Homeschooling in high school can seem intimidating, but Threads is committed to helping parents and students homeschool successfully throughout the high school years. Threads offers a flexible menu of classes, curriculum, and competent partner teachers. Our College Prep classes focus on student independence as high schoolers begin to take responsibility for their own educations. Threads College Prep students will meet for 30 weeks (15 in the fall, 15 in the spring). Students will register and pay per subject.
per student – registration: $180, supply fee* varies by subject *Early registration discount cannot be applied to supply fee.
Recommended for: 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grades The subject of biology aims to describe and understand the living organisms in our surroundings. This course will cover topics such as biochemistry, microbiology, cellular structure and function, genetics, taxonomy, the kingdoms of living things, and ecology. In-class labs will include experimentation, microscopy, and dissection.
Recommended for: 10th, 11th, 12th grades This college prep class covers fundamental aspects of chemistry such as the classification of matter, atomic structure, chemical bonding, molecular geometry, physical change, chemical change, stoichiometry, solutions, ideal gases, and acid/base chemistry. In class, students will participate in both lecture and lab time.
Recommended for: 11th, 12th grades This college prep class coveres fundamental aspects of forensic science such as crime scenes, physical evidence, biological evidence, transitory evidence, forensic tools, forensic specialties, and the judicial system. This class will consist of both lecture and lab time.
Recommended for: 11th, 12th grades This college prep course covers general physics, focuses on vector analysis, and provides a student with a strong background in one-dimensional and two-dimensional motion, Newton's laws and their application, gravity, work and energy, and momentum. Also covered is rotational motion, harmonic motion, fluids, heat, sound, and electrical circuits. In class, students will participate in both lecture and lab time.
Recommended for: 11th, 12th grades Statistics is the mathematics of collecting, organizing, and interpreting data in order to make decisions. Statistics and probability problems occur around us every day, and this course is recommended for students who will go on to study fields like business, nursing, psychology, and technology or who will need to take a non-calculus college mathematics course. The course covers both descriptive and inferential statistics. Topics will include probability, normal distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and data correlation.
Recommended for: 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grades Students will develop strong composition and literary analysis skills as they read a collection of high-quality literature each semester and write essays using IEW and other techniques. Class time will be spent learning writing techniques and discussing literary themes and their relevance to history as well as to present day. Composition will also include the study of both grammar and vocabulary.
Recommended for: 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grades U.S. Government: The semester-long course is designed to provide students with an overview of the United States government at the national and local level; the key founding ideas that influenced our form of government; the interplay among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches; the role of political parties; and a view into major civil rights and civil liberties issues. In addition to assigned readings, the class will engage in project-based learning to grapple with course content, such as a model congress where students draft and debate a bill.
The course will survey economic principles, major approaches to managing the economy in U.S. history, and contemporary challenges. Because we live in a global economy, understanding economics is key to understanding what is happening in the world around us. In addition to the course texts, students will take part in hands-on projects, such as developing a business plan, to put into practice the concepts they are learning. This is a one semester course.
Recommended for: 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grades Using several books, students will examine the unique message of Jesus in contrast to the world's other major religions.
Recommended for : 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grades This real-world applicable class will cover many topics that students need to succed financially as adults. These topsic include: Budgeting, Credit Cards, Understanding true cost, Developing Biblical values and attitudes towards money, Payroll Taxes and Tax forms, Investing and Risk assessment, Health/Life/Auto Insurance, How to balance a checkbook, and career planning. Class time will be spent discussing the reading and other materials found in the homework. Students will complete two large semester projects (spending and budgeting in the fall, career planning in the spring) that will be presented to the class.