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12th Grade: the whole year

Every subject a 12th grade student takes, and what each one covers. Each subject is 180 daily lessons; open any course to see its units and lessons.

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Math

Precalculus

A full year of Precalculus: polynomial, rational, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometry and identities, polar and parametric curves, vectors and matrices, conics, and induction, with a mid-year capstone and many applied projects.

  1. Polynomial, rational, exponential & log functions
  2. Trig graphs, polar coordinates & parametric equations
  3. Vectors, matrices & infinite series
  4. Trig identities, the laws of sines & cosines, polar form
  5. Induction, binomial theorem, conics & function analysis
  6. Applied projects, mixed review & halfway checkpoint
  7. Capstone project
  8. Applied projects, practice & cumulative review
  9. More applied projects & timed practice
  10. Final review, presentation & what's next

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Reading

English 12: Literature

The capstone year of the reading sequence, centered on American writing: classic short stories and poems by Hawthorne, Poe, Whitman and Dickinson, Supreme Court opinions, the Federalist Papers and speeches. It includes an independent literary analysis, a capstone project, and heavy timed and mixed-passage practice.

  1. American classics, court cases & first independent analysis
  2. Fiction, poetry & foundational arguments
  3. Moral courage, redemption & irony
  4. Halfway review & capstone analysis
  5. Wisdom, narration & full-year review
  6. Endings, legacy & beginning again
  7. Final review, capstone presentation & celebration

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Writing & Grammar

English 12: Composition & Grammar

The capstone year of the writing sequence: advanced craft in fiction and nonfiction, arguments in legal and constitutional styles, college-style writing, and a self-chosen capstone piece with a presentation. About half the days are scenes on a theme, mixed practice and timed prompts.

  1. Interacting themes, audience & synthesis
  2. Independent project, dissent & allegory
  3. Institutions, justice & syntax for effect
  4. Courage, irony & punctuation for effect
  5. Halfway review & K-12 retrospective
  6. Capstone piece, application essay & citation
  7. Wisdom, APA & cumulative review
  8. Endings, truths & quiet heroism
  9. Legacy, restraint & final images
  10. Final review, portfolio & celebration

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Science

Earth & Space Science

A year of high school Earth and space science: the Big Bang and star life cycles, plate tectonics and Earth's history, climate and Earth's systems, and natural hazards, with plenty of math. New topics fill roughly the first 40 days; the rest is applied projects and practice.

  1. The universe & Earth's history
  2. Earth's systems & climate
  3. Stars, galaxies & Earth hazards
  4. Rocks, water & other worlds
  5. Applied projects & practice, part 1
  6. Halfway review
  7. Capstone project & practice
  8. Applied projects & practice, part 2
  9. Applied projects & practice, part 3
  10. Final review & celebration

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History & Social Studies

Economics & Personal Finance

A senior-year course in how economies work and how to manage your own money: supply and demand, GDP and inflation, the Fed, budgeting, credit, investing, insurance, college costs and taxes. After the first 40 days, most lessons apply those ideas with numbers to real businesses and life decisions.

  1. Scarcity, supply and demand, and markets
  2. The whole economy and how it is managed
  3. Personal finance basics
  4. Trade, wages and a first review
  5. Applied projects and practice, part 1
  6. Personal financial goal capstone
  7. Applied projects and practice, part 2
  8. Cumulative review and life-plan synthesis
  9. Applied projects and practice, part 3
  10. Final review, presentation & celebration

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Electives at this grade

Add any of these alongside the core subjects.

Spanish

Spanish 4

The last course in the seven-level Spanish sequence focuses on practical Spanish: travel, restaurants, workplace Spanish and job interviews. Students also write connected stories, learn fixed phrases for hopes and wishes, research a country, present it aloud, and practice with the AI teacher.

  1. Review & connected writing
  2. Hopes, wishes & narrative writing
  3. Spanish for travel
  4. Spanish for restaurants
  5. Workplace Spanish & interview basics
  6. Mock job interviews
  7. Country research report
  8. Conversations & the oral presentation
  9. Final review & looking back

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Social Skills

Social Skills 9-12

A social and emotional course meant to be used across 9th through 12th grade, at the pace that suits the student. It covers identity and values, stress and motivation, empathy and systems, healthy relationships, feedback and disagreement, and how to make hard decisions.

  1. Identity, values & personal patterns
  2. Stress, motivation & long-term goals
  3. Understanding others & the wider community
  4. Healthy relationships & collaborative leadership
  5. Feedback, disagreement & repair
  6. Hard decisions & real-world stakes
  7. Looking back & carrying it forward

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