I have decided to begin teaching myself. (I'm in 7th grade.) The things I want to teach myself are English, Math, History, Geography, and Latin. What are some good websites that I can go to to get some "notes" or "lesson plans" for these subjects? I already have Latin.
I DO go to school, but since I moved to Virginia their curriculum is WAY TOO EASY. So during class, I am going to work on MY lessons. And don't say, "Well then you will fail." I won't. Everything they are learning for the first time now I have learned in 5th grade.
2007-04-27 17:25:58 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
The websites for The Discovery Channel, The History Channel, etc... are always good ideas. In fact, watching these channels (particularly The History Channel, History International, Biography, etc...) if you have cable or satellite would be a wonderful way to learn history. (I'm 29, and often find myself watching such channels, almost to the exclusion of any others.)
The Discovery Channel runs a website, Cosmeo.com (http://www.cosmeo.com), giving educational resources for all grades. You have to sign up for the website, but it's a reasonable price (either $9.99/month, or $19.99/month, I forget which). If your parents support your decision to learn outside of the normal avenues (i.e. school), talk with them about this. The site comes with a free trial.
Another site you should definitely start surfing is Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia is a great resource for learning about any number of topics. Often, a wikipedia entry will be a great starting point, and will include any number of links on a topic. Wikipedia is written and editted by the people who use it, but includes quality standards, and has a dedicated body of users whose sole use of the site is to check, edit, and correct entries. Wikipedia has - in recent years - been allowed as a reference (like an encyclopedia) in several colleges and universities. When you visit Wikipedia.org, scroll to the bottom of the front page, and you will see a list of the wikipedia "sister sites". These sites include Wikibooks (Textbooks and manuals), Wikiversity (free learning materials and activities), and many others. You'll find me on there as FyreGA, and if I can be of any assistance, please feel free to let me know.
Yahoo searching "education resources" or "history lessons" or "history resources" (substituting any subject for "history") should help you discover some resources.
Finally, you may wish to approach your parents, and the school, about advancing you. You may be able to test out of current courses, and advance one or two grade levels. It is also not unheard of for individuals of your age to test out and wind up at the high school level. Regardless, you may wish to speak to the school's diagnostician or counselor (Speak with your school counselor, and tell them you are interested in an IEP (Individualized Educational Program), and would like to see if you could test with the diagnostician to be placed in accelerated learning classes. (Your school may have a different term than "diagnostician," but this seems to be the "industry standard," so to speak)).
Good luck on advancing your education! Never stop learning!
2007-04-27 23:54:25 · answer #1 · answered by fyrehou 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Search for home schooling resources. There are lots of lesson plans avaiable. Also, some home schoolers teach to a series of books title something to the effect of "What your # grader should know". Good luck!
BTW, talk to the counselors and get yourself fast tracked into a G/T program. VA has some very good G/T programs.
2007-04-27 17:33:56 · answer #2 · answered by Alex F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try and go for advanced placement or get use to being at the top of your class and pass w/ fling colors
2007-04-27 20:37:20 · answer #3 · answered by Kristenite’s Back! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋