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The Curriculum
About the Curriculum
The following is a high-brow, high-IQ, academically conservative, classical curriculum, which has been adopted by homeschoolers and classical schools. The creators of this free online curriculum have sought to address the lack of any sound online classical curriculum. Based upon the 19th-century German-Latin method and following the great-books model, this curriculum often attempts to be highbrow, emphasizing the best of occidental traditions while avoiding the anti-Western political correctness one finds in public schools. The following materials list can be used as a stand-alone curriculum or as a supplement to another curriculum. Many parents have said that this book list served as an outstanding supplement to other curricula. Our outline for classical languages, literature and history is one of the best on the internet. It is important for children at a young age to build a library of their own. Many of the titles below are classics, part of the Western Canon, books that children should keep into adulthood.
The following curriculum can serve as a classical curriculum or a classical Christian curriculum. While the following curriculum is devoid of an explicit fundamentalist Christian worldview, it includes a Christian perspective in that much of post-classical literature includes a Christian worldview (e.g. Dante, Shakespeare, etc.) The curriculum also leaves open the possibility for Christian units to be inserted at every stage, thus converting it into a Classical Christian curriculum, albeit with a sound classical component. For parents interested in a traditional Classical Christian outlook, we highly recommend that parents read about this tradition (here and here) to develop such a perspective.
In short, the following curriculum is an academically conservative classical curriculum, which can be used for a Christian classical curriculum, but it is devoid of the elements one finds in many "fundamentalist curricula." There are numerous online fundamentalist "Classical Christian" curricula, but many of them are "classical" in name only. Unfortunately, some people use a "Christian Classical" curriculum as a front for religious fundamentalism. A quick litmus test to determine whether someone has perverted a classical curriculum is to investigate the memorization material on the curriculum. Under a traditional Christian classical curriculum, at least 50% of the weekly memorization material should come from European sources (e.g. Iliad, Aeneid, Beowulf, Prose Edda, etc.). If, however, all or most of the material is coming from the Bible or other religious sources, then it's not truly a classical curriculum. A second litmus test is to make certain the curriculum teaches Classical Latin and Classical Greek (and not Ecclesiastical Latin or Koine Greek). Learning the simplistic Ecclesiastical Latin or Koine Greek will allow one only to read Ecclesiastical Latin or Koine Greek; but by learning the more difficult Classical Latin or Classical Greek one will be able to read everything written in these languages. Also make sure they are offering French and German as well. While many Classical Christian curricula may adhere to Biblical doctrines, many of these curricula do not offer anything remotely close to a traditional classical education -- which in its very essence is rooted in Europe, its people (Europeans and Diaspora Europeans), and its occidental folkways and languages.
What is classical education? It short, it's the study of the Greeks and Romans, Western history, and the Western Canon. It also includes study of Classical Latin, Classical (Attic) Greek, German and French. Read more here.
What others say about this curriculum:
"This is hands down the best k-12 online Latin curriculum."
"Whether a homeschooler or a classical school, this curriculum will prove invaluable. Bookmark it and forward it to colleagues, as you'll find yourself constantly returning to it."
Advantages of Language Study
Latin: Studies show that at least two years of Classical Latin not only augments one's English vocabulary by 20,000 words, but also provides one with a meticulous understanding of English grammar. Classical Latin not only prepares one for a career in law, science, medicine, business or humanities, but will also enrich one’s life by allowing him to read the Western Classics.
Additional Languages: After or before Latin, one should learn at least one other Western language, preferably German, French, Anglo Saxon, Gaelic, Old Norse, Italian and/or Classical (Attic) Greek. If a student were to study only two foreign languages, Latin and German would be best, as these two languages most influenced English. A typical third language is French or Classical Greek. (In order to maintain a highbrow curriculum, we strongly advise against Spanish.)
German: The basis of Old English (Anglo-Saxon) and representative of the Germanic family of languages (Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, etc.). Today German is the most widely spoken language in Europe. German, like Latin, is an inflected language, the study of which will refine one's understanding of grammar.
How to Use the Curriculum
Click on links to purchase titles. The linked to edition of the book is often the best edition in print (in terms of clarity, translation, footnotes, etc.).
Use As Supplemental Material
If you already use another curriculum or attend a school, use selected materials below (esp. works in literature and history) as supplements. If any mathematics level is too advanced, then use level from previous year (e.g. if Saxon Math 2 is too advanced for first grade, then use Saxon Math 1). Grammar school literature (e.g. Kindergarten's Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm or the Fairy Books by Andrew Lang (K - 1)) is intended to be read by parents to children, not for children to read themselves.
For Christmas presents and birthday gifts, select titles below for appropriate grade level.
Read This: Why are we now offering our curriculum free of charge?
Resources on Classical Education: “What is Classical Education? (read this),” President Calvin Coolidge: “In Defense of Classical Education.” John Train: “A Classical Education.” Livingstone: “Defense of Classical Education," "The Classical Christian Tradition," The Morality of Everyday Life."
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Nursery School:
Treasury of Mother Goose (Yeatman) and The Real Mother Goose (Wright) (paid links here and all below)
Rackham's Fairy Tale Coloring Book, Rackham
The Complete Tales of Peter Rabbit - all 23 stories by Beatrix Potter
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Language of Flowers by Kate Greenaway
The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
The Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Snow White - Pre-writing Skills - Upper Case Letters
Town Mouse and Country Mouse - Pre-writing Skills - Lower-case Letters
Apple Pie by Kate Greenaway
The Shoemaker and The Elves - Numbers 1-10 and Counting
Wee Sing Lullaby & Nursery Songs: Book and CD
Science Play for Little Hands!
Preschool:
How to Report on Books (Pre-K - K)
Treasury of Mother Goose (Yeatman) and The Real Mother Goose(Wright)
Rackham's Fairy Tale Coloring Book, Rackham
Rumpelstiltskin, Grimm
The Three Billy Goats Gruff, P.C. Asbjornsen
The Little Red Hen, Diane Muldrow
Rapunzel, Brothers Grimm
Christmas Trolls, Jan Brett
Night Before Christmas, Clement Clarke Moore
A. A. Milne: The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie the Pooh
The Lilac Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Complete Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear
The Pink Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
The Olive Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
The Violet Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
The Complete Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales - Classical Illustrations
Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales (Arthur Szyk illustrations)
Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm
The Burgess Animal Book for Children, Thornton W. Burgess
How to Read a Book with Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren (DVD - recommended for parents and teachers)
Explode the Code, Teacher's Guide for Books A, B, and C
Get Ready for the Code, Book A
Learn to Read Pre-K Complete (box sex including DVDs, books, workbooks, etc.)
Saxon Math K Home Study Kit (Teacher's Guide)
Saxon Home Study Manipulative Kit (used in grades K - 3)
Wee Sing Lullaby & Nursery Songs: Book and CD
Science is Simple: Over 250 Activities
Multimedia:
J.R.R. Tolkien Animated Films Set (The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings/The Return of the King) (1977)
Classical Mythology: Ulysses (1955), Helen of Troy (1956), Jason and the Argonauts (1963), Clash of the Titans (1981), Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (2006)
Kindergarten:
Elfie: Student Book / Elfie: Teacher's Manual
How to Report on Books (Pre-K - K)
Treasury of Mother Goose (Yeatman) and The Real Mother Goose (Wright)
The Complete Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales - Classical Illustrations
Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales (Arthur Szyk illustrations)
Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm
A. A. Milne: The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie the Pooh
Annotated Brothers Grimm (grades K - 3)
D'Aulaires Book of Norse Myths, D'Aulaires Book of Trolls, D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths, Black Ships Before Troy (K - 6, very important)
Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve?, Jan Brett
The Prince of Ireland and the Three Magic Stallions
Trouble with Trolls, Jan Brett
Perrault's Complete Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault
A Child's Garden of Verse, Robert Louis Stevenson
The Three Billy Goats Gruff, P.C. Asbjornsen
The Story about Ping, Marjorie Flack
The Little Engine that Could, Watty Piper
Stone Soup, Marcia Brown
The Gingerbread Man, Dominique Thibault
Goldilocks And The Three Bears
The Aesop for Children, Il. Milo Winter
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi (Unabridged)
The Orange Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
The Green Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
The Brown Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
How to Read a Book with Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren (DVD - recommended for parents and teachers)
Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Ancient Civilizations - Prehistory to Ancient Peoples
Usborne Picture World History Dinosaurs
Riggs Institute's Phonetic Flashcards (Alphabet and Phonograms)
Learn to Read Kindergarten Complete (includes DVDs, books, etc.)
Zaner Bloser Handwriting: Grade K
Saxon Home Study Manipulative Kit (used in grades K - 2)
Saxon Math 1 Teacher's Edition
The Mozart Effect: Vol. 1-3 CD Set
Science is Simple: Over 250 Activities
Foreign: Language:
German for Children, Catherine Bruzzone
First Thousand Words in German, Heather Amery
Teach Me German, Judy Mahony
Frohliche Weihnachten, Linda Rauenhorst
Multimedia:
J.R.R. Tolkien Animated Films Set (The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings/The Return of the King) (1977)
Classical Mythology: Ulysses (1955), Helen of Troy (1956), Jason and the Argonauts (1963), Clash of the Titans (1981), Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (2006)
Medieval: The Black Shield of Falworth
First Grade:
NG: Map Essentials (older resource before NG became hyper-politically correct)
NG: Big Book of Maps (grades 1 - 3) (alternate product)
Elfie: Student Book / Elfie: Teacher's Manual
How to Report on Books (Pre-K - K)
The Complete Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales - Classical Illustrations; and/or Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales (Arthur Szyk illustrations)
Annotated Brothers Grimm (grades K - 3)
D'Aulaires Book of Norse Myths, D'Aulaires Book of Trolls, D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths, Black Ships Before Troy (K - 6, very important)
Learning to read series (1st - 3rd): The Greeks (Steele), The Romans (Steele), Middle Ages (Steele), Greek Cities (Steele), Medieval Markets (Steele), The Saxons (Steele), Cavaliers and Roundheads (Steele), Normans (Steele), and Tudor Merchant (Steele).
The Aesop for Children, Il. Milo Winter
Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
Water Babies by Charles Kingsley
Viking Tales, Jennie Hall
Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
King of the Golden River, John Ruskin
The Crimson Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Saint George and the Dragon, Margaret Hodges
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
The Grey Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
How to Read a Book with Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren (DVD - recommended for parents and teachers)
A Child's History of the World, V. M. Hillyer (grades 1 - 4)
Learn to Read First Grade Complete (includes DVDs, books, etc.)
English from the Roots Up: Vol. 1
English from the Roots Up: Vol. 1 Flashcards
Shurley Grammar 1 Homeschool Version (includes Teacher Manual, Student Workbook and CD)
Zaner Bloser Handwriting: Grade 1
Shurley English Level 1 Practice Booklet (not included in the Shurley English kit)
Saxon Home Study Manipulative Kit (used in grades K - 2)
Saxon Math 2 Teacher's Edition
Usborne First Book of the Recorder (includes a recorder and book)
HSP Science Grade 1, Michael J. Bell
HSP Science Grade 1, Assessment Guide
Foreign Language:
Muzzy Level 1 German BBC Language Course
Usborne Picture Dictionary in German, ed. Fiona Chandler
Frohliche Weihnachten, Linda Rauenhorst
Multimedia:
J.R.R. Tolkien Animated Films Set (The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings/The Return of the King) (1977)
Classical Mythology: Ulysses (1955), Helen of Troy (1956), Jason and the Argonauts (1963), Clash of the Titans (1981), Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (2006)
Medieval: The Black Shield of Falworth
Modern: Zulu (1964)
Second Grade:
NG: Map Essentials 2 (optional)
NG: Map Essentials 2, Teacher's Manual
NG: Big Book of Maps (grades 1 - 3) (alternate product)
Elfie: Student Book / Elfie: Teacher's Manual
How to Report on Books (Pre-K - K)
The Complete Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales - Classical Illustrations; and/or Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales (Arthur Szyk illustrations)
Annotated Brothers Grimm (grades K - 3)
D'Aulaires Book of Norse Myths, D'Aulaires Book of Trolls, D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths, Black Ships Before Troy (K - 6, very important)
Learning to read series (1st - 3rd): The Greeks (Steele), The Romans (Steele), Middle Ages (Steele), Greek Cities (Steele), Medieval Markets (Steele), The Saxons (Steele), Cavaliers and Roundheads (Steele), Normans (Steele), and Tudor Merchant (Steele).
Biographies (2nd - 4th): Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? (McDonough), Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare (Stanley), Michelangelo (Stanley), Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei (Sis), Darwin (McGinty)
Celtic Myths and Legends, Joan C. Verniero, or Irish Fairy Tales, James Stephens (Il. Arthur Rackham) (grades 2 - 3)
The Greeks, Steel
Westward Ho!, Charles Kingsley
Smoky the Cowhorse by Will James
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Little House in the Big Woods, Little House on the Prairie, Farmer Boy, On the Banks of Plum Creek, By the Shores of Silver Lake, The Long Winter, Little Town on the Prairie, These Happy Golden Years
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgeson Burnett
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Howard Pyle
The Little Duke, Charlotte Mary Yonge
Columbus, Ingri Daulaire
Leif the Lucky, Ingri Daulaire
Arabian Nights (ed. Andrew Lang)
How to Read a Book with Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren (DVD - recommended for parents and teachers)
A Child's History of the World, V. M. Hillyer (grades 1 - 4)
Our Island Story, H. E. Marshall
Famous Men of the Middle Ages, John H Haaren
Coloring Book of the Middle Ages
Shurley Grammar 2 (includes Teacher Manual, Student Workbook and CD)
Shurley English Level 2 Practice Booklet (not included in the Shurley English kit)
Shurley Grammar Level 2 Extra Student Workbook for Homeschool Version
Zaner Bloser Handwriting: 2nd Grade (cursive)
English from the Roots Up: Vol. 1
English from the Roots Up: Vol. 1 Flashcards
Learn to Read Second Grade Complete (includes DVDs, books, etc.)
Saxon Home Study Manipulative Kit (used in grades K - 2)
Saxon Math 3: Teacher's Manual
Classical Masterpieces of the Millennium
HSP Science Grade 2, Michael J. Bell
HSP Science Grade 2, Assessment Guide
Foreign Language:
Muzzy Level 1 German BBC Language Course
Die Farbe, Pierre-Marie Valat
Der Fuchs sucht seine Socken, Julia Donaldson
Usborne Picture Dictionary in German, ed. Fiona Chandler
Frohliche Weihnachten, Linda Rauenhorst
Multimedia:
J.R.R. Tolkien Animated Films Set (The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings/The Return of the King) (1977)
Classical Mythology: Ulysses (1955), Helen of Troy (1956), Jason and the Argonauts (1963), Clash of the Titans (1981), Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (2006)
Medieval: The Black Shield of Falworth
Modern: Zulu (1964)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
Third Grade:
Draw Write Now Book Five, ed. Marie Hablitzel
NG: Big Book of Maps (grades 1 - 3) (alternate product)
Kio & Gus (3rd-4th grades), Matthew Lipman
How to Report on Books (Grades 3 - 4), ed. Jill Norris
Annotated Brothers Grimm (grades K - 3)
D'Aulaires Book of Norse Myths, D'Aulaires Book of Trolls, D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths, Black Ships Before Troy (K - 6, very important)
Learning to read series (1st - 3rd): The Greeks (Steele), The Romans (Steele), Middle Ages (Steele), Greek Cities (Steele), Medieval Markets (Steele), The Saxons (Steele), Cavaliers and Roundheads (Steele), Normans (Steele), and Tudor Merchant (Steele).
Biographies (2nd - 4th): Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? (McDonough), Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare (Stanley), Michelangelo (Stanley), Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei(Sis), Darwin (McGinty)
Celtic Myths and Legends, Joan C. Verniero, or Irish Fairy Tales, James Stephens (Il. Arthur Rackham) (grades 2 - 3)
Hereward the Wake, Charles Kingsley
Harald the Ruthless: The Saga of the Last Viking Warrior, Andrea Hopkins
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
Men of Iron, Howard Pyle
Michelangelo, Diane Stanley
Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare, Diane Stanley
Log of the Cowboy by Andy Adams
Cautionary Verses by Hilaire Belloc
Otto of the Silver Hand, Howard Pyle
The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald
The Lost World by Sir Arthur Doyle
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgeson Burnett
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Tales from Shakespeare, Charles and Mary Lamb
Treasure Island (unabridged), by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis
A Child's History of the World, V. M. Hillyer (grades 2 - 4)
The Story of Mankind, Hendrik Willem Van Loon (grades 3 - 6)
Story Of Inventions, Frank P. Bachman
The Ancient Romans, Allison Lassieur
Moments in History: Ancient Egypt, Shirley Jordan
D'Aulaires Book of Norse Myths
Shurley Grammar, Level 3 (includes Teacher Manual, Student Workbook and CD)
Shurley English Level 3 Practice Booklet (not included in the Shurley English kit)
Shurley Grammar, Level 3, Literature Selections
Zaner Bloser: Handwriting, 3rd Grade & Zaner Bloser Handwriting Grade 3 Cursive
Saxon Math Homeschool 5/4 Complete Set, Stephen Hake (including test booklet and solutions manual)
Complete Classical Music Library: The Masters, Vol. 1
Learning About Gregorian Chant CD
Stories of the Great Composers (Book & CD), June Montgomery
Physics Lab in the Home, Robert Friedhoffer
HSP Science Grade 3, Michael J. Bell
HSP Science Grade 3, Assessment Guide
Foreign Language:
Muzzy Level 2 German BBC Language Course
Usborne Picture Dictionary in German, ed. Fiona Chandler
Multimedia:
J.R.R. Tolkien Animated Films Set (The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings/The Return of the King) (1977)
Classical Mythology: Ulysses (1955), Helen of Troy (1956), Jason and the Argonauts (1963), Clash of the Titans (1981), Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (2006)
Medieval: The Black Shield of Falworth
Modern: Zulu (1964)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
Fourth Grade:
Ancient Civilizations Wall Maps
Kio & Gus (3rd-4th grades), Matthew Lipman
How to Report on Books (Grades 3 - 4), ed. Jill Norris
Annotated Brothers Grimm (grades K - 4)
D'Aulaires Book of Norse Myths, D'Aulaires Book of Trolls, D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths, Black Ships Before Troy (K - 6, very important)
Biographies (2nd - 4th): Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? (McDonough), Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare (Stanley), Michelangelo (Stanley), Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei(Sis), Darwin (McGinty)
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
Tales from Shakespeare, Charles and Mary Lamb
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
The Boy Knight by G. A. Henty
Story of a Bad Boy by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Beric the Briton: A Story of the Roman Invasion by G. A. Henty
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
A Tale of the Western Plains by G. A. Henty
Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories by Jack London
Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle
The Chessman of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Optional: Books 1 - 3, & Book 4)
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
A Child's History of the World, V. M. Hillyer (grades 2 - 4)
The Story of Mankind, Hendrik Willem Van Loon (grades 3 - 6)
The Story of the Greeks, H.A. Guerber
Famous Men of Greece by John H. Haaren and A.B. Poland
The Tale of Troy, Roger Lancelyn Green
The Black Ships Before Troy, Rosemary Sutcliff
The Greeks (Illustrated World History Series), ed. Susan Peach
Spend the day in Ancient Greece, Linda Honan
Usborne Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece, ed. Jane Chisholm
The Heroes; or, Greek Fairy Tales: For My Children by Charles Kingsley
D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths
Vocabu-lit Book F: Building Vocabulary Through Literature (hardcover)
Shurley Grammar 4 (Teacher's edition)
Shurley English Level 4 Practice Booklet (not included in the Shurley English kit)
Spencerian Penmanship (includes theory book and 5 booklets), Platt Rogers Spencer
Saxon Math 6 / 5: Homeschool Complete Set, Stephen Hake (including test booklet and solutions manual)
Meet the Great Composers: Book 1 and CD, Maurice Hinson
Meet the Great Composers: Book 2 and CD, Maurice Hinson
Complete Classical Music Library: The Baroque, Vol. 1
HSP Science Grade 4, Michael J. Bell
HSP Science Grade 4, Assessment Guide
Foreign Language:
Rosetta Stone Homeschool German Level 1
Learning Songs & Traditions in German, Linda Rauenhorst
German Vocabulary Cards & Let's Learn German Picture Dictionary, Marlene Goodman
Tamburin - Level 1: Arbeitsbuch 1
Cambridge Latin: Unit 1 (workbook)
Multimedia:
J.R.R. Tolkien Animated Films Set (The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings/The Return of the King) (1977)
Classical Mythology: Ulysses (1955), Helen of Troy (1956), Jason and the Argonauts (1963), Clash of the Titans (1981), Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (2006)
Medieval: The Black Shield of Falworth
Modern: Zulu (1964)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
Fifth Grade:
Optional: Draw Write Now Book Seven & Draw Write Now Book Eight
Ancient Civilizations Wall Maps
Harry Stottlemier's Discovery, Matthew Lipman
Philosophy for Kids, David A. White
How to Report on Books (Grades 5 - 6), ed. Jill Norris
The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien & Maps of Middle Earth
D'Aulaires Book of Norse Myths, D'Aulaires Book of Trolls, D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths, Black Ships Before Troy (K - 6, very important)
Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dogdes
In Freedom's Cause by G. A. Henty
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, Howard Pyle
Puck Of Pook's Hill, Rudyard Kipling
From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Edgar Rice Burroughs: Tarzan of the Apes or Jungle Tales of Tarzan
Andy Adams: Wells Brothers: the young Cattle Kings or Campfire Stories
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Marc D. Falkoff
20,000 leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne
Falcons of France, James Norman Hall
The Story of Mankind, Hendrik Willem Van Loon (grades 3 - 6)
The Story of the Romans, H. A. Guerber
Famous Men of Rome by John H. Haaren and A.B. Poland
Famous Men of Rome Student Guide, Cheryl Lowe
Famous Men of Rome Teacher Guide (w/ answers key), Cheryl Lowe
Usborne Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Rome, Tim Wood
City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction, David MacAulay (also get documentary Roman City)
Spend the Day in Ancient Rome, Linda Honan
Shurley Grammar 5 (includes Teacher Manual, Student Workbook and CD)
Shurley English Level 5 Practice Booklet (not included in the Shurley English kit)
Shurley Grammar Level 5 Literature Selections
VocabuLit - G Student Workbook
VocabuLit G Teacher's Manual (plus glossary)
Saxon Math 7 / 6: Homeschool Set (kit with text, test/answer booklet and solutions manual)
Let's Meet Famous Composers, Harriet Kinghorn
Complete Classical Music Library: The Symphonies, Vol. 1
The Fairy-Land of Science, Arabella B. Buckley
Great Astronomers, R. S. Ball
Physics Lab in a Housewares Store, Robert Friedhoffer
HSP Science Grade 5, Michael J. Bell
HSP Science Grade 5, Assessment Guide
Foreign Language:
"Continuing German in Grade Five" (PDF Teacher's Guide)
Rosetta Stone Homeschool German Level 2 (If new to German, use level 1. If less advanced, use a lower level.)
Learning Songs & Traditions in German, Linda Rauenhorst
German Vocabulary Cards & Let's Learn German Picture Dictionary, Marlene Goodman
Tamburin - Level 2 German (If new to German, use level 1.)
Tamburin - Level 2: Arbeitsbuch
Cambridge Latin: Unit 2 (workbook) (If new to Latin, use level 1.)
Cassell's Latin Dictionary (grades 5 - 8)
Multimedia:
J.R.R. Tolkien Animated Films Set (The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings/The Return of the King) (1977)
Roman City, David MacAulay
The Virgin Spring (1960)
Art of the Western World (1989)
Modern: Zulu (1964)
Sixth Grade:
NG: Map Essentials (grades 6 - 8)
NG: Map Essentials (6 - 8) Teacher's Manual
Ancient Civilizations Wall Maps
Harry Stottlemier's Discovery, Matthew Lipman
Philosophy for Kids, David A. White
Art in Focus (grades 6 - 8), ed. Gene A. Mittler
How to Report on Books (Grades 5 - 6), ed. Jill Norris
D'Aulaires Book of Norse Myths, D'Aulaires Book of Trolls, D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths, Black Ships Before Troy (K - 6, very important)
The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien & Maps of Middle Earth
Age of the Fable, Thomas Bullfinch
Under Drake's Flag by G. A. Henty
In the Reign of Terror by G. A. Henty
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
Sketchbook by Washington Irving
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Main-Travelled Roads by Hamlin Garland
Animal Farm, George Orwell
Where the Red Fern Grows, Wilson Rawls
Gene Stratton-Porter: Michael O'Halloran or A Girl of the Limberlost
Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
Augustus Caesar's World, Genevieve Foster
The Story of Mankind, Hendrik Willem Van Loon (grades 3 - 6)
The Roman and the Teuton, Kingsely
Bulfinch's Medieval Mythology, Thomas Bulfinch
Legends of Charlemagne & the Age of Chivalry, Thomas Bulfinch
Castle, David Macaulay (also get the documentary)
Cathedral, David Macaulay (also get the documentary)
Castles And Palaces of Europe, Ulrike Schober
Castles and Fortified Cities of Medieval Europe, Jean-denis Lepage
Everyday Life in Medieval Europe, Neil Morris
VocabuLit - H Teacher's Manual (plus glossary)
Shurley English Level 6 Teacher's Manual (teacher's manual, student workbook, CD)
Saxon Math 8 / 7: Homeschool Set (includes text, answer/test book and solutions manual)
Archimedes and the Door of Science, Jeanne Bendick
Galileo and the Magic Numbers, Sidney Rosen
The Sea Around Us, Rachel L. Carson
Secrets of the Universe: Discovering the Universal Laws of Science, Paul Fleisher
HSP Science Grade 6, Michael J. Bell
HSP Science Reading Support and Homework: grade 6
HSP Science Grade 6, Assessment Guide
Advanced Earth Science or Earth Science (6 - 8, online course - can be used in addition to or in place of HSP Science grade 6)
Foreign Language:
Rosetta Stone Homeschool German Level 3 (If new to German, use level 1. If less advanced, use a lower level.)
Tamburin - Level 3 German (If new to German, use level 1.)
Tamburin - Level 3: Arbeitsbuch
The Oxford-Duden German Dictionary (reference grades 6 - 12), ed. M Clark
Die Ritterburg, Meyers
Cambridge Latin: Unit 3 (workbook) (If new to Latin, use level 1.)
Cassell's Latin Dictionary (grades 5 - 8)
Multimedia:
Castle, David Macaulay
Cathedral, David Macaulay
Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (2006)
Modern: Zulu (1964)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
Art of the Western World (1989)
Seventh Grade:
NG: Map Essentials (grades 6 - 8)
NG: Map Essentials (6 - 8) Teacher's Manual
Art in Focus (grades 6 - 8), ed. Gene A. Mittler and/or The Story of Painting: From Cave Painting to Modern Times, Horst W. Janson (grades 7 - 8)
The Once and Future King, T. H. White
Wulf the Saxon by G. A. Henty
Beowulf, ed. Burton Raffel
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung, William Morris
Knight's Fee, Rosemary Sutcliff
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, ed. Burton Raffel
The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1918, Quiller-Couch (grades 7-8, 11-12) (other copies)
The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien & Maps of Middle Earth
A knight of the White cross; a tale of the siege of Rhodes, G. A. Henty
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories, H.P. Lovecraft
The Lost Prince, Francis Hodgson Burnett
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
Two Years before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare
Robert Louis Stevenson: The Silverado Squatters or Across the Plains
Stratton-Porter: The Harvester or Freckles
The Brendan Voyage: Across the Atlantic in a Leather Boat, Tim Severin
With the Lee in Virginia by G. A. Henty
Penrod by Booth Tarkington
Rudyard Kipling: The Complete Stalky (required) and Kim (optional)
Alfred the Great, John Asser
Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America, David Hackett Fischer (grades 7 - 8)
This Country of Ours: A Classic United States History Book, Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall (grades 7 - 8)
A History of the American People, Paul Johnson (grades 7 - 8)
Re-Forging America: The Story Of Our Nationhood, T. Lothrop Stoddard (grades 7 - 8)
Roots Of American Order, Russell Kirk (7 - 8)
Shurley Grammar Level 7 Homestudy Kit (includes Teacher Manual, Student Workbook and CD)
Shurley English Level 7 Practice Booklet (not included in the Shurley English kit)
VocabuLit -Book I Student Workbook
VocabuLit - Book I Teacher's Manual
Reference Books, grades 7 - 12: Oxford Concise English Dictionary, Oxford Dictionary & Thesaurus, Concise Dictionary of English Etymology (Skeat), Chicago Manual of Style, Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Oxford Classical Dictionary (2nd ed.), and Norse Mythology
Critical Thinking, Book 1, Anita Harnadek
Critical Thinking, Book 1, Teacher's Manual, Anita Harnadek
Algebra 1/2: An Incremental Development Homeschool Kit, John Saxon
Algebra 1/2 2e Solution Manual
The Enjoyment of Music: An Introduction to Perceptive Listening w/4 CDs and Student Resource DVD (grades 7 - 8), Joseph Machlis
Advanced Life Science or Life Science (6 - 8, online course)
Foreign Language:
(Students completely new to German, use: Der Grüne Max 1: Student Book; Wbk w/ CD; Audio CD; Teacher Guide)
Rosetta Stone Homeschool German Level 4 (If new to German, use level 1. If less advanced, use a lower level.)
The Oxford-Duden German Dictionary (reference grades 6 - 12), ed. M Clark
Latin for Americans Level 1 Student Edition (Workbook) (Teacher's Edition)
Latin Vocabulary Cards (grades 7 - 8)
Cassell's Latin Dictionary (grades 5 - 8)
Multimedia:
Modern: Zulu (1964)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
Art of the Western World (1989)
Eighth Grade:
NG: Map Essentials (grades 6 - 8)
NG: Map Essentials (6 - 8) Teacher's Manual
Art in Focus (grades 6 - 8), ed. Gene A. Mittler and/or The Story of Painting: From Cave Painting to Modern Times, Horst W. Janson (grades 7 - 8)
The Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien & Maps of Middle Earth
A Taste of Chaucer, Selections from The Canterbury Tales, Anne Malcolmson
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Rob Roy by Sir Walter Scott
Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott
The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexander Dumas
The Talisman, Sir Walter Scott
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
G.A. Henty: The Lion of the North
James Fenimore Cooper: The Two Admirals and Pilot: A Tale of the Sea
Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, David Copperfield, Barnaby Rudge
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Doyle
Stratton-Porter: A Daughter of the Land or At the Foot of the Rainbow
The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1918, Quiller-Couch (grades 7-8, 11-12) (other copies)
Mr. Midshipman Easy by Frederick Marryat
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes, Edith Hamilton (reference 7 - 12)
Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America, David Hackett Fischer (grades 7 - 8)
This Country of Ours: A Classic United States History Book, Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall (grades 7 - 8)
A History of the American People, Paul Johnson (grades 7 - 8)
Re-Forging America: The Story Of Our Nationhood, T. Lothrop Stoddard (grades 7 - 8)
Roots Of American Order, Russell Kirk (7 - 8)
Reference Books, grades 7 - 12: Oxford Concise English Dictionary, Oxford Dictionary & Thesaurus, Concise Dictionary of English Etymology(Skeat), Chicago Manual of Style, Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Oxford Classical Dictionary (2nd ed.), and Norse Mythology
Shurley Grammar Teacher's Manual
VocabuLit Book J Student Workbook
Critical Thinking, Book 2, Anita Harnadek
Critical Thinking, Book 2, Teacher's Manual, Anita Harnadek
Copi's Logic (grades 8 - 9)
Elementary Algebra, Harold R. Jacobs
A Teacher's Guide to Elementary Algebra, Harold R. Jacobs
Test Masters for Elementary Algebra, Harold R. Jacobs
Saxon Algebra I Home Study Kit (includes he student text, the tests, and the answer key)
Algebra 1: An Incremental Development Solutions Manual, John Saxon
The Enjoyment of Music: An Introduction to Perceptive Listening w/4 CDs and Student Resource DVD (grades 7 - 8), Joseph Machlis
Advanced Physical Science or Physical Science (6 - 8, online course)
Foreign Language:
Rosetta Stone Homeschool German Level 5 (If new to German, use level 1. If less advanced, use a lower level.)
The Oxford-Duden German Dictionary (reference grades 6 - 12), ed. M Clark
Latin for Americans, Level 2, Student Edition (Workbook) (Teacher's Edition)
Latin Vocabulary Cards (grades 7 - 8)
Cassell's Latin Dictionary (grades 5 - 8)
Multimedia:
Modern: Zulu (1964)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
Art of the Western World (1989)
Ninth Grade:
Understanding Human History, Michael H. Hart
The Great Conversation by Mortimer J. Adler (optional)
Aesop: The Complete Fables
The Histories by Herodotus (trans. by Aubery de Selincourt)
Thucydides: The Landmark Thucydides or On Justice, Power, and Human Nature
The Iliad by Homer (or this version)
The Odyssey by Homer
Plato: Collected Dialogues, ed. Edith Hamilton (read Apology & Euthyphro)
The Basic Works of Aristotle, ed. Richard McKeon (read the Politics and Books I & II of the Nicomachean Ethics)
Greek Tragedies, Volume 1, (Vol. 2, Vol. 3), ed. David Grene
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes, Edith Hamilton
Plutarch's Lives, trans. by Dryden or Plutarch: The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives
Theogony by Hesiod
The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements, ed. Thomas L. Heath
The Complete Plays of Aristophanes, ed. Rogers et al.
The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists, ed. Robin Waterfield
The Greek Conservative Mind, Thomas Fleming
Guillaume Durocher: The Ancient Ethnostate: Biopolitical Thought in Ancient Greece.
The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien & Maps of Middle Earth
Grammar for Writing: Level Blue, ed. Phyllis Goldenberg
Grammar for Writing (Level Blue) Teacher's Edition, ed. Phyllis Goldenberg
Grammar for Writing Test Booklet (Level Blue)
Everyday Words from Classic Origins: A Vocabulary Workbook
Fowler's Modern English Usage, 2nd ed., Fowler's King's English (essential high-brow reference books for grades 9 - 12). Optional: Short Introduction to English Grammar (1762), Robert Lowth
Reference Books, grades 7 - 12: Oxford Concise English Dictionary, Oxford Dictionary & Thesaurus, Concise Dictionary of English Etymology(Skeat), Chicago Manual of Style, Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Oxford Classical Dictionary (2nd ed.), and Norse Mythology
Copi's Logic (grades 8 - 9)
Geometry: Seeing, Doing, Understanding, Harold R. Jacobs
Enhanced Teacher Guide for Geometry: Seeing, Doing, Understanding, Harold R. Jacobs
Improved Test Bank for Geometry: Seeing, Doing, Understanding, Harold R. Jacobs
Algebra 2: Homeschool Kit, John Saxon
Saxon Algebra 2: Solutions Manual
Audio CD: Saxon Teacher Algebra 2: Lesson and Test CDs (optional)
Biology Core (Semester 1 & Semester 2) or Comprehensive Biology (Semester 1 & Semester 2) or Honors Biology (Semester 1 and Semester 2)
Before the Dawn, Nicholas Wade
Electives: See below
Foreign Language:
German (if new to German, start with Rosetta Stone Homeschool German Level 1)
Johann Wolfgang Goethe: Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre
Franz Shubert: "Winterreise"
The Oxford-Duden German Dictionary (reference grades 6 - 12), ed. M Clark
Wheelock's Latin, 6th Ed. Rev. (Students new to Latin, start with chapter 1. Advanced students, start with chapter 20 - 27, after reviewing vocabulary cards from preceding chapters.)
Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes
Latin Reference, grades 9 - 12: Elementary Latin Dictionary (Lewis), Smith's English-Latin Dictionary, 501 Latin Verbs, Bradley's Arnold, Mythology, and Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar
Multimedia:
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Modern: Zulu (1964)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
Art of the Western World (1989)
Tenth Grade:
Europe: A History, Norman Davies
A History of Europe, HAL Fisher (other multipe copies)
Understanding Human History, Michael H. Hart
Livy - Early History of Rome
Cicero: On Duties
The Conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar
Twelve Caesars by Suetonius
Plutarch: Roman Lives
On The Nature of Things by Lucretius
The Aeneid by Virgil
Satyricon by Petronius (only "Dinner with Trimalchio")
Satires by Juvenal
A History of Rome by M. Cary
The Fall of the Roman Empire, Peter Heather
The Germanization of Early Medieval Christianity, James C. Russell
Germanic Mythology by Jacob Grimm
Prose Edda and Poetic Edda by Snorri Sturluson
Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Bede (only Book I)
History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours (only end of Book II on Clovis)
Two Lives of Charlemagne, Einhard
Fowler's Modern English Usage, 2nd ed., Fowler's King's English(essential high-brow reference books for grades 9 - 12). Optional: Short Introduction to English Grammar (1762), Robert Lowth
Reference Books, grades 7 - 12: Oxford Concise English Dictionary, Oxford Dictionary & Thesaurus, Concise Dictionary of English Etymology(Skeat), Chicago Manual of Style, Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Oxford Classical Dictionary (2nd ed.), and Norse Mythology
Grammar for Writing: Level Orange Student Edition, Phyllis Goldenbert
Grammar for Writing: Level Orange Annotated Teacher's Edition
Grammar for Writing: Level Orange Student Test Booklet
Saxon Advanced Math Kit, Solutions, & DIVE 2nd Ed.
Chemistry Core (Semester 1 and Semester 2) or Comprehensive Chemistry (Semester 1 and Semester 2) or Honors Chemistry (Semester 1 and Semester 2)
Electives: See below
Foreign Language:
German (if new to German, start with Rosetta Stone Homeschool German Level 1)
Grimm: Kinder- und Hausmärchen
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
The Oxford-Duden German Dictionary (reference grades 6 - 12), ed. M Clark
Wheelock's Latin, 6th Ed. Rev. (Complete, if necessary, remaining Wheelock's chapters from grade 9. If new to Latin, start at chapter 1.)
Use with Wheelock's: Wheelock's Vocabulary Cards, 38 Latin Stories, Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes
Caesar: Invasion of Britain, W. Welch
War with Hannibal: Authentic Latin Prose for the Beginning Student, Eutropius
Reading Livy's Rome, Livy
Res Gestae Divi Augusti, Augustus
Latin Reference, grades 9 - 12: Elementary Latin Dictionary (Lewis), Smith's English-Latin Dictionary, 501 Latin Verbs, Bradley's Arnold, Mythology, and Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar
Multimedia:
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Modern: Zulu (1964)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
Art of the Western World (1989)
Eleventh Grade:
Understanding Poetry, Brooks & Warren
The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1918, Quiller-Couch (grades 7-8, 11-12) (other copies)
10,000 Year Explosion, Cochran & Harpending
A History of Europe, HAL Fisher (other multipe copies)
The Roman and the Teuton, Charles Kingsley
Morality of Everyday Life by Thomas Fleming
Prose Edda and Poetic Edda by Snorri Sturluson
Thomas Malory: Le Morte D'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
Paradise Lost by Milton
Discourse on Method and Meditations by Descartes
Leviathan by Hobbes
Pensees by Pascal
Praise of Folly by Erasmus
The Prince by Machiavelli
Utopia by Sir Thomas More (Read Book II)
Coming of Age in the Milky Way, Timothy Ferris
Fowler's Modern English Usage, 2nd ed., Fowler's King's English(essential high-brow reference books for grades 9 - 12). Optional: Short Introduction to English Grammar (1762), Robert Lowth
Reference Books, grades 7 - 12: Oxford Concise English Dictionary, Oxford Dictionary & Thesaurus, Concise Dictionary of English Etymology(Skeat), Chicago Manual of Style, Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Oxford Classical Dictionary (2nd ed.), and Norse Mythology
Grammar for Writing: Level Green, John Manear
Grammar for Writing: Level Green Annotated Teacher's Edition
Grammar for Writing: Level Green Student Test Booklet
Calculus: Homeschool Kit, Saxon and Saxon Calculus Solutions Manual
Or: Calculus with Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry and Solutions Manual for Calculus with Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry
Saxon Physics: Homeschool Kit With Solutions Manual
Or: Comprehensive Physics (Semester 1 and Semester 2) or Honors Physics (Semester 1 and Semester 2)
Electives: See below
Foreign Language:
German (if new to German, start with Rosetta Stone Homeschool German Level 1)
Grimm Brothers: Deutsche Sagen
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
The Oxford-Duden German Dictionary (reference grades 6 - 12), ed. M Clark
Wheelock's Latin, 6th Ed. Rev. (only if you are new to Latin)
First Catilinarian Oration, Cicero
Pro Archia Poeta Oratio, Cicero
De Amicita, Cicero
Vergil's Aeneid: Books I-VI, Clyde Pharr
Latin Reference, grades 9 - 12: Elementary Latin Dictionary (Lewis), Smith's English-Latin Dictionary, 501 Latin Verbs, Bradley's Arnold, Mythology, and Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar
Multimedia:
Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (2006)
Monarchy, David Starkey
Modern: Zulu (1964)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
Art of the Western World (1989)
Twelfth Grade:
Understanding Poetry, Brooks & Warren
The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1918, Quiller-Couch (grades 7-8, 11-12) (other copies)
10,000 Year Explosion, Cochran & Harpending
A History of Europe, HAL Fisher (other multipe copies)
Shakespeare: Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, and The Tempest
David Hume: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, and Treatise of Human Nature
Immanuel Kant: Anthropology or Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals
Democracy in America by De Tocqueville
Edmund Burke: Reflections on the Revolution in France
Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke
Phaedra by Racine
Tartuffe by Moliere
Friedrich Nietzsche: On the Genealogy of Morality, Beyond Good and Evil, and Twilight of the Idols
Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Anthony Trollope: The Way we Live Now
Camp of the Saints by Jean Raspail [PDF]
On Origin of Species or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin
Optional: An American History (colonies - 1910, classic 1911 text, grade 12), David Saville Muzzey
Grammar for Writing: Level Gold Student Edition, Phyllis Goldenberg
Grammar for Writing: Annotated Teacher's Edition
Grammar for Writing: Level Gold Student Test Booklet
Fowler's Modern English Usage, 2nd ed., Fowler's King's English(essential high-brow reference books for grades 9 - 12). Optional: Short Introduction to English Grammar (1762), Robert Lowth
Reference Books, grades 7 - 12: Oxford Concise English Dictionary, Oxford Dictionary & Thesaurus, Concise Dictionary of English Etymology(Skeat), Chicago Manual of Style, Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Oxford Classical Dictionary (2nd ed.), and Norse Mythology
Harold R. Jacobs: Mathematics, a Human Endeavor (teacher's manual) (tests) (student workbook) or Calculus or Calculus with Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry (see grade 11)
Understanding Symbolic Logic, ed. Virginia Klenk
Science options: AP Biology (Semester 1 & Semester 2) or AP Chemistry (Semester 1 and Semester 2) or AP Physics (Semester 1 and Semester 2) or Honors Earth Science (Semester 1 and Semester 2)
Electives: See below
Foreign Language:
German (if new to German, start with Rosetta Stone Homeschool German Level 1)
Faust: Der Tragödie Erster und Zweiter Teil, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wagner: Parsifal
AP German Teacher's Guide (free PDF) and register for AP German Exam
The Oxford-Duden German Dictionary (reference grades 6 - 12), ed. M Clark
Wheelock's Latin, 6th Ed. Rev. (only if you are new to Latin)
Vergil's Aeneid: Books I-VI, Clyde Pharr
(Entire Aeneid, Eclogues & Georgics for AP preparation: Vol. I and Vol. II)
Selected Odes and Satire 1.9, Horace
De Rerum Natura, Lucretius, ed. Leonard
AP Latin Teacher's Guide (free PDF) and register for AP Latin Exam
AP Latin Vergil, Ronald B. Palma
Latin Reference, grades 9 - 12: Elementary Latin Dictionary (Lewis), Smith's English-Latin Dictionary, 501 Latin Verbs, Bradley's Arnold, Mythology, and Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar
Multimedia:
Beowulf & Grendel (note: R rating)
The Forsyte Saga (the original 1967 BBC version)
Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (2006)
Monarchy, David Starkey
Modern: Zulu (1964)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
Art of the Western World (1989)
High-School Electives:
Foreign Language Substitutions for German or Latin (grades 10 - 12):
Classical Greek: Greek: An Intensive Course, Liddell & Scott Greek-English Lexicon, All The Greek Verbs, Smyth's Greek Grammar, Greek Flashcards, Homeric Greek, Plato's Apology
French: French Rosetta Stone, French Flashcards, Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary, Le Bon Usage, Le Petit Prince,
Gaelic: Beginner's Gaelic, Teach Yourself Gaelic Complete Course, Elements of Gaelic Grammar, Gaelic-English/English-Gaelic Dictionary, Colloquial Scottish Gaelic, Learning Irish
Anglo-Saxon: Introduction to Anglo-Saxon
Old Norse: An Introduction to Old Norse
Italian: Italian Rosetta Stone
Anthropology / Sociology:
Folkways: A Study of Mores, Manners, Customs and Morals, William Graham Sumner
Before the Dawn, Nicholas Wade
Sociobiology, E.O. Wilson
10,000 Year Explosion, Cochran & Harpending
Psychology:
The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious, Carl Jung
Narrow Roads of Gene Land, Vol 1, W. D. Hamilton
10,000 Year Explosion, Cochran & Harpending
Population Genetics, Sociobiology and Psychology:
Before the Dawn, Nicholas Wade
10,000 Year Explosion, Cochran & Harpending
Sociobiology, E.O. Wilson
Narrow Roads of Gene Land, Vol 1, W. D. Hamilton
On Genetic Interests, Frank Salter
Economics:
IQ and the Wealth of Nations, Tatu Vanhanen
American Government:
Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America, David Hackett Fischer
U.S. Government (Core) or Comprehensive U.S. Government or AP U.S. Government
Geography and World Cultures:
Geography and World Cultures (Core) or Comprehensive Geography
Christianity:
Thomas Fleming: Morality of Everyday Life
Stephen Wolfe: The Case for Christian Nationalism
E. Christian Korpf: "Traditoinal Christianity"
Additional Reading: Books for Parents - Gifts for Parents
Books of the Week: Camp of the Saints [PDF] & Bad Students, Not Bad Schools
Others:
Anthony Trollope: The Palliser Novels
Anthony Trollope: Chronicles of Barsetshire
Richardo Duchesne: Uniqueness of Western Civilization
The Perils of Diversity: Immigration and Human Nature, Byron Roth
Morality of Everyday Life by Thomas Fleming
Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland, Bryan Sykes
On Genetic Interests, Frank Salter
Before the Dawn, Nicholas Wade
10,000 Year Explosion, Cochran & Harpending
Guillaume Durocher: The Ancient Ethnostate: Biopolitical Thought in Ancient Greece.
Links:
Genetics Map: Faces of the World
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