a free high school curriculum list?

[kareng]

There is a fantastic free K-8 curriculum list on these boards. I have gleaned some good things off of there.

 

Is there a comparable free high school list floating around somewhere?  If so, could you point me at that direction?  If not, could we start one, where you could list what you have used/are using and I could do the same and then the list would grow and grow and we could all benefit from it?  :drool:

 

Funds are low for so many folks and I was thinking what a blessing that list would be to many. 

 

Don't you agree? :hurray:

 

 

[Kareni]

There are free textbooks available from CK-12 in Math (Arithmetic through Calculus), Science, and More.

 

Regards,

Kareni

[chiguirre]

There are free classes, some with class meetings and some at-your-own-pace here:

 

http://www.virtualhomeschoolgroup.com/course/

 

VHSG offers Saxon math. You'd need to buy a used textbook, but it's still very, very cheap.

 

There are free chemistry and physics video courses here:

 

http://www.gpb.org/chemistry-physics

 

There is a free college level Spanish class (although you do have to buy the textbook which is very inexpensive used):

 

http://learner.org/series/destinos/index.html

 

There are lots of free MOOCs at Coursera and EdX that could be used for high school classes.

 

https://www.coursera.org/

 

https://www.edx.org/

[SukiAlice]

Are you looking for things that would be a complete course alone, or resources that would be used to make a class?

[JanetC]

I believe this list was started a long time ago, for high schoolers displaced by hurricane Katrina, so not sure how carefully it's been kept up to date.

 

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/online_hs.htm

[elegantlion]

Saylor.org has a lot of full courses online. Most are university level, they are adding K-12 options, however. 

[materursa]

You can download the Glencoe Chemistry book chapter by chapter and a student resources guide here:

http://iqa.evergreenps.org/science/textbooks/glencoe-chem/Glencoe_Chemistry.html

[TechWife]

I keep two extensive lists up to date. One is a list of free resources available on the internet. Some are classes and some aren't. The other is a list of classes that have a tuition charge. Some of them offer a full program of study, some offer limited subjects. Feel free to send me a PM with your email address and I will send them both along to you.

[kareng]

Are you looking for things that would be a complete course alone, or resources that would be used to make a class?

 

I'd love both, complete curricula and resources to pick and choose from to create your own complete home school program.

[kareng]

I believe this list was started a long time ago, for high schoolers displaced by hurricane Katrina, so not sure how carefully it's been kept up to date.

 

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/online_hs.htm

 

Thanks so much. I'll check it out!

[SukiAlice]

I have a long list and some overlap, so I tried to sort them as well as I could. 

 

General books -

• http://catalog.flatworldknowledge.com - online textbooks. college level but could be used by high schoolers.
• http://www.openculture.com/free_textbooks - more textbooks. I believe they're all high school/college level.
• http://oerconsortium.org/discipline-specific/ - even more online college textbooks.
• http://www.gutenberg.org  - lots of ebooks. these are free because the copyright has expired so the textbooks are obviously going to be very old, but it's still a great source for classics and some others. the majority of my literature list probably comes from here.
• https://librivox.org - public domain audiobooks.

General online courses -

• http://academicearth.org - online college courses.
• http://www.saylor.org - has a college and k-12 section. I've been using the college courses for history and sciences and they've worked fine for me, but the k-12 section has things like Algebra and SAT prep.
• http://oli.cmu.edu - courses from Carnegie Mellon.
• https://www.edx.org - college courses from some great universities.
• https://www.udacity.com - online courses.

Literature/Writing - 

• http://vulgartodivine.co.vu/post/75054071930/this-is-a-masterpost-of-gothic-literature-a-genre - Gothic fiction masterpost with titles and links from the public domain. 
• http://clevergirlhelps.tumblr.com - maybe not curriculum, but I love this blog. lots of great, specific writing tips.  (warning: I have seen graphic writing about violence on here, so if that bothers you I'd be careful.)
• http://thewritingcafe.tumblr.com - more specific tips on writing. I really loved their things on world building.
• https://realtimeboard.com - an online whiteboard to plan your writing. you can draw webs, family trees, timelines, and insert things like documents/videos/photos. you can make notes and invite people to the board so you can edit it together. 
• http://literature-map.com - great for finding reading recommendations based on authors you already like.
• http://donjon.bin.sh/fantasy/world/ - fictional world generator.
• http://elliemaytk9.tumblr.com/post/41760287372/ - more writing help. prompts, character development, etc. 

Science - 

• http://ptable.com - online periodic table.
• http://www.refdesk.com/science.html - lots of science resources.
• http://www.youtube.com/user/minutephysics - short, easy to understand videos about physics and other sciences.
• http://www.sixtysymbols.com/index.html - videos about the symbols of physics and astronomy.

 

Language learning - 

• http://www.fsi-language-courses.org - free courses from the United States government for a long list of languages.
• https://www.duolingo.com - language app/website. I definitely wouldn't consider this an entire credit for a high schooler but I've done some of the French program and it was pretty fun practice.
• http://www.hellomylo.com - I haven't personally used this, but it's a free language resource for French, German, Spanish, and Chinese.
• http://www.latinwordlist.com - latin word list/dictionary.
• http://ryanestradadotcom.tumblr.com/post/20461267965/learn-to-read-korean-in-15-minutes - learn to read Korean in 15 minutes.
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/ - language learning help.

History - 

• https://blogs.commons.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/ - medieval studies resources from Georgetown.
• http://clevergirlhelps.tumblr.com/post/77308379619/history-chronology-timeline-founding-of-rome - lots of resources about the roman empire. it's meant so you can write about it but could obviously be used for history. I mentioned her blog in the writing section, but she has this and other posts that have some cool history links.

Arts - 

• http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hm/04/hm04.htm/#/06/World-Map - art history timeline from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• http://www.metmuseum.org/learn/for-educators/publications-for-educators - free art textbooks from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• http://phannahtom.tumblr.com/post/79642249859/the-most-fun-a-poor-art-history-major-can-have - some pictures of places you can go inside of now with google maps. I believe there's a bigger list of museums and places you can go into but unfortunately I can't find it.
• http://www.musictheory.net - free music theory lessons
• I have tons of resources on how to actually do art like painting, drawing, graphic design, etc. but there the list is so long I figured I'll just give it if someone asks.

Other - 

• not free, but if you already have netflix and hulu plus (not sure about normal hulu) they have lots of interesting documentaries/films about science, history, art, language, etc. I have a whole separate profile for all the school related things I want to watch. if you don't have netflix it's $9 a month, which imo is pretty good with all the school stuff you can get + normal tv and movies.
• http://lizardpoint.com/geography/ - free geography tests. when I was in public school we called them map tests.
• http://www.ted.com - free talks on a variety of subjects. a lot are also available on netflix and I believe youtube.
• http://easybib.com - whenever I need a bibliography I use this.
• http://iruler.net - online ruler.
• http://documentaryheaven.com - free documentaries.

 

 

[Chrysalis Academy]

subbing - I didn't see this thread the first time around, and want to come back and check it out. Thoroughly! 

[MarkT]

Easy Peasy All-in-One high school - free

 

http://allinonehighschool.com/

[thelittlebluenotebook]

Some of you ladies might be interested in this: FREE (One semester) American History/Bible course for High School Junior/Seniors

 

http://bit.ly/1DQMaRU

 

Part Two (second semester) is in the works.  Writing as fast as obligations allow.