High School Electives

Students move at their own speed through the self-instructional “PACE” workbooks. Following the mastery approach, PACEs are formatted for students to complete the exercises found throughout the workbook, take a practice “self test,” and conclude with a “final test” (torn out from the center) to measure understanding.

Health        $3.30 each

Health (PACEs 1–6) (1/2 Credit)

The student:

• Learns the importance of proper nutrition, both spiritual and physical; types of nutrients; a balanced approach to exercise, diet, and weight loss.
• Examines a Biblical view of tobacco, alcohol, harmful drugs, sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, and mental and emotional health.
• Gains valuable information on safety in six basic areas: home, transportation, job, school, personal safety, and safety for children.
• Learns about basic first aid treatment and care such as bites, bleeding, burns, fractures, and choking, taking a temperature or pulse, and blood pressure reading.

Health PACE Score Keys sold separately and contain 3 PACEs in one- $3.30 each,  1-3, 4-6.

Nutrition Science        $3.50 each

Nutrition Science (PACEs 1–6) (1/2 Credit)

A practical course that includes projects and recipes can be used as a ½ year credit in Science, Health or Economics.

Includes topics on:

• Developing Good Daily Habits
• Importance of a Balanced Diet
• Seven Major Nutrients Found in Food
• Planning Your Eating
• The importance of drinking plenty of water
• Good and bad facts
• Best ways to include fiber in your diet
• Whole Grains
• Starches – complex carbohydrates
• Sweets – simple carbohydrates
• Animal and Vegetable proteins
• Principles of combining proteins
• Ways to prepare beans
• Vitamin deficiency diseases
• Fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins
• Mineral – macro minerals and trace minerals
• Using vitamin knowledge in your daily habits
• Variety Vegetables
• Favorite Fruits
• Lifetime weight control

Nutrition Science Score Keys sold separately and contain 3 books in one- $3.50 each,  1-3, 4-6.

Creative Communication Skills       $3.50 each

Creative Communications Skills (PACEs 1–6) (1/2 Credit)

A speech course designed to help your student prepare and present a captivating story.  Written in a PACE format, the workbooks include links to online videos illustrating the concepts being taught with suggestions fr group activities for families, small groups, or even classroom style settings.

• Importance of being able to hold attention of an audience.
• How to develop a meaningful story.
• Essential steps in preparing a captivating story.
• Presentation skills.
• Bible Stories.

Creative Communication Score Key is sold separately- $3.50 each,  1-6.

Speech       $3.30 each

Speech (PACEs 1–6) (1/2 Credit)

The student:

• Understands the importance of proper breathing techniques, adding variety through inflection, speaking with emotion and enthusiasm, improving eye contact, and learning to articulate sounds properly.
• Becomes mentally and physically prepared for public speaking.
• Observes how pause, stress, and pitch affect speaking.
• Identifies the symptoms of stage fright.
• Learns the importance of proper word choice.
• Uses multiple personalities in communication.
• Applies the concepts of effective speaking through the presentation of speeches.

Optional resource: Speech Illustrated (DVD) $21.95

Speech Score Keys sold separately and contain 3 books in one- $3.30 each,  1-3, 4-6.

Music      $3.30 each

Music (High School) (PACEs 1–6) (1/2 Credit)

The student:

• Identifies various types of instruments—string, woodwind, brass, percussion, and keyboard instruments.
• Is taught how to read music.
• Learns how to select and purchase an instrument.
• Appreciates the background of great hymns and hymn writers.
• Gains knowledge of music notation including staff, clefs, intervals, scales, triads, and tetra chords.
• Learns the properties of tone (sounds, pitch, duration, intensity, and quality).
• Develops song-leading skills. n Recognizes recorded music from select composers.

Required resource: Music Appreciation CDs (audio) $19.70 for the set, $9.85 each

Music Score Keys sold separately and contain 3 books in one- $3.30 each,  1-3, 4-6.