ACADEMIC STUDIES
SUPPLEMENTARY COURSES AND RESOURCES
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1. LANGUAGE ARTS
TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCE BOOKS
Homework Helpers Series
Frank Schaffer Publications, Inc., 1028 Via Mirabel, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274, USA. (Also available from: Zainy Brainy*, Attention: Book Specialist, Congressional Plaza, 1631 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, USA, paperback, 52 pp., $1.95.) [Comment: This series is similar to ESP Basic Skills Workbooks (30-page study booklets, produced by the "SuperWorkbook" company) and helps reinforce the basic skills for those who need extra practice. Write for information as there are many different titles.] *Zainy Brainy is a multimedia kids and teachers educational chain store in the USA.
Using Good English, Books 1-4 by T. H. Dalzel
Frederick Warne and Company (UK); 1.50 each. [Comment: The series covers basic grammar, punctuation, verbs, etc.]
Learning Grammar Through Writing by Sandra M. Bell and J. Wheeler
Educators' Publishing Service, Inc., 31 Smith Place, Cambridge, MA 02138-1000, USA. (Also available from: Great Christian Books*, 229 South Bridge St.; PO Box 8000, Elkton, MD 21922-8000, USA; phone: 1-800-775-5422. Paperback, 72 pp.)
Note: If you ask for a Great Christian Books catalog, please specify that you want their "Home Schoolers" edition, as it includes a good listing of homeschooling reference books and curricula, children's books, games, videos, Bibles, etc. This company stocks materials from many publishers, including: Usborne, Christian Liberty Press, Concordia, etc. You have to pay a fee ($10.00 US) to join the club in order to get good discounts, but if you purchase several books it is worth the fee; plus you can find a wide variety of books and teaching aids from this one supplier. We understand that this company offers good service for overseas customers. International shipping rates are: for orders up to $35: $10; for orders $35.01-$65: $13; for orders over $65.01: 20% of purchase cost. Their Internet WEB address is: http://www.greatchristianbooks.com/index.htm
The Story of English by R. McCrum, W. Cran, R. McNeil
John Holt's Book and Music Store, 2269 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140, USA, ($17.50). Foreign postage: add 30%. [Comment: This book is based on the Public Broadcasting Television series which is on the HSV circuit. Excellent maps and photos illustrate the fascinating development and diversification that took place as English-speaking people spread across the globe.] John Holt's Book and Music Store's Internet WEB address is: http://www.home-ed-press.com/INF/hsinfo_holt.html
READING
Exodus to the Hidden Valley by Robert Morse
Reader's Digest Press, New York, 1974; 215 pp.; distributed by E. P. Dutton. [Comment: Exciting true adventures of a large missionary family, including grandparents, teens and young children, fleeing with their flock of 2,000 hill tribesmen to escape religious persecution by government forces in southern China and Burma, to establish a Christian community in the foothills on the Burma/Thai and Burma/India borders. The missionaries were later expelled to Thailand in 1972, but continued ministering to their flock from the Thai border. Some exciting adventures by the teenagers in the jungles.]
John Newton by Catherine Swift
HarperCollinsReligious (new name for Marshall Pickering), 77 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8JB, UK; phone: (081)741-7070; fax: (081) 307-4064. [Comment: This book is in the Heroes of the Cross Series, about 174 pp.; also available from Great Christian Books, 229 South Bridge St.; PO Box 8000, Elkton, MD 21922-8000, USA; phone: 1-800-775-5422; about $4.99. It is a well-written account of the exciting adventures of John Newton, who was wonderfully saved from a life as a slave trader and slave ship captain. He later wrote the song "Amazing Grace" to express his testimony and miraculous conversion.]
Susanna by Glen Williamson
Living Books Publishers. [Comment: This is a biography of Susanna Wesley, written in popular adventure style. It is the story of a spirited young teen who elopes with a poor young pastor to become the mother of a large family whose sons include John and Charles Wesley. Good lessons on fighting for your convictions. Also interesting to note how she homeschooled her children.]
Christian Hymn Writers by Elsie Houghton
Evangelical Press of Wales, Bryntirion, Bridgend Mid Glamorgan CF31 4DX, UK; phone: (0656) 65-5886; fax:(0656) 65-6095. [Comment: This is a collection of short biographies, stories and background behind the writers of some of our favorite "Loving Jesus" songs.]
Albert Schweitzer by Jo Manton
Methuen and Co. [Comment: Good story of missionary and medical work in Africa and how this man developed good supporters at home for his work in the field.]
A Man Called Peter by Catherine Marshall
Leagrave Press, London. [Comment: This is a famous true story of a young Scottish pastor who emigrates to the USA and becomes pastor to the US Senate in Washington, DC. Good lessons on faith and commitment.]
Moving Heaven and Earth by Donald F. Ackland
Marshall, Morgan and Scott, Ltd., 34-42 Cleaveland Street, London W1P 5FB, UK. [Comment: This is an inspiring and interesting biography on the life of R.G. LeTourneau. He is mentioned in several anecdotes in the Good Thots as the successful businessman and engineer inventor of heavy earth-moving equipment who insisted on putting the Lord first in his business ventures and became a Christian millionaire.]
Green Leaf in Drought by Isobel Kuhn
China Inland Mission Press, London. For source information contact: Overseas Missionary Fellowship, Belmont, The Vine, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3TZ, UK; phone: (0732) 450747; fax: (0732) 456164. [Comment: This is an inspiring testimony of a young missionary couple and their toddler who carry on their missionary work during the Cultural Revolution in China in the 1950s , in the face of severe religious persecution. Good lessons of prayer, fighting fear with faith, faith and trust, perseverance, thankfulness, and fighting!]
Keys of the Kingdom by A.J. (Archibald Joseph) Cronin
Little, Brown and Co., 1941, Boston, USA; phone: 1-800-759-0190. LCCN 41012243. [Comment: This is the novel from which the beautiful movie "Keys of the Kingdom" is taken. It tells the life of a young Roman Catholic priest who fails at parish after parish until the Lord calls him to set up a mission in China in the 1800s. With very little outside help and support, he establishes a thriving parish. The book gives many more details than are presented in the movie. Inspiring reading!]
Storming the Golden Kingdom by John Walters
The Light, 2.50. For information contact Operation Mobilization, International Headquarters, PO Box 660, Forest Hill, London SE23 3SH, UK; phone: 081-699-6077. [Comment: This is the story of Adoniram Judson, the pioneer missionary to Burma.]
Through the Gates of Splendor by Elizabeth Elliot
The Light , 2.50. For information contact Operation Mobilization, International Headquarters, PO Box 660, Forest Hill, London SE23 3SH, UK; phone: 081-699-6077. [Comment: This is the story of the five missionary martyrs of Ecuador. The book is written by the wife of one of the men who died. The story of "Five Missionaries and the Naked Girl," from KTK 5, was based on this event.]
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Christian Literature Crusade, 51 The Dean, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 9BJ, UK; phone: (0962) 733142; fax: (0962) 733141. Price about 2.50. [Comment: This is the story of Corrie Ten Boom and her family, whose faith overcomes the experiences of the Nazi concentration camps.]
Tramp for the Lord by Corrie Ten Boom
Christian Literature Crusade, 51 The Dean, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 9BJ, UK; phone: (0962) 733142; fax: (0962) 733141. Price about 2.50. [Comment: This is a sequel to "The Hiding Place."]
God's Smuggler by John and Elizabeth Sherrill
Christian Literature Crusade, 51 The Dean, Alresford, Hampsire SO24 9BJ, UK; phone: (0962) 733142; fax: (0962) 733141. Price about 2.50. [Comment: This is an account of the exciting adventures of Brother Andrew's ministry of smuggling Bibles behind the Iron Curtain in Eastern Europe. Good lessons on prayer power, compromise and conviction, fighting for the faith, etc.]
God's Smuggler to China: Brother David by Brother David and Brother Andrew
Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., Mill Road, Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 2YA, UK; phone: (0732) 450111; fax: (0732) 460134. [Comment: This book is written in a style similar to "God's Smuggler." It is the exciting adventures of those who smuggled Bibles into China during the Cultural Revolution. It contains good lessons on faith and prayer, persistence, as well as testimonies of Christians under Chinese Communist persecution. Some testimonies of the suffering of believers who are tortured for their faith may be disturbing to some.]
The Enchanted Pillowcase and Other Stories by Josephine Cunnington Edwards
Review and Herald Publishing Association, Washington, DC. [Comment: This series of stories is taken from true testimonies of Seventh-day Adventist missionaries in South Africa. It contains well-written and interesting accounts that give good insight into obstacles faced by native African Christians. Contains some Seventh-day Adventist doctrine that emphasizes keeping Saturday as Sabbath.]
Johnnie, Come Home by Josephine Cunnington Edwards.
Review and Herald Publishing Association, Washington, DC. [Comment: This is a true testimony of a young country boy in post-Civil War America, and his daring adventures and search to find the Lord. Contains some Seventh-day Adventist doctrine that emphasizes keeping Saturday as Sabbath.]
Follow My Black Plume by Geoffrey Treece
Vanguard Press, New York, 1963; 253 pp. [Comment: This is the story of a young teen boy riding with Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) in the 1840s, in Italy. Good lessons on fighting for the truth. Though the story ends with Garibaldi being defeated and having to flee, it's worth bringing out that 10 years later he returned and won and succeeded in uniting Italy.]
Twice Freed by Patricia St. John
[Comment: In "Twice Freed," Patricia St. John blends the Biblical account of Onesimus, Philemon's slave, with a sensitive story of a long, painful search for true freedom and a deep, committed love. An excellent story and fun to read, with good lessons on love, forgiveness, hate, looking at afflictions positively, and independence.]
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
Pan Books (London) or Houghton Mifflin, One Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108, USA; 255 pp., 1961; ISBN 0-395-07113-5. [Comment: This is a well-written and action-packed adventure and character study. Three zealot teens during Jesus' time get saved and turn from their desire for revenge against the Romans, to seeing the real answer lies in Jesus' Love and Salvation. They become close followers of Jesus. Very good lessons on love, forgiveness and discipleship. Good for reading together as a class and pow-wowing. Good picture of Jewish society and customs in Jesus' time.]
The Robe by Lloyd Cassel Douglas
Houghton Mifflin, One Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108, USA; 695 pp., 1942, ISBN 0-895-775-47-61. [Comment: This is the novel from which the movie "The Robe" is taken. The book covers the same story in greater depth. Overall it is even more inspiring than the movie, with a clearer Christian message and testimony.]
Word to Caesar (American title Message to Hadrian) by Geoffrey Treece, illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam
Macmillan, London, 282 pp., 1956. [Comment: Adventure set in Roman times of two teens bringing a petition from Roman Britain to the Caesar in Rome, with a good picture of everyday life in Roman times.]
No Beat of Drum by Hester Burton
Oxford University Press, Walton Street, Oxford OX26DP, UK; or in the USA: Oxford University Press, Customer Service Dept., 2001 Evans Road, Cary, NC 27513, USA; phone: 1-800-451-7556. [Comment: Two teen brothers and a teen girl are sentenced to be transported to early Australia to work as convict laborers as punishment for very minor crimes. The story traces each of their lives and their reactions to the difficulties and hardships they face in pioneering a new land. Good picture of life in Britain during the Industrial Revolution, the injustices and poverty, etc. Also presents an accurate but positive description of early Australia with good background, but doesn't emphasize the negative. An interesting way to study the history of Australia.]
Kon-Tiki Expedition by Thor Heyerdahl
Rand McNally, Chicago, 1950, LCCN 68020535//r864; 224 pp. Also published by the same company under the title, Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft, translated by F.L. Lyon from the original 1947 Norwegian edition. LCCN 50009489//r864; 304 pp. [Comment: This book details the true story of Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl, who built a raft and sailed from Peru to Polynesia. It is an interesting account of life at sea and the peoples of South America and Polynesia.]
STUDY COURSES
CHRISTIAN LIGHT EDUCATION
(CVC course numbering and credits included.)
ENG CLE-08JH CLE Language Arts 8
(A suggested course if the student needs extra study before taking the CVC Junior High Language Arts Exam.)
Course Content: (CLE Lightunits 801-810) This is a home study series of language arts study booklets for approximately eighth grade students. The series covers such language study areas as: how to improve your reading, following directions, the history of the English language, parts of speech, punctuation, spelling, essay writing, vocabulary building, pronouncing words, correct usage of words, the origin of English, sentence structure, autobiographies, letter writing, listening skills, research reading, grammar, etc.
Credits: (Junior High course, no CVC credits given.)
ENG CLE-08aJH CLE Grammar and Usage
(A suggested course if the student needs extra study before taking the CVC Junior High Language Arts Exam.)
Course Contents: (CLE English 2200 elective) This is a short programmed learning course that helps students in English grammar and usage review areas such as: use of nouns, pronouns, verbs (use and agreement), adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, forming correct sentences, punctuation and capitalization.
Credits: (Junior High course, no CVC credits given.)
ENG CLE-09HS CLE Language Arts 9
Course Content: (CLE Lightunits 901-910) This is the approximate equivalent of ninth grade language arts study. Some of the subjects covered are: sentence structure, parts of speech, subject and predicate, complements, phrases, clauses, origins of the language, reading for content, spelling, writing, short story fundamentals, poetry, drama, the novel. Also covered are: public speaking, listening skills, letter writing, using the library, and understanding and evaluating novels. It includes a review unit. [Note: Students may choose to take the English 2600 elective in place of Language Arts Lightunits 901-903,905, and 910. See ENG CLE-09aHS Grammar and Usage listed below.]
Credits: 4
ENG CLE-09aHS Grammar and Usage
Course Contents: (CLE English 2600 elective) This is a short programmed learning course that helps students in English grammar and usage. [Note: This course can take the place of Language Arts Lightunits 901-903,905, and 910. See ENG CLE-09HS listed above.]
Credits: 2 (If taken in place of Lightunits 901-903, 905, 910, this course earns no extra credits, as the 4 credits for ENG CLE-09HS would then apply to both courses.)
ENG CLE-10HS CLE Language Arts 10
Course Content: (CLE Lightunits 1001-1004) This is the equivalent of a tenth grade language arts course based on the textbook Perspectives of Truth in Literature. The textbook contains: an anthology of literature about truth, short stories, poetry, and essays, and comes with teachers guidebook that outlines the objectives, explains the exercises, and contains an answer key for the text exercises. Though it quotes some secular writers, this material takes a Mennonite Christian perspective and brings out many points for young people to ponder, as well as containing some Bible studies.
Credits: 4
ENG CLE-11HS CLE Language Arts 11
Course Content: (CLE Lightunits 1101-1110) This material would be equivalent to eleventh grade language arts studies. It has a strong American-based approach to language and literature study which a student might find a bit dry and tedious to work through. It covers English usage, diction, an overview of American literature, essays on American literature, writing paragraphs and articles, periodicals and articles in American literature, techniques in story writing, short stories from American literature, understanding poetry, writing song lyrics, poetry from American literature, library research, overview of Canadian literature, Greek and Latin prefixes and roots, readings in Canadian literature, Christian literature, public speaking, drama, allegory, etc.
Credits: 4
ENG CLE-12HS Language Arts 12
Course Content: (CLE Lightunits 1201-1210) This is a twelfth grade high school literature course. It covers some vocabulary building, library research, grammar, semantics and writing skills, but mainly focuses on literature of the past. There is a section on medieval English literature with mention of Geoffrey Chaucer and other fourteenth-century writers. Another section discusses Elizabethan literature, songs, sonnets, drama, theater, Shakespeare, and touches on the tragedy Hamlet. Another section is dedicated to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century literature such as John Milton, John Bunyon, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith. Another section covers the romantic and Victorian poetry of men like Wordsworth, Coleridge, Gordon, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson, Browning, Hopkins.
Credits: 4
ENG CLE-12aHS Grammar and Usage
Course Contents: (CLE English 3200 elective) This is a short programmed learning course that helps students in English grammar and usage. [Note: This course can take the place of Language Arts Lightunits 1201-1204, and 1210. See ENG CLE-12HS listed above.]
Credits: 2 (If taken in place of Lightunits 1201-1204,1210, this course earns no extra credits, as the 4 credits for ENG CLE-12HS would then apply to both courses.)
ESP COURSES
Published by ESP, Inc. Publishers, 7163 123rd Circle North, Largo, Florida 34643, USA; phone: 1-800-643-0280; fax: (813) 539-6071.
ENG ESP-01HS ESP Basic English
Course Content: (ESP Basic English Grammar and Composition -- Level H) Order number EGC-HC, published by ESP Inc. Publishers, 1990. Students who have completed this 400-page textbook/workbook college preparatory basic English course and obtained an average of at least 70% will be granted 4 credits toward their language arts requirements. (Pages on diagramming are not required.)
Credits: 4
Basic Skills Workbooks
Published by ESP Inc. Publishers., $1.98 each, 28-30 pages, minimum order of 10 (titles may be assorted).
[Comment: The successful completion of any one of the following ESP Basic Skills Workbooks, with an average of at least 70%, will be worth one-half of a credit (0.5 credit) towards language arts requirements. An approximate grade level follows the course name.]
ESP-BSW EW-2 Parts of Speech 7-9
ESP-BSW EW-3 Creative Writing 7-9
ESP-BSW EW-10 Poetry Skills 7-9
ESP-BSW EW-12 Elements of Writing 7-9
ESP-BSW UEW-1 Encyclopedia 7-9
ESP-BSW SRW-1 Speed Reading 7-9
ESP-BSW HSW-1 How to Study 7-9
ESP-BSW BSRW-1 Basic Study and Research 7-9
ESP-BSW MDW-1 Memory Development 7-9
ESP-BSW OW-2 Outline and Organization 7-12
ESP-BSW EW-I English 8
ESP-BSW RCW-8 Reading Comprehension 8
ESP-BSW VW-I Vocabulary 8
ESP-BSW SNW-1 School Newspaper 8-12
ESP-BSW EW-J English 9
ESP-BSW EW-K English 10
ESP-BSW EW-L English 11
ESP-BSW EW-M English 12
Tapes and Videos
(Ask your CVC Instruction Coordinator for a listing of tapes and videos available through your local Family and Education Department Resource Center.)
How to Make Quantum Leaps in Your Reading Speed (video, 28 minutes)
[Comment: This is a class on speed-reading and reading comprehension techniques.]
COMPUTER PROGRAMS
(Ask your CVC Instruction Coordinator for a listing of computer programs available through your local Family and Education Department Resource Center.)
American Heritage Talking Dictionary (CD)
By SoftKey International; phone: (800) 227-5609 or (617) 494-1200. Priced at about $40 (US). [Comment: This is a top-rated computerized dictionary that includes pronunciations of words. It allows not only searches for words on definitions, but also lets you specify word searches to help solve word puzzles and do schoolwork. You will need to have suitable computer hardware (a CD-ROM drive) to run it. It will run without a sound card, but in that case the word pronunciations are not available.]
HOME TUTOR SKILLS BANK
This (MS-DOS-based) software offers practice in some basic language skills. More sophisticated programs are becoming available, but many have still found this material helpful. The program grades a student and drills weak areas, and at any time will provide printed updates of a student's progress in the program. Ask your CVC Instruction Coordinator about the availability of this series, or inquire directly to Skills Bank, 15 Governor's Court, Baltimore MD 21244, USA; phone: (800) 428-8867.
ENG HTSB-01HS Reading Series
Course Content: This course covers reading comprehension, vocabulary building, figurative language, Latin and Greek word roots, homonyms, synonyms, idioms, etc.
Credits: 2
ENG HTSB-02HS Language Arts Series
Course Content: This course covers the basics of English grammar, spelling, punctuation and usage.
Credits: 2
ENG HTSB-03HS Study Skills and Writing Series
Course Content: This series of exercises covers letter writing skills, sentence structure, quotations, language usage and parts of speech, paragraph writing, reading graphs, charts, maps, and developing research skills, learning how to use library reference books.
Credits: 2
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2. MATHEMATICS
TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCE BOOKS
Maths for Life
Collins Educational, HarperCollins Publishers, FREEPOST, Glasgow G4 0YX, UK, or HarperCollins Publishers c/o Centralized Customer's Service, 1900 East Lake Ave., Glenview, IL 60025, USA; phone: 1-800-554-4411; 3.90. [Comment: This provides the step-by-step guidance in basic math required for employment. It is helpful for teens to work through to strengthen weak areas in their math skills.]
Letts Educational Key Stage Three Math
National Curriculum Edition, Letts Educational Ltd., paperback, 176 pp., 6.95. [Comment: This book is one in a series of course companions for the first three years of secondary education. All the books in this series serve as a concise review guide and are an excellent three-year study combined into one volume for 11-14 year olds, or teens that need review.
The Princeton Review Math Smart: Essential Math for These Numeric Times by Marcia Lerner
Villard Books, New York, 1995, $10.00 (US). [Comment: "The Princeton Review" is not affiliated with Princeton University. Math Smart is very good for anyone who needs clear and simple explanations of the main principles and procedures in common math. It covers working with whole numbers, fractions, ratios and proportions, exponents and roots, algebra, geometry, probability and statistics.]
STUDY COURSES
CHRISTIAN LIGHT EDUCATION
(CVC course numbering and credits included.)
MAT CLE-08JH Mathematics 8
(A suggested course if the student needs extra study before taking the CVC Junior High Mathematics Exam.)
Course Content: (CLE Mathematics Lightunit 801-810) This is the equivalent of an eighth grade course and covers basic math skills: working with whole numbers, numbers and factors, rational numbers (fractions and decimals), fractions and rounding, percentages, statistics, probability, integers, formulas, graphs, geometry, algebra, etc.
Credits: (Junior High course, no CVC credits given.)
MAT MA-02HS Consumer Math (This course is suggested for those seeking a CVC General High School Diploma and is listed on page 1.ACD.3.)
Course Content: (CLE Consumer Math Lightunits 1-10) This math course, recommended for ninth grade and above, focuses on practical uses of math in family finances, construction, and building trades, transportation and business services. It also contains a review of basic arithmetic skills, fractions, decimals, and percents. CLE also publishes another small but excellent book called Math at Work that provides sample math problems from all different trades.
Credits: 4
MAT MA-03HS Algebra I (This course is suggested for those seeking a CVC General High School Diploma and is listed on page 1.ACD.4.)
Course Content: (CLE Algebra Lightunits 901-910) This is a ninth grade introductory course in algebra covering variables, signed numbers, solving equations, polynomials, factors, algebraic fractions, radical expressions, graphing, word problems, quadratic equations, etc.
Credits: 4
MAT MA-04 Geometry (This course is suggested for those seeking a CVC General High School Diploma and is listed on page 1.ACD.4.)
Course Content: (CLE Mathematics Lightunits 1001-1010) This tenth grade math course focuses mainly on geometry and covers terms, geometric statements, logic, reasoning, geometric proof, angles and relationships, parallels, theorems, congruent triangles and quadrilaterals, similar polygons, right triangles, circles, tangents, arcs and cords, construction of geometric figures and locus, area and volume of polygons, circles and solids, coordinate geometry, etc.
Credits: 4
MAT CLE-05 Algebra II
Course Content: (CLE Mathematics Lightunits 1101-1110) This is a grade eleven advanced algebra course that covers sets, linear equations and inequalities, polynomials, algebraic fractions, real numbers, quadratic relations and systems, exponential functions, counting principles, etc.
Credits: 4
MAT CLE-06 Trigonometry and Calculus
Course Content: (CLE Mathematics Lightunits 1201-1210) This twelfth grade math course is mainly concerned with trigonometry. It covers relations and functions, working with multiple angles, applying trigonometric functions, law of sines, cosines, inverse tan functions, quadratic equations, probability, calculus.
Credits: 4
ESP COURSES
Published by ESP, Inc. Publishers, 7163 123rd Circle North, Largo, Florida 34643, USA; phone: 1-800-643-0280; fax: (813) 539-6071.
MAT ESP-01HS ESP Basic Mathematics
Course Content: (ESP Basic Mathematics Concepts -- Level H. Order number BMC-HC, published by ESP Inc. Publishers, 1987.) This is a 400-page textbook/workbook high school mathematics course covering many mathematics basics. (Note: Local metric-based mathematics courses may be more suitable for students outside the United States.)
Credits: 4
Basic Skills Workbooks
Published by ESP Inc. Publishers, $1.98 each, 28-30 pages, minimum order of 10 (titles may be assorted).
The successful completion of any one of the following ESP Basic Skills Workbooks, with an average of at least 70%, will be worth 0.5 credit towards mathematics requirements. An approximate grade level follows the course name.
ESP-BSW MW-I Mathematics 8
ESP-BSW MW-J Algebra 9
ESP-BSW MW-K Geometry 10
ESP-BSW MW-3 Buying Skills 7-8
Tapes and Videos
(Ask your CVC Instruction Coordinator for a listing of tapes and videos available through your local Family and Education Department Resource Center.)
Fractions: Video Tutor (100 minutes)
Computer Programs
(Ask your CVC Instruction Coordinator for a listing of computer programs available through your local Family and Education Department Resource Center.)
HOME TUTOR SKILLS BANK
This (MS-DOS-based) software offers practice in some basic math skills. More sophisticated programs are becoming available, but many have found this material helpful. The program grades a student, drills weak areas, and at any time will provide printed updates of a student's progress in the program. Ask your CVC Instruction Coordinator about the availability of this series, or inquire directly to Skills Bank, 15 Governor's Court, Baltimore MD 21244, phone: (800) 428-8867.
MAT HTSB-01 Mathematics Series
Course Content: This computer math skills study program covers the basics in high school mathematics including computation, understanding numeration, number properties, number theory, working with equations, weights and measures, introductory algebra and geometry. The metric system and the use of local currency must be studied separately.
Credits: 3
PRO ONE MATHEMATICS CDs
This company produces inexpensive CDs on math that can be purchased as a set of five "mathematics" CDs. The name and address of the company is: PRO ONE, P.O. Box 16317, Las Cruces, NM 88004, USA. If you think of these as collections of multiple choice questions (500 or more questions on each CD) covering the main high school math subjects, then you will have the idea of what this series offers. When students pick a correct answer a voice or piece of music encourages them; incorrect answers cause sounds like breaking glass or "uh-oh" comments. Examples or explanations are available for each question by clicking a menu button. Each CD is basically a math workbook on computer. It sells as a "multimedia" package because it contains a few brief video clip sections of a math teacher talking to the student. If you have Windows 95 installed and have a CD-ROM drive, these programs pretty much install themselves when you put the disk in the machine.
Pre-Algebra (CD) by PRO ONE
This CD covers some of the basic math skills leading up to algebra such as those required for a CVC Junior High School Diploma. Topics include: working with whole numbers, positive fractions, decimal numbers, ratios and proportions, percentages, US and metric measurements, geometric figures, rational numbers, an introduction to algebra.
Credits: (Junior High course, no CVC credits given.)
Algebra I (CD) by PRO ONE
This CD covers basic algebra topics such as: introduction to number systems, numbers and operations, equations and inequalities, operations and polynomials, graphing linear equations, factoring algebraic expressions, rational expressions, solving systems of linear equations.
Credits: 2
Algebra II (CD) by PRO ONE
This CD covers more advanced algebra such as: linear equations, polynomials and factoring, graphing linear equations, working with rational expressions, radicals and rational exponents, quadratic equations, conic sections.
Credits: 3
Geometry (CD) by PRO ONE
This is a basic high school level geometry workbook on computer. It contains over 700 practice problems with step-by-step solutions as well as self-help tutorials in over 55 subject areas. Topics covered include: proofs of geometry, triangle definitions and congruence, quadrilaterals and other polygons, similarity, right angles, area and volume, circles, analytical geometry.
Credits: 3
Trigonometry (CD) by PRO ONE
This is a senior high school step-by-step course in trigonometry. It covers: triangles and angle measurements, working with triangles, graphing trigonometric functions, complex numbers and trigonometric form, polar curves and conic sections of polar form. This workbook format approach has over 500 practice questions in over 40 key subject areas.
Credits: 3
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3. SCIENCE
TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCE BOOKS
Human Life by D.G. Mackean
John Murray Publishers Ltd., 50 Albermarle Street, London W1X 4BD (UK). [Comment: This appears to be a reasonably good reference book in biology, covering general biology topics, environment, physiology, genetics, health, disease, etc.]
STUDY COURSES
CHRISTIAN LIGHT EDUCATION
(CVC course numbering and credits included.)
SCI CLE-0HS CLE Science 8
Course Content: (CLE Science Lightunits 801-810) This science course is designed for approximately an eighth grade level and covers science topics such as: science and technology, properties of matter, atoms and molecules, elements, compounds and mixtures, matter and change, acids, bases, salts, foods and digestion, diet, nutritional diseases, hygiene, types of energy, energy conservation, magnetism, electricity, energy for the future, using machines, work as a force applied over a distance, levers, pulleys, gears, simple machines, photosynthesis and food, natural cycles, science and technology.
Credits: 4
SCI CLE-09HS CLE Science 9
Course Content: (CLE Science Lightunits 901-910) This ninth grade science course covers topics such as: the structure of matter, radioactivity, atomic nuclei, nuclear energy, nuclear applications, nuclear hazards, volume, mass, density, physical geology, earth structures, earth changes, earth movements, historical geology (somewhat pro-evolution), body health, microorganisms, bacterial infections, viral infections, protozoan, rickettsial and fungal infections, disease treatment, disease prevention, community agencies, astronomy, the universe, telescopes and optics, space exploration, oceanography, ecology, people and their land, people and their work environment, outer space, inner space, etc.
Credits: 4
SCI CLE-10HS CLE Biology 10
Course Content: (CLE Science Lightunits 1001-1010) This is basically a biology course covering plant and animal classification (taxonomy), the building blocks of life (molecules, compounds, atoms), chemical reactions, organic compounds, enzymes, microbiology (microscopes, protozoan, algae, microorganisms), cells, plants, human anatomy and physiology, genetics, cell division and reproduction, ecology, pollution, and energy, etc.
Credits: 4
SCI CLE-11HS CLE Chemistry 11
Course Content: (CLE Science Lightunits 1101-1110) This is an eleventh grade chemistry course covering metric measurements, instrumentation, observation and hypothesizing, scientific notation, chemistry in action, elements, compounds, mixtures, gases, atomic structure and atomic periodicy, nuclear reactions, chemical formulas, chemical bonding, molecular shape and electron distribution, chemical reaction rates and equilibrium, equilibrium systems, carbon chemistry and hydrocarbons, oxygen functional groups, nitrogen functional groups, etc.
Credits: 4
SCI CLE-12HS CLE Physics 12
Course Content: (CLE Science Lightunits 1201-1210) This is a twelfth grade physics course that explores kinematics (units, scalars, vectors, fields and models), looks at Newton's first, second and third laws of motion, gravity, uniform circular motion, Kepler's laws of planetary motion, work and energy, energy transfer, waves, light, mirrors and lenses, static electricity, electrical fields, electric potential, current electricity, etc.
Credits: 4
ESP Courses
Basic Skills Workbooks
Published by ESP, Inc. Publishers, 7163 123rd Circle North, Largo, Florida 34643, USA; phone: 1-800-643-0280 fax: (813) 539-6071; $1.98 each, 28-30 pages, minimum order of 10 (titles may be assorted).
The successful completion of any one of the following ESP Basic Skills Workbooks, with an average of at least 70%, will be worth 0.5 credit towards science requirements. An approximate grade level follows the course name.
ESP-BSW SW-I Science 8
ESP-BSW JSY-8 Science 8
ESP-BSW HBW-I Human Body 8
ESP-BSW JHBY-8 Human Body 8
ESP-BSW HBW-2 Systems of Human Body 7-9
Tapes and Videos
(Ask your CVC Instruction Coordinator for a listing of tapes and videos available through your local Family and Education Department Resource Center.)
The Miracle of Life (60 minutes)
[Comment: An Emmy Award-winning documentary that takes you on an incredible voyage through the human body as a new life begins. Fascinating, even for younger children. Excellent birth scene at the end of the video.]
Computer Programs
(Ask your CVC instruction coordinator for a listing of computer programs available through your local Family and Education Department Resource Center.)
(Note: Besides a CD-ROM drive, you'll need a sound card and Windows multimedia drivers to run the programs listed below.)
The Way Things Work (CD-ROM for Windows) by David Macaulay, produced by Dorling Kindersly Multimedia
[Comment: Provides an interesting approach to the world of science and technology and takes a fun look at how complex machines and technology work by using stone age characters and humorous "Mammoth movies."]
Encyclopedia of Science (CD-ROM for Windows) by Dorling Kindersly Multimedia
[Comment: This is a multimedia reference guide to science and technology that contains hundreds of articles, 1000 screens and pop-ups, 600 illustrations and 80 animated and video sequences on math, physics, chemistry, and the life sciences. Also contains an interactive quiz and built-in science dictionary that calls up definitions and pronunciations of difficult scientific words and technical terms.]
The Ultimate Human Body (CD-ROM for Windows) by Dorling Kindersly Multimedia
[Comment: This is a multimedia guide to the human body and how it works. It provides definitions and pronunciations, computer-generated graphics with more than 1000 illustrations, microphotography, around 100 animations and narrations.]
Encyclopedia of Nature (CD-ROM for Windows) by Dorling Kindersly Multimedia
[Comment: This is a multimedia guide to the natural world. Explores the fascinating lives of hundreds of species of animals and plants and the habitats in which they live.]
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4. SOCIAL STUDIES
TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCE BOOKS
The Wool-pack (in the USA this book is called Nicholas and the Wool-pack), by Cynthia Harnett
Methuen and Co., London, 184 pp., 1951. Published in New York by Putnam in 1953, 181 pp. illustrated. [Comment: This is a true-to-life story based on events that happened in the 1200s. It contains interesting pictures of everyday life and the wool-growing and cloth-making industries of that time. It fits in well with history and social studies from the Childcare Handbook section on history covering life in the Dark and Middle Ages.]
The Great House by Cynthia Harnett
Methuen and Co. [Comment: This book presents a good picture of life in 1600s and is based on true incidents in history. It provides good background descriptions and line drawing illustrations of transport and architecture of those times.]
[Note: Cynthia Harnett has written a good series of historical novels based around true historical events from the 1200s to the 1700s. All contain very good portrayals of everyday life of those times, good background and also good pen drawings to illustrate clothing, furniture, houses, maps, etc., from the time periods the novels cover. The author has obviously put a lot of effort into background research, and her descriptions of these historical periods and day-to-day life for the ordinary people of the time are very interesting and helpful. Titles include: "Ring Out, Bow Bells," and "Load of the Unicorn," which details the development of the printing press in England by Caxton, papermaking and the role of scribes and scriveners who copied books by hand.]
STUDY COURSES
CHRISTIAN LIGHT EDUCATION
(CVC course numbering and credits included.)
SOC CLE-08HS CLE Social Studies 8
Course Content: (CLE Social Studies Lightunits 801-810) An eighth grade United States history including European backgrounds, the colonization of America, War of Independence, The Thirteen Colonies become the United States of America, the westward movement, the Civil War, the industrial nations, a world power in the twentieth century, the United States in a changing world. [Comment: This course is mainly for US students wanting to study their nation's history.]
Credits: 4
SOC CLE-09HS CLE Social Studies 9
Course Content: (CLE Social Studies Lightunits 901-910) A ninth grade course in American civics, careers and world geography covering: American heritage, freedoms, society backgrounds, American federal, state and local government, job opportunities, citizenship, man and the earth, regions of the world, man and his environment, the tools of the geographer, man in a changing world. [Comment: This course is mainly of interest to US students.]
Credits: 4
SOC CLE-10HS Social Studies 10
Course Content: (CLE Social Studies Lightunits 1001-1010) A tenth grade ancient and world history course that covers ancient civilizations such as Egypt, Assyria, Persia, the Far East, Greek civilization, the Roman Empire. Also looks at the Medieval world, the Renaissance and Reformation, the growth of world empires (England, France, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Germany, Italy, Ottoman Empire), the age of struggle in Europe, the Industrial Revolution, two World Wars, our contemporary world, and a review of ancient times to the present. [Comment: This is a general world and European history course presented from a Mennonite perspective.]
Credits: 4
SOC CLE-11HS Social Studies 11
Course Content: (CLE Social Studies Lightunits 1101-1110) An eleventh grade history of the United States covering the foundations of American democracy, the development of the constitution, national expansion, a nation divided, civil war, American involvement at home and abroad, the depression years, war and nonresistant Christians, contemporary America, review of US history. [Comment: This course is mainly for US students wanting to study their nation's history.]
Credits: 4
SOC CLE-12 CLE Social Studies 12
Course Content: (CLE Social Studies Lightunits 1201-1210) This twelfth grade social studies course is a patchwork of social and political issues as viewed from a Mennonite perspective. Includes personal and social challenges, and covers topics like: mental health, family, education, discrimination, American political structure and elections, economic challenges, international relations, man and his environment, energy, conservation and alternate energy, Christian responsibilities, a history of the Jewish people, the role of the family in today's society, the societal, economic, and political challenges of man.
Credits: 4
ESP Courses
Basic Skills Workbooks
Published by ESP, Inc. Publishers, 7163 123rd Circle North, Largo, Florida 34643, USA; phone: 1-800-643-0280 fax: (813) 539-6071; $1.98 each, 28-30 pages, minimum order of 10 (titles may be assorted).
The successful completion of any one of the following ESP Basic Skills Workbooks, with an average of at least 70%, will be worth 0.5 credit towards social studies requirements. An approximate grade level follows the course name.
ESP-BSW SSW2 Government (USA) 7-12
ESP-BSW DMW-1 Decision Making 7-9
ESP-BSW SSW-14 Crime and Punishment 7-12
ESP-BSW SW-6 How Products Are Made 7-9
Tapes and Videos
(Ask your CVC Instruction Coordinator for a listing of tapes and videos available through your local Family and Education Department Resource Center.)
Towards Understanding Islam (video, 60 minutes)
[Comment: This video contains a lot of good information about Muslims and their faith, as well as dialogue between Christianity and Islam.]
History of Orthodox Christianity - Part 1 (video, 60 minutes)
[Comment: This provides an introduction to the history of the Greek Orthodox Church. A bit dry but very informative.]
Wild West - Part 3a: Indians (video, 60 minutes)
[Comment: This provides a rather graphic portrayal of the massacres of native American people by the white man as brought out in the Letter "Who are the Racists?" ML #105.]
Computer Programs
(Ask your CVC Instruction Coordinator for a listing of computer programs available through your local Family and Education Department Resource Center.)
(Note: Besides a CD-ROM drive, you'll need Windows multimedia drivers and a 256-color display to run the programs listed below. A sound card is also recommended.)
Encarta 96 (Microsoft CD-ROM for Windows)
[Comment: This Microsoft program is a multimedia encyclopedia and general knowledge reference book combined, as well as dictionary and thesaurus.]
Encarta 96 World Atlas (Microsoft CD-ROM for Windows)
History of the World (CD-ROM for Windows) by Dorling Kindersly Multimedia
[Comment: A well-illustrated multimedia guide to history.]
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5. HEALTH AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCE BOOKS
Nutrition Almanac by Lavon J. Dunne
McGraw Hill, Publishing Company/Cascade, paperback, 339 pp., $15.95. [Comment: This is a good reference guide to better eating and contains recent nutrition research.]
Food Tables by E. Bender
Oxford University Press, 1993 paperback, 4.50. [Comment: This is a food guide providing information about the composition of over 500 fresh and manufactured foods, together with a great deal of other information useful for Health and Home Economics study or home meal planning.]
Back in Shape -- A Back Owner's Manual by Steven Hochschuler, M.D.
Texas Back Institute, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991, paperback, 189 pp., $12.95, ISBN 0-395-56273-2. [Comment: This is a helpful manual that tells you know to prevent and treat back injury. Very helpful for those who have back problems, and good advice on how to keep your back fit and pain-free.]
Positive Health Guides
[Comment: These are quite comprehensive guides to common ailments, with easy-to-follow self-help advice. They are published by Optima, and you can order or ask for a catalog from them at: Optima, Cash Sales Department, PO Box 11, Falmouth, Cornwall TR10 9EN, UK. These books are illustrated throughout. Titles in this series include: The Back -- Relief from Pain; Asthma and Hay Fever; Get a Better Night's Sleep; Acne: Advice on Clearing Your Skin; Eyes: Their Problems and Treatments; Varicose Veins; Migraine and Headaches, etc.]
STUDY COURSES
ESP COURSES
Basic Skills Workbooks
Published by ESP, Inc. Publishers, 7163 123rd Circle North, Largo, Florida 34643, USA; phone: 1-800-643-0280; fax: (813) 539-6071; $1.98 each, 28-30 pages, minimum order of 10 (titles may be assorted).
The successful completion of any one of the following ESP Basic Skills Workbooks, with an average of at least 70%, will be worth 0.5 credit towards HPD (health and personal development) requirements. An approximate grade level follows the course name.
ESP-BSW HW-I Health 8
ESP-BSW HW-J Health 9
ESP-BSW HW-3 First Aid #3 5-9
Tapes and Videos
(Ask your CVC Instruction Coordinator for a listing of tapes and videos available through your local Family and Education Department Resource Center.)
Stanford Health and Exercise Program (120 minutes)
[Comment: In this program a variety of physicians explain the benefits of exercise for health. This is followed by a 45-minute low impact workout as well as separate warm-up exercise demonstrations by different award-winning athletes.]
Computer Programs
(Ask your CVC Instruction Coordinator for a listing of computer programs available through your local Family and Education Department Resource Center.)
The Ultimate Human Body (CD-ROM for Windows) by Dorling Kindersly Multimedia
[Comment: This is a multimedia guide to the human body and how it works. It provides definitions and pronunciations, computer generated graphics with more than 1000 illustrations, microphotography, around 100 animations and narrations.]
Nine Months Miracle (CD-ROM for Windows)
A.D.A.M. Software Inc., 1600 River Edge Parkway, Suite 800, Atlanta, Georgia 30328, USA. [Comment: Dramatic photography inside the human body takes you on an incredible month-by-month voyage into the body as a new life develops.]
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