Teaching
High School
Subjects at Home
Advice
Do-It-Yourself
Group Activities for Teenagers
Cafi Cohen writes how many teen homeschoolers find support for
their interests in their communities. They join family and adult
organizations like ski clubs, computer users groups, and Toastmasters.
Goal
Setting
This is a sample of a goal list for a 10th grade boy. From the
Windy Creek website.
High
School Course Design and Record Keeping
Long before our older sons became ready to begin high school
courses, I researched my responsibilities: courses, credits,
transcripts, and college-entrance requirements. By Joy Marie
Dunlap, Teaching Home.
Learning
High School Subjects
One of the key concerns for new homeschooling families is how
to approach high school course work. By Lenore Hayes. NHEN.
Problem
Solving Steps
These Big Six steps will help you get started solving any problem
that involves information gathering.
Web
Pages: a Homeschool Teacher's Secret Weapon
Encourage your teen and younger children to make a web page.
[Guide's Note: Mention homeschooling; if site works I'll link
it under "Teen Sites."]
What
is Homeschooling?
The assumption for most people is that they have to know it to
teach it to their children. Not quite true, since the parent
doesn't have to be the one to teach it.
See also: Teenagers
English
A Brief List of Some Key Terms in Literature
As knowledge of these terms is expected on the college SATs,
I thought it advisable to link this list here.
College Bound Reading List
American literature, world literature, biographies and histories
to read for that college-bound teen.
Developing A Writer's Toolkit
How you can learn to write well without boring grammar lessons
and exercises. By Cafi Cohen.
Encouraging Reading
Cafi Cohen writes about how to entice older kids to read, read,
read. [HEM Mar 98]
No More Writer's Block
AN A to Z ARTICLE
Using multiple intelligences to help young writers, By Laurel Schmidt.
Unique Reader Secondary
AN A to Z SPONSOR
Let's Go Learn's Unique Reader Secondary is a web-based learning system that combines powerful diagnostic reading assessment with comprehensive, supplemental reading instruction for secondary students.
Write Now
Homeschooled students write the cutest stories! You can see them
in newsletters, magazines, presentation nights, and on our refrigerators.
But something seems to happen when these same kids hit older
levels and need to write essays and purposeful reports. By Cathy
Duffy.
See also: Writing
Resources - Advanced Composition
Mathematics
Math
4 Teens
AN A TO Z WEBLINKS PAGE
And those doing algebra, geometry or calculus, or struggling
with higher math concepts and need some help.
Rethinking
Midschool/High School Math
What official guidance are you given for teaching math? Often,
none. In the absence of specific directions, many homeschooling
families pursue what I call School Math. From the Older Kids
column, by Cafi Cohen, HEM
PE
Homeschool Sports
Programs
AN A TO Z WEBLINKS PAGE
Competitive athletic teams are formed all over the country for
homeschoolers. See if there is one near you, or learn how to
start one in your region.
Homeschooling
a High School Athlete
Try-outs are in late summer and the fact that Jake is a homeschooler
rarely comes up. Those that know him from previous years are
aware of it, but it's of little importance on the soccer field.
By Cindie Edmunds. NHEN.
Science
LABRats
The Society for Amateur Scientists is building a program
that will link scientists and engineers of all stripes with young
people who share their passion for science.
Learning
and Doing Science
Typical science activities include observing, measuring, categorizing,
asking questions, forming a hypothesis (guessing how something
works), proposing solutions, trying solutions (experimenting),
summarizing findings, evaluating results, recycling back to observing,
and sometimes reporting.
The Scientific
Method Today
The term "the scientific method" represents the general
pattern of the types of mental activity stages (usually aided
by physical activities) that occur in the master method, which
we use to obtain, refine, extend and apply knowledge in all fields.
Social
Sciences
Beyond
Names, Dates, and Places
Adolescent history study differs from that of younger children
in three areas:
1. Discussing cause and effect
2. Comparing conflicting accounts and assessing sources
3. Handling more mature themes
Cafi Cohen, HEM J/F 00
Lies
My Teacher Told Me
James W. Loewen explains how not to pass along lies found in
typical history text books and historical books and films.
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