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Life Academy · Universal United States secondary curriculum · Carnegie-unit credit framing
Goal: College- and career-ready academic year with transcript language parents can use.
Not a state diploma. Not state-locked. Parents remain responsible for their state’s homeschool notice, portfolio, and dual-enrollment rules.
Subject categories: English · Math · Science · History / Social Studies · STEM · Driver Education · Life Skills / Electives
Driver Education (0.5) is an available high-school elective any year 9–12. Classroom/theory hours may count toward credit; behind-the-wheel and licensing follow state DMV rules.
Hours framing: ~120–150 hours guided study ≈ 1.0 credit when Friday mastery gates are passed and evidence is kept.
Sample transcript line:
> *English 9: Literature & Composition — Life Academy — 1.0 credit — Grade: A — Evidence: Week 1–36 mastery gates; revised essays; seminar defenses; midyear + final portfolio.*
See transcript.html for the full checklist parents can paste into portfolios / umbrella schools.
Rigorous reading of literature and nonfiction; dialectical annotation; writing workshop with revision; Socratic seminars; research with citation discipline.
Conceptual understanding before procedure; justification/proof habits; modeling; cumulative mastery gates (EOC-style where appropriate).
Inquiry/lab cycle: observe → explain → record → argue with evidence (CER); notebook as credit evidence.
Chronology + weekly primary sources; map/timeline literacy; document-based writing; ideology-last factual survey.
Teen agency: time, health, finance, ethics, pathway planning. Elective spine (STEM / Business / Arts / CTE / Driver Education 0.5) logged Fridays + weekends.
| Weeks | English | Math | Science | History / SS | Life Skills |
|-------|---------|------|---------|--------------|------------|
| 1–4 | Dialectical notebook | Variables, expressions, properties o | Nature of science + CER | Why study the deep past | Time-block system for HS wor |
| 5–8 | Odyssey / epic selections: invocation, nos | Solving equations with variables on | Cell theory history | Classical Greece open: polis, ci | Sleep hygiene experiment (on |
| 9–12 | Tragedy → modern paired text (short story/ | Linear inequalities in two variables | Cellular respiration | Persian / Mauryan / Han empire s | Career inventory deep dive |
| 13–16 | Plot architecture | Systems of linear equations: graphin | Meiosis vs mitosis | High Middle Ages: Crusades as co | Portfolio annotation standar |
| 17–20 | Speaker, tone, volta | Exponent rules | Evolution: variation, selection, | Indian Ocean & Sahara trade netw | Mock interview #1 |
| 21–24 | Full argument essay: counterclaim + rebutt | Factoring trinomials | Ecology: biotic/abiotic | Columbian Exchange: biological & | Money systems: accounts, tra |
| 25–28 | Research paper launch: question, scope, se | Quadratic applications | Human impact: carbon, land use, | Revolutions prelude: English Civ | Ethics case: digital honesty |
| 29–32 | Socratic seminar series on year texts (pre | Algebra fluency clinic: error patter | Run lab design: collect data | WH I document review stations | Leadership project execution |
| 33–36 | English portfolio selection + reflection l | Algebra EOC-style mastery exam A | Biology defense rehearsal (CER + | WH I timeline defense rehearsal | Year transcript packet assem |
Open weeks/week-01 — week-01.md through week-36.md (index in weeks/README.md).
Elite bar: great books & primary sources · proof-based math · lab/inquiry science · writing workshop · Socratic prompts · AI Voice Coach teen register.
Regenerate: python3 tools/generate_grades_9_12.py