Courses

High School Economics Course

The following schedules are part of a High School Economics Course using books by Richard Maybury and available from www.bluestockingpress.com

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? (PDF)

Uncle Eric Talks About Personal, Career & Financial Security (PDF)

The Money Mystery (PDF)

The Clipper Ship Strategy (PDF)

Co-op Schedule using all four of these books. (PDF)

Word Schedule for Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?

Word Schedule for Uncle Eric Talks About Personal, Career & Financial Security

Word Schedule for The Money Mystery

Word Schedule for The Clipper Ship Strategy

Co-op Schedule using all four of these books (excel)

There are many great course ideas available to home school families. I have put together schedules for a few courses we have used. Another great site for class schedules as well as forms & home schooling ideas is www.donnayoung.org.

STATE HISTORY (pdf)

Many states require an in-depth study of State History in high school. This is usually a one-semester course.

For home schoolers, the course can be comprised of many field trips throughout the state plus a State Notebook. It is a good idea to begin the notebook in the freshman year and add to it as you continue through high school. Students can add information to the notebook from family vacations, field trips, festivals, competitions, etc.

These are some of the requirements we had for our children’s notebooks.

To find the info needed have your child go your state's historical society, the Secretary of State web site of your state or search '[state name] history" on the web.

Check these out

http://www.classbrain.com

http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/unitssubjgeog/a/susindex.htm

http://www.50states.com/

http://www.theus50.com

Current Events is a great Social Studies Course for High School student!

Have your student read some of the following each day for a semester. Compare & contrast coverage from different sources. Write short reports or essays on events happening around the world.

Or subscribe to World magazine and have you teen summarize the weeks important news for the whole family. They have an ezine for those who do not want to subscribe to the printed version. http://www.worldmag.com

Student News Daily is a great current events site for high school students. Daily articles, weekly quizzes and more!

http://www.studentnewsdaily.com

Some of our favorite news web sites for current events:

www.drudgereport.com - The Drudge Report

www.economist.com - Economist Magazine Online

www.nationalreview.com - National Review Magazine

www.cato.org - Cato Institute

www.nytimes.com - New York Times

http://people-press.org/ - Pew Research Center for People and the Press

www.memri.org - translations of Arab newspapers

For news on Israel:

www.debka.com

Israeli Defense Force web site

The Jerusalem Post newspaper

The Nature Of Government Course

using books by Richard Maybury:

Are You Liberal? Conservative? or Confused?

Whatever Happened to Justice?

Ancient Rome: How it Affects You Today

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?

Co-op Schedule for The Nature of Government (excel)

Note: This schedule includes only the first three books. It is designed to follow the High School Economics Course below. If you have not completed that course, you will need to add Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? to your schedule.