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Just now, Sneezyone said:
Are you looking at it from a historical perspective or a literature one or both?
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It has been quite a long time since I've been on the forums and for some reason I am having a terrible time with the search feature. I was planning on putting together a 1 semester course on the Civil Rights Movement for my rising junior. I have not had any luck finding something already put together, but I thought I would check here to see if there are must include resources at least.
If any of you know of something that has been put together previously, I am open to that as well.
Thanks!
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On 6/12/2018 at 1:58 PM, dmmetler said:
DD is doing one next week that requires navy or khaki shorts that are no shorter than 2” above the knee or capris, plus a camp shirt. Swim suits have to be one piece (with restrictions on straps), or a rash guard and swim shorts. Males have restrictions on swim trunks and need to wear a swim shirt/rash guard. It makes sense, though-it’s a camp where the kids will be shadowing employees and learning about job roles in an animal park, so they essentially are being treated as the employees are. They also have to have appropriate footwear both for water and non-water activities.
This was also available ro parents even before camp sign up, so no one was broadsided by it.
The swim suit rule alone would keep my daughter from being able to attend this camp. Not every body type can fit in one piece suits. I'm kind of annoyed by most dress code restrictions anyway as my daughter is long and lean. She can wear 5" inseam shorts to work, but those would not fit the fingertip rule so many have adopted.
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On 5/17/2018 at 10:07 AM, Kim C said:
If you go with forensics, check out the Illustrated Guide to Home Forensic Science Experiments (ISBN: 978-1-449-33451-2)
Kim
Just got this from the library! Excellent resource!
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Thank you all for your ideas. After sharing with my daughter, she's most interested in forensics.
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My oldest will be a senior in the fall. She has taken Biology, Advanced Biology (Anatomy/Physiology), and this semester she took a concurrent Conceptual Chemistry at the local uni.
She knows where she wants to go to school and she should be admitted without issue, but because she also wants to play a sport at the school, we won't have 100% certainty of attending until she signs her NLI. All of that info just to show that while she should be admitted to this school regardless of a 4th science, I like to be prepared and would hate for her to be in a bind if something fell through.
She isn't interested in taking physics, and math is not her strong suit. She's very strong in English/history.
Looking for different science options. Help, please?
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Yes. I was able to access scores just now.
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With all the trouble homeschoolers have getting access to sports, you'd think that someone or some organization would have arisen to fill that need, kind of like there are debate leagues for home school speech & debate students. And they're quality leagues, not just some recreational or dabbling organizations.
Is it because there aren't enough really good home school athletes in any given sport, in a close enough area, to make it competitive enough to appeal to the few that are? Home schoolng is pretty big in Silicon Valley, and in other areas of Florida and Texas, maybe elsewhere. I'd think there'd be enough home school kids who wanted to play some sport to be able to form a team.
Or maybe there isn't the same money in it that there is at public schools? (Our local public school doesn't have great academics, but they just tore out their football field and put in a new one.)
Or maybe there aren't good coaches available to home school teams?
Not a sports family here, so maybe there's some obvious reason.
There are homeschool sports leagues all over, though I imagine it is mostly in larger cities. Our local homeschool athletic league offers football, basketball, shooting, track, volleyball, tennis, cheerleading, baseball... I think that's it. We travel at the end of season to play other homeschool leagues from across the country. SO thankful for the opportunity for my kids.
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Oh, my... reading this makes me a little sick to my stomach. Thank you, Corraleno, for the head's up. I am so sorry for the headache!
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Target has the TI-84 Plus CE on sale for $89 this week.
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What's the author? Thanks
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Ha. Saw your quote and noticed my glaring typo.
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Omnivore's Dilemma or In Defense of Food - both by Michael Pollan.
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Every state accepts ASL as a world/foreign language for a graduation requirement. But you'd need to check with universities to see if they will accept ASL (and Latin, for that matter) as an admissions requirement. There are schools who do not accept Latin, as it is a "dead" language.
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He's mostly just whiny lol but he felt like it was shallow coverage of specific topics... and repeated a lot of material he already covered elsewhere (astronomy, geology, etc) He enjoyed the interconnected nature of it and still talks about "In Big History..." in conversation.
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Thank you. That is helpful.
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We used it last year for both my 6th and 10th graders... using the materials on the website in the semester format... and the David Christian text for the older one, and differing types/# of assignments based on interest/ability... and misc additional materials. It was a big hit at the beginning but the Older one complained a lot later.
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​Curious what the older did not like as the course progressed? We are planning to use it for the upcoming year.
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Saxon Algebra II at co-op
​BJU World History at co-op
​Chemistry at local uni
​Comp I at local cc
Mythology at home
Photography local classHealth/Nutrition at home
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I would just want to make sure that a) the class is high school level and b) that the colleges where the child would be applying accept your 9th grade selection as a science credit. :)
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Just a heads up, you can't do it if you are breastfeeding or planning to become pregnant in the next six months. I went through the whole 2hr exam nursing a baby in my lap and at the very end they say, you have to be 3-6 months post breastfeeding and wait at least 6-12 months before getting pregnant. I was a bit irritated that they failed to say that at the beginning.
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This happened to me as well. Although, I was not nursing in the office, no one said anything to me about breastfeeding. I just happened to hear someone else say something about it right before I was prepped. I was disappointed that I had to wait, but thankful I discovered that I needed to wait!
​My LASIK was done in 2004 and I was 20/15 for several years. Currently, my vision is 20/20. :)
It was life altering and after a lifetime of glasses I was just beyond happy that I could wake up and see the clock, or go swimming and see what was going on. I am very sensitive to sunlight, so often I wear my sunglasses even when it's not really bright outside. Light eyes and LASIK make for more sun sensitivity. So thankful I was able to have the surgery and would do it again in a heartbeat.
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I am in the process of going through the teacher training and getting connected on Yammer. If you are planning on using Big History Project (Alicia!), start here. You won't be sorry. There are book lists and videos and sharing of ideas and ... just get connected!
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Is the teacher guide necessary?
I didn't even know there was a teacher guide. Not sure of its helpfulness. However, when I went looking for that, I did discover that there is a sample of the student book. This might be helpful.
http://schoolstore.sadlier.com/productsList.aspx?CategoryID=61
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Not much in the way of reviews on Amazon, have you ever used it?
I have not used it, but I did purchase it. Unfortunately, I almost immediately loaned it out and have not yet received it back. I like the way it is broken into bite size chunks, so it doesn't make things seem so overwhelming.
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There are other editions as well. This one has more reviews.
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What about something like this?
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/0821581805/-
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I've read all the threads I can find on Big History, but haven't seen anything posted in the past year or so.
Anyone else considering it for the fall? I'm looking at other resources to pull in and plan on starting the teacher training this week. My rising 9th grader really got excited watching the intro video for Big History and when she gets excited about learning, I feel like I need to jump. Not my easiest student. :)
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Civil Rights Movement Course
in High School and Self-Education Board
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Thanks so much! Looking forward to checking these out.