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I like to plan and organize so I am already gearing up for next year. Since I am not using a textbook for American Literature, I am concentrating on it first as it will take the most time. First I created a table of contents for books we are going to read. Which you will find below.
American Literature
Unit 1
The Lost History of Aztec & Maya by Charles Phillips (have students write a myth as well as do a research paper on either the Aztec or the Maya)
The log of Christopher Columbus – Christopher Columbus
Poor Richards Almanac – Benjamin Franklin
The House of The Seven Gables – Nathaniel Hawthorne (Study Guide)
The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne (Lesson Plans)
Field trip to Emerald Mound
Unit 2
The Autobiography – Benjamin Franklin
Patriots: The Men who Started the American Revolution – A. J. Langguth
Common Sense – Thomas Paine
Johnny Tremain – Esther Forbes (Teacher’s Guide, )
Unit 3
The Complete Tales of Washington Irving – Washington Irving (Lesson Plans, Vocabulary Words, Resources)
Age of Reason – Thomas Paine
The Last of the Mohicans – James Fenimore Cooper (Lesson Plans, E-Notes,)
The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict – Donald R. Hickey
Ice cream social
Unit 4
The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe -Edgar Allan Poe (Lesson Plans)
Democracy in America – Alexis De Tocqueville
The Age of Jackson – Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Moby Dick – Herman Melville (Lesson Plans)
American Education: The National Experience – Lawrence Cremin
Unit 5
A Taste of Freedom – Tommie Thompson (Book Report)
The Civil War Strange & Fascinating Facts – Burke Davis (Lesson Plans)
The Civil War Memories of Ulysses S. Grant – Ulysses S. Grant
The Red Badge of Courage – Stephen Crane
Letter to His Son – Robert E. Lee
Unit 6
Island of the Blue Dolphins – Scott O’Dell
The Bible According to Mark Twain – Mark Twain (have students complete one of the unfinished manuscripts)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court – Mark Twain (Lesson Plans)
Unit 7
I Will Fight No More Forever – Chief Joseph
The Memories of Chief Red Fox – Chief Red Fox with Cash Asher
The Iron Heel – Jack London
The Sea Wolf – Jack London (Study Guide)
Risen From The Ranks – Horatio Alger Jr.
Twenty Years at Hull House – Jane Addams
The Fountain Head – Ayn Rand (Teacher Resources The Ayn Rand Institute)
Anthem – Ayn Rand (Teacher Resources The Ayn Rand Institute)
Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand
Pizza Party
Unit 8
Autobiography – Theodore Roosevelt
The Jungle – Upton Sinclair
Of the Meaning of Progress – W.E.B. DuBois
The Financier – Theodore Dreiser
The Dreams in the Witch House – H.P. Lovecraft
Unit 9
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Babbit - Sinclair Lewis
For Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway (Notes & Quizzes, Study Questions & Essay Topics, Quiz)
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee (Teacher Guide)
Unit 10
Models for Writers Short Essays for Composition – Alfred Rosa and Paul Eschholz (editors)
Unit 11
*The Grapes of Wrath –John Steinbeck (Lesson Plans)
*East of Eden –John Steinbeck (Lesson Plans)
*Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck (Lesson Plans)
Soldiers of the Republic – Dorothy Parker
Behind Barbed Wire: The Imprisonment of Japanese Americans During WWII – Daniel S. Davis
The Ponder Heart – Eudora Welty (Lesson Plans & Teacher’s Guide, PBS film available to watch)
*As I Lay Dying – William Faulkner (Lesson Plans)
Unit 12
The Glass Menagerie – Tennessee Williams
A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L’Engle (Study Guide)
Invisible Man –Ralph Ellison
Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card (Study Guide, Lesson Plans)
Children of the Mind – Orson Scott Card
I Robot - Isaac Asimov
Unit 13
Where the Red Fern Grows –Wilson Rawls (Lesson Plans)
*The Old Man and the Sea –Ernest Hemingway (Lesson Plans)
Breakfast at Tiffany’s–Truman Capote
Rabbit at Rest - John Updike
Unit 14
The Language of God – Francis S. Collins (Book Report)
Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger (Lesson Plans)
F451- Ray Bradbury (Lesson Plans)
1984 – George Orwell (Lesson Plans)
Lord of the Flies – William Golding (Lesson Plans)
Unit 15
A Sand County Almanac – Aldo Leopold
Harrison Bergeron – Kurt Vonnegut
After creating the table of contents for our American Literature Unit, I looked for lesson plans. I found many useful resources online (the link is provided in the table of contents), and have found other useful resources through the library and homeschool friends. We already have some of the books I will be using, and I already have the books I need for the first semester that I don't have ordered. I will order the books I need for the second semester before we get out for Christmas break. Many public libraries have book rooms where they have books for sale, reasonably priced. I intend to spend a lot of time scouring their shelves, I have found many wonderful books there.
My next project is American History. We are using History of a Free Nation published by Glencoe for our textbook. I was lucky enough to have a teacher's edition given to me, and I have the student textbook ordered. To supplement we are using Chronicle of America From Prehistory to Today ( I am really excited about being able to use this), Government & Politics in the United States (MacMillan), The Federal Union by John D. Hicks, & Magruder's American Government. We will also be checking books out of the library to supplement our lessons.
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I like to plan and organize so I am already gearing up for next year. Since I am not using a textbook for American Literature, I am concentrating on it first as it will take the most time. First I created a table of contents for books we are going to read. Which you will find below.
American Literature
Unit 1
The Lost History of Aztec & Maya by Charles Phillips (have students write a myth as well as do a research paper on either the Aztec or the Maya)
The log of Christopher Columbus – Christopher Columbus
Poor Richards Almanac – Benjamin Franklin
The House of The Seven Gables – Nathaniel Hawthorne (Study Guide)
The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne (Lesson Plans)
Field trip to Emerald Mound
Unit 2
The Autobiography – Benjamin Franklin
Patriots: The Men who Started the American Revolution – A. J. Langguth
Common Sense – Thomas Paine
Johnny Tremain – Esther Forbes (Teacher’s Guide, )
Unit 3
The Complete Tales of Washington Irving – Washington Irving (Lesson Plans, Vocabulary Words, Resources)
Age of Reason – Thomas Paine
The Last of the Mohicans – James Fenimore Cooper (Lesson Plans, E-Notes,)
The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict – Donald R. Hickey
Ice cream social
Unit 4
The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe -Edgar Allan Poe (Lesson Plans)
Democracy in America – Alexis De Tocqueville
The Age of Jackson – Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Moby Dick – Herman Melville (Lesson Plans)
American Education: The National Experience – Lawrence Cremin
Unit 5
A Taste of Freedom – Tommie Thompson (Book Report)
The Civil War Strange & Fascinating Facts – Burke Davis (Lesson Plans)
The Civil War Memories of Ulysses S. Grant – Ulysses S. Grant
The Red Badge of Courage – Stephen Crane
Letter to His Son – Robert E. Lee
Unit 6
Island of the Blue Dolphins – Scott O’Dell
The Bible According to Mark Twain – Mark Twain (have students complete one of the unfinished manuscripts)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court – Mark Twain (Lesson Plans)
Unit 7
I Will Fight No More Forever – Chief Joseph
The Memories of Chief Red Fox – Chief Red Fox with Cash Asher
The Iron Heel – Jack London
The Sea Wolf – Jack London (Study Guide)
Risen From The Ranks – Horatio Alger Jr.
Twenty Years at Hull House – Jane Addams
The Fountain Head – Ayn Rand (Teacher Resources The Ayn Rand Institute)
Anthem – Ayn Rand (Teacher Resources The Ayn Rand Institute)
Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand
Pizza Party
Unit 8
Autobiography – Theodore Roosevelt
The Jungle – Upton Sinclair
Of the Meaning of Progress – W.E.B. DuBois
The Financier – Theodore Dreiser
The Dreams in the Witch House – H.P. Lovecraft
Unit 9
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Babbit - Sinclair Lewis
For Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway (Notes & Quizzes, Study Questions & Essay Topics, Quiz)
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee (Teacher Guide)
Unit 10
Models for Writers Short Essays for Composition – Alfred Rosa and Paul Eschholz (editors)
Unit 11
*The Grapes of Wrath –John Steinbeck (Lesson Plans)
*East of Eden –John Steinbeck (Lesson Plans)
*Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck (Lesson Plans)
Soldiers of the Republic – Dorothy Parker
Behind Barbed Wire: The Imprisonment of Japanese Americans During WWII – Daniel S. Davis
The Ponder Heart – Eudora Welty (Lesson Plans & Teacher’s Guide, PBS film available to watch)
*As I Lay Dying – William Faulkner (Lesson Plans)
Unit 12
The Glass Menagerie – Tennessee Williams
A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L’Engle (Study Guide)
Invisible Man –Ralph Ellison
Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card (Study Guide, Lesson Plans)
Children of the Mind – Orson Scott Card
I Robot - Isaac Asimov
Unit 13
Where the Red Fern Grows –Wilson Rawls (Lesson Plans)
*The Old Man and the Sea –Ernest Hemingway (Lesson Plans)
Breakfast at Tiffany’s–Truman Capote
Rabbit at Rest - John Updike
Unit 14
The Language of God – Francis S. Collins (Book Report)
Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger (Lesson Plans)
F451- Ray Bradbury (Lesson Plans)
1984 – George Orwell (Lesson Plans)
Lord of the Flies – William Golding (Lesson Plans)
Unit 15
A Sand County Almanac – Aldo Leopold
Harrison Bergeron – Kurt Vonnegut
After creating the table of contents for our American Literature Unit, I looked for lesson plans. I found many useful resources online (the link is provided in the table of contents), and have found other useful resources through the library and homeschool friends. We already have some of the books I will be using, and I already have the books I need for the first semester that I don't have ordered. I will order the books I need for the second semester before we get out for Christmas break. Many public libraries have book rooms where they have books for sale, reasonably priced. I intend to spend a lot of time scouring their shelves, I have found many wonderful books there.
My next project is American History. We are using History of a Free Nation published by Glencoe for our textbook. I was lucky enough to have a teacher's edition given to me, and I have the student textbook ordered. To supplement we are using Chronicle of America From Prehistory to Today ( I am really excited about being able to use this), Government & Politics in the United States (MacMillan), The Federal Union by John D. Hicks, & Magruder's American Government. We will also be checking books out of the library to supplement our lessons.
Advanced Math (Saxon)
Spanish Year II - Power Glide
Conceptual Physical Science Second Edition by Hewitt, Suchocki, Hewitt
Elective of Lord Epa's choice. He hasn't decided yet and that is fine. I have plenty to keep me busy already. Our plans are to start the second week of August after we get Shining Celebi settled in at USA (University of South Alabama).
- American Literature
American Literature is going well. We are doing a unit on Nathanial Hawthorne. The House of the Seven Gables has been completed satisfactorily. Lesson plans can be found here. I am almost finished with The Scarlett Letter. A book review will be forthcoming....
- Alasandra's Book Club ~ Anthem By Ayn Rand
Great book, and surprisingly easy to read (For Star Trek fans think Borg). Equality 7-2521 lives in a world in which it is forbidden to be alone. You are raised in the Home of Infants until you are five, then you are sent to the Hall of Students. This...
- American Literature
Since I couldn't find an American Literature book I was happy with, I am going to devise my own for Lord Epa to use next year. Here is your chance to chime in with the American author you think MUST be included. Here is a partial list of what I have...
- What We Are Reading
Our Constitution by Donald A. Ritchie & JusticeLearning.org is a wonderful American History or Government Resource. Not only is the book a great resource, but their website has lesson plans on current issues. In Global Studies we are currently reading...
- How Many Planets?
No, it's not nine. Pluto has been demoted, and is now classified as a dwarf planet, leaving us with 8 full fledged planets. The International Astronomical Union's (IAU) decision means textbooks will now have to describe a Solar System with just...