Introduction: Life functions, scientific method, controlled experiments
Measurement: Metric system, mass, area, liquid volume, temperature, heat
Collections: Leaf or insect collection
Basic Chemistry: Atoms, molecules, Periodic Table of the Elements
Cells: Parts of plant and animal cells, osmosis
Simplest Cells: Viruses, archaeans, bacteria, Louis Pasteur
Protists: A Microscopic Menagerie: Taxonomy, amoeba, paramecium, euglena
The Fungi: Types, classification, and parts of fungi
Plant Classification: Algae, lichens, mosses, ferns, conifers, flowering plants, monocots, dicots
Plant Structure and Response: Root systems, stems, leaves, tropisms
Plant Growth and Reproduction: Binary fission, budding, sporulation, pollination, fertilization, germination, mitosis
Animals: Sponges, jellyfish, worms, mollusks, arthropods, starfish
Chordates: Chordates: lampreys, sharks, bony fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals
Nutrition: Nutrient groups, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, chemosynthesis
Testing for Nutrients: Chemical tests for energy and nutrients, filtering
Introduction to Systems: Systems and life functions, human life stages
Skeletal and Muscular Systems: Bones, joints, muscles
Digestive System: Mechanical and chemical digestion, enzymes, absorption
Circulatory System: Systemic and pulmonary circulation, blood types
Respiratory System: External respiration, cellular respiration
Excretory System: Lungs, large intestine, liver, kidneys, skin
Endocrine System: Hormones, endocrine glands, metabolism
Nervous System: Neurons, brain, spinal cord, senses
Disease: The Fight for Life Noninfectious and infectious diseases, disease defenses, medical breakthroughs
Animal Behavior & Reproduction: Reflexes, instincts, sexual reproduction, meiosis, genetics
Ecology: Oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen cycles; energy and food chains

Product Code: SSLP-LS
Format: Softcover
Binding: Loose-leaf, 3-hole drilled
Page Count: 122 pages
Dimensions: 8.5″×11″
ISBN: 9780991326426
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Answer key: None required.

Q: What is the difference between the grade-level lesson plans and the single-subject lesson plans?

A: Both are complete daily lesson plans, but the grade-level lesson plans include all the core subjects in that grade level. Single-subject lesson plans are designed for families who want a daily plan for only one subject. Each single-subject lesson plan features one-page-per-week detailed daily lesson plans with check-boxes, clear weekly goals, a “Year at a Glance” chart, and room for notes.

Spring on the Farm: Introduction to seeds
Seeds: Grouping seeds, dicots, monocots
Plants: Growing plants, germination, roots, chlorophyll, finding leaves and roots to eat
How Seeds Travel: Plants and light, how seeds travel
Mammals
Reptiles: Reptiles, fish, birds, bird feeding activity
What Animals Eat: Herbivores, carnivores, omnivores
Care of Pets: Basic necessities
Zoo Animals: Observing zoo animals: zoo field trip
Summer on the Farm: Charting the weather
Summer at the Pond: Vertebrates and invertebrates, skeletons and exoskeletons
Invertebrates: Snails and earthworms
Grouping Plants: Deciduous and evergreen trees, collecting leaves
In the Garden: Helpful and harmful insects, insects as pets
Fall on the Farm: Plants, animals, and insects get ready for winter
Winter on the Farm: God cares for animals
Weather: Charting the weather
Our Senses: Senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste

Product Code: SSLP-BAS1
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Binding: Loose-leaf, 3-hole drilled
Page Count: 42 pages
Dimensions: 8.5″×11″
ISBN: 9781946207012
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Answer key: None required.

Q: What is the difference between the grade-level lesson plans and the single-subject lesson plans?

A: Both are complete daily lesson plans, but the grade-level lesson plans include all the core subjects in that grade level. Single-subject lesson plans are designed for families who want a daily plan for only one subject. Each single-subject lesson plan features one-page-per-week detailed daily lesson plans with check-boxes, clear weekly goals, a “Year at a Glance” chart, and room for notes.

Introduction: History and prehistory; the first civilizations
Light to the Nations: Palestine; the life of Jesus; early Christianity
Emperors & Madmen: Roman Empire from Augustus to Diocletian
Blood of Martyrs: Imperial persecutions; heresies; Constantine
Christian Empire: Council of Nicaea; Church Fathers; Gothic and German invasions
Germanic Kingdoms: Germanic culture; Visigoths, Vandals, Franks, and Ostrogoths
Founders of Christendom: Justinian, Byzantium; Gaelic Christianity; Benedict; Boethius; Gregory the Great
Rise of Islam: Arabia; Muhammad; Islam; the Prophet’s successors
Defense of Christendom: Defense of Constantinople; Muslim Spain; St. Bede; Charlemagne
Feudalism: Viking invasions; feudalism; chivalry; medieval farms, towns, guilds
Medieval Reformation: Abuses in Church; monastic reforms; rebirth of the empire; investiture conflict
New Nations: Beginning the reconquest of Spain; growth of English and French Monarchies
Crusades: First–Eighth Crusades; Iberian Crusade; Albigensian Crusade
Great Century: Gothic architecture; universities; Mendicant Orders; Mongols; Scholasticism
Decline of Middle Ages: Babylonian Captivity; Great Schism; Wycliffe and Hus; Black Death
Two Centuries of Conflict: Rise of Russia; Hundred Years’ War; Wars of the Roses; Ottoman Turks
Birth of a New World: Humanism/Renaissance; fall of Constantinople; Moscow; discovery of America
Protestant Reformation: Abuses in the Church; Luther; Calvin; Suleiman I; English Reformation
Protestant Reformation: Abuses in the Church; Luther; Calvin; Suleiman I; English Reformation
Catholic Renewal & War: Council of Trent; Jesuits; Battle of Lepanto; Wars of Religion
Catholic Renewal & War: Council of Trent; Jesuits; Battle of Lepanto; Wars of Religion
Europe Before the Flood: Divine Right of Kings; religious, political conflicts in England; Louis XIV’s reign
Europe Before the Flood: Divine Right of Kings; religious, political conflicts in England; Louis XIV’s reign

Product Code: SSLP-LTN1
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Page Count: 48 pages
Dimensions: 8.5″×11″
ISBN: 9781946207555
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Answer key: None required.

Q: What is the difference between the grade-level lesson plans and the single-subject lesson plans?

A: Both are complete daily lesson plans, but the grade-level lesson plans include all the core subjects in that grade level. Single-subject lesson plans are designed for families who want a daily plan for only one subject. Each single-subject lesson plan features one-page-per-week detailed daily lesson plans with check-boxes, clear weekly goals, a “Year at a Glance” chart, and room for notes.

Earth in Space: Intro to Earth Science, Earth in space, Earth’s orbit & the seasons, phases of the moon, solar & lunar eclipses, calendars
Visualizing Earth: Locations on Earth, map projections and the shape of Earth, remote sensing, mapping Earth
Thinking about Earth: Cycle of scientific enterprise, experimental science & historical science, challenges in studying Earth, Christianity & the Earth sciences, stewardship of Earth
Matter & Minerals: Atoms, elements, crystals, minerals
Rocks & the Rock Cycle: The rock cycle; igneous, sedimentary, & metamorphic rocks; energy resources
Plate Tectonics & Mountains: Continental drift, ocean floor, seafloor spreading, plate tectonics, mountains
Volcanoes and Earthquakes: Volcanoes & plate tectonics, igneous intrusions, earthquakes, interior of the Earth
Fall Term Exam & Research Paper: Exam, volcano/earthquake research paper
Weathering, Erosion, & Soils: Mechanical & chemical weathering, erosion, soils
Surface Water & Groundwater: The hydrologic cycle, stream landforms, groundwater landforms, caverns
Landforms: Mass movement, desert landforms, glaciers
Unraveling Earth History: Geologic time, relative age, fossils, absolute dating, sedimentary environments, overview of Earth history
Oceanography: The oceans, seawater, currents & waves, tides, marine life, shorelines
The Atmosphere: Atmosphere: composition & structure, properties, energy & water, circulation
Weather: Clouds & precipitation, air masses & fronts, weather forecasts, severe weather
Climate, Air Pollution, Global Warming: Climate, classification of climates, climate change, air pollution, global warming
Spring Term Exam & Wrap Up

Product Code: SSLP-ES
Format: Softcover
Binding: Loose-leaf, 3-hole drilled
Page Count: 54 pages
Dimensions: 8.5″×11″
ISBN: 9781946207074
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Answer key: None required.

Q: What is the difference between the grade-level lesson plans and the single-subject lesson plans?

A: Both are complete daily lesson plans, but the grade-level lesson plans include all the core subjects in that grade level. Single-subject lesson plans are designed for families who want a daily plan for only one subject. Each single-subject lesson plan features one-page-per-week detailed daily lesson plans with check-boxes, clear weekly goals, a “Year at a Glance” chart, and room for notes.

Introduction: The Scientific Revolution: Scholasticism; Copernicus; Galileo; Bacon; Newton
The Age of Enlightenment: Skepticism; Deism; Liberalism; philosophes
The Age of Enlightened Despots: Russian Empire; rise of Prussia; Austrian Empire
The Church Before the Revolution: Jansenism; Freemasonry; the suppression of the Jesuits
Revolution in France: The National Assembly; storming of the Bastille; Declaration of the Rights of Man; First French Republic
Many Revolutions: The execution of Louis XVI; the government of Great Britain; the Industrial and Agricultural Revolutions
The Rise and Fall of Jacobin France: Counterrevolution; Girondins and Jacobins; the Reign of Terror; Robespierre
The Triumph of the “Little Corporal”: Napoleon Bonaparte; Pius VI; French victories and defeats; Napoleon crowns himself emperor
The Wars of Napoleon: Napoleonic wars; the exile of Pius VII; the invasion of Russia and retreat from Moscow
Metternich’s Europe: Battle of Waterloo; Metternich’s Concert of Europe; Nationalism; Liberalism
Romanticism and Revolt, Part I: Romanticism; reform in England; Russia; Poland
Romanticism and Revolt, Part II: Revolution in France and Italy; Socialism; Frederic Ozanam; Pius IX
The Triumph of Liberalism: Fall of Metternich and revolutions in Austria, Italy, Germany, and France; Pius IX and Garibaldi
An Era of Change and Conflict: Karl Marx; the Industrial Revolution; the bourgeoisie and proletariat; social Catholicism; Darwin
New Powers, Old Battles: Pius IX and Liberalism; Vatican I; end of the Papal States; the Franco-Prussian War; Kulturkampf
Into a New Century: The German Empire; Queen Victoria’s Empire; the Russian Empire; Leo XIII; Rerum Novarum
Europe at War Again: Progressivism; defeat of Russian revolutionaries; war in the Balkans; World War I begins
The “Great War”: Benedict XV; the Western and Eastern Fronts; America enters the war; Bolshevik Revolution; Woodrow Wilson
The Rise of Totalitarian Regimes: The USSR; fascism in Italy and Germany; Mussolini, Hitler, and the Church
An Even Greater War: Stalin’s reign of terror; the Spanish Civil War; Blitzkrieg; Churchill and Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor
The End of a War and the Beginning of a New World: The Battle of Stalingrad; the Holocaust and Pius XII; D-Day; Yalta; the Cold War; the United Nations; the European Union; “Coca-colonization;” Vatican II

Product Code: SSLP-LTN2
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Page Count: 44 pages
Dimensions: 8.5″×11″
ISBN: 9780991326471
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Answer key: None required.

Q: What is the difference between the grade-level lesson plans and the single-subject lesson plans?

A: Both are complete daily lesson plans, but the grade-level lesson plans include all the core subjects in that grade level. Single-subject lesson plans are designed for families who want a daily plan for only one subject. Each single-subject lesson plan features one-page-per-week detailed daily lesson plans with check-boxes, clear weekly goals, a “Year at a Glance” chart, and room for notes.

Part One: Physical Science
What is Science?: Introduction to science
Matter and Spirit: Matter, properties, mass, volume, changes of state
Force and Energy: Forces, gravity, magnetism, friction, light, sound, comparing light & sound
Sun, Moon, & Stars: Earth, sun, moon, keeping time, solar system, planets, stars, astronomers, spacecraft, space missions, satellites, moons, review

Part Two: Life Science
Animals: What do animals eat and do, classification, animal protection, naptime or vacation time, animals and man
Plants: Wild and tame flowers, how are plants built, roots, stems, leaves, seeds, germination, growing healthy plants, hat plants eat, fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes, plants and seasons, how long trees and plants live
Interdependence . . . : Animal habitats, food chains, food webs, ecosystems

Part Three: Human Body
Many Parts, One Body: My body, what holds me up, what makes me move; heart, lungs, breathing, circulation, brain
Senses: Eyes, sight; ears, hearing; tongue, taste; smell; taste and smell; touch
Nutrition and Health: Food groups and nutrients, moderation; staying fit, food safety, review

Product Code: SSLP-BAS3
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Page Count: 46 pages
Dimensions: 8.5″×11″
ISBN: 9781946207036
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Answer key: None required.

Q: What is the difference between the grade-level lesson plans and the single-subject lesson plans?

A: Both are complete daily lesson plans, but the grade-level lesson plans include all the core subjects in that grade level. Single-subject lesson plans are designed for families who want a daily plan for only one subject. Each single-subject lesson plan features one-page-per-week detailed daily lesson plans with check-boxes, clear weekly goals, a “Year at a Glance” chart, and room for notes.

Before we begin…: Introduction and terminology

Unit One: What is poetry?: Poetry stirs our emotions
Bones and muscles in a poem
Poetry means more than it says; The secret code of poetry
Analyzing poetry

Unit Two: Sound and Imagery
Rhyme
Alliteration and onomatopoeia
Meter
Scanning a poem
Imagery
Metaphors

Unit Three: Poetic Devices
Expressing the inexpressible
Ellipsis and hyperbaton
Organization in a poem
Irony
The purpose of irony and how to recognize it
Allusion
Verse forms
Writing a poem: Writing and reciting your poem

Unit Four: Analyzing a poem on your own
Analyzing a poem, step by step
Reading as pattern recognition

Unit Five: A short history of poetry
Biblical, Greek, and Latin poetry
Poets in the Middle Ages
Early Modern poetry
Romanticism and the Catholic Revival
The Modern Era

Conclusion
The Divine Poet
Poetry and literature

Product Code: SSLP-SCP
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Dimensions: 8.5″×11″
ISBN: 9780991326457
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Answer key: None required.

Q: What is the difference between the grade-level lesson plans and the single-subject lesson plans?

A: Both are complete daily lesson plans, but the grade-level lesson plans include all the core subjects in that grade level. Single-subject lesson plans are designed for families who want a daily plan for only one subject. Each single-subject lesson plan features one-page-per-week detailed daily lesson plans with check-boxes, clear weekly goals, a “Year at a Glance” chart, and room for notes.

HUMAN ANATOMY
Nervous System: Brain, nerves, spinal cord
Circulatory System: Heart, veins, arteries, capillaries
Respiratory System: Lungs, epiglottis, trachea, bronchi, alveoli
Skeletal System: Bones, ligaments, cartilage
Muscular System: Skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscles; tendons
Digestive System: Esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, pancreas
Urinary System: Kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra

NUTRITION, HEALTH, AND FIRST AID
Nutrition:
Food, energy, and digestion
Carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, water, and fiber
Eating a balanced diet, food groups, ideas for desserts and snacks, food labels, malnutrition

Health:
Fighting disease, antibodies and vaccines, prevention and cure of disease
Posture and exercise
Rest and sleep
Personal hygiene, proper care of the teeth

First Aid:
Abrasions, scratches, and cuts
Stings, bites, and blisters
Bumps, bruises, and burns
Fractures, frostbite, heat exhaustion, and nosebleeds
Poisoning, punctures, slivers, sprains, and strains

Product Code: SSLP-BAS4
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Binding: Loose-leaf, 3-hole drilled
Page Count: 44 pages
Dimensions: 8.5″×11″
ISBN: 9781946207043
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Answer key: None required.

Q: What is the difference between the grade-level lesson plans and the single-subject lesson plans?

A: Both are complete daily lesson plans, but the grade-level lesson plans include all the core subjects in that grade level. Single-subject lesson plans are designed for families who want a daily plan for only one subject. Each single-subject lesson plan features one-page-per-week detailed daily lesson plans with check-boxes, clear weekly goals, a “Year at a Glance” chart, and room for notes.

Introduction: Background to U.S. history and social studies, America’s system of government

Northeastern Region
New England Region: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Mid-Atlantic Region: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey

Midwestern Region
East North-Central Region: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin
West North-Central Region: Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota

Southern Region
South Atlantic Region: Florida, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Washington, D.C.
East South-Central Region: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee
West South-Central Region: Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma

Western Region
Mountain Region: Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming
Pacific Region: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, U.S. Territories, Conclusion

Product Code: SSLP-USA
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ISBN: 9780985834357
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A: Both are complete daily lesson plans, but the grade-level lesson plans include all the core subjects in that grade level. Single-subject lesson plans are designed for families who want a daily plan for only one subject. Each single-subject lesson plan features one-page-per-week detailed daily lesson plans with check-boxes, clear weekly goals, a “Year at a Glance” chart, and room for notes.

Studying Living Things around Us: Scientific research, classification, taxonomy, recording data
Metamorphosis, Creatures Helping Other Creatures, and Graphing our Findings: Metamorphosis, facilitation, parasites, predators/prey, graphs
Food Webs, Resistance to Disease, and Conservation of Energy: Food webs, bioaccumulation, resistance to disease, immunity, conservation of energy and materials
Physiology and Introduction to Biochemistry:  Atoms, molecules, elements, photosynthesis, physiology, biochemistry, chemical equations
The Circulatory System and Human Physiology: Circulatory system, heart and lung health
Logic: Deduction, Induction, and Scientific Reasoning: Logic, scientific reasoning and experiments, forming hypotheses
Competition among Plants and Animals: Competition, facilitation, defense mechanisms
Atmosphere and Weather: Earth’s movements and seasons, clouds, weather, atmosphere, water cycle, climate
The Earth and Its Composition: Layers of the earth, plate tectonics, volcanoes, rocks, minerals, fossils
Genetics and Taxonomy: Genetics, DNA, genes, chromosomes

Product Code: SSLP-BAS5
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ISBN: 9780985834340
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A: Both are complete daily lesson plans, but the grade-level lesson plans include all the core subjects in that grade level. Single-subject lesson plans are designed for families who want a daily plan for only one subject. Each single-subject lesson plan features one-page-per-week detailed daily lesson plans with check-boxes, clear weekly goals, a “Year at a Glance” chart, and room for notes.