Homeschool Curriculum Choices- 9th Grade

There are 2 new high school students in our home this year- a 9th grader and a 10th grader.  Choosing their individual high school curriculum has been challenging to say the least.

We decided that our 9th grader would attend a local homeschool resource center for English and Spanish.  They offer honors level classes for homeschool children and we think she will thrive in this environment.  That has alleviated the need to find curriculum for those subjects as they are included with the classes.

Here are our 2018-2019 9th Grade Homeschool Curriculum choices:

Math-

• Teaching Textbooks- Pre Algebra and Algebra 1

We have chosen to continue with Teaching Textbooks through high school- we have used them for years and they seem to work well for us.  We have chosen to try the 3.0 version which is all online and this mama is super happy not having all those discs to keep up with.  Our 9th grader is about halfway through Pre Algebra and then will continue on to Algebra 1.  Our goal is for her to finish both this school year, so she often doubles up on lessons.  So far, so good.

English-

• Local Homeschool Resource Center

History-

• AOP Lifepacs- Civics and Geography
• The Good and The Beautiful History Year 1
• Mystery of History- All Levels

We will be using Lifepacs for the first time this year.  I needed an option for our high school students that was less teaching and more self-directed study.  These seem to fill that need well and they are so far enjoying the independent work.  All of our children will be participating in weekly lessons from The Good and The Beautiful History and will listen in to our weekly Mystery of History readings.

Science-

• DIVE Science- Biology

We decided to go with DIVE science for both of our high school students this year, again because of the self-directed learning aspect.  We are wanting them to take more responsibility for their work and these classes are seeming to do that well.  They also offer online lab studies, so you are not required to purchase all the lab materials, which works very well for us.

Spanish-

• Local Homeschool Resource Center

Logic-

• The Thinking Toolbox
• The Fallacy Detective

These are short, fun, easy to follow lessons that allow for an easier introduction to logic studies.  We may supplement these with other curriculum as the year goes on and if so, I will update that information here.  For now, these are working well.

Yearbook-

Our 9th grader will be working with me to create the yearbook for our local Classical Conversations Coop and will be earning a 0.5 credit for doing so.  She is excited to take on this project and I am happy to have the help.

Be sure to check out our Top Curriculum Choices for the year!

We’re excited to kick this school year off and dive into these fantastic resources.  What are your picks for curriculum this year?  Share with us in the comments below.