12th grade

2024-25 Curriculum

Wrapping up our 2024-25 school year with one last post…all of the curriculum we used this year! This was my final year with two students…Ladybug was in 12th grade, and Chickadee was in 7th. The beginning of the year seems like a very long time ago, so hopefully this list is complete!

Religion

  • Journey Through Church History

Math

For Ladybug:

  • The Fallacy Detective

For Chickadee:

  • Horizons Pre-Algebra

Language Arts

For Ladybug:

  • On Writing Well
  • The Lively Art of Writing
  • Wordly Wise 3000, Book 12
  • The British Tradition Book Three: Poetry from the Romantic to the Victorian Age

For Chickadee:

  • Spelling Workout G
  • Wordly Wise 3000, Book Seven
  • Writing with Skill, Level Two

Literature

For Ladybug:

  • A Tale of Two Cities
  • The Merchant of Venice
  • Jane Eyre
  • A Farewell to Arms
  • Fahrenheit 451
  • 1984
  • The Great Gatsby
  • Paradise Lost
  • The Screwtape Letters
  • The Art of War
  • Wuthering Heights
  • Murder on the Orient Express

For Chickadee:

  • Tom Sawyer
  • The Trojan War
  • The Bronze Bow

History

For Ladybug:

  • 1491
  • A People’s History of the United States
  • American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
  • March–Books 1-3
  • Driving the Green Book
  • There are No Children Here
  • Between the World and Me
  • Travel as a Political Act
  • On the Hippie Trail

For Chickadee:

  • The Story of the World, vol. 3: Early Modern Times
  • Underground Railroad and Oregon Trail unit studies

Science

For Ladybug

  • Exploring Creation with Advanced Physics (one semester)

For Chickadee

  • Apologia Exploring Creation with General Science

Electives

For Ladybug:

  • Photography using Understanding Exposure
  • Psychology

For Both:

  • Duolingo
  • Tennis
  • Cooking featuring The Wizard of Oz: The Official Cookbook (and others)

First Day of Twelfth Grade

Ladybug has made it to her senior year of high school here at Veritas Academy! It’s just as hard for me to believe that as it was for me to come to the same realization about Turkey and Bunny four years ago…and I’m still worried that this school year is just going to be one long rendition of “One Last Time!”

And while I’m at it, here’s a picture of her on her very first day of school here at home, way back in 2012:

2020-21 Curriculum

I’m trying something new this year…I’m sharing my curriculum list before the school year begins! Of course, there’s a chance that I have forgotten to include some things and may come across them as the school year progresses…if that happens, I’ll try to remember to update it. This year, Turkey and Bunny will be in 12th grade (!!!), Ladybug in 8th, and Chickadee in 3rd. Moose will begin the school year at home with us in 9th grade, but he will be doing distance-learning through his high school, so I don’t have curriculum specific to him, although he is welcome to follow along with whatever we’re doing in addition to his work.

Religion

  • Lutheran Service Book: Companion to the Hymns
  • One and All Rejoice
  • The Illuminated Hymnal

Math

For Turkey and Bunny:

  • Math-U-See Calculus

For Ladybug:

  • Horizons Algebra

For Chickadee:

  • Horizons Math 3

Language Arts

For Turkey and Bunny:

  • The Elements of Style
  • On Writing Well
  • The Lively Art of Writing
  • Wordly Wise 3000, Book 12
  • The British Tradition Book Three: Poetry from the Romantic to the Victorian Age

For Ladybug

  • Spelling Workout H
  • Wordly Wise 3000, Book Eight
  • Writing with Skill, Level Three

For Chickadee

  • First Language Lessons, Level Two
  • Writing with Ease, Level Two
  • Explode the Code, books seven and eight
  • Spelling Workout C
  • A Reason for Handwriting Cursive C
  • Wordly Wise 3000, Book Three

Literature

For Turkey and Bunny

  • A Tale of Two Cities
  • Macbeth
  • Jane Eyre
  • Fahrenheit 451
  • 1984
  • The Great Gatsby
  • Paradise Lost
  • The Screwtape Letters
  • Wuthering Heights
  • Murder on the Orient Express

For Ladybug

  • Treasure Island
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  • As You Like It
  • The Trojan War
  • Henry Reed’s Journey

For Chickadee

  • Farmer Boy
  • Charlotte’s Web
  • Mr. Popper’s Penguins
  • A Bear Called Paddington
  • The Boxcar Children
  • Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

Social Studies

For Turkey and Bunny (A study of US geography and cultures)

  • 1491
  • A People’s History of the United States
  • American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
  • The Warmth of Other Suns
  • March–Books 1-3
  • There are No Children Here
  • Between the World and Me
  • Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African-American Cooking

For Ladybug and Chickadee

  • The Story of the World: The Modern Age
  • US Elections Lapbook
  • The US Constitution (Ladybug only)

Science

For Turkey and Bunny

  • Apologia Exploring Creation with Advanced Biology
  • The Anatomy Coloring Book
  • Blood Typing Kit

For Ladybug

  • Apologia Exploring Creation with Physical Science

For Chickadee

  • Apologia Exploring Creation with Zoology One

Electives

  • Psychology (Turkey and Bunny only)
  • Duolingo
  • Tennis