What an exciting school year! We pray that you’ll be blessed as we serve you to help you teach Bible Principles in your homeschool.
The lessons are a framework for you with notebook pages to incorporate K-12th Grade. Below are books that you may be able to borrow from your local library or may need to order for your homeschool to expand on the lessons.
History and Geography:
- Bible,
- Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- Teaching and Learning America’s Christian History: The Principle Approach, Rosalie J. Slater, Foundation for American Christian Education
- The Christian History of the Constitution of the United States of America, Vol. I: Christian Self-Government, Verna M. Hall, Foundation for American Christian Education
- Physical Geography, Arnold Guyot, American Christian History Institute (it’s in the public domain here)
- Universal History, Emma Willard (1843), Mile-Hi Evangelist Press Mesa, AZ 1974
- How Should We Then Live?, Francis Shaeffer, Fleming Revel Co.
- Streams of Civilization, Albert Hyma and Mary Stanton, Mott Media and Creation Life Publishers
- Magna Charta
For a few projects:
- Air dry clay or foil and toothpicks to etch Cuneiform for Mesopotamia Study (Quarter 1, Week 4)
- Strips of brown paper, wax paper, school glue, plastic bowl for Egypt Study (Quarter 1, Week 8)
- Mixed Media paper, oil pastels, chalk pastels, pencils for Ancient Greece Study (Quarter 2, Week 1)
- Creatology Project Bricks for Rome Study (Quarter 2, Week 9)
- Foil poster board or foil paper of gold or silver, pencil, sharpies for Medieval Study (Quarter 3, Week 5)
- Air dry clay, chunky wooden frame from a craft store, acrylic mosaic pieces for stepping stones (Byzantine study for Quarter 3, Week 6)
- Renaissance music, renaissance-like attire, a choice menu, Reformation films for a Protestant Reformation Memorial (Quarter 4, Week 8)
*While this does not fall on Reformation Day (October 31st), a memorial day of sorts can be held during the fourth quarter as we are studying history on the timeline of His Story.
These are some things that we did, but if you aren’t a project person no worries. You don’t have to incorporate them at all. The budget was tight, so we only did a few projects to break things up a bit. If you are a project person you could always do more, of course.
Optional History Literature Enrichment:
Many of these books might very well be available at your local library. Our children love to read and we enjoy family read aloud times. Here are books which we have enjoyed during reading hour to enhance our history studies:
Grades 1-3
The Sword in the Tree by Clyde Robert Bulla
Leif the Lucky by Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire
Viking Adventure by Clyde Robert Bulla
The Apple and the Arrow by Mary and Conrad Buff
The Minstrel in the Tower by Gloria Skurzynski
Pippo the Fool by Tracey E. Fern
Marguerite Makes a Book by Bruce Robertson
A Medieval Feast by Aliki
Castle Diary: A Journal of Tobias Burgess by Richard Platt
Leonardo da Vinci by Diane Stanley
Michelangelo by Diane Stanley
Ink on His Fingers by Louise Vernon
The Man Who Laid the Egg by Louise Vernon (about Erasmus)
Thunderstorm in Church by Louise Vernon (about Martin Luther)
The Bible Smuggler by Louise Vernon (about Tyndale)
Grades 4-6
King Arthur and His Knights
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (poem)
The Vikings by Elizabeth Janeway
Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
The World of Columbus and Sons by Genevieve Foster
Ink on His Fingers by Louise Vernon
The Man Who Laid the Egg by Louise Vernon (about Erasmus)
Thunderstorm in Church by Louise Vernon (about Martin Luther)
The Bible Smuggler by Louise Vernon (about Tyndale)
Grades 7-9
The White Stag by Kate Seredy
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle
The Shining Company by Rosemary Sutcliff
The Magna Charta by James Daugherty
In Freedom’s Cause: A Story of Wallace and Bruce by G.A. Henty
The Prince and the Pauper by Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
The Crown and Covenant Trilogy (Duncan’s War, King’s Arrow, and Rebel’s Keep) by Douglas Bond
Grade 9 Study of Rome
Quo Vadis by H. Sienkiewicz
A Pillar of Iron by Taylor Caldwell
Grades 10-12
The Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff
Men of Iron by Howard Pyle
Voices of the Renaissance and Reformation, edited by Rob Shearer
The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
The King’s Fifth by Scott O’Dell
The Crown and Covenant Trilogy (Duncan’s War, King’s Arrow, and Rebel’s Keep) by Douglas Bond
Grade 10-12 Study of Rome
Quo Vadis by H. Sienkiewicz
A Pillar of Iron by Taylor Caldwell
English and Literature:
I’ll be covering the Foundations of English in video lessons.
Recommended books: Sir Walter Scott: Wizard of the North, Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. These readings are also a part of the Literature studies. The idea is that you will teach your children to study composition from the authors, build etymology word analysis lists in a word bank with them from the readings, and practice constructing sentence (complexity will vary by your student’s age/ability). For the English schedule, you will need to own The Noah Plan® Overviews for Sixth Grade.
Are there videos to help you catch on to doing these things? Yes!
*The overviews do recommend reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens in Quarter 2. We chose to skip that book for personal reasons and take more time to enjoy Sir Walter Scott: Wizard of the North. That being said, I do not have a literature study guide to offer for A Christmas Carol.
Science and Math:
I’ll be covering Key Individuals in Science. I’m not writing a science or math curriculum which allows for your family to use whichever science or math curriculum your family finds suitable.
You’ll need to print out the notebook pages for these lessons. Some lessons may offer suggested activities and should require mostly common household items to do them.
Art:
So many videos with Bible Principles and projects!
- Water Color paper (140 lb)
- Mixed Media paper
- Water colors (cake pallets are fine)
- Acrylics
- Oil pastels
- Chalk pastels
- Paint brushes
- Sea sponges
- Sharpie pens in color varities
- Rulers
Some projects may have specialty items like foil poster boards or foil paper, canvas, gel pens, etc. There are creative alternatives that will be suggested if these may not be items that you’re able to have access to. Printable shopping lists will be available for each quarter.
Usual School Supplies:
3-ring binders, tab dividers, pencils, glue sticks, printer, printer paper, ink/toner, a computer to view videos, and your own individuality for your personal homeschool and lesson work.
Are you excited?! We’re looking forward to this school year with you!
Blessings!
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