Sample Objectives

The Pennsylvania Homeschool Provisions Act 169 requires an outline of "proposed educational objectives" to be filed each year, for each student.  You are not required to give a long specific list of everything you plan to teach that year. You can simply list 1-3 general objectives for each subject and they do not necessarily have to change each year. Below is a list of the subjects required by law to be taught each year and a list of sample objectives.

At the Secondary level the subjects required by law are:
English, including Language, Literature, Speech, Composition
Science
Geography
Social Studies, including Civics, World History, History of the United States and Pennsylvania
Mathematics, including General Mathematics, Algerbra, Geometry
Art
Music
Physical Education
Health
Safety Education, including dangers and prevention of fires

Optional Secondary Subjects:
Economics
Biology
Chemistry
Foreign Languages
Trigonometry

Education Objectives for: ______________________________  School Year: ________

English
      Read wide variety of books and other types of literature.
      Utilize library.
      Improve spelling.
      Improve knowledge of grammar.
      Improve writing skills.
      Improve reading skills.

Arithmetic
      Improve computation skills.
      Master new topics as introduced.

History
      Increase knowledge of American / Pennsylvania history.
      Study historical topics of interest.

Geography
      Improve map skills.
      Increase knowledge of U.S. geography.
      Increase knowledge of world geography.

Civics
      Continue to explain the rights and responsibilities of citizens to students.

Science
      Continue to expose student to concepts in science.
      Read interesting books/ articles on scientific topics.
      Continue to instruct student how to study scientific topics. 

Safety Education
      Continue to instruct student regarding safety issues including fire safety.

Health
      Continue to instruct student in areas relating to health and hygiene.

Physical Education
      Incorporate exercise into daily routine.
      Continue to allow student freedom to exercise out-of-doors, weather permitting.

Music
      Increase appreciation for music as a form of expression.
      Utilize music as a form of expression.

Art
      Increase appreciation for art as a form of expression.
      Utilize art as a form of expression