Will my homeschool student get a credit for Bible?

Question

If so do I have to order a textbook or can I just use the Bible and make up my own tests for her?

Answer 1

Yes, bible is a very legitimate subject.  You can buy a bible study for her to study or you can have the total hands - on approach and pepare the tests yourself..  The beauty of homeschooling is that the decisions are all yours, you can create a curriculum that is custom made for your child without any interference.  All the best for many happy hours studying and learning from the bible together !!!

Answer 2

Yes, your student can get credits for Bible.  You can use a text/Bible study, or you can just use the Bible.  You can develop your own course - that's the beauty of it!

I teach Latin at a co op and I give quite a bit of translation from the Vulgate (all of the students are Christian).  I have families that, because of the amount of translation and analysis, count my class as both a foreign language and a Bible credit.

You can format the class however you want, and depending on her age, you can also require writing assignments from it.  One of my son's favorite writing assignments ever was when he had to retell Luke chapter 2 (the birth of Jesus) from another viewpoint; he chose to retell it from the view of Gabriel.  He really enjoyed it, dug in, and got a lot out of it - and it was a great paper, as well!

Hope that helps :-)

Answer 3

There are at least two different answers to this question, depending on how you homeschool.

If you are homeschooling independently, without being enrolled in an outside program or umbrella school, then you decide what counts for a credit.  Bible would fall under an Elective, but you can still earn a credit for an elective class.  You could also use it as part of study of ancient literature, perhaps also reading some Homer, Plato, etc.  Its up to you.  

Basically a credit means the student participated in a class, through reading, discussion, writing, or whatever for about an hour a day for a full school year.  If its half a year or if its more like a half hour a day, it is a half credit class.  Of course if you purchase a course that is already designed as a one credit course, you don't really have to worry about the time.  You just figure that you did one credits worth of work, even if it took less time.  If you are designing your own course, you should still probably look at the time as a guideline, round off about how long it will be.

Here is an explanation of credits:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Un...

Now for the second answer.  If you are enrolled in a program, or meet with a teacher who oversees your work, or anything like that where you are under the over site of another governing body to approve your work, you have to ask them if Bible counts.

Answer 4

If you want her to get credit, then you just decide that you give it to her.  That's the beauty of homeschooling, you are in charge of your own destiny!  

Use the Bible and make up your own tests as you please :D

Answer 5

Good question. I'm dying for someone to supply the answer. What is the prescribed curriculum for literature? Does the state make your child read certain stories or novels? Couldn't your child analyze Hebrew poetry (Psalms) just as well as haiku? Comparative religions ought to work as a social science elective (but would you have to study Huston Smith?). I'm considering home-schooling my soon-to-be sixth grade daughter (her private school is closing) and have a whole bunch of questions — mainly because I don't remember doing much in public high school (was drunk my whole junior year and nobody seemed to notice except the track coach).

I want to teach her philosophy, logic, Christian apologetics, ontology, epistemology — all that groovy stuff! Basically, I don't care if she gets credit, just so she's well-equipped in knowledge and faith! And ready for college!

We had a great discussion about adverbs and Mark Twain while cooking supper tonight. During supper we discussed a little on Reformation History — Luther and the Wartburg Castle. She might not listen to me in a couple of years, so I've got to teach her now!

If same-age friends were the principal influence in her life, I wouldn't stand a chance. I will not let the public school (and its same-age ghetto system) dumb her down!