This article provides information about Lincoln Learning Solutions elective course offerings.
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- Curriculum Overview
- Top Facts
- General Details
- Credit Information
- Art and Music
- Business and Technology
- Family and Consumer Sciences
- Health and Wellness
- Physical Education
- World Languages
- Auto-Graded Details
- FAQ
- Resources
Curriculum Overview
The Lincoln Empowered curriculum includes a number of different elective offerings for grades EK-12 with varying credit weights. The electives catalog spans a variety of subject areas including Art and Music, Business and Technology, Family and Consumer Sciences, Health and Wellness, Physical Education, and World Languages.
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Top Facts
- The courses are designed with the Lincoln Empowered model in mind as they are derived from their respective national standard sets.
- Numerous electives courses are offered in the Auto-Graded mode of delivery with more being released upon availability.
- Where appropriate, courses are supplemented with course kits that help promote a hands-on experience for students. Course materials are available for students directly within the courses. For more information on materials, read our Materials Workflow and Ordering Course Kits and Materials resources.
- The elective courses are designed to allow students to have experiences in subject matter in which they may have an interest. Students can personally develop within elective courses by obtaining skills that extend beyond the core content and apply directly to the real-world.
General Details
Lesson Structure
- Module > Lesson > Learning Object
Learning Object Design
Lessons are driven by behavioral, age-appropriate learning objectives that are based on subject and grade-appropriate national standards. The content is supported by text, imagery, audio, and video. Students complete assessments both online and offline, infusing hands-on application of manipulatives and experiments, as well as writing opportunities and research. Courses include a Course Resources object that contains a course pacing guide and materials list along with any other vital references or resources.
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Activity Time
- Per lesson is an average of 45-60 minutes
Pacing
- 1 Lesson = 1 Day of learning (1 hour) per course
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- Lincoln Learning Solutions offers various electives and World Language courses in full year, semester, and Auto-Graded formats. To review available courses, along with credit weights, please Browse our Courses via our Lincoln Empowered Course Lists.
Art and Music
Content Specifics
- General Art and Music courses are offered every grade from K-8. Additional art- and music-focused courses are available in grades 9-12.
- The courses are aligned to the National Core Art Standards and provide students the opportunity to create both artistically and musically, as well as learn new processes, terms, theories, and content history. Most of the lessons are taken offline for a hands-on portion/activity.
- Courses may contain multi-day projects where students complete pieces of a larger project within each class before submitting the final product which is a conglomeration of the pieces.
Activity Design
- Most activities in the younger courses are teacher-graded and are reinforced with adult-support.
- Courses in the later grades are project-based with independent creation.
- In Art K–6, there is a STEAM topic at the end of each course that introduces students to the concept of cross-curricular scientific learning, using the arts to tie it all together.
Business and Technology
Content Specifics
- Various Business and Technology courses are available and aligned to appropriate national standard sets including CSTA and ISTE.
- While the courses in the earlier grades introduce basic business and technology skills, courses in the latter grades focus on application of these skills in the various sectors.
Activity Design
- Students encounter a variety of activity types including videos, games, simulations, interactive learning objects, and interactive activities and quizzes.
Family and Consumer Sciences
Content Specifics
- There are various Family and Consumer Science courses that a student can take to learn more about the development of the human body and life skills.
- The courses are aligned to the National Family Consumer Science Standards.
- The courses provide students basic foundations for living healthier and more active lifestyles. They also include skills crucial to human and family development.
Activity Design
- Students encounter a variety of activity types including videos, games, simulations, interactive learning objects, and interactive activities and quizzes.
Health and Wellness
Content Specifics
- A number of middle and high school health and wellness courses are available.
- The courses are aligned to the National Health Education Standards (SHAPE).
- The courses provide students basic foundations for living healthier and more active lifestyles.
Activity Design
- Students encounter a variety of activity types including videos, games, simulations, interactive learning objects, and interactive activities and quizzes.
Physical Education
Content Specifics
- Physical education courses are unique to each grade level with lessons designed in a way that students have a chance to be physically active each day.
- Students progress through the course by tracking their daily activity with a movement band and hour log.
- The courses are aligned to the National Health Education Standards (SHAPE).
- The main goal of these courses is for students to learn the content online and then act offline, accounting for less screen time and more movement.
Activity Design
- Students encounter a variety of activity types including videos, games, simulations, interactive learning objects, and interactive activities and quizzes.
World Languages
Content Specifics
- There are a number of courses in various target languages available for students in the World Language course offerings including Spanish, French, German, and Mandarin Chinese.
- The courses are written to the ACTFL standards as well as “Can-Do” statements.
- Students can begin their language journey by taking our Introduction to Foreign Language course, which introduces students to basic vocabulary and language structures in Spanish, French, and German. While written to a middle-level proficiency, it can be taken as an elective course at the 9-12 level.
Activity Design
- Students encounter a variety of activity types including videos, games, simulations, interactive learning objects, and interactive activities and quizzes.
Auto-Graded Details
Various elective and World Language courses are offered in the Auto-Graded format. Auto-Graded courses provide students with a fully asynchronous experience with automatically graded assessments and educationally-sound feedback. To determine which courses are available, please review our Auto-Graded Course list on our Browse our Courses section of our website. Click to learn more about our Auto-Graded Course Experience.
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Q: What type of supplemental items are available with these courses?
A: Where offered and most appropriate, course kits and printed materials are available for purchase. These items help students to learn tangibly, creating and inventing with offline activities or practicing new skills and sports abilities. You can browse available materials on our Course Materials page.
Q: How are the Physical Education courses designed?
A: Physical Education graduation requirements vary widely across the states, with most states mandating a certain frequency of classes to be completed in the elementary grades and then a certain number of hours to be completed in the secondary grades for graduation. Due to these variances, the PE courses have flexibility in their delivery. The student has the option to complete all of the activities introduced in the course or to do more, or less, of the activities in which the student is interested. The activities are also created to be played/participated in more than once to offer training opportunities. The goal is to get students moving daily and to provide them with the proper techniques and safety protocols for doing so.
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