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Sample Scope & Sequence

It is not necessary to write plans for multiple years before beginning. It is okay to try homeschooling for a year and see if it works for your family. In that case, just write plans for one year. That said, provided as an example, here is the first Scope & Sequence I wrote when my oldest child was five years old, intending to homeschool through high school:

Scope & Sequence

Subject		Curriculum/Materials/Goals
Social Studies	Bible	1^st: Greenleaf’s Old Testament History 2^nd: JBQ; Engermeier’s Bible Story Book 3^rd: Junior Bile Quiz 4^th: RR BibleStudies 5^th: SanctiFinder, JBQ, RR Studies 6^th: RR Studies, Precept?	7^th: Teen Bible Quiz/RR/Precept 8^th: Teen Bible Quiz/RR/Precept 9^th: Teen Bible Quiz/RR/Precept 10^th: Teen Bible Quiz/RR/Precept
	History	1^st: GL Ancient Egypt 2^nd: GL Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome 3^rd: GL Middle Ages 4^th: GL Renaissance & Reformation 5^th: Sonlight 3 US History 6^th: Sonlight 4/7 U.S. History	7^th: Ancient Egypt, WA State Hist 8^th: Ancient Greece, Rome 9^th: Middle Ages 10^th: Renaissance & Reformation 11^th: WA St Hist, Church hist (SL8) 12^th: 20^th Century World Hist (SL9)
	Geography	1^st: states of U.S., countries of North America 2^nd: Oceans & Seas; Indian Subcontinent 3^rd: Europe; Asia 4^th: South America; Africa 5^th: World Geography (Mapping The World By Heart) 6^th: U.S. capitols, lakes, rivers, mountains, etc
	Civics		9^th: Sonlight’s 10^th grade
	G’vment Documents		9^th: Sonlight’s 10^th grade
Language	Reading American Lit Other Literature	K: Learn to read, Explode The Code phonics 1^st: SL2 list, ETC phonics 2^nd: ETC phonics 3^rd-9^th: books related to history	9^th: American Literature (SL10) 10^th: British Literature (SL)
	Spelling	1^st-2^nd: Reading Teacher’s Book of Lists words taken from dictation 3^rd+Spelling Power or How To Spell	7-11^th:
	Writing Composition Creative Writing	1^st-6^th: Getty & Dubay Italic Penmanship 3^rd-12^th: Dictation 4^th: WINB 7 Sentence Story	5^th-7^th: written narrations 8^th: Composition 9^th-10^th: Creative Writing
	Language Arts Library Skills English Grammar	3^rd: Simply Grammar 4^th: Research skills, Dewey Decimal 5^th: Switched on Schoolhouse 6^th: Winston Grammar?	7^th: Vocabulary, Analogies 8^th: Vocabulary, Analogies 10^th: Word Smart Easy Grammar
	Speech	2^nd: Intro	7^th: From Playpen to Podium
	Foreign Language	2^nd: Rummy Roots 3^rd: Latin’s Not So Tough (Levels 1 & 2) Hey, Andrew! Teach Me Some Greek 4^th: Software intro to 2-3 languages 5^th: Latina Christiana 6^th: Latina Christiana II	7^th: Greek and/or Hebrew Ecce Romani or other 1^st yr modern language 8^th: 2^nd yr modern language 9^th: 3^rd yr modern language 10^th:
Math		1^st: Miquon Orange & Red 2^nd: Addition/subtraction facts to 20+20 2, 3, 4 digit addition/subtraction carrying/borrowing Miquon Blue/Green CalcuLadders 3^rd: Mult/Division facts to 12x12 Perfect squares to 20x20 2,3,4 digit multiplication long division Miquon Yellow and Purple Quarter Mile Math	4^th: Key to Fractions/Dec/% 5^th: Key to Geometry 6^th: Algebra, Logic 7^th: Trigonometry/Calc 8^th: Calculus 9^th: Differential Equations 10^th: Number Theory 11^th: Probability & Statistics
Science		1^st-6^th: Nature Studies, Intro to Anatomy 3^rd: Astronomy, Weather, TOPS Magnets & Electricity 4^th: Beautiful Feet’s History of Science Lyrical Life Science v1&2 5^th: Lyrical Earth Science v1 Media Angels’ Creation Geology Astronomy intro 6^th: Apologia’s General Science	7^th: Apologia’s Physical Science 8^th: Apologia’s Biology 9^th: Apologia’s Human Body: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made 10^th: Apologia’s Chemistry Apologia’s Physics 11^th: Apologia’s Adv Chemistry Apologia’s Adv Physics
Health		1^st: General Anatomy 2^nd: Hygiene 3^rd: Lyrical Life Science vol3 4^th: PE: Ice skating? 5^th: Meet Your Teeth 6^th: P.E. (swimming? golf?)	7^th: Anatomy & Physiology 9^th: (college nursing textbook?)
Art		All: MacIntyre’s Drawing Textbook K-6: Mommy, It’s a Renior 4^th:God & the History of Art 5^th: God & the History of Art 6^th: God & the History of Art	7^th: Intro to Cartooning 8^th: 9^th: 10^th:
Music		K+: Piano Lessons 2+: Violin Lessons, Keyboard Capers 3+: Violin, Recorder, Guitar, Music Ace 4+: Other instruments to be determined	Continue music lessons
Occupational Education		1^st: 2^nd: Home Ec 3^rd: Sewing 4^th: Home Ec 5^th: Typing, Business machines 6^th: Basic Accounting	7^th: Wood Shop 8^th: Animal Husbandry, Drafting 9^th: Auto Shop 10^th: Office Etiquette

Using this same format used for my overall scope & sequence, I write out an individual plan for every child (do this annually, not years in advance). I use the children’s individual forms for a quick evaluation of our progress in late November and again in March.

Looking back, I can see that part of this plan worked very well for us, and other parts did not. I don’t think I would plan K-12 all at once again. It might be better to begin by planning elementary school, and once the oldest child is in sixth grade, plan grades 7-12.

We have not stuck strictly with this plan. There have been a few changes made. However, it was a good exercise to think about what we wanted to accomplish and how we would do it. It is okay to make changes. New, better, curriculum will be published. Your children might develop interests in areas you’d never considered. The law might change, encumbering you with additional requirements. This plan is just a tool; it is not etched in stone.