Scholar Projects
2024-2025 Scholar Projects
Economics--This class is a comprehensive look at the basic principles of economics in a fun and understandable format. This course is mixed content based on the book Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? by Richard Maybury, economic based and current events articles, videos, and integrated activities, games, and simulations. This class (if the student chooses to do the assignments for it) can count towards the .5 required high school credit in Economics.
Exploring Genius (See Description Below)
2023-2024 Scholar Projects
Pyramid Project and Georgics (See Descriptions Below)
2022-2023 Scholar Project
Shakespeare Conquest (See Descriptions Below)
2021-2022 Scholar Projects
Sword of Freedom (Ages 12+) 1st Semester (See Below)
Hero Project (Ages 12+) 2nd Semester (See Below)
2020-2021 Scholar Projects
Key of Liberty (Ages 12+) (See Below)
The first quarter will be a speech/debate class.
The rest of the class will be skills that the class chooses to learn about with some possibilities of: cars, health & wellness, college, careers, taxes, mortgage and insurance, clothing cost and care, cooking, personal mission, preparedness & food storage, wilderness survival, etc.
2019-2020 Scholar Projects
Ignite is a super fun and engaging, highly inspiring, one-year course for youth to learn like crazy, have a ton of fun, and probably not even realize how much they are excelling.
Some possible units will be:
- Unit 1: We Are All Wonders
- Unit 2: Shakespeare Adventure
- Unit 3: Geography Wiz
- Unit 4: Young Entrepreneurs
- Unit 5: Clue Finders
Personal Finance (ages 12+) (Spring 2015)(Fall 2018)
A one-semester class based on Dave Ramsey's "Financial Foundations" course, using additional books and hands-on activities to teach the following principles: Saving & Budgeting; Credit & Debt; Financial Planning & Insurance; Income, Taxes, and Giving. It's never too early to learn these principles, which will be applicable to students for the rest of their lives!
Enlightenment Project (ages 11+)(Spring 2019)
Sword of Freedom (ages 12+) (Fall 2014)(Fall 2017)(Fall 2021)
A one-semester project based on the Civil War which will include weekly opinion papers, simulations, presentations, reading and discussing classic books (Uncle Tom's Cabin, Across Five Aprils, Abraham Lincoln, To Kill a Mockingbird), and reading and discussing speeches and documents of the time period.
Hero Project (ages 12+) (Spring 2015)(Spring 2018) (Spring 2022)A one-semester project designed to empower our current Hero Generation to form a link to the Hero Generation of World War II and heroes throughout other times. Through getting to know these amazing men and women, they will learn what qualities Heroes have. At the end of the semester, the students will have a wonderful scrapbook/journal in which they will record their learning opportunities from the semester, which will include interviews, reading & discussing classic books, simulations, and many other experiences.
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In Quest I & II (ages 15+)(2016-2017) (2 semesters) youth will be introduced to the greatest statesmen of history and to the details of A Leadership Education. This class is an intensive research and writing course. Each student receives individual coaching with a writing mentor. The student also has opportunities to read great literature and learn self- management skills.
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Real Life! (ages 15+)(2016-2017) (2 semesters) Units will include: Entrepreneur Skills; Cars & Credit; College, Careers, and Beyond; What are you Wearing?; What a Personality!; Personal Persuasion; Mission Possible.
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Key of Liberty (ages 12+) (2013-2014)(2016-2017)(2020-2021)This is a two-semester project studying the American Revolutionary War period, the United States Constitution, and other founding documents.
Vision: I see the connection between education and greatness.
Mission: I have a personal call to greatness. I can take a stand for freedom.
Abilities: Self-governance, sovereignty, study hours, concentration span, duty to country
Skills: I am finding voice through: writing, speaking, oral persuasion, analytical thinking, and memorization.
We learn the above abilities and skills through simulations and activities, book discussions, writing opinion papers, document studies, and debates.
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Historical Literature Unit (ages 11+)--Youth will be working on several aspects of language arts: handwriting, reading, free writing, Spanish vocab, interviewing and presenting. Students will also participate in hands-on projects, games, and simulations based on the Great Depression era. We hope that through this class our youth will learn to rise above adversity with kind and tender hearts.
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Pyramid Project teaches you how to think, not what to think.
We are connecting math and science to the world around them and helping them to see the relevance so they have a reason to study it. An alternative to the scientific method, called Making Connections, is also taught while they learn how great scientists of all times learned to wonder, see patterns, and ask the right questions. Throughout the course there is growth in the students’ ability to think logically and to measure things they encounter in the world against their core book (which may be scriptures or any other book that the student and his/her family uses as a foundation of truth.)
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The study of the subject of truth;
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Its structure - Logic;
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Its method - Habits of a Scientist:
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Its language - Math.
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Learn how to use Logic, Science and Math in order to get to the truth.
A few of the vital principles taught are:
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looking deeply at assumptions and challenging them when necessary
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seeking truth in the midst of a world full of opposing voices
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understanding philosophy and propaganda
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learning to step back and think before acting
Georgics (Ages 12+) (2024)
Shows the power of being reconnected to the earth and learning principles of community and self-reliance. Students read several classics that take place in an agrarian setting so they see the value and growth that comes from hard work. They learn 6 Mini-Ag Ideals and the Georgic Principles (mission, entrepreneurship, forgiveness, self-validation, community stewardship, interdependence, real estate ownership, etc.) which are not only part of agriculture but part of life. A strong emphasis is placed on the power of spiritually creating (also known as planning) something before physically creating it.
An American History class covering 1793-1860, which will include: Westward Expansion, Pioneers, Explorers, Native American removal & migration, Industrial Revolution, California Gold Rush, California Missions, Railroads, and Inventions. We will also discuss environments that foster genius and will learn to recognize and strengthen the genius within each of us. Lots of fun simulations and projects are included in this class!
Ninja Scholar Skills (Ages 11+)--(2015-2016)- *Fun, hands-on, and student-led
- *Develop good habits, focus on consistency, discipline, and integrity
- *Learn academic skills such as handwriting or typing, spelling, punctuation, math facts and how to use Google programs
- *Improve at individual levels
- *Examples of units of study: Myths of the World, Fun with Latin and Greek, How to be a Millionaire, Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens, Eureka Math, Publisher
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Literature Project (ages 12+) (Fall 2014)
A one-semester project: reading and discussing poetry and books chosen by the mentor, writing assignments, and activities based on the books or themes introduced in the books. |
Shakespeare Conquest (ages 12+) (2013-2014)(2015-2016)(2022-2023)
In this two-semester project, students are introduced to the greatest poet-philosopher of all time. In this class, students are challenged to read, listen to, or watch 7 to 17 Shakespeare plays the first semester. They learn who Shakespeare was, his insights into human nature and many aspects of his poetry. They are exposed to the heightened language by performing a play at the end of this intensive acting course.