COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
- There will be modifications for next year, so please check back in the spring to see these updates.
Kindergarten
Math: Singapore
Earlybird Kindergarten Mathematics Standards Edition is a comprehensive, activity-based program designed to provide kindergarten students with a strong foundation in mathematics. The program aims to prepare young students for subsequent stages of mathematical thinking. In the Textbook, mathematical concepts are developed in a systematic, engaging and fun way. Hands-on tasks, meaningful activities and attractive illustrations rich in mathematical content engage students’ active participation in the learning process. The series also provides easy-to-follow guidance in various forms to allow for meaningful intervention by both parents and teachers.
Phonics: Abeka
Letters and Sounds K5 uses age-appropriate phonics exercises to help your child associate pictures and words, enhance their vocabulary, develop reasoning and listening skills, and follow directions. Your child will apply his understanding of one- and two-vowel words, special phonics sounds, and blends to create words, finish sentences, solve puzzles, and color pictures.
Art: Abeka
From making a sponge painting to crafting a Hawaiian lei, your little artist will love the 37 projects in this age-appropriate art program for kindergarten. They will develop their manipulative skills through coloring, painting, tracing, drawing, cutting, and gluing with a variety of materials. Whether it’s making a George Washington hat in February or an Easter cross in March, the monthly themes give him projects to enjoy and proudly display. The projects are correlated with academics, Bible teaching, and the seasons. Music: Abeka
Music makes you smarter! Enhance your child’s learning experience with these classic children’s songs. This songbook includes 43 nursery rhymes, patriotic songs, and holiday favorites. Your child will love these energetic fun songs and will be singing them for years to come.
Social Studies: Abeka
Introduce your child to new topics such as helpers in the community, the beginnings of American history, interesting features from other countries, and basics of geography. With this work-text, your child will be able to read the information for the lesson as well as complete activities that reinforce or apply the lesson. Your child will enjoy following simple mazes, completing dot-to-dot activities, coloring pictures, reading short poems, and even crafting his own Tower Bridge.
Think and Learn: Abeka
Think and Learn K5 includes lesson objectives, explanations, comprehension questions, and discussion topics about the things your child will hear and see everyday. Lesson objectives cover visual perception, motor coordination, listening/thinking skills, and social/personal skills.
Bible: Jesus Storybook Bible
Based on the award-winning storybook, The Jesus Storybook Bible Curriculum by Sally Lloyd-Jones and Sam Shammas contains 44 lessons revealing how Jesus is the center of each Bible story and how every story whispers his name. With activities, memory verses, handouts for children, and more, The Jesus Storybook Bible Curriculum invites children to join in the greatest of all adventures, to discover for themselves that Jesus is at the center of God’s great story of salvation—and at the center of their story too.
Science: Abeka
Help your child soar through his God’s World K5 lessons with this teacher’s edition. This copy of the student book includes extras for parents such as notes for oral reading, discussion topics, application questions, ideas for demonstrations, and activities that help reinforce the lesson. Your child will love tasting the difference between sour and bitter, learning about the direction the wind blows by blowing bubbles, or participating in a recycling event.
Handwriting: Handwriting Without Tears
This workbook is for kindergarten students. Lessons teach capitals, lowercase letters, and numbers. Activities form good handwriting habits and develop strong writers.
Poetry: Abeka
These 13 familiar poems memorized so easily in kindergarten can have a lifelong effect on children’s imaginations. Christina Rossetti’s “Who Has Seen the Wind?” leaves the indelible image of trees bowing down their heads. And what child won’t love and remember “the friendly cow all red and white” as described by Robert Louis Stevenson? Use the “Enjoying the Poem” sections to the right of each poem to prompt your students to think about the poem as they memorize it. The colorful illustrations on the front will help your students to imagine, enjoy, and remember the poems.
1st Grade
Math: Singapore
The Primary Mathematics U.S. Edition series of elementary math textbooks and workbooks is meant to be part of a system of learning in which adult supervision and independent practice go hand in hand. The main feature of this series is the use of the Concrete to Pictorial to Abstract approach. Students are provided with the necessary learning experiences beginning with the concrete and pictorial stages, followed by the abstract stage to enable them to learn mathematics meaningfully. This approach encourages active thinking process, communication of mathematical ideas and problem solving, which helps develop the foundation students will need for more advanced mathematics.
Grammar: Abeka
Would you love for your child to be able to write in complete sentences? This one-page-per-day text provides the information your child needs to use words and express them effectively! After completing this text, your child will be able to capitalize significant words; end a sentence with correct punctuation; recognize rhyming words, compound words, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and contractions; use prefixes and suffixes; alphabetize words; and even to write original stories on specific topics.
Spanish: Bob Jones
Enhance your elementary child’s education and prepare him or her for future careers and ministries by teaching Spanish. BJU Press’s elementary Spanish educational materials, Pasaporte al Español, contains 6 progressive teaching steps.
Phonics: Abeka
From delightful poems to a coloring key based on vowels, this work-text makes phonics fun! Letters and Sounds 1 provides daily exercises to reinforce the phonics concepts vital to the mastery of reading skills. Each phonics element is systematically reviewed using activities such as marking vowels and circling suffixes, completing sentences, filling in missing letters, matching rhyming words, solving puzzles and riddles, and more. Give your child a well-rounded review and application of phonics with this full-color book featuring themes of the zoo, the farm, the ocean, and spring.
Spelling and Poetry: Abeka
Further your child’s spelling and poetry skills with the added features of this book. This resource includes the child’s text with the answers inserted and also presents teaching tips in bright blue font throughout. This extra copy of the homework pages can provide you with extra practice for your child whenever needed. Word Mastery tips and Enrichment Ideas are included in selected lists to make your instruction as effective as possible and to give ideas for optional activities.
Literature:
Within literature students will build comprehension skills that develop their abilities to make predictions, improve their understanding of content, sequence or character and connect whatever they are reading with their own experience and knowledge. Mastering reading comprehension for any student is the foundation to all future academic success and is one of the most valuable and lasting skills a student will develop. Students are given reading comprehension questions that coincide with their literature books that build in difficulty to challenge your student.
History: Veritas (History of Me and History of US)
Bede (pronounced like “bead”) is a timeline … who strongly resembles a ball of yarn. This loveable character introduces young children to the basics of history in a fun way–once a week–all year long. Topics include: how a timeline works, family history, the history of holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, etc.), the history of toys, the history of sports, and more. Even a little Church history is included! History is, in a sense, a compilation of all of the victories and failures of humankind as God leads us. It is important that students not only understand the events of the past, but the significance of how those events affect their own lives. This appreciation of history will help them shape their future. Bede’s History of Me lays a groundwork for later years of study.
In Bede’s History of US 1st graders are introduced to American history. Topics include: Columbus Day, the Great Awakening, George Washington, Ben Franklin, Lewis and Clark, Abraham Lincoln, the Wild West, the history of flight, the history of inventions, famous American artists, and more. This is the perfect preparation for serious history study when students are ready. Also included is an in-depth, state history lapbook project.
Science: Bob Jones
Introduce your child to science with the Science 1 educational materials from BJU Press. The Science 1 Student Text is written on a first-grade level and introduces concepts such as the senses, the seasons, health and safety, gravity, and more. Each topic is presented within a biblical worldview. The student text is filled with colorful photographs and illustrations to help aid understanding. It also encourages the development of critical thinking skills by including fun activities that will require your child to apply the things he or she has learned.
Handwriting: Handwriting Without Tears
This workbook is for first grade students. Lessons emphasize the correct use of lowercase letters in words and sentences. Activity pages combine handwriting instruction with other language arts lessons. Practice pages also teach writing on different styles of lines.
2nd Grade
Math: Singapore
The Primary Mathematics U.S. Edition series of elementary math textbooks and workbooks is meant to be part of a system of learning in which adult supervision and independent practice go hand in hand. The main feature of this series is the use of the Concrete to Pictorial to Abstract approach. Students are provided with the necessary learning experiences beginning with the concrete and pictorial stages, followed by the abstract stage to enable them to learn mathematics meaningfully. This approach encourages active thinking process, communication of mathematical ideas and problem solving, which helps develop the foundation students will need for more advanced mathematics.
Grammar: Shurley English
Shurley English has assembled a unique combination of features to help students build a solid literacy foundation. Our experts organized the series logically, sequentially, and systematically for success. Abstract language arts concepts become clear and logical, using concrete, multi-sensory strategies that support all types of learners.
Spelling: Bob Jones
The Spelling 2 Student Worktext has been completely revised to include colorful worktext pages with activities such as word sorting, word studies, proofreading, dictionary skills, and writing to strengthen spelling and communication skills. Thirty-two weekly spelling lists are included, and each list contains approximately 20 words.
Spanish: Bob Jones
Enhance your elementary child’s education and prepare him or her for future careers and ministries by teaching Spanish. BJU Press’s elementary Spanish educational materials, Pasaporte al Español, contains 6 progressive teaching steps.
Writing: Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW)
From Enoch and Noah to John the Baptist and Paul, students will get to know the heroes of the Bible while working through six of IEW’s nine units. A variety of games teach vocabulary, reinforce elements of style, and add to the fun!
Reading: Bob Jones
Four reading texts provide interesting, developmentally appropriate selections from a variety of genres, such as realistic and historical fiction, fables, folktales, Bible accounts, biography, and drama as well as poetry. The reading selections provide a progression of difficulty in readability. Instruction is provided in phonics, oral reading, literary techniques, and comprehension. The selections are sequenced logically for readability and skill progression to help all students succeed.
Literature:
Within literature students will build comprehension skills that develop their abilities to make predictions, improve their understanding of content, sequence or character and connect whatever they are reading with their own experience and knowledge. Mastering reading comprehension for any student is the foundation to all future academic success and is one of the most valuable and lasting skills a student will develop. Students are given reading comprehension questions that coincide with their literature books that build in difficulty to challenge your student.
History/Geography: Veritas – Creation to the Fall of Rome
The students will be taught a chronological sequence or timeline of history, with the benefit of seeing biblical history in the context of all history. Students will start by memorizing names, dates, and places to learn how God has worked throughout history. This learning occurs through multi-sensory learning, interactions and games that make the work fun and exciting. This will also provide a foundation for more in-depth study in later years.
Science: Bob Jones
Science 2 teaches the student how to use science process skills to learn and tell about Gods creation. The program focuses on what scientists do, living things, plants, environments, fossils and dinosaurs, the layers and features of the earth, how the earth moves, natural resources, light, forces and motion, and how the body works. The student develops his science process skills as he participates in hands-on activities and projects.
Handwriting: Handwriting Without Tears
This workbook is for second grade students. Learn & Check helps teachers and students check letter, word, and sentence skills. Activity pages combine handwriting instruction with punctuation, paragraph, poem, and language arts activities for practice. Practice includes writing on single lines.
3rd Grade
Math: Singapore
The Primary Mathematics U.S. Edition series of elementary math textbooks and workbooks is meant to be part of a system of learning in which adult supervision and independent practice go hand in hand. The main feature of this series is the use of the Concrete to Pictorial to Abstract approach. Students are provided with the necessary learning experiences beginning with the concrete and pictorial stages, followed by the abstract stage to enable them to learn mathematics meaningfully. This approach encourages active thinking process, communication of mathematical ideas and problem solving, which helps develop the foundation students will need for more advanced mathematics.
Grammar: Shurley English
Shurley English has assembled a unique combination of features to help students build a solid literacy foundation. Our experts organized the series logically, sequentially, and systematically for success. Abstract language arts concepts become clear and logical, using concrete, multi-sensory strategies that support all types of learners.
Spelling: Bob Jones
The Spelling 3 Student Worktext has been completely revised to include colorful worktext pages with activities such as word sorting, word studies, proofreading, dictionary skills, and writing to strengthen spelling and communication skills. Thirty-two weekly spelling lists are included, and each list contains approximately 20 words.
Spanish: Bob Jones
Enhance your elementary child’s education and prepare him or her for future careers and ministries by teaching Spanish. BJU Press’s elementary Spanish educational materials, Pasaporte al Español, contains 6 progressive teaching steps.
Writing: Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW)
This powerful and inspiring seminar will transform the way you teach writing to children (and perhaps your own writing as well)! You’ll learn how to incrementally teach students to write with clear structure and compelling style. Begin with the basics—rewriting a paragraph—and continue all the way into advanced creative and essay writing. Learn how to nurture excellence in writing and thinking in students of any age.
Reading: Bob Jones
Reading 3 Student Reader 3A (3rd ed.) contains developmentally appropriate selections from a variety of genres with a progression of difficulty in readability and skills to provide success for every student. New Bible retellings closely follow the text in Scripture. Feature pages are included before and after selections to highlight literary skills, comprehension questions, and vocabulary.
Literature:
In this course, students will read great literature and continue to work on their phonics fundamentals as they read aloud and read on their own. Students will improve their reading skills through written and oral comprehension exercises, engaging projects and journal writing. Their vocabulary will be expanded through the application of contextual clues and use of the dictionary. Students will learn to apply a Christian worldview as they examine qualities of characters in stories and recognize those worth emulating. They will learn to identify different genres of literature as they read a variety of styles. And most importantly, they will continue to increase their love of literature.
History/Geography: Veritas – New Testament, Greece and Rome
The students will be taught a chronological sequence or timeline of history, with the benefit of seeing biblical history in the context of all history. Students will start by memorizing names, dates, and places to learn how God has worked throughout history. This learning occurs through multi-sensory learning, interactions and games that make the work fun and exciting. This will also provide a foundation for more in-depth study in later years.
Science: Bob Jones
Science 3 provides age-appropriate scientific information through text, charts, and colorful photographs and illustrations. The 3rd grade science educational materials also contains detailed instructions for all experiments, activities, and projects. The last page of each chapter provides key terms and concepts as well a brief writing activity to exercise higher-level thinking skills.
Handwriting: Handwriting Without Tears
This workbook is for third grade students. Cursive Warm-Ups facilitate an easy transition from printing to cursive. Lesson plans incorporate letter review with words and sentences. Activity pages combine handwriting instruction with paragraph, poem, composition, and language arts activities.
4th Grade
Math: Singapore
The Primary Mathematics U.S. Edition series of elementary math textbooks and workbooks is meant to be part of a system of learning in which adult supervision and independent practice go hand in hand. The main feature of this series is the use of the Concrete to Pictorial to Abstract approach. Students are provided with the necessary learning experiences beginning with the concrete and pictorial stages, followed by the abstract stage to enable them to learn mathematics meaningfully. This approach encourages active thinking process, communication of mathematical ideas and problem solving, which helps develop the foundation students will need for more advanced mathematics.
Grammar: Shurley English
Shurley English has assembled a unique combination of features to help students build a solid literacy foundation. Our experts organized the series logically, sequentially, and systematically for success. Abstract language arts concepts become clear and logical, using concrete, multi-sensory strategies that support all types of learners.
Spanish: Bob Jones
Pasaporte al español Kit B builds on the Pasaporte al español Kit A foundation (or its equivalent) and is primarily designed for grades 4–6. Not just a book or a bunch of books in a box, the Kit is more like a real toolbox, chock full of some really useful stuff. These tools can be used to meet the national standards set by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages—what are known as the five Cs of language learning. Kit B includes the Teacher’s Edition, Teaching Charts, audio CDs, Read-Aloud Books, one set of Worktexts Steps 4–6, and an iguana hand puppet, Nacho, and his passport.
Writing: Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW)
This powerful and inspiring seminar will transform the way you teach writing to children (and perhaps your own writing as well)! You’ll learn how to incrementally teach students to write with clear structure and compelling style. Begin with the basics—rewriting a paragraph—and continue all the way into advanced creative and essay writing. Learn how to nurture excellence in writing and thinking in students of any age.
Reading: Bob Jones
Reading 4 (3rd Edition) Student Text provides age-appropriate selections in a variety of genres, including literature and informational text. Before, During, and After Reading sections emphasize comprehension strategies and literary skills. Biblical discernment is an important component of the program.
Literature:
Intended for students at a fourth grade reading level, students will read a variety of great books. During the school year they will read on their own, as well as orally in class, being taught to use punctuation as clues. Memory work, art projects, letter writing, vocabulary skills and more will be used to add excitement to the class. Comprehension skills will be emphasized through both oral and written answers. Common literary techniques will be taught and students will be able to identify them in all the different books. Students will learn to apply a Christian worldview as they examine character qualities and experiences in these enthralling works. Most importantly, they will fall in love with reading!
History/Geography: Veritas – Middle Ages, Renaissance & Reformation
The students will be taught a chronological sequence or timeline of history, with the benefit of seeing biblical history in the context of all history. Students will start by memorizing names, dates, and places to learn how God has worked throughout history. This learning occurs through multi-sensory learning, interactions and games that make the work fun and exciting. This will also provide a foundation for more in-depth study in later years.
Science: Bob Jones
Science 4 allows students to explore creation through an understandable and engaging presentation of text, diagrams, photographs, and illustrations. This elementary science educational materials contains instructions for interactive experiments, projects, and activities. It promotes higher-level thinking skills through brief writing exercises. The textbook discusses a spectrum of scientific fields including ecosystems, plants, insects, the eye, the digestive system, and principles of motion and energy.
5th Grade
Singapore Math:
The Primary Mathematics U.S. Edition series of elementary math textbooks and workbooks is meant to be part of a system of learning in which adult supervision and independent practice go hand in hand. The main feature of this series is the use of the Concrete to Pictorial to Abstract approach. Students are provided with the necessary learning experiences beginning with the concrete and pictorial stages, followed by the abstract stage to enable them to learn mathematics meaningfully. This approach encourages active thinking process, communication of mathematical ideas and problem solving, which helps develop the foundation students will need for more advanced mathematics.
Grammar: Shurley English
Shurley English has assembled a unique combination of features to help students build a solid literacy foundation. Our experts organized the series logically, sequentially, and systematically for success. Abstract language arts concepts become clear and logical, using concrete, multi-sensory strategies that support all types of learners.
Writing: Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW)
This powerful and inspiring seminar will transform the way you teach writing to children (and perhaps your own writing as well)! You’ll learn how to incrementally teach students to write with clear structure and compelling style. Begin with the basics—rewriting a paragraph—and continue all the way into advanced creative and essay writing. Learn how to nurture excellence in writing and thinking in students of any age.
Reading: Bob Jones
Reading 5 Student Text (2nd ed.) provides engaging reading material for the 5th grade level. Presented in a colorful, richly illustrated format, the literature selections help students build reading comprehension and cultivate an appreciation of literature.
Literature:
Intended for students in fifth grade, students will read great literature and continue to work on their phonics fundamentals and oral reading skills. Students will improve their reading skills through written and oral comprehension exercises. Their vocabulary will be expanded through the application of contextual clues, derivation of words from Latin roots, and use of the dictionary. Students will learn to apply a Christian worldview as they examine qualities of characters in stories and recognize those that are worth admiring. They will learn to identify different genres of literature as they read a variety of styles. And most importantly, they will continue to increase their love of literature.
Spanish: Bob Jones
Pasaporte al español Kit B builds on the Pasaporte al español Kit A foundation (or its equivalent) and is primarily designed for grades 4–6. Not just a book or a bunch of books in a box, the Kit is more like a real toolbox, chock full of some really useful stuff. These tools can be used to meet the national standards set by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages—what are known as the five Cs of language learning. Kit B includes the Teacher’s Edition, Teaching Charts, audio CDs, Read-Aloud Books, one set of Worktexts Steps 4–6, and an iguana hand puppet, Nacho, and his passport.
History/Geography: Veritas – Explorers to 1815
The students will be taught a chronological sequence or timeline of history, with the benefit of seeing biblical history in the context of all history. Students will start by memorizing names, dates, and places to learn how God has worked throughout history. This learning occurs through multi-sensory learning, interactions and games that make the work fun and exciting. This will also provide a foundation for more in-depth study in later years.
Science: Bob Jones
Science 5 explores God’s creation in a study of minerals and rocks, fossils, matter and heat, sound and light, weather, ecosystems, and the respiratory and circulatory systems. Students develop science process skills by participating in hands-on activities and projects. The Science 5 student text provides fascinating scientific information through understandable text, charts, diagrams, and colorful photographs and illustrations. The student text also contains detailed instructions for all experiments, activities, and projects.
6th Grade
Fundamentals of Math: Bob Jones
Fundamentals of Math covers math concepts such as whole numbers, decimals, number theory, fractions, and an introduction to algebra and geometry. Problem solving skills and the applications of math to real life are emphasized.
Grammar: Shurley English
Shurley English has assembled a unique combination of features to help students build a solid literacy foundation. Our experts organized the series logically, sequentially, and systematically for success. Abstract language arts concepts become clear and logical, using concrete, multi-sensory strategies that support all types of learners.
Literature:
Intended for students in sixth grade, students will read great literature and work to improve their oral reading skills. Students will improve their reading skills through written and oral comprehension exercises. Their vocabulary will be expanded through the application of contextual clues, derivation of words from Latin roots, and use of the dictionary. Students will learn to apply a Christian worldview as they examine qualities of characters in stories and recognize those that are worth admiring. The level and content of the literature will serve students well as the transition into more dialectic books readies them for Omnibus. They will also learn to identify different genres of literature as they read a variety of styles. And most importantly, they will continue to increase their love of literature.
Writing: Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW)
This powerful and inspiring seminar will transform the way you teach writing to children (and perhaps your own writing as well)! You’ll learn how to incrementally teach students to write with clear structure and compelling style. Begin with the basics—rewriting a paragraph—and continue all the way into advanced creative and essay writing. Learn how to nurture excellence in writing and thinking in students of any age.
Spanish: Bob Jones
Pasaporte al español Kit B builds on the Pasaporte al español Kit A foundation (or its equivalent) and is primarily designed for grades 4–6. Not just a book or a bunch of books in a box, the Kit is more like a real toolbox, chock full of some really useful stuff. These tools can be used to meet the national standards set by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages—what are known as the five Cs of language learning. Kit B includes the Teacher’s Edition, Teaching Charts, audio CDs, Read-Aloud Books, one set of Worktexts Steps 4–6, and an iguana hand puppet, Nacho, and his passport.
History: Veritas – 1815 to Present
The students will be taught a chronological sequence or timeline of history, with the benefit of seeing biblical history in the context of all history. Students will start by memorizing names, dates, and places to learn how God has worked throughout history. This learning occurs through multi-sensory learning, interactions and games that make the work fun and exciting. This will also provide a foundation for more in-depth study in later years.
Science: Bob Jones
Science 6 reveals the incredible intricacies of cells and organisms, matter and energy, astronomy, heredity, the nervous system, and the immune system. This elementary science educational materials includes exciting, but manageable science experiments and science projects.
7th/ 8th Grade
Pre-Algebra: Bob Jones (7th Grade)
Pre-Algebra eases the transition from arithmetic to algebra. Algebraic expressions and linear equations are applied throughout a thorough review of operations on integers, fractions, decimals, percents, and radicals. Students explore relations and functions using equations, tables, and graphs. Chapters on statistics and geometry extend foundational concepts in preparation for high school courses. Problem-solving and real-life uses of math are featured in each chapter. Dominion through Math exercises regularly illustrate how mathematics can be used to manage God’s creation to His glory.
Geography: Take your students on a grand tour of creation–one continent at a time! Payne’s back to basics guide uses a notebook approach that’s ideal for multilevel learning. Drawing information from a wide variety of resources, young explorers will dive into the geography, history, religion, current events, and culture of all seven continents and consider how to share the gospel to people from each.
Using an atlas, encyclopedia, textbooks, or the recommended list of literature and library books (see the Additional Resources PDF above), students will find geographical elements, define new terms, describe the geography of a certain area, and more. Chapters include assignments where students write down their own thoughts, answer essay questions, create projects, respond to literature, and answer other questions about the people and places they’re studying around the world!
Algebra 1: Bob Jones (8th Grade)
Algebra I develops an understanding of algebra by justifying methods and by explaining how to solve problems. Concepts discussed include graphing, solving systems of equations, operations with polynomials and radicals, factoring polynomials, solving rational equations, and graphing quadratic functions.
Latin 1: Veritas
To help the student who didn`t start Latin in early Grammar School catch up to be ready for serious Latin study in coming years. An excellent tool from the folks who publish Latin for Children. See our website for level 2
Composition: Veritas
Adventurer, artist, and detective—roles writers play every day. They interview fascinating people. They visit intriguing places. They learn new things. They have something to say, and they know there is more to good writing than the basics of writing mechanics. Veritas Press and the publishers of WORLD Magazine have partnered to create a text that respects good writers and good writing. Students have something to say, and we want to help them say it well.
History/Theology/Literature: Veritas
Omnibus is the classical Christian educational answer to history, theology, and literature. Omnibus is a Latin term meaning “all encompassing.” Completing Omnibus I will provide the student a full credit in Ancient World History I, one in Doctrine and Theology I, and one in Ancient Literature I. Combining these disciplines will help students grow in their appreciation of the unity of all knowledge, and all the material is taught through a Biblical worldview. The student text leads the student through the study of the great works from the dawn of time to the fall of Rome; teaching with the emphasis on ideas, not simply information. This daily approach includes lesson plans and will make teaching and interacting with the greatest works of Western Civilization both enjoyable and profitable. Students will also apply and further develop their skills in composition, logic, and aesthetics. Students completing all six years of Omnibus will have carefully studied every book of the Bible too. The student text assigns the readings in the primary and secondary books for each semester. We have gathered these books into discounted kits. Primary readings serve as the meat of the Omnibus studies, while secondary provide a less strict, more literature-based approach to the course, culminating for the ultimate learning experience.
Logic: Veritas
This time-proven program covers logical statements, syllogisms, a brief introduction to informal fallacies, and more. The text, answer key and test booklet are very usable by themselves. Covers propositional logic, formal proofs and truth trees.
Science: Bob Jones
Students will learn the science of life in this colorful textbook that displays an engaging design sure to grab their attention from the very first day. Each chapter of Life Science includes well-researched material written at grade level, colorful images to reinforce text content, boxes with fun facts and helpful explanations, a list of key terms, a chapter summary, thought-provoking review questions, and extra questions to prepare students for standardized tests. Students will study cell biology, genetics, the history of life, microbiology, botany, zoology, ecology, and human anatomy and physiology, all within a biblical framework.
Science Labs: Bob Jones
Labs are often the most exciting part of a life science class. These labs will make the subject come alive for your student! This updated Life Science Lab Manual includes worksheets, activities, and labs. Each chapter has 4–5 review worksheets called “Applications”. In addition, 2–5 activities and labs called “Investigations” are provided for each chapter. Class Investigation activities are true laboratory experiments. Each one provides clear instructions for the student and asks probing questions, requiring students to think through what they are observing and studying. Many of these labs can be completed with minimal materials. Research Investigations require students to use other sources to discover information about life science topics. Field Investigations involve students making observations outside the lab or classroom. Personal Investigations are activities that students can complete on their own and often involve preparing oral or written reports.
Spanish 1: Bob Jones
Spanish 1 introduces students to beginning Spanish. Students will learn how to ask and answer questions in Spanish, give and follow directions, purchase items, make small talk, and present the gospel. The textbook is rich with activities to help students gain confidence with the Spanish language.
