K-12 Homeschooling or Supplemental Resources

UNDER CONSTRUCTION: this is very close to being done but our car broke down thanks to the Texas cold snap so it'll be another couple weeks before I get the goodies from the library. Currently lacking Earth Science and Chemistry information. I give it a maximum of 1 month before it's done. 5/14/21 Major apologies. I couldn't find any of that stuff at my local library and I'm having to ahem, find a workaround.

Here is a list of materials that can help with homeschooling. In the future this will be a comprehensive list of all the resources necessary for educating someone with the contents of K-12 school in the U.S. If you have a sneaking suspicion you never really learned this stuff in school, check it out. You might like it. If you're worried about buying all of these books fret not, I found most of them in my local library. Also, cheap books can be found on eBay and Better World Books, plus (5/21/24 edit) the other sources in the Shopping section and the Big Brain Time main section, maybe also the Reading section.

MATH

• Math Is Fun
• Better Explained
• Math for Every Kid by Janice VanCleave The Sir Cumference series by Cindy Neuschwander et al., recommendation changed 5/21/24
• Must Know High School Algebra by Christopher Monahan
• Math for Real Life for Dummies by Barry Shoenborn
• Mastering Numbers by Andrew Jeffrey
• The Art of Problem Solving series by Richard Rusczyk et al.
• Calculus: Early Transcendentals by Jon Rogawski
• Euclid’s Elements by Euclid, translated by Sir Thomas L. Heath

SCIENCE - NOTE: LACKING SUFFICIENT CHEMISTRY AND EARTH SCIENCE, WORKING ON IT

• MacRev Science page
• Bill Nye The Science Guy books and pre-Disney videos, recommendation added 5/21/24
• The Art of Science by Joseph J. Carr
• Must Know High School Biology by Kellie Ploeger Cox, PhD
• The Cartoon Guide to Biology by Larry Gonick
• Must Know High School Physics by Chris Bruhn - a great introduction if the whole thing mystifies you; highly recommended, skip if you know Calculus but not if you want a gentle introduction to Physics
• Conceptual Physics by Paul Hewitt (skip if you know Calculus)
• Problem Solving for Conceptual Physics by Hewitt and Wolf (skip if you know Calculus)
• To learn physics for real: Calculus: Early Transcendentals by Jon Rogawski and then Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach, by Knight OR University Physics with Modern Physics by Young and Freedman, ANY EDITION, or Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Raymond A. Serway and Robert J. Beichner, latest edition (I would personally go with this one)
• Nature Smart by Gwen Diehn, Terry Krautwurst, Alan Anderson, Joe Rhatigan & Heather Smith
• Advanced topics in Physics: The Feynman Lectures
• Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture by Robert Bruce Thompson
• Instructables Guide to Setting Up a Home Chemistry Lab
• Barron's AP Environmental Science
• Geology, A Complete Introduction by David A. Rothery
• Night Sky with the Naked Eye by Bob King
• Rock Collecting For Kids by Dan R. Lynch, added 5/21/24

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Travel, actual or approximate it by having real conversations with people living in other countries
• What Unites Us by Dan Rather
• Call Sign: Chaos by James Mattis and Bing West
• American History Revised by Seymour Morris, Jr.
• How To Be A Victorian by Ruth Goodman
• Google Maps Geography is important! Also FYI supposedly Where In The World is Carmen Sandiego? was made to teach kids geography.
• Declaration of Independence
• US Constitution
• Bill of Rights
• US Citizenship Test
• The Gettysburg Address
• Voting Guide
• Illuminaughtii Youtube Channel
• The Narrativist Framework
• The Evolution of Trust: Intro to Game Theory
• TV Tropes
• Old Tropes
• Legal Eagle Youtube Channel for learning a bit of Law
• Religion
• The History Channel on Youtube
• History Channel articles
• Full text of I Have A Dream speech by Martin Luther King Jr.
• Harriett Tubman Society

ENGLISH, WRITING, & READING - NOTE: LACKING SUFFICIENT ENGLISH AND WRITING, WORKING ON IT

• The MLA Handbook
• A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations,: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers
• Library access is sufficient for a reading credit. Guide to finding good books here.
• Grammar tips by The Oatmeal
• English Grammar 101
• Schoolhouse Rock Click on the relevant videos

PE/HEALTH, HOME EC AND ADULTING

• Home Comforts by Cheryl Mendelson - if you can't bother with everything else at least get this
• Clean My Space by Melissa Maker - the easiest book for cleaning
• The Joy of Cooking, whatever edition you prefer, by Rombauer and Becker
• A Dirty Guide to a Clean Home by Melissa Dilkes Pateras, for teens and up only
• Best Recipes From the Backs of Boxes, Bottles, Jars and Cans series by Ceil Dyer, recommendation added 5/21/24
• Liam Rosen's Beginner's Health and Fitness
• All of this Adulting

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

• Duolingo

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION FOR BASICALLY EVERY TOPIC

• The Great Courses DVDs from Wondrium
• ThoughtCo
• Internet Archive The library of the world
• Playclassic.games Educational Dos Games Online You don't need to download anything, just play in browser. Added 8/17/24

ACT AND SAT

• Get basically all of the books in the library for this year's SAT and/or ACT prep, depending on which you're taking, and work your way through each. Color-code your work with highlighter. The tests do not test your knowledge. They test how well you take the tests, which is what these test prep books are for. Start doing this two years before you graduate high school and you might just ace the stupid tests.

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