Skill Building Homeschool Electives for Teen Entrepreneurs

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I’ve been a long time member of Schoolhouse Teachers for years, but, to be honest, I’ve never take full advantage of even a small fraction of all this amazing online resource offers. I prefer real books to online learning. Still, I keep my membership current because the cost is so small compared to the incredible value offered even just for supplementary material, especially the skill building homeschool electives for teens and preteens! And, through the end of August, you can get next year free when you join for this year.

Technology Related Homeschool Electives Build Marketable Skills

During the craziness of the 2020 pandemic, many people had to adjust to working at home. Many brick-and-mortar businesses suffered while online businesses thrived. Only God knows what the future holds, but skill building homeschool electives for teens will help them be prepared for working in an online world as essential employees and entrepreneurs.

Schoolhouse Teachers offers a wide variety of courses that are both exciting and practical, all for one low price. Here are a few examples:

1. Internet Entrepreneurship for Teens The objective of this course is to teach junior high and high school homeschool students how to start a business, create a brand around that business—whether a real one or a mock one—and how to promote that business through Internet and traditional media, teaching them the foundational skills of marketing.

2. Podcasting to Change the World This course empowers students to take what they have learned and are passionate about, whether it’s history, science, literature, or any other topic, and make a difference. Podcasting teaches kids research, essay building, elocution, public speaking, web design, social marketing, and audio-editing skills, and shows them the power and responsibility of having a global microphone in the real world.

3. Webgame Design Learn basic coding needed to design simple web games with step-by-step instructions.

4. Business Plan Creation If a homeschool high school student has an idea for such a product or service that provides value to people, he or she is ready to discover its market viability. This business plan for students course shows teens how to research and answer the tough questions that are needed to discover whether their product or service has a chance of succeeding.

5. Image Editing & Creation This image editing course teaches students how to use GIMP, a free image editing software similar to Photoshop. The course includes plenty of opportunity to take your own photographs. If original images are unavailable, some are provided.

6. Filmmaking Advent Film Group’s cofounder, George Escobar, is presenting a 30-part narrated series of short lessons for young filmmakers. Each weekly lesson includes core information about different aspects of filmmaking. Topics in this homeschool filmmaking curriculum will include story structure, screenwriting, casting, and the many elements of film production, including pre- and post-production editing. Other topics will cover sales, marketing, distribution, evaluating film equipment, and career planning. Hands-on assignments reinforce each lesson.

7. Introduction to Graphic Design This graphic design homeschool course focuses on the basics of graphic design. In particular, it discusses the legality of graphic design, the basics, the message, the design, and the outcome. Assignment reinforce the lessons.

8. Photography This class starts out covering the basics of how to use your camera and, also, how to creatively capture the moments of life that God has placed before us. There will be an assignment that corresponds to each lesson, various projects that will help you to grow as a photographer, and a gallery in which you can share your photos with the rest of the class.

These are just a few of the hundreds of courses available with a Schoolhouse Teachers membership. Even if you are set on your primary curriculum, these skill building homeschool electives alone are worth the cost!

What homeschool electives sound useful and fun for your teen?

My daughter is into photography/design, and my son loves coding. We may us Web Game Design and Intro. to Graphic Design this year.

If you’d like to keep your pencil and paper for core subjects, but give online learning a chance for the extras, Schoolhouse Teachers may be just right for your family.