Monday, March 16, 2009

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 10th 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 10th 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- 20th Century World History

· World History, Modern World History or World History 20th 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

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