What to teach in Indiana

Which courses here cover the required subjects, which subjects they do not, and roughly how many hours they account for.

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What Indiana specifies

Subjects
No subject list in statute.
Hours or days
180 days per school year (July 1-June 30) per IDOE guidance - the statute requires attendance for the 'full term'; days at a previous school count; no daily hour minimum.
Assessment
Not required.

Courses that cover the core subjects

Indiana names no subjects, so nothing here is required of you. This is the sequence this site teaches, offered as a default rather than an obligation.

Mathematics

GradeCourse
Grade 6Grade 6 Math
Grade 7Grade 7 Math
Grade 8Grade 8 Math
Grade 9Algebra I
Grade 10Geometry
Grade 11Algebra II
Grade 12Precalculus

English

GradeCourse
Grade 6English 6
Grade 7English 7: Reading, Evidence & Expression
Grade 8English 8: Trust, Community & Responsibility
Grade 9English 9: Experience, Perspective & Inquiry
Grade 10English 10: Choices, Conscience & Consequences
Grade 11English 11: American Voices, Identity & Public Memory
Grade 12English 12: Complex Texts, Independent Inquiry & Public Voice

Science

GradeCourse
Grade 6Science 6: Matter, Energy & Earth Systems
Grade 7Life Science & Scientific Inquiry
Grade 8Physical Science: Matter, Forces & Energy
Grade 9Earth & Space Science
Grade 10Life Science: Biology
Grade 11Physical Science: Chemistry
Grade 12Physics & Environmental Science

Social studies

GradeCourse
Grade 6Ancient Civilizations
Grade 7U.S. & New York History: Indigenous Nations to Reconstruction
Grade 8U.S. History: Reconstruction to the Early 21st Century
Grade 9Global History & Geography I: Early Societies to c. 1750
Grade 10Global History & Geography II: c. 1750 to the Early 21st Century
Grade 11United States History & Government: Colonial Foundations to the Early 21st Century
Grade 12Government, Civic Participation & Economics

Each is planned as a 36-week year of about 180 sessions, five a week — the year 20 of the 21 course guides set out explicitly. How long a session runs is yours to set.

Does this meet the hours?

180 days per school year (July 1-June 30) per IDOE guidance - the statute requires attendance for the 'full term'; days at a previous school count; no daily hour minimum.

Each course here plans a 36-week year of about 180 sessions, five a week — the year 20 of the 21 course guides set out explicitly. The length of a session is left to you, because a Grade 6 session and a Grade 12 one are not the same thing.

Four such courses run across the same 180-session year, so a four-course year meets Indiana's 180 days without any arithmetic: the days are the calendar, not a total to accumulate.

The four high school years

In most states the parent issues the diploma and writes the transcript, which makes the four-year plan the record — there is no school registrar keeping one for you. A full sequence of these courses looks like this.

GradeMathematicsEnglishScienceSocial studies
Grade 9Algebra IEnglish 9Earth & Space ScienceGlobal History & Geography I
Grade 10GeometryEnglish 10Life ScienceGlobal History & Geography II
Grade 11Algebra IIEnglish 11Physical ScienceUnited States History & Government
Grade 12PrecalculusEnglish 12Physics & Environmental ScienceGovernment, Civic Participation & Economics

Four subjects across four years is 16 full-year courses. Credits, grades and the diploma itself are Indiana's business, not this site's — what Indiana says about diplomas and transcripts.