Creative electives

[MAC]

Several friends and I have been working on a list of creative electives for the high school years. Here's what we've come up with so far!

.22 Rifle--earn your NRA Expert rating, pistol, trap and skeet too
Ag mechanics
Animal sci
Antique refinshing
Arborist
architectural drawing
Art history from a specific region
Auto Mechanics
Beekeeping
birding
Blacksmithing
boomerang design and production
CAP
choir and private voice lessons
CNA
Colonial American culture through a colonial historical impression
computer programming
computer repair
Construction trades, one of mine was a framing contractor
Cooking ______ Food (fill in the blank with specific type or ethnicity)
costume design
creative writing
custom haying
dairying
Drafting
EMT
ethical hunting
farm and ranch management
Film studies
Firearm Safety
Firefighter I
First Responder
FIRST Robotics
Forensics
Geology
graphic design
greenhouse production
history of the Amer West
holistic pasture management
intern with forest service
Intro to the Performing Arts
invented languages.
JAVA programming
jewelry making
journalism
JROTC
kitchen chemistry
Landscaping
Law and You
Lifeguard
Linguistics
mammalogy
Master Gardener
Meteorology
Military history
modern dance
mountain climbing (we have a friend who is climbing all 54 14,000' peaks in CO
MS Office
Orchestra
organic farming
orienteering
parakeet breeding
Photoshop
Physics of Flight (earn private pilot's lic)
piano tuning
Plein air painting
Pottery
Practical Furniture Building (we need more shelves! )
rock climbing
Scout badges, such as all the nature ones
Sheet metal working
silk screening
small boat sailing
Small engine repair (you can do it through 4-H)
snowboarding
Sound Production
Special effects
Speech w/ Toastmasters
Stained glass
Star Trek and its influence.
start a small business
straw bale house design
Surveying
Survival Spanish
sustainable building design
taxidermy
Varsity sports: dressage, x-c, gymnastics, track, swimming
violin repair
water law
Water Safety Instructor
watercolor painting
welding
Whitewater kayaking
World mythology

[vicki]

Wow!!

[TamieJP]

Did you post something for those that do reenactments?

[MAC]

No, but you could certainly add that in--well, the one mom added this:
Colonial American culture through a colonial historical impression

My hope was that we'd all jump in and add!

[vicki]

Well.....

Vinnie was in charge of doing all the stats for Fantasy Football one year. Not sure what they would be called, but it involved a ton of stats.

Madeleine's ballet would definitely qualify for PE and Fine Arts!

[MAC]

Keep adding!

[TamieJP]

Of course there's Domestic Engineer or Managing the Home or Life Skills & Management
Toy Engineering & Repair
Domestic Decorating
Photography
Child Care & Psychology
Dietary Needs
Disciplining of Children
Child Ministry & Planning
Dance in Culture
Special Needs in your Home
Animal Care & Natural Feeding
Care & Humanity (working soup kitchens, opening one's home to homeless...)
Intro to Video Game Design
Wood Shop
Sound Engineering
Cosmetology
Travel, Planning, Mapping & Fund Raising
Fashion Designing
Crash Dummy (Our oldest child guest, 14y/b laughing loudly at this one)
Landscape & Design
Fencing (Sword Fighting)
Event Planning
Outdoors Activities & Survival Tactics
General Technician
Culinary Training

Remember Form-U-La by Barbara Edtl Shelton http://www.amazon.com/Senior-High-Home- ... 1887639098

[TamieJP]

From the Form-U-La book

Art & Crafts
Art of Living
Baseball
Basic Cooking Skills
Bicycle Maintenance
Building Family Relationships
Building Life Relationships
Business & Office Skills
Carpentry Skills
Choreography & Production
Christian Denomination Worksheet
Christian Religion Types
Christian Ethics
Computer Literacy Skills
Computer Terms For Occupational Ed
Computer: Word Processing
Concert/Performance Record
Creation Science Research
Gourmet Cooking
Health & Safety
High School Days Memory Booklet (Scrap Booking)
Home & Life Management Skills
Home Maintenance & Repair
Home Repair (etc.) Job Log
Home Report
Housework Skills
Hunting
Biblical & Spiritual Studies
Living Expenses Comparison Study
Music Appreciation
Name Study
Nutrition
Occupational Education
Occupational Skills
Office & Business Skills
Open Line & Mind Evaluation
Organization Skills Job List
Performing Arts
P.E. / Basketball
P.E. (General)
P.E. (Soccer)
Personal Healthful Living
Personal Organization Checklist
Play Critique & Analysis
Plot Wholesomeness Evaluation
Poet Synopsis
Religions of the World
Scientific Imaging Techniques
Self Esteem & Understanding
Spiritual Conferences & Meetings
Spiritual Studies
State History & Government
Tact, Grace & Social Skills
Tap Dance
Unit-of-Life Project-Based ...
U.S. History, Government, & Geography
Vehicle (Car, Truck) Maintenance
Virtual Dissection
Wisdom's 7 Pillars of True Education
Word Alive Study

I did a super quick look, copy & paste and edit. Hope it triggers more thoughts

[MAC]

Any more out there?