Core Curriculum

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Geography
High Flyers
Intro to Ground School
Aviation Science

Resource Room

Geography
Math
Science
- Blank Lab Worksheet Pages

GUIDE TO THE CORE CURRICULUM

The What (Intro)
The Why (History)
The How
- Daily Sheets
- Kindergarten “Sticky Notes”
The When (History Scope)
The Where (Indexes)
The “What to Have On Hand”

* 2020 Revision *

This curriculum is an ongoing work in progress… Check back often to see what’s new!

RESOURCES: I just added a page of my top curriculum picks! These aren’t math or language arts series, they’re general books that I recommend for any or every student. Sorted by subject.

New Format: Days 1-6

Geography: Added books on video when available

* Film Festivals * If FILM FESTIVAL is in black, it has not been checked. Use at your own risk, and know some of the links may not work.

If FILM FESTIVAL is in green, it has been checked and verified.

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Author Archives: rachelwhitson

Day 119: Groundedness

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonAgriculture, Arsenault, Belief, Birds, Canada, Child Labor, Colombia, Darien Gap, Disciples, Drought, Ears, Family, Farm, Farming, Feet, Food, Fruit, German, Goodness, Grains, Groundedness, Groves, Growth, Gungor, Harvest, Home, Jesus, Joy, Judgement, Kingdom, Knowledge, Language, Maturity, Mennonite, Migrants, North America, Pan-American Highway, Parable, Path, Perseverance, Plants, Rock, Roo Panes, Roots, Salvation, Secrets, Seed, South America, Strength, Trottier, Understanding, Veggies, Wealth, WEEK 30, Words, Work, Worry Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 119: Groundedness

Family Book: “Migrant”

Travel: Colombia

Video: “Home from Home” – Roo Panes

Song: “This Cup” – Sara Groves

Video: “I Am Mountain” – Gungor (official music video)

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Day 118: Beauty

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonAging, Annointing, Beauty, Benevolence, Charm, Creation, Death, Devotion, Ecuador, Fruit, Galapagos Islands, Generosity, Giving, Gospel, Grains, Greene, Groves, Jesus, Leprosy, Love, Memory, Pan-American Highway, Poor, Poverty, Remembrance, Righteousness, Sacrifice, South America, Strength, Truth, Veggies, Waste, WEEK 30, Wilson, Women Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 118: Beauty

Family Book: “The Beautiful World that God Made”

Travel: Ecuador; Galapagos Islands

Video: “Jesus, You’re Beautiful” – Sara Groves (with lyrics)

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Day 117: Modesty

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonAgriculture, Alertness, Argentina, Boasting, Brother, Building, Cars, Chile, Creativity, Death, Discernment, Farm, Food, Foolishness, Fruit, Grains & Veggies, Greed, Groves, Harvest, Humility, Imagination, Inheritance, Inventiveness, Jesus, Judgement, Modesty, Pan-American Highway, Parable, Peru, Possessions, Praise, Preparedness, Provision, South America, Strength, Tomorrow, Tongue, Van Dusen, Wealth, WEEK 30 Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 117: Modesty

Family Book: “If I Built a Car”

Travel: Argentina, Chile, Peru

Video: “Obsolete” – Sara Groves (story behind the song)

Video: “Obsolete” – Sara Groves (live acoustic performance)

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Day 116: Truthfulness

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonAnger, Benevolence, Bitterness, Body, Bolivia, Building, Children, Compassion, Deceit, Discipline, Education, Forgiveness, Groves, Hands, Helpfulness, Holy Spirit, Honesty, Jesus, Kellogg, Kindness, Light, Listening, Love, Neighbor, Noble, Pan-American Highway, Paraguay, Paul, Poverty, Rage, Redemption, Sacrifice, School, Sharing, Sin, South America, Stewardship, Sun, Theft, Tongue, Treasure, Truth, Truthfulness, Understanding, Usefulness, WEEK 28, Wisdom, Witness, Work Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 116: Truthfulness

Family Book: “The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash”

Travel: Bolivia

Video: “Different Kinds of Happy” – Sara Groves (live, with introduction)

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Day 115: Care

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonAdoption, Attentiveness, Availability, Babies, Belief, Cali, Care, Children, Death, Disciples, Empathy, Faith, Family, Fear, Gentleness, Hands, Healing, Health Care, Jesus, Miracles, Mourning, Paraguay, Parents, Peace, Punctuality, Resurrection, Roo Panes, Soma, South America, Stewardship, Suffering, Time, Truth, WEEK 29, Women Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 115: Care

Family Book: “The Call of the Swamp”

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Travel: Paraguay

Song: “Hands” – Roo Panes

Hold gently what you wish to grow old with. Don’t close those hands.

Questions:

What do you think this book is about?
Do you think it was right for Boris to go back to the swamp?
Why did his parents respond the way they did?
Discuss the song “Hands” as it relates to this book.

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Day 114: Preparedness

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonAlertness, Angels, Asia, Becker, Foolishness, Heavem, Jesus, Marriage, Mennonite, Miracles, Moving, Parable, Preparedness, Refugees, Rest, Russia, Stewardship, Surprise, USA, WEEK 29, Wisdom Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 114: Preparedness

Family Book: “Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport”

Travel: Russia

Additional Reading (from “I Heard Good News Today” – Cornelia Lehn):

Hymn: Softly and Tenderly

Song: “People Get Ready” – Margaret Becker

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Day 113: Commitment

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonBecker, British Columbia, Canada, Commitment, Faithfulness, Fortitude, God's Will, Goodness, Heaven, Hunger, Immigration, Jesus, Joy, Kingdom, Marriage, Martchenko, Parable, Patience, Plans, Poverty, Skrypuch, Stewardship, Success, Suffering, Treasure, Ukraine, War, WEEK 29, Work, World War I Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 113: Commitment

Family Book: “Silver Threads”

Travel: British Columbia

Song: “I Commit” – Margaret Becker

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Day 112: Joy

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonBabies, Belarus, Carlstrom, Children, Disciples, Europe, Fruits of the Spirit, Jesus, Joy, Keaggy, Mary Magdalene, Miracles, Moldova, Peace, Resurrection, Saport, Ukraine, Warmth, WEEK 28, Woman Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 112: Joy

Family Book: “Before You Were Born”

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Travel: Moldova; Belarus; Ukraine

Song: “Shouts of Joy” – Phil Keaggy

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Day 111: Organization

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonAdoption, Agriculture, Ascension, Babies & Children, Baptism, Body, Bosnia, Building, Bulgaria, Calling, Children, Church, Croatia, Cycles, Disciples, Down Syndrome, Endurance, Europe, Faith, Family, Farming, Feek, Gentleness, Gifts, Grace, Green, Growth, Handicap, Heaven, Holy Spirit, Hope, Humility, Hungary, Jesus, Knowledge, Leadership, Lewin, Life, Love, Maturity, Mullins, Organization, Orphans, Pastor, Patience, Paul, Peace, Preparation, Prigger, Prioritization, Prison, Seas, Serbia, Service, Switzerland, Systems, Teachers, Truth, Unity, WEEK 28, Wind, Work Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 111: Organization

Family Book: “Aunt Minnie McGranahan”

Travel: Hungary; Croatia; Bosnia; Serbia; Bulgaria

Video: “I Am Not a Mistake” – Indiana Feek

Video: “The Color Green” – Rich Mullins (official music video, with introduction by Rich)

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Day 110: Neutrality

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonAnger, Argument, Austria, Babies, Babies & Children, Children, Conflict Resolution, Consideration, Controversy, Czech Republic, Devisiveness, Devotion, Envy, Europe, Excellence, Foolishness, Generosity, Goodness, Grace, Groves, Hatred, Holy Spirit, Humility, Jesus, Judgement, Justification, Kindness, Life, Love, Mercy, Neutrality, Newell, Obedience, Peacefulness, Poetry, Profitability, Rebirth, Renewal, Righteousness, Salvation, Shape Poem, Slavery, Switzerland, Trust, Usefulness, War, WEEK 28 Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 110: Neutrality

Family Book: “The Slant Book”

Travel: Austria; Czech Republic; Switzerland

Video: “Roll to the Middle” – Sara Groves

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