Books for homeschool? (SAT, tuition, private school, psychology)

[timestides]

The school I attend is very bad academically (there average SAT scores are in the 800s!, even if that is just Critical Reading and Math, that is still unacceptable and the books are heavily watered-down). It is just not a good school for me. The other schools, including the charters in the district perform slightly better, but are still distinctly subpar. The only private school that is a good fit has tuition that is half my Father's income, so we have decided to homeschool. I plan to start over the summer, to make up for lost time, so I am deciding what books to use now. I would like your opinions/suggestions.


English:

Micheal C. Thompson language arts program levels II & III

Various canonical texts for literature & philosophy

Literary Theory?


Math:

Jacobs geometry

Lial's algebra

Pre-calculus?


Social Studies:

The Western Tradition vol. I & II by Weber

American History: A Survey by Brinkley

American Government?

Psychology?

Principles of Economics by Mankiw


Science:

Biology by Campbell & Reece

General Chemistry by Whitten, Davis, and Peck

Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday & Resnick


Latin & possibly French:

Rosetta Stone

Then Lessons


Art, Music, & Dance:

Lessons

[nana053]

Why not look into the online learning at K-12? It's free and should give you a lot of what you need.

http://www.k12.com/

[sll3454]

I would find something else for Latin. Rosetta Stone's emphasis is hearing and speaking. For Latin you need vocabulary and grammar (lots of grammar). Rosetta Stone does not directly teach grammar - you just pick it up from the examples given. It also does not teach vocabulary, except from pictures. Latin would be much richer with a different approach.

[purplesky]

You can go to homeschoolreviews.com. People review all sorts of subjects. I think Coreknowledge.org is offering lesson plans for free.

[Padgett2]

Your State may have specfic requirements. Check with them if you can.