DEEP THOUGHT YEAR 1: European History/British Lit/Biology/Critical Thinking
This is a digital product. It will be delivered via email as a PDF.
Our YEAR 1 curriculum focuses on the European world through two key periods of major historical change: the Enlightenment and the Victorian empire. We’ll explore the constantly changing cauldron of history, literature, philosophy, and geography of these periods with an emphasis on amplifying voices that have been historically marginalized. In science, we dive into Biology, focusing on evolutionary biology.
This is not a reading guide; it is a complete 28-week (400+-page) curriculum, including lessons, assignments, exams, lectures, and supplemental materials. It also includes strategies for planning, goal-setting, and evaluating (and assigning grades for) work. It is designed for the Academy’s two 14-week semesters, but I’ve included suggestions for adapting the pace for your particular homeschool. This curriculum is written for the student; there is no parent guide. (If you have questions or need support, please feel free to contact me!)
INCLUDES:
Literature (Units: Satire, Inventing Genre, Novel Study, Victorian Poetry, Victorian Vampires, Sherlock Holmes and Detective Fiction, The Importance of Being Earnest)
History (Units:The Long 18th Century, Constructing Queen Victoria, Victorian Gender and Sexuality, Victorian Crime and Punishment)
Philosophy (Fundamentals of Critical Thinking)
Biology
Includes weekly student planner and goal setter. Add your own math and foreign language, and you’re all set!
In addition to this curriculum package, you will need to purchase or otherwise procure copies of: Gulliver’s Travels, The Importance of Being Earnest, Remarkable Creatures. All other required readings are included in this curriculum.
This is a high school level curriculum, designed for students who are already familiar with the basic elements of literature (plot, character, theme, setting, etc.) and who are comfortable applying those skills to texts. Like most high school level curricula, it includes works that could be rated M for Mature. If mature content is a concern for you with your student, I encourage you to preview texts to asses your personal comfort level. (I read these texts with my own high school student and teach them in high school classes, but comfort levels can be very personal things.) This is a completely secular program.
With both print and digital curriculum, primary source documents and other readings are included in the curriculum. Please see the sample curriculum pages to see how this looks!
You will need to provide supplies for your science labs — we’ve included a list for each one. To use online lectures and materials, you will need access to a computer and the internet.
You do not need to use this curriculum in order. If you want to start with the curriculum we call Year 3, you can absolutely use that for your first year. Our curriculum is set up so that your grades and evaluations reflect student progress — that means you’re interested in how your student grows and develops as a learner from year to year instead of focusing on arbitrary metrics.
You should be aware: No curriculum is unbiased, but ours is intentionally progressive. We believe in decolonizing the curriculum, and our program is unapologetically against racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, and othering in all its forms. There may have been a time when curriculum could be neutral, but to be neutral within these systems is to support oppression — and we cannot do that. If you want a curriculum that presents the “other side” of things like evolution or sexism, we are probably not the best choice for your homeschool.
Because of the nature of digital publications, all sales are final. If you have questions, please ask before you buy!
This is a digital product. It will be delivered via email as a PDF.
Our YEAR 1 curriculum focuses on the European world through two key periods of major historical change: the Enlightenment and the Victorian empire. We’ll explore the constantly changing cauldron of history, literature, philosophy, and geography of these periods with an emphasis on amplifying voices that have been historically marginalized. In science, we dive into Biology, focusing on evolutionary biology.
This is not a reading guide; it is a complete 28-week (400+-page) curriculum, including lessons, assignments, exams, lectures, and supplemental materials. It also includes strategies for planning, goal-setting, and evaluating (and assigning grades for) work. It is designed for the Academy’s two 14-week semesters, but I’ve included suggestions for adapting the pace for your particular homeschool. This curriculum is written for the student; there is no parent guide. (If you have questions or need support, please feel free to contact me!)
INCLUDES:
Literature (Units: Satire, Inventing Genre, Novel Study, Victorian Poetry, Victorian Vampires, Sherlock Holmes and Detective Fiction, The Importance of Being Earnest)
History (Units:The Long 18th Century, Constructing Queen Victoria, Victorian Gender and Sexuality, Victorian Crime and Punishment)
Philosophy (Fundamentals of Critical Thinking)
Biology
Includes weekly student planner and goal setter. Add your own math and foreign language, and you’re all set!
In addition to this curriculum package, you will need to purchase or otherwise procure copies of: Gulliver’s Travels, The Importance of Being Earnest, Remarkable Creatures. All other required readings are included in this curriculum.
This is a high school level curriculum, designed for students who are already familiar with the basic elements of literature (plot, character, theme, setting, etc.) and who are comfortable applying those skills to texts. Like most high school level curricula, it includes works that could be rated M for Mature. If mature content is a concern for you with your student, I encourage you to preview texts to asses your personal comfort level. (I read these texts with my own high school student and teach them in high school classes, but comfort levels can be very personal things.) This is a completely secular program.
With both print and digital curriculum, primary source documents and other readings are included in the curriculum. Please see the sample curriculum pages to see how this looks!
You will need to provide supplies for your science labs — we’ve included a list for each one. To use online lectures and materials, you will need access to a computer and the internet.
You do not need to use this curriculum in order. If you want to start with the curriculum we call Year 3, you can absolutely use that for your first year. Our curriculum is set up so that your grades and evaluations reflect student progress — that means you’re interested in how your student grows and develops as a learner from year to year instead of focusing on arbitrary metrics.
You should be aware: No curriculum is unbiased, but ours is intentionally progressive. We believe in decolonizing the curriculum, and our program is unapologetically against racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, and othering in all its forms. There may have been a time when curriculum could be neutral, but to be neutral within these systems is to support oppression — and we cannot do that. If you want a curriculum that presents the “other side” of things like evolution or sexism, we are probably not the best choice for your homeschool.
Because of the nature of digital publications, all sales are final. If you have questions, please ask before you buy!
This is a digital product. It will be delivered via email as a PDF.
Our YEAR 1 curriculum focuses on the European world through two key periods of major historical change: the Enlightenment and the Victorian empire. We’ll explore the constantly changing cauldron of history, literature, philosophy, and geography of these periods with an emphasis on amplifying voices that have been historically marginalized. In science, we dive into Biology, focusing on evolutionary biology.
This is not a reading guide; it is a complete 28-week (400+-page) curriculum, including lessons, assignments, exams, lectures, and supplemental materials. It also includes strategies for planning, goal-setting, and evaluating (and assigning grades for) work. It is designed for the Academy’s two 14-week semesters, but I’ve included suggestions for adapting the pace for your particular homeschool. This curriculum is written for the student; there is no parent guide. (If you have questions or need support, please feel free to contact me!)
INCLUDES:
Literature (Units: Satire, Inventing Genre, Novel Study, Victorian Poetry, Victorian Vampires, Sherlock Holmes and Detective Fiction, The Importance of Being Earnest)
History (Units:The Long 18th Century, Constructing Queen Victoria, Victorian Gender and Sexuality, Victorian Crime and Punishment)
Philosophy (Fundamentals of Critical Thinking)
Biology
Includes weekly student planner and goal setter. Add your own math and foreign language, and you’re all set!
In addition to this curriculum package, you will need to purchase or otherwise procure copies of: Gulliver’s Travels, The Importance of Being Earnest, Remarkable Creatures. All other required readings are included in this curriculum.
This is a high school level curriculum, designed for students who are already familiar with the basic elements of literature (plot, character, theme, setting, etc.) and who are comfortable applying those skills to texts. Like most high school level curricula, it includes works that could be rated M for Mature. If mature content is a concern for you with your student, I encourage you to preview texts to asses your personal comfort level. (I read these texts with my own high school student and teach them in high school classes, but comfort levels can be very personal things.) This is a completely secular program.
With both print and digital curriculum, primary source documents and other readings are included in the curriculum. Please see the sample curriculum pages to see how this looks!
You will need to provide supplies for your science labs — we’ve included a list for each one. To use online lectures and materials, you will need access to a computer and the internet.
You do not need to use this curriculum in order. If you want to start with the curriculum we call Year 3, you can absolutely use that for your first year. Our curriculum is set up so that your grades and evaluations reflect student progress — that means you’re interested in how your student grows and develops as a learner from year to year instead of focusing on arbitrary metrics.
You should be aware: No curriculum is unbiased, but ours is intentionally progressive. We believe in decolonizing the curriculum, and our program is unapologetically against racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, and othering in all its forms. There may have been a time when curriculum could be neutral, but to be neutral within these systems is to support oppression — and we cannot do that. If you want a curriculum that presents the “other side” of things like evolution or sexism, we are probably not the best choice for your homeschool.
Because of the nature of digital publications, all sales are final. If you have questions, please ask before you buy!