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We're not exactly sure who determines what are electives and what are "core" subjects, or why. Okay, maybe math is more useful than tracing your family tree because you can't balance your checkbook using scions and second cousins. But what about your family history, and the history of, say, Guam or Haiti? Is there something inherently better about reading "the classics" than learning Mandarin Chinese? Why are physics part of the main coursework for high school students, while robotics is optional?

Unfortunately, we aren't qualified to answer those questions, but we can defend electives on another level. Electives are essentially those subjects best suited to a student's personal interests, talents and abilities. In that sense, they're almost more important than core subjects, though we aren't going to make an argument that you should learn French before mastering English grammar (as long as you live in an English-speaking area, that is). We are arguing for advances beyond the necessary "standards," however, and for a broad curriculum that is child-specific.

Some electives are more important than others. Learning to manage one's money, how to interpret the Bible, and (these days) how to operate and understand computers are all more important than taking an acting class (though the acting class will be very important for some on a different level altogether). Technically, none of these are required courses, though for Christians particularly the first two are essential for a proper education. There are plenty of similarly important topics as well, though each family will need to prioritize.

There seems to be a move toward less specialized education. As our society becomes increasingly homogeneous, we spend less time focusing and more time absorbing "the big picture." We ignore either one at our own risk. We must have a larger framework in which to fit the smaller pieces, but take away the framework and you're left with relativity and chaos; the smaller pieces, and you have only an impersonal and meaningless ideology. Electives are a way to assert the need for both, and to have fun doing it.

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Art of Interpretation
by Nicholas R. Elledge
from Institute for Cultural Communicators
for 9th-12th grade
in Speech & Debate (Location: SPEECH)
$10.00 (2 in stock)
At Play: Teaching Teenagers Theater
by Elizabeth Swados
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
for 7th-Adult
in Theater, Drama & Film (Location: ELE-THEAT)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Bankruptcy Of Our Nation
by Jerry Robinson
from New Leaf Press
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in Economics Resources (Location: ECON-REF)
$15.99 $8.00 (2 in stock)
Contained Garden
from Viking Press
for 10th-Adult
in Gardening (Location: SS-GAR)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Down & Dirty
by Ellen Zachos
1st edition from Storey Publishing
for 7th-Adult
in Gardening for Kids (Location: SS-GAR)
$16.96
Give Me a Hand! History Skits 1942-1945
by Rebecca Locklear
for 8th-12th grade
in Theater, Drama & Film (Location: ELE-THEAT)
$10.20
God of the Garden
by Andrew Peterson
from B&H Books
for 10th-Adult
in Creating Culture (Location: XCU-CRE)
$15.29
Homeschool Psych
by Dr. Timothy S. Rice
2nd edition from Rocking R Ventures, Inc.
for 9th-12th grade
in Psychology (Location: XWV-PSY)
$16.00 (1 in stock)
Homesteading
by Abigail R. Gehring
2nd edition from Skyhorse Publishing
for 9th-12th grade
in Self-Sufficiency (Location: SS-Self)
$23.76
How Not to Lose a Million Dollars
by Sheila Bair
from Albert Whitman & Company
for 6th-12th grade
$16.99
Language of Flowers
by Kate Greenaway
from Dover Publications
for all ages
in Poetry Anthologies (Location: POET-ANTH)
$6.95
Lifepac: American Literature - Book 1
from Alpha Omega Publications
for 10th-12th grade
in American Literature Curriculum (Location: LITCUR-AM)
$11.50
Lifepac: American Literature - Book 2
from Alpha Omega Publications
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in American Literature Curriculum (Location: LITCUR-AM)
$11.50
Lifepac: American Literature - Book 3
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$11.50
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Lifepac: American Literature - Book 5
from Alpha Omega Publications
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$11.50
Lifepac: American Literature - Boxed Set
from Alpha Omega Publications
for 10th-12th grade
in American Literature Curriculum (Location: LITCUR-AM)
$74.25
Lifepac: Art - Book 1
from Alpha Omega Publications
for 7th-12th grade
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$11.50
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LIFEPAC Electives
from Alpha Omega Publications
for 4th-12th grade
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$108.00
Lifepac: Art - Teacher's Guide
from Alpha Omega Publications
for 7th-12th grade
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$12.00 (1 in stock)
Lifepac: British Literature - Book 1
from Alpha Omega Publications
for 10th-12th grade
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$11.50
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Lifepac: British Literature - Boxed Set
from Alpha Omega Publications
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in British Literature Curriculum (Location: LITCUR-BRI)
$74.25
Lifepac: Civics - Book 3
from Alpha Omega Publications
for 9th-12th grade
in Government & Civics Curriculum (Location: GOV-CUR)
$14.50 $7.50 (1 in stock)
Lifepac: Consumer Math - Boxed Set
from Alpha Omega Publications
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in Consumer & Career Math (Location: MATR-CON)
$69.00
Lifepac: Essentials of Communication - Boxed Set
from Alpha Omega Publications
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in Speech & Debate (Location: SPEECH)
$74.25
Lifepac: Essentials of Communication - Teacher's Guide
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$26.75 $12.00 (1 in stock)
Lifepac: Foundations for Living - Book 10
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
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$11.50
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$11.50
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$11.50
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in AOP Lifepacs: Health (Location: HEAL-AOP)
$11.50
Lifepac: Spanish II - Book 10
from Alpha Omega Publications
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in Spanish Curriculum (Location: FL-SPACU)
$11.50 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Lifepac: Spanish II - Book 2
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in Spanish Curriculum (Location: FL-SPACU)
$11.50 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Lifepac: Spanish II - Book 3
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in Spanish Curriculum (Location: FL-SPACU)
$11.50 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Lifepac: Spanish II - Book 4
from Alpha Omega Publications
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in Spanish Curriculum (Location: FL-SPACU)
$11.50 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Lifepac: Spanish II - Book 5
from Alpha Omega Publications
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$11.50 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Lifepac: Spanish II - Book 6
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Lifepac: Spanish II - Book 7
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Lifepac: Spanish II - Book 8
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$11.50 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Lifepac: Spanish II - Book 9
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$11.50 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Lifepac: Spanish II - Teacher's Guide
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for 9th-12th grade
in Spanish Curriculum (Location: FL-SPACU)
$26.75 $12.00 (1 in stock)
Man's Search for Meaning - Young Readers edition
by Viktor E. Frankl; foreword by John Boyne
from Beacon Press
for 6th-12th grade
in Holocaust (Location: HISW-20WW2H)
$10.19
Mathematics of Budgeting
by Kay Johnson
2nd edition from Meridian Book
for 9th-12th grade
in Consumer & Career Math (Location: MATR-CON)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer & Cinerama Present How the West Was Won
from Random House
for 6th-Adult
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Miracle of the Bells
by Russell Janney
from Prentice Hall
for 10th-Adult
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Money Matters Family Night Tool Chest
by Allen Burkett, Jim Weidmann, Kurt Bruner, Larry Burkett
1st edition from Chariot Victor Publishing
for Kindergarten-Adult
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Money Matters for Teens
by Larry Burkett
from Moody Press
for 7th-12th grade
$11.04 $2.40 (16 in stock)
Money Matters for Teens - Workbook (Ages 15-18)
by Larry Burkett
from Moody Press
for 7th-12th grade
$15.29 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Movies As Literature
by Kathryn Stout, Richard Stout
from Design-A-Study
for 9th-12th grade
in Theater, Drama & Film (Location: ELE-THEAT)
$12.80 (1 in stock)
My Family Tree Workbook
by Rosemary A. Chorzempa
from Dover Publications
for 4th grade-adult
in Genealogy (Location: XFA-GEN)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
Naming of Flowers
by Anne Halpin, illustrated by Rob Proctor
from Harper & Row
for 6th-Adult
in Botany & Mycology (Location: SCI-BOT)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Nanook of the North
by Robert Flaherty, edited from the film by Robert Kraus
First Printing from Windmill Books
for Kindergarten-Adult
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$19.20 (1 in stock)
Orchard Mason Bee
by Brian L. Griffin, illustrated by Sharon Smith
1st edition from Knox Cellars Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in Gardening (Location: SS-GAR)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Performing Literature - Teacher & Student Book
by Diana Smith
from Bob Jones University Press
for 9th-12th grade
in Clearance: Art & Music (Location: ZCLE-ART)
$68.00
Personal Finance Packet
by Curt & Jenny Bumcrot
from Basic Skills
for 9th-Adult
$20.40 $10.40 (1 in stock)
Secret of Handling Money God's Way
by Beverly Dayton, Howard Dayton
from Moody Press
for 9th-12th grade
$6.80 (1 in stock)
St. George and the DragonS Drama Skits
by Rebecca Locklear
for 6th-Adult
in Theater, Drama & Film (Location: ELE-THEAT)
$21.25
Student's Guide to Psychology
by Daniel N. Robinson
1st edition from Intercollegiate Studies Institute
for 9th-12th grade
$8.00
Through the Eyes of Your Ancestors
by Maureen Taylor
from Houghton Mifflin
for 6th-Adult
in Genealogy (Location: XFA-GEN)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Treasury of Gilbert & Sullivan
by William Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan
from Simon and Schuster
for 8th-Adult
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Warner Bros. Presents My Fair Lady
from Warner Brothers
for 6th-Adult
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Write Your Roots - Student Workbook
by Carole Thaxton
from KONOS
for 6th-10th grade
in Konos Writing (Location: WRI-SING)
$18.00 (1 in stock)
Write! Shoot! Edit!
by Deborah S. Patz
from Michael Wiese Productions
for 9th-12th grade
in Theater, Drama & Film (Location: ELE-THEAT)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
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