High School

Your program includes the learning materials and instructional support you need to earn your High School Diploma — at home, in your spare time. All learning materials are provided at no additional cost and are yours to use and keep.

The ICS High School Program consists of 10 Instruction Sets. Here is an overview of what you’ll learn and the order in which you’ll receive your lessons:

Instruction Set 1

• Student Handbook

• Human Relations, Part 1
• How human relations works; the part you play; what is productivity; individual productivity in the workplace; team productivity.
• Human Relations, Part 2
• Relationships; the vertical working relationship; the horizontal working relationship; the nature of working relationships; you and your supervisors; understanding leadership and followership; the productive employee.
• Human Relations, Part 3
• Frustration and Aggression; getting time on your side; the most common human relations mistakes; dealing with injured relationships; keeping your attitude up; reviewing your attitude; you and your future.

Instruction Set 2

• Whole Numbers
• What are whole numbers; reading and writing whole numbers; adding whole numbers; subtracting whole numbers; multiplying whole numbers; dividing whole numbers.
• Fractions
• What are fractions; mixed numbers, equal fractions; adding and subtracting fractions; multiplying fractions; dividing fractions.
• Decimals
• What are decimals; adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals.
• Measurement
• The English System; Temperature; Time; The metric system; converting between the English and Metric systems.
• Ratio, Proportion, and Percent
• Comparing numbers; ratio; proportion; percent; solving percent problems.
• General Review
• A review of addition, subtracting, multiplication, division, fractions and multiples, fractions and mixed numbers and decimals and percent.
• Supplement: Answer Key to Practical Exercises

Instruction Set 3

• Canadian History
  • Settling the Prairies; the growth of industries and cities; the social picture; World War I; what role did Canadian have on the battlefield; How Canadian women contribute to the war effort; the great depression; major events of World War II; the United Nations; the world’s hope for peace; the 1960’s set stage for a new Canada; Quebec: a time for change
• Textbook: Canada: A Nation Unfolding

Instruction Set 4

• Biology
• The nature of life; cells; biochemistry; energy; life and change; monera and protists; plants; animals; food; plant digestion; circulation; nutrition and maintenance; homeostasis; chemical control; stimulus and response; behavior; social behavior; cellular reproduction ; animal development; plant development; genetics; biochemical genetics; infection and immunity; the human environment.
• Textbook: Exploring the Way Life Works

Instruction Set 5

• The Parts of Speech
• Guide to pronunciation; the power of words; nouns; pronouns; adjectives; verbs; adverbs; prepositions; conjunctions and interjections.
• Word Usage
• Using a dictionary; synonyms and antonyms; the parts of a sentence; pronouns; noun plurals and possessives; using modifiers effectively; punctuation and capitalization.
• Sentence Skills
• What a sentence is; phrases and clauses; sentence structures; sentence repairs; punctuation and sentence structure; sentence style.
• The Writing Process, part 1
• Prewriting, planning, revising and editing; proofreading; presenting; paragraph structure and length.
• The Writing Process, part 2
• Developing compositions; creative writing; personal writing; workplace writing; letter styles; factual writing.

Instruction Set 6

• World History
• Civilization begins; classical civilization; the worlds of Christendom and Islam; the worlds of Africa and the Americans; the world of Asia; the rise of the West; revolutionary changes of the west; the world in upheaval; the contemporary world.
• Textbook: World History

Instruction Set 7

• Numbers and Operations
• The four basic operations; factors and multiples; powers and roots; equations.
• Equations and Inequalities
• Signed numbers; basic operations with signed numbers; nonomials and polynomials; equations; inequalities.
• Geometry: Terms, Perimeter, Circumference
• Introductions; angles; lines; polygons, perimeter; circles and circumference.
• Geometry: Area and Volume
• Quadrilaterals; circles; triangles; volume.
• Supplement: Answer Key to Practical Exercises

Instruction Set 8

• Written Communication 1
• Parts of speech; sentence structure; sentence sense; common grammatical problems; punctuation; capitalization.
• Written Communication 2
• Qualities of effective correspondence; writing with style; shaping paragraph; conveying an impression; kinds of business correspondence; parts of a letter; letter styles; selecting and addressing envelopes; common business letters; reports; checking your work.
• Written Communication 3
• The importance of a good vocabulary; developing your reading recognition vocabulary; developing your writing and speaking vocabularies; making nouns plural; making nouns possessive; using a spell checker, homonyms as misspelled words.

Instruction Set 9

• Points, Lines, Planes and Angles
• Introduction; Importance of definitions and basic concepts; drawing simple figures; more about angles and lines.
• Polygons and Triangles
• Classification of Polygons; triangles defined; types of triangles; drawings and constructions; quadrilaterals and parallelograms.
• Circles
• Introduction; properties of circles; tangents and secants; applications; circumference; length and arc; radians; areas of circular figures.
• Solids
• Prisms and cylinders; pyramids, cones, and frustums; spheres and cylindrical rings; unusual figures.
• Supplement: Answer key to Practical Exercise

Instruction Set 10

• Physical Science
• Matter, minerals, and rocks; natural resources and internal phenomena; weathering, erosion and water, glaciers, oceans and time; the atmosphere and climate; astronomy.
• Textbook: Earth Science/The Environment

Online Library and Librarian
Students in ICS Canada have access to an online library for use during their studies. Students can use this library to do the required research in the courses they complete or can use it for general reference and links to valuable resources. The library contains helpful research assistance, articles, databases, books, and Web links. A librarian is available to answer questions on general research-related topics via email and assist students in research activities during their studies with ICS Canada.

We reserve the right to change program content and materials when it becomes necessary.

Prospective students should note that the ICS High School curriculum is designed to meet the needs of individuals who wish to go directly into the workforce. Individuals who wish to attend a trade school, college, or university should confirm that the ICS High School curriculum satisfies the entrance requirements of the trade school, college, or university prior to enrolling.