<p>Can I get some recommendations for books on homeschooling a high school student? I have googled and amazoned the subject to death but I'm not finding what I need. The books must
1. Have no religious bent or discussion
2. Focus on the teenage years only, specifically high school
3. Be up to date!</p>
<p>I'm less interested in unschooling. I am hoping my kid can go back to high school once circumstances are different, although I'm open to the idea that she will continue to home school if it seems like the best option.</p>
<p>I didn’t have any books I really liked. My son took community college courses, watched Teaching Company videos, and did unschooling. I was very uncomfortable with unschooling as well, but since he was taking the CC courses as all, I put up with it.</p>
<p>My first suggestion would be to take a look at Lee Binz, The Homescholar’s website. It meets all of your requirements. Lee has a lot of terrific, free info on her site. She also runs freebies occasionally on short “coffee table” Kindle books on amazon, and she has a great FB page. She has books and other resources for sale that you might decide to purchase. She’s been a mentor to me for many years, changed the way we hsed high school. Personally, I don’t know what I would have done without her Setting the Records Straight book about high school transcripts.</p>
<p>Holt
American Nation/US History (ISBN 0030653185)</p>
<p>McDougal Littel
World Geography (ISBN 0618162658)
Geometry (ISBN 9780395937778)
Algebra I (ISBN 0618250182)
Algebra II (ISBN 0395937787)</p>
<p>Glencoe McGraw-Hill
Chemistry: Matter and Change (ISBN 0028283791)
Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and Universe (ISBN 0078664241)
Biology: Dynamics of Life (ISBN 0078298997)
Physics: Principles and Problems (ISBN 0078458137)
World History (ISBN 007846224x)
Literature (ISBN 0078251419)</p>
<p>Perfection Learning (English writing, composition, and grammar series)
Writing with Power (ISBN 9780789180469)</p>
<p>Updated copies of the texts, science notebooks, and lab manuals and teacher editions are generally available on Amazon. </p>
<p>I like the format of these books. They’re interesting, challenging, and secular. I think our Trig book is a Brooks-Cole, but I don’t have it handy right now. I also have shelves of reference books (primary sources for history, language workbooks and programs, college algebra, etc)., but the texts listed above are my favorites.</p>
<p>I read a book a while ago called “Homeschooled and Headed for College” that I thought was excellent. Well-researched and thorough, it includes chapters on choosing courses, AP courses, transcripts, community college and dual-enrollment, extracurriculars, and the entire college application process.</p>
<p>It’s a few years old but not outdated. IIRC, the author is a Christian and mentioned religion a few times (for example, suggested that students so inclined should check out the church situation around college campuses), but it is not pervasive. A non-religious person could easily use the book (or skip such sections, which are few and brief).</p>