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Fun & Useful Elective: Combining Human Development and Early Childhood Education

Here are tips for a fun & useful elective: combining Human Development and Early Childhood Education for homeschool high schoolers.

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Fun & Useful Elective: Combining Human Development and Early Childhood Education

One of the best things about homeschooling high school is that we can create tailor-made electives for our teens. They are not limited in their choices, but can have courses that truly:

  • Build a powerful transcript
  • Truly prepare them for life
  • Explore interests
  • Begin building a career

A number of homeschooling families that I’ve advised have enjoyed combining 7Sisters’ Human Development and Early Childhood Education courses for a powerful, fun and useful elective credit.

Why is this such a great elective? Here’s why:

Human Development from a Christian Worldview from 7 Sisters Homeschool

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Human Development is the study of the ways people grow and change from womb to old age: physically, cognitively, emotionally and socially. It is important for teens to get a grasp on these concepts because:

  • It helps them understand themselves
  • It helps them understand their family members (and extended family members)
  • It helps them understand people in the community that they need to interact with
  • It helps prepare them for parenthood
  • It helps prepare them for helping their parents as they eventually become senior citizens
  • 7Sisters’ Human Development course is especially helpful because:
    • It is presented (without preachiness) from a Christian worldview
    • It is level-able to different abilities and interests
    • It is a NO-busywork curriculum, so it does not waste teens’ precious time
    • There are tests and a separate answer key for parents
    • There is an inexpensive Lesson Plan Guide for enriching the material for meaningful individual or co-op activities
Human Development Lesson Plans 7SistersHomeschool.com

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Early Childhood Education is a course that builds on the learning in Human Development. 7Sisters’ Early Childhood Education e-text:

Early Childhood Education- A Career Exploration Text from 7SistersHomeschool.com

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  • Prepares teens for meaningful babysitting or nursery-volunteering experiences
  • Prepares teens to become intentional, interactive parents someday
  • Prepares teens who want to study Early Childhood Education in college for their future studies
  • Explores the ways that children learn from ages 2 years through 5 years
  • Explores various pre-school teaching philosophies in a fun, hands-on, project-based manner
  • 7Sisters’ ECE curriculum is helpful because
    • It is presented from a (non-preachy) Christian worldview
    • It is a NO-busywork curriculum
    • Includes an answer key
    • It’s fun!

Here is one way to combine Human Development for a fun and useful credit.

You can create a 2-semester course:

  • Semester 1: Human Development
    • Using 7Sisters’ Human Development from a Christian Worldview AND our affordable ($2.00) Human Development Lesson Plans, outline the first semester’s activities. The lesson plans are broken into 18 weeks based on each of the 9 chapters in the Human Development text. This is a long-ish semester, so feel free to omit any lessons that don’t fit the schedule.
      • This will include videos, hands-on activities and a project
      • There are additional activities in the text for students who wish to explore the topic in greater depth
  • Semester 2: Early Childhood Education
  • Using 7Sisters Early Childhood Education text, develop a schedule with one chapter per week based on the 15 chapters in the text.
    • This will include fun hands-on activities and lesson-plan development and a final project

Recording combined Human Development and Early Childhood Education on the homeschool transcript:

Choose a name for your course. Here are some suggestions:

  • Human Development (leaving out the ECE title because the topic integrates nicely with Human Development)
  • Human Development and Early Childhood Education (a long title but good detail)
  • Explorations in Human Development
  • Human Development and Practical Life Skills

You may also record the LEVEL at which the curriculum was completed.

  • This is not necessary for electives, but for college-bound students it does add power to the credit
  • For college-bound students: the 2 courses combined are ONE Level 3 College-Prep credit
    • This credit may be leveled-up to Advanced (Level 4) or Honors (Level 5) by including the additional activities in the Human Development text
  • For NON-college bound students: the 2 course combined are 1.5 credits at Level 2 (Average High School)

Assign a grade.

  • Base the grade on your goals for the course. Include:
    • Tests
    • Projects
    • Homework
    • Lesson Plans in ECE
  • You may also include:
    • Class participation (attitude, if done in individual study)
    • Timeliness of assignments (deductions for late work)
    • Organization of materials (everything kept neatly and in order in a binder)

There’s not ONE right way to combine Human Development and ECE. Let us know how YOU develop your teens’ course.

Fun & Useful Elective: Combining Human Development and Early Childhood Education

Movies Based on Fairy Tales to Enrich Literature Unit Study

Sparkle up your homeschool literature with fairy tales. Here are movies based on fairy tales to enrich literature unit study.

Movies Based on Fairy Tales to Enrich Literature Unit Study

Movies Based on Fairy Tales to Enrich Literature Unit Study

Is your homeschool middle schooler or high schooler getting a little tired of books?

While reading real books is an important part of all Language Arts studies, there are MANY kinds of reading material that can be added to sparkle up the literature credits:

  • Poetry
  • Current events reading
  • How-to magazines
  • Folk tales
  • Fairy tales

In particular, fairy tales make great unit studies so you can do a fun but slightly deep dive into each tale for meaningful educational experiences. When you decide to do a fairy tale unit study, here are some components you may want to choose for your homeschool:

  • Country of origin of the fairy tale
    • Time period where the story originated (this is sometimes hard to pinpoint, because fairy tales evolve over time)
    • Always a good excuse for a map study of that country
  • Life of the author of the fairy (if that is known)
  • Discuss the stories main components
    • Setting
    • Main good characters (protagonists)
    • Main bad characters (antagonists)
    • Plot line of the story (for a simple study: happy opening, problem, climax, happy ending)
  • Watch a movie
  • Creative project (illustration, act out a scene, sew a princess dress)
  • Write your own fairy tale. 7Sisters’ Middle School Short Story Writing Guide: Fairy Tale is a simple way to write a first fairy tale.
Middle School Short Story Writing Guide: Fairy Tale 7SistersHomeschool.com

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Here is a list of some of our favorite movies based on fairy tales that are appropriate for the entire family:

  • Snow White (1937)
  • Beauty and the Beast (1997 and 2016)
  • Cinderella (1950) and/or Ever After (1998) for contrast
  • The Little Mermaid (1989)
  • Sleeping Beauty (1959)
  • Aladdin (1992)
  • Peter Pan (1953) and/or Hook (1991) for contrast
  • Princess Bride (1987) takes the fairy tale format and invents a new tale
  • Shrek (2001) creates a new fairy tale
  • Hoodwinked (2005) is a fun spoof mashup of fairy tales

There’s not ONE right way to do a unit study, so pick your own components. Let us know what YOU do for a fairy tale unit study. What would you add to the movie list?

Don’t forget to download Middle School Short Story Writing Guide: Fairy Tales.

 

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Homeschool Highschool Podcast Ep 105: Digital Learning Options for Homeschool Highschool

This week on Homeschool Highschool Podcast Ep 105: Digital Learning Options for Homeschool Highschool. This post is running concurrently on Ultimate Homeschool Radio Network.

HSHSP Ep 105: Digital Learning Options for Homeschool Highschool Why use digital learning with your homeschool highschoolers? It's cool! It's available! We can use digital resources because these days, in homeschool high school, parents are not teachers as much as they are resource managers. We gather the best resources we can get and make them available to our teens, so that they can learn. We provide: Safety net if they need help Check ins Accountability Usually, grading and credit-assignment Digital Textbooks (like 7SistersHomeschool.com's curriculum) 7Sisters provides curriculum in: Electives and Career Exploration Social Sciences Financial Literacy Literature Study Guides Writing Guides Speech and Drama Spiritual Support and Apologetics All of 7Sisters' curriculum: Is editable (btw- if you have an old uneditable version of a 7Sisters textbook and would like to update to editable, contact us at info@7SistersHomeschool.com for a FREE update) Is readable on tablets or laptops, desktops OR Can be printed out Can be saved on the various devices if you have several teens using it and mom can grade on her device We also have our very popular, truly interactive courses like 7Sisters' Financial Literacy from a Christian Perspective, that includes google research and online simulations, creating their own budgets and financial planning, Online classes (we are not affiliates for any of these, btw). Live or recorded. Here are a few: Currclick.com Dreaming Spires Homelearning Mr. D Math Music In Our Homeschool (check out the freebies) Potter's School PA Homeschoolers AP Courses Stanford Online High School for gifted and talented teens Need help grading? There are resources like: Grammarly.com or hire tutors if you don't feel competent MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). These are awesome courses from universities like MIT, UC Berkeley and more. Teens don't usually get course credit, so they should log hours. Some will grade and score if you pay a little. Here are a couple of them the providers: EdX Coursera Through companies like Audible: Great Courses (Teaching Company) (Be sure to log hours to earn the credit) Dual Credit online from local college Be sure your homeschool highschoolers are ready to do college-level work (at a college pace) because their grade stays with them through the rest of their college years. Some courses transfer and some don't. Ask the college that your teens will be transferring to. Remember: Ask questions! Join Sabrina and Vicki for a fun chat about digital learning. In the meantime, check out these posts: HSHSP Ep 105: Digital Learning Options for Homeschool Highschool

Homeschool  Highschool Podcast Ep 105: Digital Learning Options for Homeschool Highschool

Why use digital learning with your homeschool highschoolers?

  • It’s cool!
  • It’s available!

We can use digital resources because these days, in homeschool high school, parents are not teachers as much as they are resource managers. We gather the best resources we can get and make them available to our teens, so that they can learn. We provide:

  • Safety net if they need help
  • Check ins
  • Accountability
  • Usually, grading and credit-assignment

Digital Textbooks (like 7SistersHomeschool.com’s curriculum)

7Sisters provides curriculum in:

All of 7Sisters’ curriculum:

  • Is editable (btw- if you have an old uneditable version of a 7Sisters textbook and would like to update to editable, contact us at info@7SistersHomeschool.com for a FREE update)
  • Is readable on tablets or laptops, desktops OR
  • Can be printed out
  • Can be saved on the various devices if you have several teens using it and mom can grade on her device

We also have our very popular, truly interactive courses like 7Sisters’ Financial Literacy from a Christian Perspective, that includes google research and online simulations, creating their own budgets and financial planning,

Online classes (we are not affiliates for any of these, btw). Live or recorded. Here are a few:

Need help grading? There are resources like:

  • Grammarly.com
  • or hire tutors if you don’t feel competent

MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). These are awesome courses from universities like MIT, UC Berkeley and more.

Teens don’t usually get course credit, so they should log hours. Some will grade and score if you pay a little. Here are a couple of them the providers:

  • EdX
  • Coursera

Through companies like Audible:

  • Great Courses (Teaching Company) (Be sure to log hours to earn the credit)

Dual Credit online from local college

Be sure your homeschool highschoolers are ready to do college-level work (at a college pace) because their grade stays with them through the rest of their college years.

  • Some courses transfer and some don’t. Ask the college that your teens will be transferring to. Remember: Ask questions!

Join Sabrina and Vicki for a fun chat about digital learning. In the meantime, check out these posts:

Interactive Financial Literacy Course: Why it is Awesome & How to Use it

Homeschool Highschool Podcast Ep 80: Highschool Math for Math-Impaired Moms

Homeschool Highschool Podcast Ep 105: Digital Learning Options for Homeschool Highschool

3 Reasons Why American Poetry: Reading and Writing is Good for Teens

Here are 3 reasons why American Poetry: Reading and Writing is good for teens.

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3 Reasons Why American Poetry: Reading and Writing is Good for Teens

Some homeschool high schoolers are born loving to read and write poetry.

Some homeschool high schoolers (and their moms) feel intimidated by the very idea of poetry. They would like to avoid it if possible!

The truth is, your homeschool high schoolers could graduate without experiencing any poetry reading or writing. But they will be poorer for it. Here are 3 reasons why poetry is good for teens:

Poetry helps teens develop academic skills

  • thinking skills
  • creativity
  • vocabulary
  • writing skills

Poetry helps teens develop personally

  • skills that allow teens to know that learning completely new things can be fun
  • skills that allow them to experience the diversity of the American *melting pot* culture

Poetry helps teens develop artistically

  • because poetry is verbal art
  • poetry develops skills for *noticing* (as opposed to *answering things ONE right way*)
American Poetry: Reading and Writing 7SistersHomeschool.com

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That’s why 7Sisters is providing our guide: American Poetry: Reading and Writing.

American Poetry: Reading and Writing is a teen-friendly guide to poetry that eases teens into the poetry experience. Also, because of the rich *melting pot* heritage of the United States, students who are learning a little about American poetry are tasting a bit of various cultures and experiences of the many kinds of Americans.

American Poetry: Reading and Writing includes:

  • non-intensive study (it is only 5 weeks long)
  • material is fun and success-oriented
  • short lessons (can usually be completed in about 15 minutes)
  • genuine exposure to meaningful poetry and word usage

Teens who love poetry will naturally enjoy this study guide.

Teens who are intimidated by poetry have told me that they not only like poetry a little but feel much better about their own writing skills and abilities when they finish these lessons.

Download American Poetry: Reading and Writing for a delightful unit study for your homeschool high schoolers (at $4.99 you can’t go wrong)!

 

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How do eTextbooks Work and Why Should Your Teens Use Them?

We get the questions, so here are the answers: How do etextbooks work and why should your teens use them?

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How do ETextbooks Work and Why Should Your Teens Use Them?

How is a homeschool mom supposed to choose?

There are more and more options for curriculum these days. Digital curriculum or *etextbooks* are now available for many high school subjects. As etextbook publishers, we at 7SistersHomeschool.com often get questions about how digital curriculum works and why parents should choose this format for textbooks.

Here are some answers.

How do etextbooks work?

  • Etextbooks are simply pdf copies of a real textbook. It is the same quality as a printed and bound textbook but comes to you in a quick, simple pdf format.
Financial Literacy from a Christian Perspective from 7SistersHomeschool.com. Interactive, inspirational.

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  • When you purchase an etextbook, you will receive a link to download your file (your pdf). At 7SistersHomeschool.com, you will see a link right on your purchase receipt AND you will receive an email with the same link.
  • Simply click the link to download your etextbook.
  • You will now find your etextbook in the download section of your computer. Go to Downloads, find the etextbook. Click on it to open your etextbook.
Psychology from a Christian Perspective from 7SistersHomeschool.com

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  • NOW this is important. You want to make the etextbook easy for YOU and YOUR TEEN to find. So together you may want to SAVE the textbook to a file on your computer that is just for that teen. You can also at that time, change the name on the etextbook file to something else that your teen would like. For instance: Instead of *Intro Psychology*, your teen might like to call his etextbook *Psychology*.
Introductory Guide to High School Essay Writing 7SistersHomeschool.com

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  • ANOTHER important feature of 7SistersHomeschool.com etextbooks is the separate answer key (and for curriculum with tests included, separate tests). This means that you should open a file for yourself and use the same procedure above to save the tests and answer keys.
  • Your teen is now ready to do his work, right on the computer. In fact, may of the 7Sisters Literature and Writing Guides are editable, so they may type their answers right into the text. For other texts, many teens will simply create a document and type their answers into that, then email them to mom for grading.
  • Some teens would rather print up their text and keep it in a binder. That works well, also.
History and Philosophy of the Western World from 7SistersHomeschool.com

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Why should your teens use etextbooks?

  • Preparation for college. Many college textbooks are in etextbook format.
  • Cost. Because the publisher is not paying for printing, binding and shipping, the savings go to you.
  • Hipness. It may not feel like an important reason to us older folks, but for many teens, extextbooks are cool.

Download some 7SistersHomeschool.com Electives, Financial Literacy or Language Arts etextbooks.

How do ETextbooks Work and Why Should Your Teens Use Them?

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Homeschool Senior Year? Introducing Powerful Real-Life Writing Projects

Homeschool Senior Year? Introducing Powerful Real-Life Writing Projects!

Projects they'll actually use! High School Guide to Senior Year Writing 7SistersHomeschool.com

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Introducing Powerful Real-Life Writing Projects

Ever heard the question, “When will I EVER use this?” 7Sisters has an answer to that question with High School Guide to Senior Year Writing!

Homeschool high school seniors are busy. They need to make every academic moment worth their while. This special Senior Year Writing bundle will NOT waste your senior’s time! The 4 guides in this curriculum are actual preparation for college and life AND include a creative chronicling project that they will treasure for a lifetime. Included in this bundle are the following writing projects:

*High School Guide to Professional (Writing 11 writing projects they will ACTUALLY use in life!)
*Chicago Style Research Paper Writing Guide (User-friendly research paper style that is popular in many colleges.)
*Guide to Writing a College Application Essay (This may be the most important essay your teen writes in high school!) 
*High School Guide to Creative Chronicling (This powerful writing project produces an heirloom.)

This curriculum assumes some proficiency in writing. (For teens who struggle with writing, it is a good idea to have your senior work in a curriculum level that best meets their needs such as High School Guide to Introductory, Intermediate or Advance Writing.)

High School Guide to Senior Year Writing 7SistersHomeschool.com

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This curriculum bundle will save you money, too! If you purchased each of the included writing guides individually, your cost would be $39.96.

Purchasing this bundled High School Guide to Senior Year Writing curriculum gives you all of the same resources for $29.99! Download it today!

Click HERE to view EXCERPTS from High School Guide to Senior Year Writing.

Want more information on each of the guides included in High School Guide to Senior Year Writing? Click on the above links or read below.

High School Guide to Professional Writing 7SistersHomeschool.com

High School Guide to Professional Writing

A High School Guide to Professional Writing equips senior-year students (or other accomplished high school writers) for 11 types of writing commonly applied in workplace or community scenarios.

High School Guide to Professional Writing offers 13 weeks of instruction in a step-by-step, conversational style that refuses busywork and reassures students that this schoolwork will be of use to them in REAL LIFE after graduation.

The 11 Types of Writing covered in High School Guide to Professional Writing:

  • Writing a Business Letter
  • Writing a Letter of Complaint
  • Writing an Organizational Newsletter (2 weeks recommended for this lesson)
  • Taking and Formatting Meeting Minutes
  • Writing Advertising Copy and Press Releases
  • Writing a Product Review
  • Writing a Book Review
  • Writing a Set of How-To Instructions
  • Writing a Professional Bio
  • Writing an Expository Speech (2 weeks recommended for this lesson)
  • Writing a Project Proposal and Abstract

Rubrics are included for grading each assignment.

Click here to view EXCERPTS.

Chicago-Style Research Paper Writing Guide 7SistersHomeschool.com

High School Guide to Chicago-Style Research Paper Writing

Chicago style NB research papers are popular these days on many campuses, so 7Sisters is bringing you our Chicago-Style Research Paper Writing Guide.

Chicago-Style Research Paper Writing Guide is a 5-week study aimed at high schoolers who already have some experience with research paper writing. It is self-guided, step-by-step, no-busywork guide that coaches a teen from start to finish through writing a Chicago-style research paper. Rubric for grading included.

What is Chicago style?

Chicago style is the creation of the University of Chicago Press. It is an old and successful format that has been re-popularized with several variations. Chicago style NB format (Note-Bibliography), Chicago-Style Research Paper Writing Guide follows that format. 

Click here to view EXCERPTS from Chicago Style Research Paper Writing Guide.

College Application Essay Writing Guide 7SistersHomeschool.com

Guide to Writing a College Application Essay

Help is here for writing the all-important college application essay in this 10-page downloadable ebook text! Homeschooling seniors applying to colleges need to be able to communicate their thoughts in a clear and persuasive manner, paying close attention to the details that are uniquely effective in a college application essay. 7Sisters’ Guide to Writing a College Application Essay builds confidence in high school juniors and seniors through a conversational style of instruction that will help them write those essays with excellence and gain positive attention from college admissions offices.

The Guide to Writing a College Application Essay includes topics to help build real-world understanding in teens, answering questions such as:

  • How important is the admissions essay?
  • What are typical college application essay prompts?
  • What are the must-include pieces of this process?
  • What are common mistakes, and how can I avoid them?

With helpful examples and no-busywork, Guide to Writing a College Application Essay equips your homeschooler for this important task!

Click here to view an excerpt from Guide to Writing a College Application Essay.

High School Guide to Creative Chronicling 7SistersHomeschool.com

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High School Guide to Creative Chronicling

Short story writing, plus project planning, plus media and computer skill development in a senior year curriculum? Yes!

Are you looking for a unique writing assignment for your student’s senior year or as an additional assignment for a student who is creative and loves to write? Maybe you’d like to equip your student to create a group yearbook, or a written gift to commemorate a special event or milestone in your family. High School Guide to Creative Chroniclingoffers all of this and more. This high school guide does more than just teach writing. It encourages students to combine writing with computer skills and photography to create a chronicle of lasting memories.

High School Guide to Creative Chronicling is a 38-page downloadable pdf guide, written by Marilyn Groop and Sabrina Justison collaboratively to encourage upperclassmen to capture memories with excellent short-story writing, photography and photo editing, formatting, and creative presentation that results in a true keepsake book.

High School Guide to Creative Chronicling is a blend of creative-academic-meets-real-world-writing that is perfect for seniors who already have built strong writing skills with essays, research papers, short stories, poetry in the earlier years of high school.

Beginning with instruction in project planning, the High School Guide to Creative Chronicling walks your student writer through a multi-step process:

  • decide on a purpose for the chronicle,
  • select the number of stories to include,
  • choose whether or not to work collaboratively with other writers,
  • develop a timeline to ensure that deadlines are met,
  • delegate duties if working with a group,
  • plan a visual look for the finished book,
  • edit photos, graphics and text for a professional appearance,
  • and designate a printing and binding style for powerful presentation.

Click here to view an excerpt from High School Guide to Creative Chronicling.

 

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3 Ways to Earn Character-Forming World History Credit

Here are 3 powerful ways to earn character-forming World History credit.

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3 Powerful Ways to Earn Character-Forming World History Credit

Why waste 4 good years of high school with your teens simply learning dates and facts but having NO life change?

Character formation has always been my goal in teaching history with my homeschool high schoolers, co-op teens and group classes. Adolescent minds (as we know from Human Development) are arriving at metacognition- which means they can think, perceive, perspective-take and form character like never before in their lives.

World History is one of those subjects that best lends itself to character formation. Teens can read, think and discuss the great things that have happened over time, and the human-character disasters that have happened.

We all know the quote from the philosopher George Santayana, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

Homeschool high schoolers need a World History credit for their homeschool transcript. Why not create a character-forming World History credit? Here are 3 ways:

History and Philosophy of the Western World from 7SistersHomeschool.com

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Use a text that integrates thinking skills, Christian history and World History

Character formation and critical-thinking skills development is exactly why 7Sisters published History and Philosophy of the Western World. Teens need to learn the

  • church leaders from the past who boldly lead God’s people
  • philosophers who molded the thinking and actions that shaped cultures
  • political leaders who changed their worlds

7Sisters’ History and Philosophy of the Western World covers all that in a light-hearted, student-friendly, no-busywork, inspirational format. Co-written by philosopher, Dr. Micah Tillman, the text gives introductory thinking skills without being intimidating or boring. It is also levelable (includes interesting extra activities for teens who want to earn rigorous Honors credits).

Follow current events

Following current events is easily done to enrich your World History credit. A weekly discussion about major events in politics, missions or culture will give homeschool high schoolers the opportunity to think about:

  • places where people HAVE learned from the past
  • places where people HAVE NOT learned from the past and are thus, repeating it
  • places God may be calling teens to pray, learn or serve

Integrate Language Arts’ research paper and books 

Homeschool high schoolers need Language Arts credits each year. Each year they should include some personal reading that helps fill out the number of books they need to read. Each year they need to write a research paper.

Level up your World History credit by including biographies of leaders or books from the past as part of the credit:

  • missionary or church leaders’ biographies
  • biographies of modern philosophers such as C.S. Lewis
  • biographies of great political leaders
World Literature: A Full-Year High School Course from 7SistersHomeschool.com

Take a look at the text!

Level up your World History credit by reading books written in past times from around the world. 7Sisters’ World Literature course includes no-busywork, understandable study guides for books such as:

Choose a topic from World History for your teen’s research paper (MLA, APA or Chicago styles):

Research Paper Writing Guides 7SistersHomeschool.com

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  • How does life (or government) in Ancient Rome compare to life (or government) in America today?
  • What does Aristotle teach about virtue?
  • What was life like for Christians during the Roman Empire?
  • Who was Kierkegaard and why are his ideas influential with Christians and non-Christians?
  • Who were the Empiricists and how did they change the ways that politicians, scientists and theologians think?
  • What was the life of C.S. Lewis (or other modern philosopher/Christian leaders)?

Your teen needs a World History credit. Make the most of it for character formation! Download History and Philosophy of the Western World and World Literature for your homeschool high schooler.

 

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3 Practical Ways to Teach Human Development in Homeschool High School

Here are 3 practical ways to teach Human Development in homeschool high school.

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3 Practical Ways to Teach Human Development in Homeschool High School

What is Human Development? It is the study of the way humans grow and change from conception to old age. Human Development looks at these changes through:

  • Physical changes
  • Cognitive changes
  • Social/emotional changes
Human Development from a Christian Worldview

Click here for information about 7Sisters’ Human Development text.

Why is this important?

  • Teens need to understand themselves, their families and the people they will meet in their future.
  • It looks great on a homeschool transcript!

What are some practical ways to teach Human Development in homeschool high school?

Practical method for teaching Human Development #1:

Just get it done!

For teens who prefer to simply read a text and complete questions and tests, everything is right there in 7Sisters’ Human Development from a Christian Worldview– and is fully editable so that teen can do all their work right on their computer. Tests and Answer Key are part of the price of the text but downloaded separately so that mom can keep track of them. (For teens who are leveling-up to honors level for collage-attractiveness, there is a list of fun and fascinating activities to choose from to accomplish that important goal.)

Human Development Lesson Plans 7SistersHomeschool.com

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Practical method for teaching Human Development #2:

For teens (or co-ops) that love to have some extra sparkle in their studies, homeschool moms can use the wonderful ideas from Lesson Plans for Human Development. Lesson Plans contain objectives and activities for each chapter of the text. Makes the text even more fun!

Plus, look for even more fun activities on our Human Development Pinterest boards:

https://www.pinterest.com/7sistershomesch/human-development-curriculum-and-resources/

https://www.pinterest.com/vickitillman/homeschool-human-development/

Practical method for teaching Human Development #3:

Take some tips from homeschool families who have already studied Human Development.
Here’s a fun post from our friend, Stacey Lane, from LayeredSoul.com.

Here’s a fun post from 7Sisters Sabrina and her co-op.

Here’s a post with some tips from my homeschool high school co-op.

Download Human Development from a Christian Worldview and the Lesson Plans for your homeschool high school.

Want more ideas and information about Human Development? Check this delightful discussion with Sabrina.

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3 Practical Ways to Teach Human Development in Homeschool High School

They’re Here! Lesson Plans for Human Development from a Christian Worldview

They’re Here! Lesson Plans for Human Development from a Christian Worldview!

Human Development Lesson Plans 7SistersHomeschool.com

They’re Here! Lesson Plans for Human Development from a Christian Worldview

Ever since we published the Lesson Plans for Introduction to Psychology from a Christian Perspective, there’s been a demand for Lesson Plans that will enhance 7Sisters Human Development from a Christian Worldview.

They’re here!

Teaching a homeschool co-op or group class for Human Development? Or do you have an engaged homeschool high schooler who wants more from his/her Human Development course?

This lesson plan guide includes for each chapter of Human Development from a Christian Worldview:
  • Objectives
  • Interactive activities and internet links for videos that enrich the learning experience

7Sisters’ Human Development from a Christian Worldview text includes these chapters:

  • Chapter 1: Prenatal Life
  • Chapter 2: The Neonate
  • Chapter 3: The First Two Years
  • Chapter 4: Preschool Years – Ages Two to Five
  • Chapter 5: The Elementary Years
  • Chapter 6: Adolescence
  • Chapter 7: Young Adulthood
  • Chapter 8: Middle Adulthood
  • Chapter 9: Senior Adulthood

The Lesson Plan guide adds fun and creative videos and interaction for each of those chapters.

AND at $2.00 it is a don’t-miss-it deal! Download your lesson plans today.

(Note that tests and answer key are included in Student Text.)
Also, take advantage of our awesome Human Development Pinterest Boards:

They’re Here! Lesson Plans for Human Development from a Christian Worldview

Literature Guides Are Now Editable!

You have loved the content, and the new format means our literature guides are now editable! Your students can type answers directly into the .pdf file if you want them to — same low price, same great content, with a new feature that works just beautifully for ebook curriculum.

7Sisters Literature Guides are now editable!

Literature Guides Are Now Editable!

We don’t believe in busywork or overkill, but we DO believe in the value of adding a series of guides in high school to help teens begin their exploration of literature analysis. If this sounds like it may make Language Arts learning in high school overwhelming, it’s actually quite the opposite.

Literature analysis is a necessary skill for high schoolers to develop. Analysis means going deeper, digging below a surface comprehension of the story (what happened when, who did what, who was driving the story, who learned a lesson, etc.) and examining the underlying ideas the author used his story to communicate. For some students, this step into literature analysis happens naturally and easily, but for most teens this is an unfamiliar way of thinking, and a literature guide with the right approach can facilitate that process and keep things interesting and fun.

What makes our literature guides unique?

No busywork.

When a 7Sisters guide asks a comprehension question, it’s not a dumbed-down, kill the student with busywork question. It’s there to draw their attention to an important moment in the story that will HELP them with the analysis to come.

No overkill.

7Sisters literature guides do not attempt to analyze the book within an inch of its life! We choose two or three elements on which to focus for this particular reading of the book, and we leave the other rich elements to be explored some other day. If a teen reads a classic novel and uses a guide that analyzes EVERY rich element possible (symbolism, theme, metaphor, descriptions, character development, style, tone, background, plot structure, mood, dialogue, setting, and so on), it is an overwhelming analysis that robs young people of the pleasure of the story itself. Treating literature analysis as a process that is best practiced bit by bit to build critical thinking skills means students are not overwhelmed by our guides.

7Sisters Literature Guides Facebook Live video

Click here to view Sabrina’s Facebook Live to learn more about literature analysis for teens

Created by real homeschool moms.

If you missed the Facebook Live explaining the use of literature guides for analysis in high school, click the image above and watch the video! All of us at 7Sisters are REAL homeschool moms who homeschooled our own kids for 20+ years (not the same kid for 20+ years, mind you…we had multiple kids!), used our curriculum in co-ops and group classes in our local community, and are now making that curriculum available to you, our “7th sisters”! Our literature guides were not developed in some environment separate from the homeschool trenches; this is real homeschool curriculum that has been tried and refined over years of use with homeschool high school students.

We are excited to offer these guides now in an editable .pdf format so students can type their answers directly into the guide as they work. If you have purchased literature guides from us in the past and would like this new version for use with your younger students, just send an email to sabrina@7sistershomeschool.com! We will be glad to send you the new version at no cost. (Please allow a few days for a response…there will be a lot of email flooding in!)

Help us spread the good news that our literature guides are now editable! Teens need to learn the process of literature analysis, and 7Sisters guides can help them do that successfully.

 

Literature Guides Are Now Editable!