High School, College, and Homeschool Unit Studies…

 

Time Stamps and Links for Transcripts (etc.) Below:

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TIME STAMPS

0:00 – 2:40 — Intro
2:40 –  6:05 — The Fear
6:05 – 9:20 — Conditioning, disclaimer, and chit chat 🙂
9:20 – 11:40— Unit study approach if going to college? “It depends on aspirations?”  True or false?
11:40 – 16:20 — Is college “traditional” in the way homeschoolers often use the term?
16:20 –  18:10 — Back from another baby pause (haha): What’s the Unit Study difference?
18:10 – 19:13 — Scope and Sequence (Unit Study vs. Textbook)
19:13 – 21:00 — Disclaimer… and some laughs 🙂
21:00 – 25:05  — Traditional or not?  What do colleges want? 
25:05 – 27:08 —  Valid argument against unit studies and college readiness
27:08 – 28:53 — Scope in unit study vs. Scope in rigorous textbook, etc.
28:53 –  30:45 — Reading: textbook example
30:45 – 33: 37 — Reading: Campfire example
33:37 – 34:35— Same educational content.  Test it!
34:35 –  35:15 — Preparing them additionally for careers and life
35:15 – 35:37 — You’re asking the wrong question.
35:37 – 37:06 — Disclaimer … and the importance of Jesus. 🙂
37:06 – 37:55 — “One or the other” is not good enough
37:55 – 38:47 — Another disclaimer... because that’s me. 🙂
38:47 – 39:52 — Stand out on your transcripts. 
39:52 – 41:38 — It IS the teacher, so you don’t have to be (doing away with the “traditional” demands on the parent)
41:18 –  42:18 — Choose what fits YOU and what checks your boxes!  Final sign off…

ADDITIONAL LINKS

Here is the link for the LIVING BOOK style!

Want to see what to do for a college transcript?  Here’s an example from our Islander unit!  We are in the process of creating these cheat sheets for all units, too, to better help parents at home!

Want to know how to count high school credits?  Here you go!

Want to see our Science approach and what we have or haven’t yet covered in our units?  It’s HERE.

Want to see our Language Arts Approach? Go HERE.

Want to know how to transition from a worksheet-based education?  Go HERE.


QUOTES REFERENCED IN PODCAST

“Our faculty and researchers collaborate across school and departmental boundaries, and we encourage the same interdisciplinary focus among our graduate students….” – Yale University

The interdisciplinary approach to teaching and research is prevalent throughout the University, mixing scientists and humanists, engineers and social scientists in a variety of ways to enhance discovery and better serve humanity…” –Princeton University

Most universities strive for interdisciplinary collaboration…” – Harvard University

 

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