Recommended Homeschooling Classes, Fall 2008 and ongoing
Classes are held at the EIE Resource Center unless otherwise indicated: 2640 S. Myrtle Ave.Monrovia, CA 91016 (626) 821-0025. Some courses may also be offered online.
Many classes are ongoing with open enrollment. Please contact the individual teacher for enrollment questions, and online class availability.
Homeschooling in Action
AP European History Class
ADVANCED PLACEMENT EUROPEAN HISTORY
Taught by Mark Cruthers
Thursdays 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Starting Date: Thursday August 30, 2007
AP European History is offered to all students who wish to take an accelerated AP Class in
European History for college credit usually equaling two quarter courses. This course will be offered both as a
classroom course and in our new virtual classroom. Please contact Mark
Cruthers if you are interested in the virtual classroom.
AP European History is a two-semester survey of European History from the Renaissance through the Twentieth Century.
Solid reading and writing skills, along with the willingness to devote considerable time to homework and study are
necessary to succeed.
Focus: Historical Content
AP writing rubric
Exam Preparation
Cost: $455.00 per semester.
Textbook ($89.00)
Material Fee of $15.00
Exam Fee of $84.00 (estimated).
Contact: Mark Cruthers (760) 868-2458
Some great thoughts for homeschoolers.
Homeschooling in Action
All I am saying in this book can be summed up in two words: Trust Children. Nothing could be more simple, or more difficult. Difficult because to trust children we must first learn to trust ourselves, and most of us were taught as children that we could not be trusted.
-John Holt, in "How Children Learn"
Homeschooling in Action
For many parents, homeschooling is a matter of heart and belief; they feel deeply and strongly that they should be homeschooling. They sometimes start homeschooling with only this conviction to go on, unsure of exactly how they will proceed, and they work out practical details and solve problems as they go along.
-Larry and Susan Kaseman, in "Taking Charge Through Homeschooling"
Homeschooling in Action
The most potent force for change... is the growing recognition of millions of adults that their own impoverished expectations and frustrations came, in large measure, from their schooling.
-Marilyn Ferguson, "The Aquarian Conspiracy"
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