The final year of high school is designed to equip your student for higher education, if desired, yet safeguard the love of learning through an interesting mixture of both rigorous and lighter studies. This is a time to summarize and synthesize all of the knowledge gained over the years. Charlotte Mason methods have given your student the tools for self-education and preserved a love for learning. This year is not the end of learning. Your student is now prepared to enjoy a lifetime of learning. The curriculum is designed as a wonderful combination of Individual student lessons, done one-on-one with the teacher, and Family lessons, done with all of your students together.

Sample Schedule

With the Family lessons and the Individual student lessons, each day’s work should take about four hours to complete. In a Charlotte Mason education, much can be accomplished in a short amount of time because the student is being trained in the habit of full attention and the lessons are not tedious.

Day One	Day Two	Day Three	Day Four	Day Five
Family Lessons (90 min)	Family Lessons (90 min)	Family Lessons (90 min)	Family Lessons (90 min)	Family Lessons (90 min)
Math (30–40 min)	Math (30–40 min)	Math (30–40 min)	Math (30–40 min)	Math (30–40 min)
Science 40 min)	Science (40 min)	Science (40 min)	Science (40 min)	Science 40 min)
Latin (20 min)	Composition (30 min)	Government (30 min)	Latin (20 min)	Current Events (15 min)

Individual Student Lessons

Individual student lessons in twelfth grade include the subjects of language arts, math, science, Latin, personal development, and current events. These are the subjects that should be taught and mastered at your child’s pace.

Language Arts

Language Arts for your twelfth-grade student include reading, handwriting, English grammar and spelling, narration, and literary analysis.

Reading

Most school books are read independently at this level. The curriculum includes a mixture of classics and modern, challenging and light reading, and original source documents.

Handwriting

Your student receives regular opportunities to transcribe lines from his reading of great literature into his own Book of Mottoes, or commonplace book.

Spelling

Prepared dictation continues with longer and more difficult passages from good literature using the second half of Spelling Wisdom, Book 5.

Narration

Both oral and written narration is practiced across the school subjects. Five written narrations are required per week, incorporating all four main writing styles (narrative, expository, descriptive, persuasive). Oral narration continues to help cultivate public speaking skills.

Literary Analysis

Your student goes beyond traditional literary analysis with open-ended narration questions and deep discussions of character and plot using Great Book Discussions.

Math

This final year of home education for math can take a variety of different paths – trigonometry, consumer math, or calculus are all valid options for students, depending on long-term goals and interests.

Science

An elective science course may be included if desired.

Latin

For those students who want to keep going in Latin, the study can continue with the Cambridge Latin Course, Unit 2.

Personal Development

A timely discussion of trust in God centers around the last half of The Holy War, John Bunyan’s classic, read and narrated.

Current Events

Current events are read and discussed using articles in World magazine, The World and Everything In It podcast, or The Pour Over.

Family Lessons

Enriching studies are sprinkled throughout the week in history, Plutarch, geography, Bible, literature, Scripture memory, Shakespeare, nature, poetry, foreign language, art, music, handicrafts, singing, and more. Correlating these subjects, your student continues work on a personal timeline project, My Book of Centuries. Select your choice of History, Geography, and Bible guide and Enrichment Studies. If you are teaching only one student, the Family lessons can easily be done one-on-one.

Shopping List

For a complete Charlotte Mason curriculum, add the history time period and Enrichment Studies of your choice. You can combine all your students for these Family lessons.