Jackson Christian Schools Course Description Title: Accounting Date: January 2009 Grade: 11, 12 Textbook: Century 21 South-Western Accounting Course Objective: Students will complete the entire accounting cycle for a proprietorship with only a cash investment and for a merchandising business organized as a corporation. Materials: Century 21 South-Western Accounting Century 21 South-Western Accounting workbook Calculator Time Allotment: Two semesters meeting five days a week for 45 minutes each day Content: The accounting equation T-accounts with debits and credits Journalizing transactions Posting transactions Petty cash, electronic funds transfers, debit card transactions Work sheet and adjusting entries Financial statements and the analysis of them Recording adjusting and closing entries Transactions for purchasing or selling merchandise for cash or on account Posting merchandise transactions to the general ledger Calculating employee earnings and deductions Completing the employer payroll register and employee earnings records Calculating employer payroll taxes Journal entries for payroll transactions Payroll reports Work sheet and adjustments for merchandise inventory, supplies, & prepaid expenses Work sheet and adjustments for uncollectible accounts, depreciation and federal income tax Methods used to estimate uncollectible accounts and depreciation adjustments Preparation of financial statements Recording of adjusting and closing entries for a merchandising business Preparation of a post-closing trial balance
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Jackson Christian Schools
Course Description
Title: Accounting Date: January 2009
Grade: 11, 12 Textbook: Century 21 South-Western Accounting
Course Objective:
Students will complete the entire accounting cycle for a proprietorship with only a cash
investment and for a merchandising business organized as a corporation.
Materials: Century 21 South-Western Accounting
Century 21 South-Western Accounting workbook
Calculator
Time
Allotment:
Two semesters meeting five days a week for 45 minutes each day
36 weeks taught 3 days a week for 48 minutes in each class period
Content: All following statements are made with the truth of scripture as the hand rail and
filter for the course.
Environmental interrelationships
Environmental ethics
Risk and costs in decision making regarding the environment
A review of basic scientific and physical science concepts related to environmental
science study
Environments and organisms
Ecosystems and Communities
Population principles in communities
Human population principles
Patterns of energy consumption and the history thereof
Energy sources
Nuclear energy cost and benefit
Biodiversity
Cycles; water, nitrogen, carbon…
Acid Rain
Global Warming and true Science
Biomes
Environmental issue in the current media – current news and events
Jackson Christian Schools
Course Description
Title: Foreign Language Date: April 24, 2012
Grade: 9,10,11 & 12 Textbook: Rosetta Stone Online Curriculum
Course Objective:
Students will learn to read, write, comprehend and speak the foreign language of their
choice through interactive lessons that prompt them respond in that language.
Materials: Hp Mini laptop
Time Allotment:
2 semesters, meeting 5 times a week, for 45 minutes a day.
Content: The Rosetta Stone curriculum offers a choice of the following languages: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, Filipino, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Persian (Farsi), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese.
Each language is split up into 4 units, and each unit has the following lessons:
Core lesson: introduces all the new material for each unit.
Grammar: explains the new grammatical concepts introduced.
Speaking: helps the learner become fluent by having them repeat phrases spoken by a
fluent speaker.
Listening: the learner will be introduced to new words and prompted to match them
to the correct picture.
Review: this takes five minutes, and quickly goes over the concepts previously
introduced.
Vocabulary: new words and phrases are introduced along with matching pictures to
allow the student to understand their meaning.
Pronunciation: it breaks down each word and phrase into smaller parts, allowing the
student to pronounce each part separately, with fluency.
Writing: after seeing the correct spelling in previous lessons, the student is asked to
spell the words and phrases correctly, after hearing them spoken by a fluent speaker.
Milestone: this lesson serves as a form of assessment to see how well the students
know the concepts taught in the unit.
Jackson Christian Schools
Course Description
Title: Geography Date: September, 2013
Grade: 9 through 12 Textbook:
Course Objective:
Students will learn geography terms and principles, as well as the physical geography,
and cultural, political, and historical information concerning North America, South
America, and Europe.
Materials: Worksheets
Handouts
Videos
The Internet
Time
Allotment:
Two semesters, meeting two or three times weekly for forty-five minute periods
Content: Definition of geography, including the five themes of geography
Land form terms
Weather, climate, and seasons
Latitude and longitude, and the equator, Prime Meridian, and the two Tropics
Physical geography of Mexico
History of Mexico
Mexico’s government, population, and current challenges
North American physical geography, including physical regions, climate zones,
watersheds
The fifty states: location, capitals, major products
The Canadian provinces: location, capitals, major products
History of Canada, and comparing the U. S. and Canadian government systems
Immigration trends to the United States
Internal migration for the United States
Population geography for North America
Urban studies: why cities exist, how they come to be, city models and problems
History of the European Union
Present political system of the European Union
Description of the nations of Europe: size, populations, products
South America’s history, physical features and watersheds, political systems
Description of the nations of South America: size, populations, products
Jackson Christian Schools
Course Description
Title: Geometry: Concepts and Applications Date: February 2009
Grade: 10 Textbook: Geometry: Concepts and Applications
Course Objective:
Students will learn the language of geometry and learn to reason logically with proofs
and problems relating to parallel lines, angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, and
circles. They will solve surface area and volume problems as well as work with
coordinate geometry. They will also solve ratio and proportion problems and work with
trigonometric relationships.
Materials: Geometry: Concepts and Applications, Glencoe McGraw-Hill
Time Allotment:
Two semester, meeting five times a week for forty-five minutes a day
Content: Naming points, lines, rays, segments, angles, and planes
Measuring and classifying angles,
Classifying triangles and polygons
Making basic constructions with a compass and a straightedge
Using postulates of equality to justify statements
Using theorems about complementary, supplementary, and vertical angles
Writing “If . . . then” statements and their converses
Understanding and writing basic geometric proofs
Using the properties of parallel lines cut by a transversal
Proving lines parallel
Writing equations for lines
Naming congruent triangles and their corresponding parts
Using postulates and theorems to prove that triangles are congruent
Using the triangle inequality theorem
Naming the altitudes and medians of a triangle
Inscribing a circle in a triangle and circumscribing a circle about a triangle
Using the properties of isosceles triangles and right triangles
Finding the interior and exterior angle sums of a convex polygon
Using the properties of parallelograms, rectangles, rhombi, squares and trapezoids
Proving that a quadrilateral is a parallelogram
Applying the midpoint theorem
Finding the area of a rectangle, square, parallelogram, triangle, and trapezoid
Using the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse
Finding the circumference and area of a circle
Finding the ratio of two numbers
Solving problems using proportions
Identifying similar polygons and solving for unknown parts
Finding the perimeters and areas of two similar polygons
Defining a circle and the points, lines, and segments related to circles
Classifying and measuring arcs
Using theorems involving the chords of a circle, angle measure and arc measure
Finding the surface area, and volume of a right prism, right circular cylinder, regular
pyramid, right circular cone, and a sphere
Appling theorems about 45-45-90 triangles and 30-60-90 triangles
Using right triangles to solve problems involving pyramids and cones
Using the tangent, sine, and cosine ratios of an acute angle of a right triangle
Specifying points by their coordinates in the coordinate plane
Finding the distance between two points in the coordinate plane
Finding the slope of a line
Finding the slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines
Graphing the line specified by a given equation
Proving theorems using coordinate geometry
Jackson Christian Schools
Course Description
Title: Geometry Date: October, 2002
Grade: 10 Textbook: Geometry Applications and Connections
Course Objective:
Students will learn the language of geometry and learn to reason logically with proofs
and problems relating to parallel lines, triangles, quadrilaterals, and circles. They will
solve surface area and volume problems as well as work with coordinate geometry.
They will also solve trigonometric problems.
Materials: Geometry Applications and Connections, Merrill Publishing Co.
Geometry Applications and Connections Practice Masters, Merrill Publishing Co.
Geometry Applications and Connections Evaluation Masters, Merrill Publishing Co.
TI-83+ Graphing Calculator
Time
Allotment:
Two semesters, five days per week, forty-five minutes per day
Content: Graph ordered pairs on a coordinate plane.
Identify and draw models of points, lines, and planes.
Identify collinear and coplanar pints and intersecting lines and planes.
Solve problems by making a list of possibilities.
Find the distance between two points in a number plane and in a coordinate plane.
Find the midpoint of a segment.
Identify and use congruent segments.
Identify angles and parts of angles.
Use the angle addition postulate to find the measure of angles.
Classify angles as acute, obtuse, right, and straight.
Identify and use congruent angles and the bisector of an angle.
Identify and use adjacent angles, vertical angles, complementary angles,
supplementary angles, and linear pairs of angles.
Identify and use right angles and perpendicular lines.
Determine what information can and cannot be assumed from a figure.
Make geometric conjectures based on inductive reasoning.
Identify the hypothesis and conclusion of an “if-then” statement.
Write the converse of an “if-then” statement.
Identify and use basic postulates about points, lines, and planes.
Use the law of detachment and the law of syllogism in deductive reasoning.
Use properties of equality in algebraic and geometric proofs.
Solve problems by eliminating possibilities.
Complete proofs involving segment theorems and angle theorems.
Solve problems by using a diagram.
Describe the relationships between two lines and between two planes.
Identify the relationships among pairs of angles formed by pairs of lines and
transversals.
Use the properties of parallel lines to determine angle measures.
Recognize angle conditions that produce parallel lines.
Prove two lines parallel based on given angle relationships.
Find the slope of a line.
Use slope to identify parallel and perpendicular lines.
Recognize and use distance relationships among points, lines, and planes.
Identify the parts of a triangle.
Classify triangles.
Apply the angle sum theorem and the exterior angle theorem.
Identify congruent triangles.
Name and label corresponding parts of congruent triangles.
Use SAS, SSS, ASA, and AAS postulates to test for triangle congruence.
Solve problems by identifying and achieving sub goals.
Use properties of isosceles and equilateral triangles.
Identify and use medians, altitudes, angle bisectors, and perpendicular bisectors in a
triangle.
Recognize and use tests for congruence of right triangles.
Solve problems by working backward.
Use indirect reasoning and indirect proof to reach a conclusion.
Recognize and apply the properties of inequalities to the measures of segments and
angles.
Recognize and use relationships between sides and angles in a triangle.
Apply the triangle inequality theorem.
Use the SAS Inequality and SSS Inequality in proofs and to solve problems.
Recognize and define a parallelogram.
Recognize, use, and prove the properties of a parallelogram.
Solve a problem by looking for a pattern and using the pattern to find the missing
information.
Recognize and apply the conditions that ensure that a quadrilateral is a parallelogram.
Recognize the properties of rectangles.
Use properties of squares and rhombi in proofs.
Recognize the properties of trapezoids and use them in proofs and other problems.
Recognize and use ratios and proportions.
Apply and use the properties of proportions.
Identify similar figures.
Solve problems involving similar figures.
Identify similar triangles and use them to solve problems.
Use proportional parts of triangles to solve problems.
Divide a segment into congruent parts.
Recognize and use the proportional relationships of corresponding perimeters,
altitudes, angle bisectors, and medians of similar triangles.
Solve problems by first solving a simpler related problem.
Find the geometric mean between a pair of numbers.
Solve problems using relationships between parts of a right triangle and the altitude
to its hypotenuse.
Use the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse.
Use the properties of 45-45-90 and 30-60-90 triangles.
Express trigonometric ratios as fractions or decimals.
Recognize trigonometric relationships from right triangles.
Use a calculator to find values of trigonometric ratios or measures of angles.
Recognize angles of depression or elevation.
Use trigonometry to solve problems.
Use the law of sines to solve triangles.
Solve triangles and problems using the law of cosines.
Choose the appropriate strategy for solving a problem.
Name parts of circles.
Determine relationships between lines and circles.
Write an equation of a circle in the coordinate plane.
Recognize major or minor arcs or semicircles.
Find the measures of arcs and central angles.
Recognize and use relationships between arcs, chords, and diameters.
Recognize and find the measure of inscribed angles.
Use properties of inscribed figures.
Use properties of tangents to solve problems.
Find the measure of angles formed by intersecting secants and tangents in relation to
intercepted arcs.
Use properties of chords, secants, and tangents to solve problems.
Solve problems by using graphs.
Identify and name polygons.
Identify faces, edges, and vertices of a polyhedron.
Find the sum of the measures of the interior and exterior angles of a convex polygon.
Find the measure of each interior and exterior angle of a regular polygon.
Use angle measures of polygons in problem solving.
Solve problems by using guess and check.
Find areas of parallelograms, triangles, rhombi, trapezoids, and regular polygons.
Find the circumference and area of a circle.
Use areas to solve problems involving geometric probability.
Solve problems by making a model.
Create, draw, and fold three-dimensional figures.
Make two-dimensional nets for three-dimensional solids.
Identify the parts of prisms and cylinders.
Find the lateral areas and surface areas of right prisms and right cylinders.
Find the lateral area of a regular pyramid.
Find the lateral area and surface area of a right circular cone.
Find the volume of a right prism, a right cylinder, a pyramid and a circular cone.
Recognize and define basic properties of spheres.
Find the surface area and volume of a sphere.
Graph linear equations using the intercepts method.
Graph linear equations using the slope-intercept method.
Write an equation of a line given information about its graph.
Relate equations of lines and statistics to geometric concepts.
Solve problems by using equations.
Prove theorems using coordinate proofs.
Find the magnitude and direction of a vector.
Determine if two vectors are equal.
Perform operations with vectors.
Locate a point in space.
Use the distance and midpoint formulas for points in space.
Determine the center and radius of a sphere.
Jackson Christian Schools
Course Description
Title: Government Date: September, 2013
Grade: 11 Textbook: American Government and Economics
Course Objective:
Students learn the historical development of American government, and learn the
structure and processes of the federal government through a survey of the U. S.
Constitution. Students also learn the structure of state, county, and local government
through a survey of the Michigan state constitution.
Materials: American Government and Economics, Abeka Books
Worksheets
Time
Allotment:
Forty-five minutes a day, four days a week, one semester
Content: Christian and Humanist definitions of government: God’s sovereignty vs. the social
contract
Types of governments: a continuum from authoritarian to anarchy
Trends of political organization in the colonies
Reasons for the American Revolution
The Declaration of Independence: the role of government in maintaining human
rights
The failure of the Articles of Confederation, and the calling of the Constitutional
Convention
The Virginia and Connecticut plans, and necessary compromises: the Great
Compromise, compromise on trade, supremacy, choosing the executive, and slavery
The ratification of the Constitution and the role of the Bill of Rights in ratification
The Preamble, and concept of federalism, and categories of state/national powers
The concept of separation of powers, and checks and balances
The Legislative Branch: qualifications and organization
The Legislative Branch: the committee system, bills and resolutions, the path of a
bill, and voting methods
The Legislative Branch: the powers of Congress
The Executive Branch: the Electoral College, qualifications, powers, and the
Executive Office and Executive Departments
The Judicial Branch: levels and jurisdiction of federal courts, the jury system, the
qualifications and selection of judges, the powers of the Supreme Court, and judicial
activism vs. judicial conservatism
The final articles of the Constitution, and the Amendments by historical grouping
The preamble and Article I (Bill of Rights) in the state constitution, and Article II,
Elections, and Article III, Miscellaneous Provisions
Article IV, legislative branch: qualifications, organization, and powers
Article V, executive branch: qualifications, powers, succession, and other executive
officers
Article VI, judicial branch: levels of state courts, their jurisdiction, and general
provisions
Local government, including county, township, municipality: organization and
taxation
Education in the state constitution: funding, organization, and levels
Property rights and provisions
State funding and taxation
Amending the state constitution
Current issues in state and local government
Role playing the legislative process: the Senate Game, and Student Statesmanship
Institute
Direct experience: attending two government bodies and writing a summary and
response to the experience
Jackson Christian Schools
Course Description
Title: High School Band Date: August 2013
Grade: 9-12 Textbook: N/A
Course Objective:
Students will develop musical ability through rehearsals and individual instruction, and
understanding of the elements of music, professionalism in performance, and general
knowledge of music. Students will also develop appreciation of various music styles and
will enhance the school community through performances.
Materials: Fundamental Exercises
Bach Chorales
14 Weeks to a Better Band
Symphonic Band Technique
Standard Band Literature
Time
Allotment:
1 year, meeting 5 times a week for 40 minutes a day
Content: Producing a good sound, moving it, then articulating it
Learning to tune individually in unison
Improving intonation and tone quality
Illustrating the different styles of articulation
Developing a sense of rhythm by clapping, counting, and singing measures of
rhythm
Learning and practicing major and chromatic scales
Developing a mature sound
Increasing technical fluency
Applying the concepts of dynamic changes and breath control
Illustrating phrasing and melodic contour
Playing various types of band literature
Improving listening skills through exposure to a variety of musical selections
Jackson Christian Schools
Course Description
Title: HIGH SCHOOL P.E. Date: SEPTEMBER 2003
Grade: 9-12 Textbook: NONE
Course Objective:
The students will demonstrate competency in many movement forms and proficiency in
a few movement forms. The students will be able to apply movement concepts and
principles to the learning and development of those motor skills. The students will
exhibit a physically active lifestyle by achieving and maintaining a health-enhancing
level of physical fitness. Each student will learn to understand and respect the
differences among people in the physical activity setting. Upon completing the physical
education curriculum, the students will understand that physical activity provides
opportunities for enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and social interaction.
Materials: A variety of equipment and proper attire
Time Allotment:
45 minutes per day, 3 days per week, 36 weeks
Content: Team sports
Individual and duel sports
Physical Fitness
Weight training
Jackson Christian Schools
Course Description
Title: Honors Choir Date: October 2012
Grade: 10-12 Textbook:
Course Objective:
Students will build the physical skills necessary for singing: alignment, respiration,
phonation, resonation and articulation. Students will learn to read music by identifying
notes, rhythms, and musical symbols, and by reading and singing solfege syllables.
Students will prepare standard choral repertoire for performances.
Materials: Standard Choral Literature, Sight Reading Materials, Hymnals, Skill Worksheets
Time Allotment:
One year, meeting five days a week for 44 minutes a day
Content: Alignment (posture)
Respiration (breathing)
Phonation (basic sound production)
Resonation (extending vocal range)
Articulation (enunciation, musicality)
Identify note names in treble and bass clef
Identify time and key signatures
Identify solfege syllables in treble and bass clef
Read rhythms independently in varying difficulties
Sing different variations of the “Do” scale in unison up to 4 parts
Sight-sing independently in varying difficulties
Prepare standard choral repertoire for performance SATB harmony
Learn basic principles of music performance
Attend MSVMA Festival to receive performance practice, receive feedback, work
with a clinician and sightread
Jackson Christian Schools
Course Description
Title: Journalism Date: September, 2013
Grade: 10-12 Textbook: Press Time
Course Objective:
Students will learn how to decide whether a story is newsworthy or not. They will learn
how to get the facts for a story. They will be able to write an effective news lead. They
will learn to organize a news story. They will learn how to write clearly in “news
English.” They will be able to discern between a straight news story and an editorial.
They will learn how a journalist’s world view affects every piece he writes and learn to
discern bias in reporting. They will learn the principles of newspaper design and layout.
They will learn many terms (jargon) of the newspaper business. They will develop
newsgathering and writing skills as they write articles for the bi-weekly school
newspaper, The Royal Mag. They will learn how to take pictures with the digital
camera. The editor (and possibly other staffers) will learn to lay out the newspaper in
Microsoft Publisher.
Materials: Press Time, Prentice-Hall
Various newspapers
Time
Allotment:
Forty-five minutes per day, five times per week, for two semesters
Content: How to gather the news: deciding what is newsworthy, qualities of a good reporter,
where to find the news, interviewing techniques
How to write a news lead: the five W’s and one H, articulating the key thought,
capturing reader interest
How to organize the news story: inverted pyramid style, chronological order,
composite stories, and principles of effective news paragraphs
How to write in newspaper style: key thoughts first, short and simple sentences,
concrete words, conciseness, vividness, inclusion of names, editorializing, various
grammar reminders
How to design and layout a newspaper: history and importance of visual design,
types of newspapers, general design principles emphasizing modular design and
triangular balance, principles for specific pages, typography and graphic art, and
layout of photos
The First Amendment and journalistic freedom and responsibility
Jackson Christian Schools
Course Description
Title: Lifetime Applications Date: 06/22/04
Grade: 12 Textbook: The Bible
Course Objective:
Students will study injustice and persecution that is taking place around the world,
discover the need for involvement in international humanitarian issues, and begin to
investigate how to plan their lives to accomplish God’s purposes by carrying physical
and spiritual hope to the world. Students will apply the principles they’ve learned to
their own career paths.
Materials: The Justice Mission by Jim Hancock & The International Justice Mission
Every Picture Tells A Story by Mark Oestreicher
What Do You Want? (Visual Curriculum) – Youth Specialties/Zondervan
Student Underground – Youth Specialties/Zondervan
Finding A Job You Can Love by Ralph T. Mattson & Arthur F. Miller
Choosing Your Career by Martin E. Clark
Time
Allotment:
Five days a week, forty-seven minutes a day, for one semester.
Content: Oppression
What is oppression?
Understanding how oppression works
Things God loves
Things God hates
Types of oppression
Video-driven discussion: Oppression
Bible study on Isaiah 1:10-17
Personal Inventory: What’s most important?
Personal Journaling
Overview of web resources
What God Hates
Oppressors hall of fame
Defining deception and coercion
Bible study on Job 24
Video-driven discussion: I don’t get it
Bible study on Hebrews 13:1-3
Meditation on Psalm 9
Community Injustice inventory
Personal Journaling
Joining The Fight Against Injustice
Defining object permanence
Bible study on Isaiah 58
Video-driven discussion: Remembering Injustice
Meditation on Psalm 146
Personal Inventory: What can I do?
Personal Journaling
God’s Vision Brings God’s Provision
Images of Injustice – art project
Bible study on John 6:1-21
Video driven discussion: The Justice Mission
Counting the costs and resources in the fight against injustice
Prayer for victims
Personal Journaling
Do It Now
Group reflection on what God’s doing
Video-driven discussion: Rescue
Bible study on James 1:22-27
Imagining our influence
Letters to God
Organization of personal and group action steps
Personal Journaling
Understanding God’s Will – Step by Step
Video-driven discussion: Step by Step
Bible study on Acts 17:28
Bible study on Luke 11:37-54 & Ephesians 2:8-9
Understanding God’s Will – Spin Cycle
Video-driven discussion: Spin Cycle
Bible study on Ecclesiastes 2:10-11 & 4:4
Bible study on Psalm 119:15-16
Understanding God’s Will – That Guy
Video-driven discussion: That Guy
Bible study on Luke 5:1-8
Bible study on selected Proverbs
Walk in the Woods – talksheet
Understanding God’s Will – Joe Nine Eleven
Video-driven discussion: Joe Nine Eleven
Bible study on Psalm 27:5-6
Bible study on 2 Cor. 11:24-27
Understanding God’s Will – Consequences
Video-driven discussion: Consequences
Bible study on Galatians 6:7; Genesis 3:1-24; 2 Samuel 12:1-14; Deuteronomy
32:48-52; 1 Samuel 2:27-31; Acts 5:1-10
Weighty decisions – talksheet
Every Picture Tells A Story
Seeing your faith story
Seeing the faith story of others
Seeing God’s story
Writing modern day parables
Seeing God in everyday life
Billboards
Global issues
The Fruit of the Spirit
Gaining wisdom
Rites of Passage
The future
Consequences
Understanding Persecution Today
Discover the extent of persecution of Christians in the world
Explore what God says concerning the persecuted
What’s it like to be a persecuted Christian?
Examine the ways Christians are persecuted
Express empathy for the restricted and persecuted
Why are people persecuted?
Know why Christians are persecuted, the results, and the progress made in spite of
persecution
Becoming the hands and feet of Jesus
Grasp the fact that Jesus suffered and that he asks us to suffer and come alongside
those who suffer
Foundational issues in career choice
The Christian value of work and career
Elements of the Lord’s will
Discovering and being the person God has made you to be
Decision making
Spiritual gifts and career choice
The role of circumstances
Does God call us to specific careers?
Being a whole person
Dealing with failure
Jackson Christian Schools
Course Description
Title: Living by Faith Date: 10/08/03
Grade: 11 Textbook:
Course Objective:
To identify and describe the foundational spiritual habits and disciplines of Bible study,
prayer, and sharing Christ with others. Students will also realize the importance of a
lifestyle characterized by spiritual accountability, Bible memorization, involvement in
the local church, and tithing.
Materials: Living by the Book by Howard G. Hendricks
The Prayer of Jabez by Bruce Wilkenson
Becoming a Contagious Christian (student edition) Zondervan
Time
Allotment:
Five days a week, forty-seven minutes a day, for one semester.
Content: Why study the Bible?
An overview of the Bible study process
The role of observation in the Bible study process
Strategies to reading the Bible thoughtfully, repeatedly, patiently, selectively,
Essay writing: book reports reflecting summary and response
Minimum of thirty weekly essays, two pages each, emphasizing mechanics and
content, and various rhetorical styles, including argumentative essays using
deduction, and argumentative essays using inductive patterns which include logos,
ethos, and pathos
Senior Thesis of ten pages, including research, outlining, and written as a persuasive
paper employing proper documentation in the APA format
Jackson Christian Schools
Course Description
Title: Weight Training Date: SEPTEMBER 2003
Grade: 11-12 Textbook: WEIGHT TRAINING FOR LIFE
Course Objective:
The students will understand the importance of physical fitness in their daily lives, and
how weight training can play an important role in their fitness development. The
students will be able to evaluate their needs and develop and program specifically geared
toward their body type, strengths, and abilities.
Materials: Weight equipment, proper attire
Time Allotment:
47 minutes per day, 5 days per week, 36 weeks
Content: A study of muscular strength and function
How to warm up and stretch
Safe and effective weight training
Proper nutrition
How to develop a personal weight training program
How to maintain a personal weight training program
Jackson Christian Schools
Course Description
Title: Western Lit Date: 1-19-09
Grade: 12 Textbook: Adventures in Western Lit, Tale of Two Cities
Course Objective:
Students will learn a definition of literature, the purpose of literature, why it can’t be
neutral, genres of literature, and various mechanics of literature and poetry, using
readings, discussion, writing assignments, and online posting and discussion. An
emphasis is placed understanding and evaluating world views and themes in literature
and poetry.
Materials: Adventures in English Literature, HBJ
Tale of Two Cities
Various handouts
Videos
Time
Allotment:
One semester, five days a week, forty-five minute class periods
Content: Definition of literature
Purpose of literature
Classics vs. popular literature
Process of selectivity negating neutrality
Criteria for literature
Definition of plot
Conflicts in literature
Categories or types of characters
Development of characters
Plot outlines: the Freitag Pyramid
Theme in literature
Settings
Point of view
Biography of Charles Dickens
Key characteristics of Dickens’ style
Background to Tale of Two Cities
Setting of Tale of Two Cities
Character development in Tale of Two Cities
Plot outline of Tale of Two Cities
Themes, motifs, and foreshadowing in Tale of Two Cities
Definition of poetry
Mechanics of poetry: rhyme, rhythm
Types of poetry
Comparisons of world views: Christian, Classical, Romanticism
Poetry of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge
Definition of short stories
History of short stories
Short stories by various authors: Dahl, Glaspell, Turtledove, I Samuel 25, Clarke,
Lost
Cinema as novel: Chariots of Fire, developing character, theme, plot outline, setting
Jackson Christian Schools
Course Description
Title: World History Date: February, 2002
Grade: 9 Textbook: World History and Cultures
Course Objective:
Students will learn basic events and people from creation through the civilizations of the
ancient world to the formation of European civilizations. Students will learn the nature
of medieval life and culture, and the changes brought to Western civilization by the
Renaissance and Reformation. Students will focus especially on the development of
English government and law as a precursor to our own systems. Students will also learn
of the industrial revolution and modern European politics through WWI.
Materials: World History and Cultures, Abeka Books
Map sheets
Primary source documents
Time
Allotment:
Five days a week, forty-five minutes a day, two semesters
Content: Creation and the implications of being God’s image-bearers
Fall of man and the implications of man’s sin nature
The flood and Tower of Babel with the spreading of mankind around the earth and
racial/linguistic development
The Sumerian civilization and concepts of culture and the development of a
civilization, including important Sumerian inventions
Egyptian civilization, including concepts of dynasties, and the link to Biblical events
The development of the Israeli nation through Abraham to Moses, the Sinatic
Covenant, the conquering of the land, the time of the Judges, the kings, the split
kingdoms, and the reasons for and results of the captivities
Phoenician contributions and the Hittite empire
The empire of Assyria, and reasons for its fall
The empire of Babylon, development of astrology, and Daniel’s dream: the
successive human kingdoms and prophetic view of end times
The empire of Persia: concepts of empire/nation building, religious dualism, coinage,
and succession problems
The Greek civilization, including the literature of Homer, the development and
conflicts of the city-states, the Macedonian conquest, and the empire of Alexander
the Great and results
Greek philosophy: its origin, goals, major concepts including definitions of ethics,
and major contributors, including the Atomists, Protagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle,
Epicurus, Stoicism, and Greek humanism
The Roman empire, including studies of development of republican forms of
government, the rule of law, and the meaning and continued influence of Pax
Romana
The development of Christianity, examining its origin, reasons for growth, and
reasons for and results of persecution
The fall of the Roman Empire
The origins and wanderings of the Germanic tribes, and the beginnings of the
Germanic nations, especially the reign of Charlemagne
The structure of the Catholic church: what and why, and the development of the
papacy, holy orders, and the doctrines of the medieval Catholic church
The definition of feudalism, and its basic concepts including the terms of feudal
contracts, and reasons for European fragmentation after Charlemagne
The definition of manorialism, and the roles of lords and serfs
The need for and contents of the code of Chivalry, and the process of knighthood,
heraldry, and church limits on knightly violence
The origins of the Anglo-Saxon people, their migration to the British Isles, and the
establishment of the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
The Viking invasions and results
The reign of Alfred the Great, and the beginnings of England
The invasion of Knut
The reign of Edward the Confessor
The battle of Hastings and triumph of William the Conqueror
The changes linguistically, socially, politically, and administratively from the
Norman Invasion
The administrative reforms of Henry I and the judicial reforms of Henry II
The mistakes of King John and the resulting Magna Charta: concepts of limited
government, lex rex¸ and the growth of the Great Council
The changes in the Great Council brought by Simon de Montfort
The reign of Edward I and the growth of Parliament
The Hundred Years war and the development of nationalism, and changes created by
the war and Black Plague: the decline of feudalism, the rise of absolute monarchies,
and the decline of manorialism
The War and Roses and establishment of the Tudor dynasty
The reign of Henry VII and concepts of freedom vs. stability
Precursors to the reformation: Acquinas, Peter Waldo, Wycliffe, Hus, Erasmus, and
Gutenberg
The life of Martin Luther and the reformation
The changes Luther created in the church and the development of Protestantism
The effects of Protestantism on European culture
The secondary reformation: Zwingli, the Anabaptists, and Calvin
The counter-reformation
The reign of Henry VIII: the creation of the Anglican church
The reformation under Edward VI
The failure of Mary Tudor
Elizabeth: reasons for success, the Elizabethan settlement, and the Spanish Armada
Divine right monarchy and James I
Charles I: the Petition of Right, the personal rule, the Grand Remonstrance, and the
English Civil War
Oliver Cromwell and the Protectorate: England comes full circle
The Restoration and changes in the government
The Glorious Revolution: causes and results, including the English Bill of Rights
William and Mary through the Hanoverian dynasty: evolution of parliamentary
government under Robert Walpole
The French Revolution: the causes, the events, and the results: France comes full
circle
The causes and results of the industrial revolution
Democracy and nationalism in the Nineteenth Century
The causes of WWI, and the impact of the industrial revolution on war
Wilson’s Fourteen Points, and the Treaty of Versailles, and its later implications
Jackson Christian Schools
Course Description
Title: Worldviews Date: 9/25/03
Grade: 11 Textbook: Understanding The Times
Course Objective:
The Biblical Christian worldview is presented in contrast to the humanist worldviews of
Secular Humanism, Marxism/Leninism, and Cosmic Humanism. The course surveys ten
essential areas of study: theology, philosophy, ethics, biology, psychology, sociology,
law, politics, economics, and history. Students will become increasingly aware of the
lost condition of those without Christ and will be better equipped to communicate God’s
truth.
Materials: Understanding The Times – Text
Understanding The Times – Workbook
Time
Allotment:
Five days a week, forty-seven minutes a day, one semester
Content: What makes up worldview and why understanding worldview is important
Introduction to three of the major non-Christian worldviews: secular humanism,
Marxism/Leninism, and cosmic humanism
Non-Christian theologies
Foundations for Biblical theism
What is philosophy?
Non-Christian philosophies and the Christian response.
Non-Christian ethics in today’s society
Christian ethics
Non-Christian teachings regarding the origin of life – biology
Biology as a testimony to the Creator
Non-Christian perspectives relating to human behavior – psychology
Psychology from the Christian perspective
Non-Christian views of social organization – sociology
Christian view of social structure
Natural Law vs. Positive Law
God’s Laws vs. Man’s Law: applied
The State: ordained by God or product of evolution?
Economics – Justice, the fall, and the stewardship of resources
Worldview and History – random, revolutionary, or redemptive
The way things really are
Jackson Christian Schools
Course Description
Title: Desktop Publishing Date: September 11, 2003
Grade: 9, 10, 11, 12 Textbook: none
Course Objective:
The objective of this class is for students complete the Royal Heir yearbook. Topics of study include publication design, layout techniques, and manipulating text and graphics within Josten’s website. Students design pages for the Royal Heir by creating the layout,
writing copy, and placing pictures. Students also sell ads to help finance the yearbook, learning business skills.
Materials: Jostens’s Yearbook Avenue website
Computer
Adobe Photoshop
Microsoft Word
Printer
Scanner
Camera
Time Allotment:
One year, meeting five times a week for forty-five minutes a day.
Content: Preliminary planning of The Royal Heir
Selling ads
Planning the ladder
Basic layout techniques
Planning page layout
Acquiring photos
Writing process
Designing advertisements
Submitting pages through Jostens’ Yearbook Avenue website