Wolfie's Curriculum

Math -

Teaching Textbooks
Supplements: 
XtraMath and Kahn Academy

Language Arts - 

Education Portal: 9th Gr High School English
Education Portal: 10th Gr High School English

Supplement: 

UNC Writing Center YouTube channel

Personal Reading - 

Read one chapter, or more, in your book and, after completing the book, critique it.  (Critique Form)

Vocabulary - 

WordlyWise3000

1. Write each word 10 times

2. Write the word with the definition

3. Write a sentence for each word

History - 

1)   Education Portal: History 101 Western Civilization I

2) Education Portal: History 106 The Civil War and Reconstruction

Supplemental Movies:
a)   Titanic: The Complete Story
b) Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower (Netflix dvd)
c) Prince Among Slaves (Netflix dvd)
d) Slavery: The Making of America (Netflix dvds 1-4)

e) Founding Fathers (Netflix dvds Vol I & II), Read Homeschool Patriot: Founding Fathers, and Janice Campbell's blog: The Education of the Founding Fathers

f) The Men Who Built America (Netflix dvds 1-3)
g) The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till (Netflix dvd)
h) WWII in HD (Netflix dvds 1-3)
i) Ken Burns' Civil War (Netflix dvds 1-5)
j) The Presidents (Netflix dvds 1-3)

k) Drive Thru History: Discovering (Netflix dvd)

Other Supplements:

l) Place the Presidents in Order game
m) Presidents' Names game

Current Event:

Read the news for the week, choose a topic of interest, and journal about it.  Remember to title your writing with the title of the news article.

Websites for reference follow:

                  Time for Kids

                  Dogo News
                  National Geographic for Kids
                  CNN for kids
                  Here,There, Everywhere
                  Teach Kids News
                  Yahoo News for kids
                  GoGo News

Geography - 

1) How the States Got Their Shape

Supplements: 

1) Place the State game (by The History Channel)

2) State Capitals

3) World continent and oceans

4) Test your geography knowledge

Science -

Education Portal: Biology 105 Anatomy & Physiology

Biology 101: Intro to Biology

CK-12: Earth Science
Supplements: 
Backstage Science YouTube channel
NASA Television YouTube channel
Ted-Ed YouTube channel
Veritasium YouTube channel

Computer -Create a game with Unity, Blender, and UDK 

Code Academy

Supplements:

Kahn Academy: Computer Science

Hello World! Computer Programming for Kids and Other Beginners

Sign Language
Go to: Our Lesson Links
     Kid Courses in ASL
     Expert Village in Sign Language

Physical Education 

Driver's Education

Required Reading - 
Lit2Go
1) The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (J.W. Johnson)
2) The Gettysburg Address (Lincoln) 
3) The Invisible Man (Wells)

4) Great Expectations (Dickens) - watch

5) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Irving) - watch

6) Treasure Island (Stevenson) - watch

Reasoning - 
1) The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning 
2) The Thinking Toolbox: Thirty-five Lessons that will Build your Reasoning Skills
3) The Art of Argument 

Drew's Curriculum

Personal Reading: 
Read one chapter, or more, in your book and, after completing the book, critique it. (Critique Form)

Math: 

Teaching Textbooks

Supplement: XtraMath and Kahn Academy

Language Arts: 

Workbooks: Spectrum Language Arts, Hot Fudge Monday, Got Grammar

Supplemental games:
      a) Grammaropolis
      b) Synonym Toast Game
      c) Grammar Practice Park
      d) Game Classroom
      e) Scholastic Games

Reasoning:
1) The Thinking Toolbox: Thirty-five Lessons that will Build Your Reasoning Skills

Required Reading:

Lit2Go
1) The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
2) The Tail of Tommy Fox (Arthur Scott Bailey)
3) Whitefoot the Woodmouse (Thornton W. Burgess)
4) The Light Princess (George MacDonald)
5) The Snow Queen (Hans Christian Anderson)


Vocabulary: 

Worldly Wise 3000
     a) Write each word 10 times each
     b) Write word and definition
     c) Write a sentence for each word
     d) Crossword puzzle &/or Word search puzzle 

History: 

1) Liberty Kids (dvd series)

2) US President Worksheet (form)
3) Place the Presidents in Order game
4) Presidents' Names game

5)  The History Channel website

    a) Ask History
    b) This Day in History
    c) History Lists
    d) History Blog
    e) Hungry History
    f)  Speeches & Audio

    g) History by Topic
6) The Historian

Websites for reference follow:
       Wikipedia 
       IPL 
       The White House 
       Presidents USA 
       ThinkQuest 
       Kid Info
       Little Known Facts 
       National Geographic for kids 

Current Event:
Read the news for this week, choose a topic of interest, and journal about it.  Remember to title your writing with the title of the news article.

Websites for reference follow:

                  Time for Kids
                  Dogo News
                  National Geographic for Kids
                  CNN for kids
                  Here,There, Everywhere
                  Teach Kids News
                  Yahoo News for kids
                  GoGo News

Geography: 

1) Place the State game (by The History Channel)
2) State Capitals
3) World continent and oceans
4) Test your geography knowledge
5) Complete our state worksheets 

6) US Map Worksheet – label each state with its abbreviation (form)

7) US State Worksheet – choose a state, research, and answer the questions (form) 

Websites for reference follow:

Wikipedia 

Enchanted Learning 

Fact Monster 

Info Please

50 States

Research: 

Choose a topic, research it, and journal about it.

Paper requirements:

    a) name, date, and title at top of page

    b) skip the first line

    c) must be at least one page in length

    d) practice good handwriting

Science: 

1) AsapSCIENCE
2) SciShow YouTube videos

3) Science Project Suggestions

4) All in One Homeschool: Biology, Zoology, and Chemistry & Physics


PE/Health: 

1) 15 minutes on elliptical, jump on trampoline, jump rope, walk around the block with mom, etc.

2) Health Lesson List
3) KFIT Health Vol1, Jumpstart Your Health: Kids Fitness and Nutrition

4) Shanti Generation: for Youth Peacemakers

5) Yoga or EDU Yoga
6) Nourish Interative

Art/Creative Journaling: 

1) Zen Doodling
2) Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Coloring Book
3) Art Project Suggestions

4) All in One Homeschool: Ancient, Early American, and Modern

5) Creative Writing (writing prompts)
6) Dandan Art YouTube videos

Other: 

1) Sudoku worksheet

2) Hangman
3) Typing: Keybr, BBC Dance Mat Typing, Typing Master Bubbles Game, Typing Web and/or Typing Games   
4) Telling Time Practice: Telling Time, Clock Shoot, Time Quiz
5) Arthur's Fact or Opinion Game

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Also check out: StoryNory, Math/Science Nucleus, The Lab of Mr. Q, Kids Astronomy