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Switched-On Schoolhouse is not like traditional textbook curriculums. Instead of fixed, one-dimensional lessons, Switched-On Schoolhouse has a lively mix of lessons, assignments, practice sessions, and quizzes reinforced by rich multimedia, including movies, maps, timelines, learning games, and interactive projects. These lessons captivate students' interests and engage them in learning. Available for students in grades 3-12, Switched-On Schoolhouse provides a thorough and engaging Christ-centered curriculum that covers five core subjects and a variety of electives.

The CD-ROM format of Switched-On Schoolhouse is highly reflective of today's technological society and gives students the opportunity to do their schoolwork on the computer. Also, thanks to new features that enhance both content and functionality, the 2009 edition offers even more ease, accuracy, and appeal.

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New Features for SOS 2009 Edition

Customizable Themes

Add your personality to Switched-On Schoolhouse with new, updated homepage themes that include customization! Now, students and parents can easily create their own MiSOS theme for their homepage by adding different colors, personal photos, fun "Word of the Day" or "Bible Verse of the Day" applications, and more.

For Internet-ready users, a handy search engine tool and RSS feed option also are available. Plus, the lesson plan, assignment screen, message center, and resource tools can be rearranged on the homepage and opened with a single click!

Assignment Icons

Planning ahead is easy! Helpful, new icons in the lesson plan feature allow students to look ahead to see if an upcoming assignment is a lesson, project, quiz, or test.

Daily Work Report

Want to track your student's day-to-day progress? This handy report allows parents to quickly view student activity for each day. Great for promoting student accountability, this new feature also makes recordkeeping and documentation simple and easy!

Quicker Access

SOS is faster than ever! With a single click, you can quickly access help files that are specific to page content or the action being performed. In addition, time-saving shortcuts have been added to make grading faster!

Other Features & Benefits

Educational Excitement

Quiz Bowl, a fun and interactive game for one or two players, has been added to 3rd through 6th grade, so students can practice what they learn in History & Geography, Language Arts, Math, and Science.

Further Customization

Grade reports and report cards in the 2009 version allow you to create reports for specific date ranges. This gives you additional flexibility to provide customized reports for your student or your own reference.

Automatic Grading

Complete administrative tasks with a click of the mouse! Automatic grading and recordkeeping conveniently record students' assignments and scores and preview upcoming assignments. Approximately 85% of student work is graded automatically by the computer, giving you more hands-on time with your student. Teachers love the easy-to-use report features that print detailed grade reports and at-a-glance report cards.

Built-in Global Calendar

Never be caught off guard by holidays, events, or field trips with the time-saving built-in calendar. This feature allows you to assign or remove school days, exclude date ranges, and add or remove events like field trips and holidays. Organize your calendar with daily or monthly views to help you plan future events and assignments.

Videos

Spark students' interests with eye-catching animation and colorful graphics! Filled with thousands of videos, this dynamic curriculum offers students front row seats to some of history's greatest moments, such as a space shuttle launch or Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. These amazing educational tools cannot be found in traditional textbooks!

Custom Curriculum

Want to add your own ideas or lesson plans to our proven curriculum? Now you can! With custom curriculum, parents can modify existing subjects by combining, adding, or removing units and assignments. Parents also can choose to build their own curriculum program from scratch using any available SOS materials. This flexible feature allows SOS to be used as a core curriculum or as a supplemental material.

     • Build learning programs that address learning gaps or offer remedial or review work
     • Add enrichment to challenge advanced students
     • Create compressed work tracks for students who enroll mid-year
     • Make mini-units of study

Advanced Lesson Planning

Put away those bulky lesson planners! Advanced lesson planning allows parents to create lesson plans in a sleek and convenience format. With this feature, parents have the flexibility either to plan lessons in accordance with a school calendar or tailor-make assignments for a class, group, or individual student. Parents also can use the tools to create or change semester or year-long schedules in a matter of minutes!

     • Tailor-make each students' school day by adding, removing, or resequencing assignments
     • Preview assignments or review student work
     • Adjust the pace for individual subjects at your students' level
     • View all student assignments and grading tasks on one page

Practice Lessons

This feature allows students to look at the Switched-On Schoolhouse program and see how it works before starting the curriculum. Step-by-step, students are taught how the different features and activities are used in the lessons. They also learn to take quizzes and tests and are introduced to different problem types. Both new and experienced users benefit from this feature.

Student Mode

Students can view presentations, answer lesson questions in or out of sequence, and record their own notes and questions on an electronic notepad with this unique feature! Students also can personalize their homepage with 15 unique themes, including customizable themes.

Book Reports

Enriching book reports feature different genres, annotated book lists, and links to additional resources. Thought-provoking questions provide guidelines for students to reflect, evaluate, and write about books of their choice. Grades 3-8.

Printing Options

Take learning from the screen to the page in seconds! Flexible printing options allow students and parents to print entire assignments, lessons, vocabulary lists, problems, and records. Use this advantage for student homework or review lessons.

Text-to-Speech

With the user-friendly "Text-to-Speech" feature, students can focus or review specific passages. All they have to do is highlight the passages they want to hear, and the curriculum reads it to them. This feature is perfect for audio learners, students who have difficulty reading on the computer, or students who need help pronouncing complex words. Students also can choose from multiple voices.

Multimedia & Learning Activities

Keep students on the edge of their seats! Amazing multimedia and captivating learning games help students grasp difficult concepts and provide extra practice. Learning games like Farmer Frank and All Right give students challenging and fun ways to remember facts.

Assignment Screens

Take the guesswork out of schoolwork with assignment screens. Student screens show daily assignments, curriculum overviews, due dates, subject reviews, and grades. Teachers' screens allow them to edit, add, remove, or reorder assignments, as well as change assignment due dates.

Revised Content

The goal is to constantly improve lessons to help students master concepts. Using current multimedia, new problems, various practice activities, and up-to-date content, students stay on the cutting edge of education.

Historical Timeline

This helpful feature puts history into perspective. Students simply click on any linked date in the curriculum to find out where the topic stands in history. Students can see the context of their studies and how the events of the past fit together.

Resource Center

Find resources right at your fingertips! A calculator has been included for student and teacher convenience, and an interactive periodic table highlights the elements. Each element is hyperlinked to its own page to provide students with more information.

Message Center

Communication is easy with an internal messaging system! The message center allows parents to attach messages to lessons for their students to view in their personal mailboxes. Parents are notified immediately of student messages and can access, sort, and print messages in one convenient place. (Messages are between student and parent only).

Minimum System Requirements

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or
• higher
• 500MHz or higher processor
• 512 MB memory (RAM)
• 600 MB hard drive space
• 1024 x 768 or higher resolution
• monitor, 16 bit color
• CD-ROM drive
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Printer recommended

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or
• higher
• 1 GHz or higher processor
• 1 GB memory (RAM)
• 600 MB hard drive space
• 1024 x 768 or higher resolution
• monitor, 16 bit color
• CD-ROM drive
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Printer recommended

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SOS 2009 Placement Tests

Switching your child to the computer-based Switched-On Schoolhouse (SOS) curriculum? Not sure what grade to use? No problem. Eliminate learning gaps and ensure proper grade level placement with the Switched-On Schoolhouse Placement Tests. Includes tests for SOS Bible, Language Arts, History & Geography, Math, and Science in grades 3-12.

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SOS 2009 20th Century American History

Take a deeper look at America! With Switched-On Twentieth Century American History, high school students gain a solid comprehension of America's dynamic century of change, conflict, and growth. A six-unit elective for grades 9-12, this multimedia-enriched course examines nation-shaping events like the industrial age, progressivism, equal rights, the Roaring '20's, the Depression, the two World Wars, and the cold war conflicts. Hands-on history projects and lessons make learning fun and interactive!

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SOS 2009 British Literature

With Switched-On British Literature, students explore the dynamic, rich world of British Literature! Packed with enriching content, this course gives students an in-depth look at the beginning and development of written works in Great Britain. This one-semester course for grades 7-12 covers a variety of periods. Filled with works from acclaimed British writers, this course is a perfect supplement to the Switched-On Language Arts curriculum. Monumental writers included are William Shakespeare, Lord Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning, and many more!

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SOS 2009 Civics

Want a civics course students love? Filled with attention-grabbing activities and colorful illustrations, Switched-On Civics explains the foundations and structure of American government, state and local government, leadership roles, worldwide politics, the election process, economics, and comparative governments. Fun learning games are also included to aid comprehension in this one-semester course for grades 7-12.

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SOS 2009 The Civil War

Switched-On The Civil War for grades 9-12 improves students' understanding of one of the most important turning points in American history! This six-unit course covers topics like the Confederate States and the Union, war figures like Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee, pivotal battles, and the Reconstruction Era. This engaging, computer-based course includes a look at the daily life of a Civil War soldier and interactive maps that show battles and troop movements!

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SOS 2009 College Planner

Switched-On College Planner, a five-unit course, helps soon-to-be graduates evaluate and select options for their future. Students are guided in finding the right college, preparing for college entrance exams and applications, paying for college, and considering non-college options. Filled with step-by-step instructions and reminders to seek God's will, this interactive course is a great prep course for high school students.

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SOS 2009 Consumer Math

High school students learn important money management skills with Switched-On Consumer Math! Packed with life-long practicality, this ten-unit course teaches students to plan and organize personal finances. Interactive lessons review basic math concepts and teach students to examine loans and credit cards. Useful topics like taxes, insurance, and retirement also are discussed. This course is appropriate for students who have completed Algebra I and Geometry.

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SOS 2009 Earth Science

Uncover the features of God's amazing world with Switched-On Earth Science! Digging into interactive lessons, students learn about Earth's formation, structure, interacting systems, and its place within the universe with this 12-unit elective. Made for grades 8-12, this hands-on elective is packed with fun-to-study topics like volcanoes, rocks, minerals, weather, the water cycles, the atmosphere, and the solar system! The lessons include knowledge-building projects and fun learning activities.

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SOS 2009 Vietnam Era

Help your student understand America's past with Switched-On Vietnam Era! This interesting six-unit elective for grades 9-12 examines the long, difficult conflict of the Vietnam War. The course's topics include the Vietnamese country and people, the United States' involvement and military strategy, the role of the cold war, the loss of civilian and soldier lives, and the war's influence and aftermath. Informative lessons include games and off-computer activities!

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SOS 2009 World Geography

Embark on a journey around the globe with Switched-On World Geography! Fun and interesting, this 12-unit elective for grades 8-12 offers an in-depth study of the world's seven continents, along with a look at geography tools and physical geography characteristics. Enriching projects and eye-catching, interactive lessons cover North and South America, Australia, Antarctica, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Each region's settlement, culture, politics, economics, and environment also are discussed.

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