High School Credits for Sonlight Cores

High School Credits for Sonlight Cores

Many parents I talk to ask me how to translate the Sonlight Core Programs into high school credits. I am not an expert on this, nor do I have any special insights or training into granting high school credits. But, I have graduated two children who used Sonlight for high school and I can offer some idea of what is possible. My two children we accepted into state universities and a Christian college without any problems. They went on to state universities and did very well. This is not any kind of official advice, just one mom giving you a place to start as you consider translating Sonlight cores into high school credits. [You may want to check one of my past blogs for how to make a transcript.[

Core 5: Eastern Hemisphere and LA 5 [I do feel this course is high school worthy. My older boys went to public high school starting in 10^th grade and these studies are way more than they did for world history, but use your own judgment. You may want to add extra research or more in depth writing]

· World Cultures or Eastern Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere Geography: 1 credit

· English: 1 credit [If you increase the difficulty and expectations of the writing assignments and make sure they do the research in the Eastern Hemisphere Explorer]

· Geography: ½ credit if you student does all the mapping assignments and does a bit more research on the areas studied

· Bible: ½ credit

Core Alt 7 or 7 with LA [I do feel these are both high school worthy. My older boys went to public high school starting in 10^th grade and these studies are way more than they did for world history, but use your own judgment. You may want to add extra research or more in depth writing]

· World History [Alt 7] or Modern World History [Core 7]: 1 credit

· English: 1 credit [You may want to break this down into composition and world literature, ½ credit each, but I just called it an English class]

· Bible [an elective]: ½ to 1 credit depending on time spent

Core 100-American History in Depth

· American History : 1 credit

· English : 1 credit [You may want to break this down into composition and literature, ½ credit each, but I just called it an English class]

· Bible [an elective]: ½ -1 credit depending on time spent

Core 200- History of God’s Kingdom

· Church History or Western Civilization or World History [depending on what you child needs and what type of college, secular or Christian, they are applying to]: 1 credit

· English [You may want to break this down into composition and literature, ½ credit each, but I just called it an English class]

· If you child just does only literature part, you may want to call it Classic Literature and give 1 credit for it, and perhaps give ½ credit for composition.

· Bible: 1 credit

Core 300- 20^th Century World History

· World History, Modern World History or World History 20^th Century: 1 credit

· Modern World Literature: 1 credit

· English : 1 credit

· Bible study: 1 credit

As a note, I would give this if the student has done most of the writing assignments. If they did considerably less, I would give 1 English credit and maybe ½ credit of World Lit.

Core 400: Government/ Civics

· American Government or Advanced American History: 1 credit

· Civics or Political Science or Constitutional Law: 1 credit

· American Literature: 1 credit

· English: 1 credit

· Bible: 1+ credits [Depending on time spent and depth of discussion with parent/mentor]

Core 530: British Literature

· British Literature: 1 credit

· English or Composition: 1 credit