Once-a-week enrichment classes for home schoolers!
What's Happening in the
​"9th/10th Grade" 1A Class?
      American Government:
  • ​Book: Basic American Government
  • Audio MP3s/YouTube Videos - So students can listen along with their daily readings, either in MP3 format or on YouTube links (audio files are divided into sections that match students' four-day assignment sheets
  • Games/Fun Stuff - Memory games, crosswords, Jeopardy! games, projects, and more
  • Audio-Visuals - Film clips of politicians, funny/interesting full-length films related to American Government topics
      American Literature:
  • Essays, Poems, Letters, Speeches - Selections to inspire, enlighten, and tickle the funny bone of students
  • Short Stories - New, updated 2nd Edition includes 16 of America's greatest short stories!
  • In a Hollow of the Hills - An exciting, fast-paced story of the old west by popular author Bret Harte
  • Up from Slavery - An inspiring autobiography by former Alabama slave Booker T. Washington
  • The Magnificent Ambersons - One of America's finest novels, set in Indiana, a Pulitzer-Prize winner by Booth Tarkington
      Grammar/Vocabulary/Composition:
  • Usage and grammar rules (commas, possessive case, gerunds, clauses, and more), reinforced with regular take-home practice worksheets
  • About 85 key vocabulary words (definitions, origins, synonyms, and use in context), also reinforced with take-home practice worksheets
  • Eight turn-in essays, with detailed instructions, corrected and scored with the benefit of Scott Clifton's writing and editing experience
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What's Happening in the
​"11th/12th Grade" 2A Class?
      ​World History:
  • New Books​ - An overview of world history, with new books focusing on Ancient Rome, WWI, and WWII
  • Classical Music - Regular listenings to and studies of classical music pieces
  • Geography/Map Studies
  • Nation Briefs - Students choose a nation they're interested in and report on various features over the year
  • Audio-Visuals - Radio addresses, photographs, and film clips of key historical events
  • Foreign Films - Uplifting, funny, exciting, and suspenseful movies from India, England, Japan, Iran, Norway, France, and Italy
  • Games/Fun Stuff - Memory games, Taboo, World History Connect Four, Jeopardy!, Pictionary, and more
      World Literature:
  • Ancient Literature - A new and improved 2nd Edition!
  • Stories, Essays, and Speeches - Key essays and speeches of the world, and inspiring, entertaining, thought-provoking, and funny short stories from Russia, Spain, New Zealand, England, France, Canada, Germany, Japan, Italy, Australia, and India
  • Let Me Die in Ireland - An inspiring historical novel of Saint Patrick's life, by Christian historian David Bercot
  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Mark Twain's famous novel
  • A Tale of Two Cities - One of the world's all-time greats, by Charles Dickens
  • Animal Farm - A must-read for high schoolers, in our day when "democratic socialism" is rising in popularity
      Composition:
  • Eight turn-in essays, with detailed instructions, corrected and scored with the benefit of Scott Clifton's writing and editing experience
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Class Spots Left:
​​1A ("9th/10th Grade") Monday - 18
1A ("9th/10th Grade") Wednesday - 19
2A ("11th/12th Grade") Thursday - 19