Personal Finance for High School....

Angel is finishing up her first semester Economics course and has now moved on to Personal Finance.  She will be using lesson plans from My Father's World.  The lessons lay out a reading plan for scripture; Money, Possessions, and Eternity by Randy Alcorn; and Money Matters for Teens by Larry Burkett.

I chose this study for a couple of reasons.  One being, the emphasis on learning how to manage your personal finances according to scripture.  We've used MFW studies in the past and I feel their studies are biblically sound.  Another reason is for the simplicity of the Money Matters Workbook.  Though easy to read and apply, these workbooks are in no way dumbed down.  Burkett covers how banks work, checking and savings accounts, money management, budgets, loans, credit cards, the dangers of borrowing, giving money, making money, spending money, buying a car, paying for school, how to get a job, how to keep a job, and "How to Rock Your World with Your Money".  The workbook has a friendly format and practical application activities using real life experiences.

Overall, Angel and I are both excited about this study.  I pray it goes well. :)

Dangerous Journey - The Story of Pilgrim's Progress

                 Wow, what an awesome allegory!!  I must confess, I have never read Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan.   So when we read about Bunyan in The Mystery of History Volume III, I did some research and found Dangerous Journey by Oliver Hunkin.

This is a great introductory version of Pilgrim's Progress for younger students and rookie's like myself.  I immediately felt empathy toward Christian and the burden he carried.  I imagined myself in many of the scenes as I travel through this life.  The pictures are a bit graphic, particularly the battle with Apollyon and in "The Valley of the Shadow of Death".   I wondered if they would bother Riley and Ruben, but they were so engrossed in the story that it didn't seem to be an issue and if anything the pictures may have solidified the tone of the story.  For those who've not read Pilgrim's Progress, I will not give away the ending.

Angel has read the Pilgrim's Progress in Modern English recommended by My Father's World.  However, she stated she had a difficult time understanding it and reading Dangerous Journey aloud really brought it all to life.  Immediately upon finishing Dangerous Journey, RileyAnn found a copy of Pilgrim's Progress on our shelves and started reading it.  I too plan to read the full version. We recommend it!!

My Father's World Combined with Beautiful Feet High School

I mentioned in a former post that I added literature from Beautiful Feet to our My Father's World World History study for 10th grade.  Here is the plan I created.  It will not make as much sense without the MFW and BF Instructor Guides.  I do not recommend using this plan exclusively.  The Beautiful Feet supplements are in red.  I supplemented from the BF Ancient History and BF Medieval guides.  Let me know what you think or if you have questions.  

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Augustus Caesar’s World  BF 1	ACW BF 2	ACW BF 3	ACW BF 4	ACW BF 5
ACW BF 6	ACW BF 7	ACW BF 8	ACW BF 9	ACW BF 10
Usborne Pompeii/Early Rome ACW BF 11/12 Julius Caesar	Usborne Roman Republic Julius Caesar	Usborne Everyday Life Julius Caesar	Usborne Everyday Life Julius Caesar	Service Project
Usborne Everyday Life Julius Caesar	Usborne Everyday Life Julius Caesar	Usborne Everyday Life Julius Caesar	Usborne Everyday Life Caesar’s Gallic Wars BF 13	Service Project CGW BF 14
Notgrass 46 Rise & Fall of Rome  CGW BF 15	Notgrass 47 Augustus Caesar CGW BF 16	Notgrass 48 Roman Law ITW pg 13 CGW BF 17	Notgrass 49 Everyday Life Rome CGW BF 18	Service Project CGW BF 19
Notgrass 50 The Kingdom of God CGW BF 20	Notgrass 51 Intro to Gospel of Luke CGW BF 21	Notgrass 52 The Revolution of Jesus CGW BF 22	Notgrass 53 Unlikely Heroes CGW BF 23	Service Project The Bronze Bow BF 25
Notgrass 54 Spiritual Topics in Luke  TBB BF 26	Notgrass 55 Jerusalem TBB BF 27	Notgrass 56 Church Begins TBB BF 28	Notgrass 57 Conversion of Cornelius TBB BF 29	Service Project TBB BF 30
Notgrass 45 God’s Wisdom vs. Man’s TBB BF 31	Notgrass 58 Paul TBB BF 32	Notgrass 59 Daily Life in the 1st Century TBB BF 33	Notgrass 60 How to Study New Test. Letter City BF 34	Service Project City BF 34
Usborne Quo Vadis? BF 35	Usborne QV BF 36	Usborne QV BF 37	Usborne QV BF 38	Service Project QV BF 39
Usborne QV BF 40	Notgrass 61 Decline of Rome QV BF 41	Notgrass 62 Changing Face of Church ITW pg 26-27; 28 QV BF 42	Notgrass 63 Develop.  in Church Practice ITW pg 29 QV BF 43	Service Project QV BF 44
Notgrass 64 Constantine ITW pg 30-31; 32 QV BF 45	Notgrass 65 What Happened to Church? ITW pg 33 QV BF 46	Notgrass 66 Factors in the Middle Ages – DK ITW pg 34 QV BF 47	Notgrass pg 207 text box about Bede – DK ITW pg 36-39 QV BF 48	Service Project QV BF 49
Notgrass 67 Rise of Islam - DK ITW pg 35 QV BF 50	Write letter to share God’s truth – DK QV BF 51/BF Test	Notgrass 68 Alfred the Great - DK ITW pg 41	Notgrass 69 Everyday Life among the Vikings – DK	Service Project Story of Liberty BF 1
Notgrass 70 Evangelism ITW pg 40  Beowulf The Magna Charta BF 2	Notgrass 71 A Changing World – DK ITW pg 44-49 Beowulf The Magna Charta BF 2	Notgrass 72 Everyday Life in Middle Ages – DK ITW pg 42-43 Beowulf The Magna Charta BF 2	DK  Castle BF                     Beowulf      The Magna Charta BF 2	Service Project The Magna Charta BF 2
Notgrass 73 The Crusades – DK ITW pg 50 Cathedral  BF	Notgrass 74 Thomas Aquinas  - DK ITW pg 51;52-71 BF Roger Bacon	Notgrass 75 Obeying God, Obeying Men – DK ITW pg 52-71 Morning Star of the Reformation	D K British Literature Story of Liberty BF 2 Canterbury Tales BF	Service Project Story of Liberty BF 3
British Literature Adam of the Road	British Literature	Notgrass 76 Different Focus - DK ITW pg 74 British Literature BF Shakespeare	Notgrass 77 Movable Printing – DK ITW pg 88-90 British Literature Fine Print	Service Project Story of Liberty BF 4
Notgrass 78 Leonardo da Vinci – DK British Literature Trumpeter of Krakow	Notgrass 79 History of Music – DK British Literature	Notgrass 80 Worldliness vs. Godliness  - DK ITW pg 920  British Literature	British Literature	Service Project Story of Liberty BF 10-12; 16
Notgrass 81 Martin Luther – DK ITW pg 75-83; 85 PHP	Notgrass 82 John Calvin – DK ITW pg 86-87 PHP Story of Liberty BF 19	Notgrass 83 Anabaptists PHP Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day	Notgrass 84 History of English Bible ITW pg 84 PHP	Service Project Story of Liberty BF 6
Notgrass 85 Grace Pilgrim’s Progress Story of Liberty BF 7	Notgrass 86 Discover New Worlds – DK Pilgrim’s Progress Marco Polo	Notgrass 87 Christopher  Columbus ITW pg 72-73 Pilgrim’s Progress	Pilgrim’s Progress Story of Liberty BF 8	Service Project Story of Liberty BF 13-15
Story of Liberty BF 5	Story of Liberty BF 17	Story of Liberty BF 18	Story of Liberty BF 20-23	Story of Liberty BF 24-25
Notgrass 88 Spanish Armada Pilgrim’s Progress Story of Liberty BF 26-27	Notgrass 89 Homes in  Everyday Life Pilgrim’s Progress	Notgrass 90 Exploring the Promised Land ITW pg 91 Pilgrim’s Progress	Pilgrim’s Progress	Service Project Story of Liberty BF 28
Notgrass 91 New View – DK ITW pg 102 British Literature	Notgrass 92 Heresy Trial of Galileo – DK ITW pg 92-94 British Literature	Notgrass 93 Isaac Newton – DK ITW pg 95-96 British Literature	DK ITW pg 107 British Literature	Service Project Story of Liberty BF 29-30
Notgrass 94 Clothing  - DK A Tale of Two Cities	Notgrass 95 Authority of Scripture – DK ITW pg 104-106 A Tale of Two Cities	Notgrass 96 Revolutions – DK ITW pg 97-98; 113-114 A Tale of Two Cities	DK A Tale of Two Cities	Service Project Story of Liberty BF 31
Notgrass 98 John Locke – DK ITW pg 99-101 A Tale of Two Cities	Notgrass 97 French Revolution – DK ITW pg 118-119 A Tale of Two Cities	Notgrass 99 Eating thru Centuries – DK A Tale of Two Cities	DK A Tale of Two Cities	Service Project
Notgrass 100 Galatians – DK ITW pg 103 Pride an d Prejudice	Notgrass 101 Napoleon – DK ITW pg 136-138 Pride an d Prejudice	Notgrass 102 Revolution, Reaction, Reorganization – DK ITW pg 154-162 Pride and Prejudice	DK ITW pg 154-162	Service Project
Notgrass 103 Unify Italy & Germany –DK ITW pg 133-134 Pride and Prejudice	Notgrass 104 History of Art – DK ITW pg 146-152 Pride and Prejudice	Notgrass 105 Honesty ITW pg 115 Pride and Prejudice	ITW pg 107-112	Service Project
Notgrass 106 Britain 19th Century  ITW pg 135; 163 Pride and Prejudice	Notgrass 107 Irish Question ITW pg 116-17; 120-121 Pride and Prejudice	Notgrass 108 George Muller ITW pg 143-145 Pride and Prejudice	ITW pg 132; 164-166	Service Project
Notgrass 109 History of Transportation – DK Silas Marner	Notgrass 110 Kindness – DK Silas Marner	Notgrass 111Karl Marx – DK Silas Marner	DK Silas Marner	Service Project
Notgrass 112 Charles Darwin ITW pg 167 Silas Marner	Notgrass 113 Sigmund Freud Silas Marner	Notgrass 114 John Dewey – Education Silas Marner	Notgrass 115 Higher Criticism ITW pg 153	Service Project
Notgrass 116 Europe Colonization ITW pg 122-124 Cry , the Beloved Country	Notgrass 117 Ethiopia ITW pg 139-142 Cry , the Beloved Country	Notgrass 118 The Culture of the Masai: Traditional African Tribe Cry , the Beloved Country	Notgrass 119 South Africa Cry , the Beloved Country	Service Project Cry , the Beloved Country
Notgrass 120 Africa in the Bible Cry , the Beloved Country	Notgrass 124 Mission to Asia ITW pg 125 Cry , the Beloved Country	Notgrass 122 India: Clash of Cultures Cry , the Beloved Country	Notgrass 123 Other Nations in Asia Cry , the Beloved Country	Service Project
Notgrass 121 China: Dynasty to Communism Hudson Taylor’s S S	Notgrass 125 Helping the Poor ITW pg 126-131 Hudson Taylor’s S S	Notgrass 126 Many Countries, One Goal Hudson Taylor’s S S	Notgrass 127 Mexico’s Story Hudson Taylor’s S S	Service Project
Notgrass 128 Simon Bolivar Hudson Taylor’s S S	Notgrass 129 People of Latin America – DK Hudson Taylor’s S S	Notgrass 130 Justice – DK Hudson Taylor’s S S	DK Hudson Taylor’s S S	Service Project Hudson Taylor’s S S
DK The Hiding Place	DK The Hiding Place	DK The Hiding Place	Notgrass 131 Twice in 25 Years  DK The Hiding Place	Service Project
Notgrass 132 America in WWII-DK The Hiding Place	Notgrass 133 Winston Churchill – DK The Hiding Place	Notgrass 134 Cultural History of Japan – DK The Hiding Place	The Hiding Place	Service Project
Notgrass 135 Peace – DK Animal Farm	Notgrass 136 Freedom vs. Communism – DK ITW pg 168-177 Animal Farm	Notgrass 137 Space Race – DK Animal Farm	DK Animal Farm	Service Project
Notgrass 138 Ronald Reagan – DK ITW pg 178-191 Animal Farm	Notgrass 139 Everyday Life in the US & USSR during 50’s & 60’s –DK Animal Farm	Notgrass 140 Fighting the Good Fight - DK		Service Project
Notgrass 141 Reign of Terror – DK In His Steps	Notgrass 142 Advances in Technology In His Steps	Notgrass 143 Homeschooling Family In His Steps	In His Steps	Service Project
Notgrass 144 History of Timekeeping  In His Steps	Notgrass 145 Value of Life In His Steps	Notgrass 146 Lessons from World History In His Steps	Notgrass 147 Sense of History In His Steps	Service Project
Notgrass 148 Living in the Modern World	Notgrass 149 Becoming a World Christian	Notgrass 150 Eternity After this World		Service Project

Disclaimer:  I am in no way affiliated with My Father's World or Beautiful Feet.  I received no compensation for the above plan.  I'm just a homeschool mom looking to share what has or has not worked in our family :)