or "thematic units". It is a way to teach in a more practical, down-to-earth, applied manner. It is often an interest driven approach that helps children explore in depth topics that pique their curiosity. |
| Pulling Together Resources for High School History Unit Studies |
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By Beverly S. Krueger. Nothing says that you can’t do unit studies during your child’s high school years. Sure you want to cover the bases to create a successful college application, but you don’t have to do that by sticking to textbook curriculum. Creative unit studies can be made to serve as textbook replacements for many of the typical high school credit classes. |
| Secular Homeschooling Curriculum: High School Science |
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As far as I can tell, these resources do not advocate a specific religious world view. |
| Teaching about Africa |
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People from African countries who visit the United States often are stunned by how little Americans know about African cultures. Africa is a large continent more than three times the size of the continental United States, and it contains over 50 independent countries. One out of every three member states in the United Nations is an African country. One out of every ten people in the world lives on the African continent. |
| Teaching about Japanese-American Internment |
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This period of U.S. history illustrates how the constitutional rights of individuals of a minority group may be at risk during a time of national crisis. This Digest provides six suggestions for teaching about the Japanese-American internment and guides to resources for teachers and students. |
| Teaching About the United States Congress |
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This ERIC Digest treats constitutional foundations of Congress, development of Congress, and World Wide Web resources for teaching about Congress. |
| Teaching About the United States Supreme Court. |
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This ERIC Digest highlights the origin and foundations of the Supreme Court, discusses the changing role of the Supreme Court in the United States, and recommends World Wide Web resources helpful in teaching and learning about the Supreme Court. |
| Teaching Archaeology |
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By using archaeology in the classroom, educators can lead students on learning adventures while engaging them in thinking about life in the past and who we are as humans today. |
| The Seneca Falls Convention: Teaching about the Rights of Women and the Heritage of the
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This Digest places the events of the Seneca Falls Convention within the larger context of American reform movements of the 1840s, discusses the influence of the Declaration of Independence on the Convention, and provides teachers and students with a sampling of social studies curriculum resources such as primary source documents, books, articles, and lesson plans available through local libraries or the World Wide Web. |
| Unit Studies for Teachers |
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By Leslie Wilson. You’ve planned, plotted, and researched an exciting topic. You’re all fired up to teach it to your children, but the response is definitely ho-hum bored with school. It’s unit studies to the rescue! |
| Unit Study Basics |
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By Amanda Bennett. What is a unit study?
It is defined as an in-depth study of a topic (space, trees, cars, etc.) that takes into account many areas of the topic, such as geography, science, history, art, etc. It is a complete immersion into the topic so that the student will see things as a "whole" instead of bits and pieces learned throughout their education. |
