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Bible
Our course choices for the next four years will include a
survey of both the Old Testament and New Testament, a thorough
reading of Church History, a course in Church Doctrine (reformed),
and a course in Worldviews and Apologetics (defending your faith).
I also have some forms created
for use with this year.
Bible Study
- Quest Study Bible, NIV
- 365 Daily Walk Bible, NIV
- Mathew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible
- Scripture Recitation: Psalm 23, Ephesians 4, James 1
Devotional Reading
- Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by
Donald S. Whitney
- The
Attributes of God by A.W. Pink
- The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother
Lawrence
Worldviews
- The God Who is There by Francis Schaeffer
- War of the Worldviews by Ken Ham and Others
- Postmodern Times: A Christian Guide to Contemporary Thought
and Culture by Edward Gene Vieth Jr.
Math
- MEP
Math 9
- Key to Algebra Series
- Key to Geometry Series
- How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler
History - European and Early American from
1600 to 1825
- The Age of Revolution by Sir Winston Churchill
- The Colonial Experience, 1607-1774 by Clarence B.
Carson
- The Beginning of the Republic, 1775-1825 by Clarence
B. Carson
Biographies
- Peter the Great by Jacob Abbott
- John Adams and the American Revolution by Catherine
Drinker Bowen
- Napoleon by Paul Johnson
Supplemental Reading
- Witch-Hunt: Mystery of the Salem Witch-Trials
by Marc Aronson
- Miracle at Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker Bowen
- Founding Brothers: A Revolutionary Generation
by Joseph B. Ellis
Historical Documents
- Declaration of Rights (1765)
- The Declaration of Independence (1776)
- The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (1775)
- Articles of Confederation (1777)
- Articles of Capitulation, Yorktown (1781)
- Treaty with Great Britain (1783)
- Constitution of the United States (1787)
- The Federalist, Nos. 1 and 2 (1787)
- Washington's First Inaugural Address (1789)
- Treaty with the Six Nations (1794)
- Washington's Farewell Address (1796)
- Treaty with France (Louisiana Purchase) (1803)
- Treaty with Great Britain (End of War of 1812) (1814)
Speeches
- Patrick Henry's famous 'Give me liberty or give me death' speech (which prepared Virginia for war against the Mother Country)
- Edmund Burke's Plea for Conciliation with the American Colonies, March 22,1775
- Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Sermon (1741)
- "John Wesley Denounces the Doctrine of Predestination" or "Free Grace" (1740) (provides a theological contrast to Edwards' sermon, above)
Historical Geography
- London to Land's End by Daniel Defoe
- Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose
- Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five
Books of Moses by Bruce Feiler
Government & Economics
- The Everything American Government Book:
From the Constitution to Present-Day Elections, All You Need
to Understand Our Democratic System by Nick Ragone
- The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
- The English Constitution by Walter Bagehot
- Common Sense by Thomas Paine
- Essay on Man by Alexander Pope
- Rights of Man by Thomas Paine
- Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund
Burke
- Essays by Jane Haldimand Marcet
Literature
- The American Tradition in Literature by George and
Barbara Perkins
- The Complete Works of Shakespeare, ed. by David
Bevington
Novels
- Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
- The History of Rasselas by Samuel Johnson
- The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
- Faust, Book I by Goethe
Shakespeare - No Fear Shakespeare
- The Twelfth Night
- The Tempest
- Romeo and Juliet
Poetry and Writings - Puritan Culture to Belle
Lettres
- William Bradford
- Anne Bradstreet
- Samuel Sewall
- Edward Taylor
- Cotton Mather
- Jonathan Edwards
- Phyllis Wheatley
- Sarah Kemble Knight
- John Woolman
- St.
Jean De Crevecoeur
- Benjamin
Franklin
- Thomas
Jefferson
- Phillip
Freneau
- Joel
Barlow
- Meriweather
Lewis
- Washington
Irving
Grammar and Composition (and Vocabulary)
- Easy Grammar Plus by Wanda Phillips
- Jensens Format Writing by Frode Jensen (essay portion
this year)
Science
- Biology: A Search for Order In Complexity
- Lab experiments
Nature Reading
- All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot
- The Wonders of Insects by Jean-Henri Fabre
- The Land of Little Rain by Mary Autin
- Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by Dr. Paul Brand
Foreign Language
Art & Music
- History of Art for Young People by H. W. Janson
- Colonial Art: Timeline of Art History, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Great Men of Music by Harriette Brower
- Piano Mastery by Harriette Brower
- Songs of the Folk - American Tradition
- Hymns of Our Faith
Computer Programming
- Learn C++ Today by Rhinehart
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