LIBERTY LEARNING MINISTRIES
Empowering children to lead, serve, and inspire.
LIBERTY LEARNING MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES:
Abeka Curriculum
Full-time instruction
Extracurricular Activities
Electives
Class Performances
Plus, access to:
Athletics
Field Trips
Community/Private Member Events
Dances/Socials
Eagles Nest Aftercare
ELECTIVES
SPEECH & DEBATE
Serving 7th-12th grade learners
The goal for this class is to develop the dual arts of debate and oration, and perhaps settle some questions along the way. Speech and Debate is a year-long elective that will give learners an introduction to a variety of public speaking and formal debate styles. Throughout the course, learners will become familiar with speech styles through instruction, research, observation, and lots and lots of practice. Special emphasis will be placed on critical thinking and listening skills as well as argument resolution, making this course an excellent companion to their other core courses. Course objectives include: generating strong cases by utilizing effective research techniques, organizing data into persuasive speeches, and anticipating opposing arguments; identifying and emulating strong argumentative and rhetorical techniques while simultaneously avoiding fallacies and other unethical debate practices; utilizing active listening and note-taking skills during debates in order to modify and strengthen a position; developing strong public speaking skills by delivering both planned and impromptu speeches; and improving interpersonal skills by collaborating with teammates on research and case development.
NO HOMEWORK POLICY
Here at Liberty, we want our learners to thrive inside and outside of the classroom. We believe kids should be kids, spend time with family, and have hobbies and passions outside of our program.
Our commitment to families is NO homework, ever! Plus, the research shows:
Homework stress is the biggest source of frustration for teens.
Homework is taking up large chunks of time too, around 15-plus hours a week, with about one-third of teens reporting that it’s closer to 20-plus hours.
Students in high-achieving communities who spend too much time on homework experience more stress, physical health problems, a lack of balance and even alienation from society.
No-homework policies have taken the stress out of their afternoons and evenings. In addition, it’s been easier for children to participate in after-school activities.
HONOR ROLL
6-12th grade learners who achieve a 3.5 or better grade point average during the fall or spring semester will be placed on the Honor Roll. All learners who earn a place on the Honor Roll are invited on an exclusive incentive trip, receive a certificate of recognition, and are honored during our special end of year assembly.
SUBJECT DISTINCTIVES
BIBLE
The foundation for all learning.
The Abeka Bible program presents the Bible in the narrative style in which it is written. Stories of the Old and New Testaments in the lower grades lead up to the profound truths of the Gospels, Epistles, and other portions of Scripture for older students. The curriculum is designed to be specifically and systematically taught so that students in the Bible program will become thoroughly acquainted with the basic portions of Scriptures.
READING
The means by which each person may learn for himself/herself.
Because children become what they read, they need character-building reading materials from the very beginning. Abeka employs phonics as the most logical, orderly way to introduce reading to children. Abeka readers are beautifully illustrated and imaginatively written. Stories are carefully selected for interest, readability, theme, and values, with questions throughout to guide students in comprehension of reading material and in application of valuable principles to their lives.
HISTORY
A realistic view of time, government, geography, and economics based on eternal truths.
Ever since H. G. Wells published his Outline of History in 1920, the theme of world history texts has been man’s supposed progress from savagery toward socialism, from tribal religions toward one-world government. American history is usually presented as a series of conflicts—rich vs. poor, black vs. white, North vs. South, labor vs. management, male vs. female, etc.
Abeka history texts reject the Marxist/Hegelian conflict theory of history in favor of a truthful portrayal of peoples, lands, religions, ideals, heroes, triumphs, and setbacks. The result is positive, uplifting history texts that give students a historical perspective and instill within them an intelligent pride for their own country and a desire to help it back to its traditional values.
We present government as ordained by God for the maintenance of law and order, not as a cure-all for humanity’s problems. We present free-enterprise economics without apology and point out the dangers of Communism, socialism, and liberalism to the well-being of people across the globe. In short, Abeka offers a traditional, conservative approach to the study of what man has done with the time God has given him.
MATHEMATICS
The study of logic and order to apply to science and daily life.
Unlike the “modern math” theorists, who believe that mathematics is a creation of man and thus arbitrary and relative, Abeka teaches that the laws of mathematics are a creation of God and thus absolute. Man’s task is to search out and make use of the laws of the universe, both scientific and mathematical.
Abeka provides attractive, legible, and workable traditional mathematics texts that are not burdened with modern theories such as set theory. These books have been field-tested, revised, and used successfully for many years. Besides training students in the basic skills needed for life, Abeka traditional mathematics books teach students to believe in absolutes, to work diligently for right answers, and to see mathematical facts as part of the truth and order built into the real universe.
SCIENCE/HEALTH
The investigation of variety, order, and reasonableness revealed in creation.
While secular science textbooks present modern science as the opposite of faith, the Abeka science texts teach that modern science is the product of Western man’s return to the Scriptures after the Protestant Reformation, leading to his desire to understand and subdue the earth, which he saw as the orderly, law-abiding creation of the God of the Bible.
The Abeka science and health program presents the universe as the direct creation of God and refutes the man-made idea of evolution. Further, the books present God as the Great Designer and Lawgiver, without Whom the evident design and laws of nature would be inexplicable. They give a solid foundation in all areas of science—a foundation firmly anchored to Scriptural truth. Teachability is assured through accurate, interesting writing, carefully planned demonstrations that can be performed with a minimum of equipment, chapter terms and questions, full-color illustrations, consideration of the interests and comprehension skills of students at each grade level, and detailed curriculum/lesson plans.
ENGLISH
The study of language and communication in a structured, reasonable, and well-articulated manner.
Because thought and language form the foundation of learning and communication, teaching grammar, spelling, vocabulary, composition, and literature is vitally important. Modern linguists have sought in vain for a credible explanation for the origin of language. Since they have accepted evolutionary philosophy, they embrace relativism and reject any discussion of language being governed by rules or claims that some expressions are better than others. This explains many English programs today, but it is easy to see in language a structure which reflects logic, reasonableness, and orderliness.
This is why Abeka grammar books emphasize structure, rules, analysis, and the kind of practice that aims at mastery. This is why we place an importance on correct spelling and the continual enlargement of each student’s vocabulary. This is why we aspire to provide students with examples of the very best literature of the ages, and this is why we emphasize the continual improvement of writing abilities.