Core Curriculum

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High Flyers
Intro to Ground School
Aviation Science

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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.

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Day 125: Mercy

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonAmerican History, Anger, Brooks, Cat, Debt, Depression, Europe, Famine, Food, Forgiveness, Friendship, Genocide, Grace, Heaven, Holocaust, Jesus, Judaism, Judgment, Kingdom, Marriage, Mercy, Mullins, Parable, Passover, Patience, Polacco, Prison, Remembrance, Righteousness, Roo Panes, Sacrifice, Servanthood, Sin, Slavery, Slovakia, Ukraine, USA, WEEK 32, What Do Animals Eat?, Widow, World War II Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 125: Mercy

Family Books: “My Favorite Food”, “Mrs. Katz and Tush”

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Travel: Slovakia

Video: “I Will Sing” – Rich Mullins

Video: “Different Child” – Roo Panes

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Day 123: Efficiency

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonAlaska, Belief, Body, Building, Disciples, Discretion, Disease, Efficiency, Eggs, Ethics, Evil, Fear, Food, Giving, God's Will, Groves, Hatred, Healing, Heaven, Home, Hospitality, Houses, Israel, Japan, Jesus, Judgment, Kingdom, Light, Milk, Miracles, Nuts, Pan-American Highway, Peace, Persecution, Plants, Preparedness, Profitability, Salvation, Samaritan, Science, Secrets, Sheep, Steltzer, Truth, USA, WEEK 31, Welcoming, Yukon Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 123: Efficiency

Family Book: “Building an Igloo”

Travel: Alaska

Video: “Scientists in Japan” – Sara Groves talks about the meaning behind the song

Video: “Scientists in Japan” – Sara Groves (official music video)

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Day 121: Forgiveness

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonAging, Annointing, Arizona, Benevolence, Conflict Resolution, Debt, Discretion, Eggs, Family, Food, Forgiveness, Giving, Gratitude, Honesty, Jesus, Judgement, Keaggy, Ladwig, Love, Mexico, Milk, Neighbor, New Mexico, North America, Nuts, Pan-American Highway, Pharisee, Prayer, The Lord's Prayer, USA, WEEK 31, Woman, Work Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 121: Forgiveness

Family Book: “The Lord’s Prayer”

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Travel: New Mexico; Arizona

Song: “Find Me In These Fields” – Phil Keaggy & Brian Zahnd

Video: “Peace Be With You” – Roo Panes

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Day 120: Meekness

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonAgriculture, Andru, Anger, Atkin, Beatitudes, Central America, Child Labor, Children, Costa Rica, Darien Gap, Disciples, Dooling, El Salvador, Fairness, Family, Farm, Fruit, Grains, Groundedness, Heaven, Humility, Inheritance, Jesus, Kingdom, Language, Listening, Martyr, Meekness, Mexico, Migrants, Modesty, Nicaragua, North America, Pan-American Highway, Panama, Righteousness, Spanish, Speech, Stephen, Strength, Thomas, Truth, Veggies, WEEK 30, Work Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 120: Meekness

Family Book: “Lights On the River”

Family Book: “Voices from the Fields”

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Travel: Panama; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; El Salvador; Honduras

Video: “Stephen” – Andru Bemis

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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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