Homeschool Curriculum Standards Checklists
General Learning Requirements for Preschool Through High School
A curriculum is simply a course of study. Curricula vary from place to place. The following curriculum guides represent a typical course of study generalized across North America. Curriculum standards may also be referred to as academic learning requirements or grade level expectations.
Academic learning requirements do not dictate any particular teaching method or learning style, but simply provide performance expectations for each grade level. Homeschool parents and children may meet performance expectations through any desired course.
Each of the following curriculum standards guides and checklists provide general learning requirements for grade levels from preschool through twelfth grade. Each grade level curriculum guide includes general subject categories and lists of topics to cover. Overall, the general subject categories include Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, Health and Safety, and Mathematics.
General Subject Categories
- Social Studies includes geography, history, government, and sociology (culture and human relations).
- Science includes biology, botany, geology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, environmental conservation, psychology, etc.
- Language Arts includes letter recognition, phonics, reading, spelling, writing, composition, research, etc.
- Health and Safety includes physical health, mental health, nutrition, fitness, anatomy, disease and illness, accident prevention, first aid, etc.
- Mathematics includes basic math, geometry, algebra, trigonometry, calculus, probability and statistics, etc.
Subjects by Grade Level
- Preschool: Size, Colors and Shapes, Reading Readiness, Numbers, Position and Direction, Time, Listening and Sequencing, Motor Skills, and Social-Emotional Development.
- Kindergarten: Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, Health and Safety, and Mathematics.
- Elementary (Grades 1-5): Social Studies, Science, Language Arts (Reading), Health and Safety, and Mathematics.
- Middle School/Junior High School (Grades 6-8): Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, Health and Safety, and Mathematics.
- High School (Grades 9-12): Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, and Mathematics (Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus, Probability and Statistics).
General Curriculum Standards Checklists
The Homeschool Curriculum Standards Checklists provide lists of the general learning requirements for preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle school, and high school grade levels.
The World Book Typical Course of Study provides curriculum guides for preschool through high school.
World Book publishes an overview of common courses of study generalized across North America. The overview is based on the Nault-Caswell-Brain Analysis of Courses of Study, the Nault-Fischer-Passow Analysis of Courses of Study, and the Caswell-Nault Analysis of Courses of Study, as well as a survey of contemporary courses of study, curriculum guides, syllabuses, and other instructional publications with analyses and reviews by curriculum experts [World Book, Inc. How the Typical Course of Study was prepared. WorldBook.com. 2009].
Curriculum standards checklists provide homeschool parents with a convenient tool for planning and evaluating each homeschool year. Additionally, a posted curriculum checklist provides homeschool students with an easy source of ideas for topics to study and a quick reference of general requirements.
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