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History studied in Year 8: 1400-1600's (Reniassance to Reformation)

Year 8 Booklist

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Term 1 Mark, Term 2 Matthew, Term 3 Genesis

Commentary of your choice

Century book and century chart

The New World, by Winston Churchill (Volume 2 of his 4-volume History of the English Speaking Peoples)

Term 1:Chapters 1-10 Columbus's discovery of the new world to Drake and the Spanish Armada

Term 2: The New World, chapters 11-18 Roughly 1605 through 1647.

Term 3: Chapters 19-26 of The New World These chapters cover roughly from 1649 through 1688

***John Donne's funeral address, from the full sermon titled Death's Duel

Historical biographies:

Thomas More, Choose, preferably, the written play A Man For All Seasons by Robert Bolt

William Rawley's Life of Sir Francis Bacon (very short!)

* **The Voyage of the Armada The Spanish Story by David Howarth (17 weeks, 1 ch per week) available

through A Common Reader Catalog, continued from term 2

A History of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford portions includes Ch 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 36 weeks 18-21

Johannes Kepler, chapter from R. S. Ball, The Great Astronomers (4 pages in Word) OR the Sower

** ***A Coffin for King Charles, by C. V. Wedgewood available through A Common Reader weeks 22-36

Izaak Walton's biography of John Donne about 20 pages in Word - not long at all.

** ***A Coffin for King Charles, by C. V. Wedgewood available through A Common Reader weeks 21-36

Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel OR, as a last resort, Galileo chapter from R. S. Ball's Great Astronomers

** ***Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth - If necessary, just the

epilogue can be read to lessen the reading load)

* Christopher Columbus, Mariner by Samuel Eliot Morison this book, especially ch 11 will require parental screening OR Edward Everett Hale's biography of Columbus

**The Discovery of Muscovy etc, by Richard Hakluyt

Ten minutes of map drills each week- websites available

Locate places from the day's reading on a map

Ourselves, by Charlotte Mason, approximately 22 pages per term

Plutarch's Lives, follow those selections chosen for AmblesideOnline

Utopia, by Sir Thomas More, term 1 and half of term 2 (read for 20 weeks) or by book/chapter

Francis Bacon essays: Of Truth, Of Revenge, Of Innovations, Of Friendship, Of Regiment of Health, Of Suspicion, Of Discourse, Of Riches, Of Youth and Age, Of Studies, Of Praise, Of Honor and reputation, Of Anger

Whatever Happened to Justice, by Richard Maybury

Charlotte Mason had students at this level read the daily news and keep a calendar of events. We suggest students choose the most important 2 or 3 stories of the week and re-write them in their own words as a chronicle of the year, making the heading of each page something like "This Week in History, September 1st, 2003." Parents: pre-read and filter current events materials (on the web, or in print) as necessary, due to the potential for coverage and topics of an explicit nature, even from conservative sources.

- World Magazine, an excellent weekly newsmagazine written from a Christian worldview

- The Washington Times, http://www.washtimes.com/ or The New York Post http://www.nypostonline.com/

- The World and I, http://www.worldandi.com/ An expensive but fantastic monthly publication of The

Washington Times for 'serious readers.' Superb for family current events reading (as always, please

proofread for inappropriate content).

- The Drudge Report, http://www.drudgereport.com/ A collection of breaking headlines from around the world,

as well as links to every available news magazine, newspaper, international news agency, and columnist

on the internet. Due to the ever-changing photos and material on this site, parents should peruse it first each

time for suitability..

- Chuck Colson's Breakpoint, http://www.breakpoint.org/ Subscribe to receive the text of his daily radio feature

via email. Brief and thought provoking.

- NewsMax, http://www.newsmax.com/ Another source for daily news.

- Crosswalk, http://www.crosswalk.com/ Daily news from a religious source, allows you to subscribe to the Current News Summary and Feature Story.

-The White House website publishes the full texts of all the President's speeches, including his weekly radio address, and the entire website can be read in Spanish for foreign language practice. There are also wonderful photo essays here. http://www.whitehouse.gov

[WARNING: DO NOT type ".org" nor ".com" for the White House address as this will take you to an extremely inappropriate website.]

- A source for tracking all Congressional bills: THOMAS (after Thomas Jefferson) http://thomas.loc.gov/ Includes the Congressional Record and full text of all legislation from the 101st Congress (1989) to the present, summaries of legislation back to the 94th Congress (1974) as well as additional historical information, a great search engine, and links to other useful sites.

* Everyman, a Morality Play (a slightly less archaic version is here)

* ** Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley weeks 1-18

** Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton

** *** I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed) by Alessandro Manzoni weeks 19-36

*** The Holy War by John Bunyan

LITERARY APPRECIATION

Simonds American Literature ch 1 except in the 3rd section, of the material on Increase & Cotton Mather

(all of chapter 1 with the exception, in the third section, of the material on Increase and Cotton Mather

who wrote largely AFTER 1688 On the left sidebar choose, under the research heading, Reference in

the top box, then American History in the 2nd box, or simply click on Simonds American Literature

as it appears in the right, main text, box. That should get you to the TOC. Each chapter has several

sections, and each section has several pages, so be sure to page forward for the entire text.)

Or, download text document of ch 1 minus Increase and Cotton Mather; right click, choose Save

Target as (or save file as) Then open and paste into your Word processer

Term 1 Fierce Wars and Faithful Loves Spencer's Fairie Queen Book I updated and

XVIII (18), XXIX (29), XXX (30), LIII (53), LIV (54), LVII (57), LXXIII (73), XCIV (94), CIV (104), CVI (106)

CXVI (116), CXXIX (129) (read one per week) Download text file of these 12 sonnets

Term 3, Milton,selected poems to include Paradise Lost Book I, L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Lycidas,

The Roar on the Other Side: A Guide for Student Poets by Suzanne Clark, widely available. Published by
Canon Press and also available at amazon.com

GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION

The Elements of Style, by Strunk and White print version preferred over online etext

Begin written narrations- 3 per week, correlated with the studies in Elements of Style

COPYWORK/TRANSCRIPTION

include selections from Shakespeare, the Bible, the poetry and others

Continue your math program

Apologia science materials by Dr. Jay Wile. Read the suggested course sequencing at
http://www.highschoolscience.com to determine what will work best for the needs of your student, based on interest and math level. If a student missed out on the Ambleside science selections and nature study rotation, General Science should be considered as a starting point with Apologia materials; otherwise start with Physical Science. Read through Jay Wile's website, especially "course sequencing" to see what will work best for the needs of your student based on interest and math level. If financial resources are a concern, any of their science courses may easily be stretched to two years.

Nature Notebook with flower and bird lists, daily notes

Nature Writing: Rural Hours by Susan Fenimore Cooper OR Edwin Way-Teale Most of his books are out of print,

but any one of them is suitable.

LOGIC, CRITICAL THINKING

How To Read a Book, by Mortimer Adler, part 2 this year (read a chapter over the first week, spend 4 weeks

applying content to school reading) The revised version was written by both Mortimer J. Ader And Chares Van Doren. If Van Doren is not a co-writer, it's the older book. It was revised in 1972, but later books may not be called "revised." The version to use has five chapters in part 1; 7 chapters in part 2; 7 chapters in part 3; and two chapters in part 4. The unrevised edition may have fewer parts.

Janson's Story of Painting (also called The Picture History of Painting) - chapters 4-5

Work on drawing skills (Illustrate a scene from reading of your choice once a week or more)

Continue composer rotation

Singing: 3 songs in a foreign language each term (CM did 3 in French and 3 in German). Three folk songs in English. Hymns could be substituted, and Carols would do for the winter term.

Scripture: Term 1- Romans 6; Term 2 - 1 Cor. 13; Term 3 - Psalms 139

Selected passage from Shakespeare - all terms

Poem by that term's poet, all terms

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Begin Latin if you've not started already

Continue with previous foreign language studies

A good English/appropriate foreign language dictionary is also recommended

Work: house or garden work, make Christmas presents, other crafts, sew, cook, learn first aid...

P.E.: learn and play a game or folk-dance, or pursue other physical activity of your choice.

Lorna Doone by Blackmore, term 2

Don Quixote, by Cervantes find an edited version -term 1 Unedited version:

Freckles, by Gene Stratton Porter

House of Arden, by E. Nesbit, term 2

Harding's Luck, by E. Nesbit, term 2

The Chosen, by Chaim Potok-term 2

The Wonderful O, AND/OR The Thurber Carnival, by James Thurber

Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis

To Have and to Hold by Mary Johnston

John Dryden, All for Love or Discourses on Satire and Epic Poetry

Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander

The Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln, available through The Common Reader catalog (add to late list?)

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	a tentative still-in-progress 36-week schedule Back to www.houseofeducation.org's hompage House of Education Online has a new website! Come visit us at www.amblesideonline.org! This page will remain up for a few weeks; its new location is http://www.amblesideonline.org/08bks.html ~Please Read House of EducationOnline License Agreement Before Use~ History studied in Year 8: 1400-1600's (Reniassance to Reformation) Year 8 Booklist Formatted etexts for year 8 can be accessed by joining the etext email list BIBLE Term 1 Mark, Term 2 Matthew, Term 3 Genesis Atlas of Holyland Commentary of your choice HISTORY Century book and century chart The New World, by Winston Churchill (Volume 2 of his 4-volume History of the English Speaking Peoples) Term 1:Chapters 1-10 Columbus's discovery of the new world to Drake and the Spanish Armada Term 2: The New World, chapters 11-18 Roughly 1605 through 1647. Term 3: Chapters 19-26 of The New World These chapters cover roughly from 1649 through 1688 Speeches: A slightly abridged version Martin Luther's defense before the Diet of Worms *Queen Elizabeth's speech to the Spanish Armada, July 29, 1588 *John Donne's funeral address, from the full sermon titled Death's Duel Historical biographies: Term 1: Thomas More, Choose, preferably, the written play A Man For All Seasons by Robert Bolt OR, as a second option, William Roper's (Thomas More's son-in-law) biography: William Rawley's Life of Sir Francis Bacon** (very short!) * The Voyage of the Armada The Spanish Story by David Howarth (17 weeks, 1 ch per week) available through A Common Reader Catalog** * The Voyage of the Armada The Spanish Story by David Howarth (17 weeks, 1 ch per week) available through A Common Reader Catalog, continued from term 2 A History of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford portions includes Ch 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 36 weeks 18-21 Johannes Kepler, chapter from R. S. Ball, The Great Astronomers (4 pages in Word) OR the Sower biography pf Kepler *A Coffin for King Charles, by C. V. Wedgewood available through A Common Reader weeks 22-36 Izaak Walton's biography of John Donne about 20 pages in Word - not long at all. *A Coffin for King Charles, by C. V. Wedgewood available through A Common Reader weeks 21-36 Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel OR, as a last resort, Galileo chapter from R. S. Ball's Great Astronomers *Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England by Sir Charles Firth - If necessary, just the epilogue can be read to lessen the reading load) GEOGRAPHY** * Christopher Columbus, Mariner by Samuel Eliot Morison this book, especially ch 11 will require parental screening OR Edward Everett Hale's biography of Columbus **The Discovery of Muscovy etc, by Richard Hakluyt *Raleigh's Discovery of Guiana Ten minutes of map drills each week- websites available Locate places from the day's reading on a map GOVERNMENT** CITIZENSHIP Ourselves, by Charlotte Mason, approximately 22 pages per term Plutarch's Lives, follow those selections chosen for AmblesideOnline Utopia, by Sir Thomas More, term 1 and half of term 2 (read for 20 weeks) or by book/chapter Francis Bacon essays: Of Truth, Of Revenge, Of Innovations, Of Friendship, Of Regiment of Health, Of Suspicion, Of Discourse, Of Riches, Of Youth and Age, Of Studies, Of Praise, Of Honor and reputation, Of Anger ECONOMICS Whatever Happened to Justice, by Richard Maybury I, Pencil CURRENT EVENTS Charlotte Mason had students at this level read the daily news and keep a calendar of events. We suggest students choose the most important 2 or 3 stories of the week and re-write them in their own words as a chronicle of the year, making the heading of each page something like "This Week in History, September 1st, 2003." Parents: pre-read and filter current events materials (on the web, or in print) as necessary, due to the potential for coverage and topics of an explicit nature, even from conservative sources. Suggested Sources: - World Magazine, an excellent weekly newsmagazine written from a Christian worldview http://worldmag.com/world/home.asp - The Washington Times, http://www.washtimes.com/ or The New York Post http://www.nypostonline.com/ - The World and I, http://www.worldandi.com/ An expensive but fantastic monthly publication of The Washington Times for 'serious readers.' Superb for family current events reading (as always, please proofread for inappropriate content). - The Drudge Report, http://www.drudgereport.com/ A collection of breaking headlines from around the world, as well as links to every available news magazine, newspaper, international news agency, and columnist on the internet. Due to the ever-changing photos and material on this site, parents should peruse it first each time for suitability.. - Chuck Colson's Breakpoint, http://www.breakpoint.org/ Subscribe to receive the text of his daily radio feature via email. Brief and thought provoking. - NewsMax, http://www.newsmax.com/ Another source for daily news. - Crosswalk, http://www.crosswalk.com/ Daily news from a religious source, allows you to subscribe to the Current News Summary and Feature Story. -The White House website publishes the full texts of all the President's speeches, including his weekly radio address, and the entire website can be read in Spanish for foreign language practice. There are also wonderful photo essays here. http://www.whitehouse.gov [WARNING: DO NOT type ".org" nor ".com" for the White House address as this will take you to an extremely inappropriate website.] - A source for tracking all Congressional bills: THOMAS (after Thomas Jefferson) http://thomas.loc.gov/ Includes the Congressional Record and full text of all legislation from the 101st Congress (1989) to the present, summaries of legislation back to the 94th Congress (1974) as well as additional historical information, a great search engine, and links to other useful sites. LANGUAGE ARTS SHAKESPEARE Continue with Ambleside Online Rotation? Add Hamlet? LITERATURE: * Everyman, a Morality Play (a slightly less archaic version is here) * Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley weeks 1-18 Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton * I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed) by Alessandro Manzoni weeks 19-36 * The Holy War** by John Bunyan LITERARY APPRECIATION The History of English Literature for Girls and Boys, by H. E. Marshall ch 32-59 Simonds American Literature ch 1 except in the 3rd section, of the material on Increase & Cotton Mather (all of chapter 1 with the exception, in the third section, of the material on Increase and Cotton Mather who wrote largely AFTER 1688 On the left sidebar choose, under the research heading, Reference in the top box, then American History in the 2nd box, or simply click on Simonds American Literature as it appears in the right, main text, box. That should get you to the TOC. Each chapter has several sections, and each section has several pages, so be sure to page forward for the entire text.) Or, download text document of ch 1 minus Increase and Cotton Mather; right click, choose Save Target as (or save file as) Then open and paste into your Word processer POETRY Term 1 Fierce Wars and Faithful Loves Spencer's Fairie Queen Book I updated and annotated by Roy Maynard (purchase here) and Shakespeare's Sonnets, SELECTIONS XVIII (18), XXIX (29), XXX (30), LIII (53), LIV (54), LVII (57), LXXIII (73), XCIV (94), CIV (104), CVI (106) CXVI (116), CXXIX (129) (read one per week) Download text file of these 12 sonnets Term 2, John Donne Term 3, Milton,selected poems to include Paradise Lost Book I, L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Lycidas, On His Blindness POETRY 'GRAMMAR' The Roar on the Other Side: A Guide for Student Poets by Suzanne Clark, widely available. Published by Canon Press and also available at amazon.com GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION The Elements of Style, by Strunk and White print version preferred over online etext Begin written narrations- 3 per week, correlated with the studies in Elements of Style Continue Dr. Vavra's materials or try here COPYWORK/TRANSCRIPTION include selections from Shakespeare, the Bible, the poetry and others MATH Continue your math program SCIENCE Apologia science materials by Dr. Jay Wile. Read the suggested course sequencing at http://www.highschoolscience.com to determine what will work best for the needs of your student, based on interest and math level. If a student missed out on the Ambleside science selections and nature study rotation, General Science should be considered as a starting point with Apologia materials; otherwise start with Physical Science. Read through Jay Wile's website, especially "course sequencing" to see what will work best for the needs of your student based on interest and math level. If financial resources are a concern, any of their science courses may easily be stretched to two years. Nature Notebook with flower and bird lists, daily notes Nature Writing: Rural Hours by Susan Fenimore Cooper OR Edwin Way-Teale Most of his books are out of print, but any one of them is suitable. ***William Harvey and the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood by Thomas Henry Huxley LOGIC, CRITICAL THINKING How To Read a Book, by Mortimer Adler, part 2 this year (read a chapter over the first week, spend 4 weeks applying content to school reading) The revised version was written by both Mortimer J. Ader And Chares Van Doren. If Van Doren is not a co-writer, it's the older book. It was revised in 1972, but later books may not be called "revised." The version to use has five chapters in part 1; 7 chapters in part 2; 7 chapters in part 3; and two chapters in part 4. The unrevised edition may have fewer parts. THE ARTS Continue artist rotation Janson's Story of Painting (also called The Picture History of Painting) - chapters 4-5 Work on drawing skills (Illustrate a scene from reading of your choice once a week or more) MUSIC Continue composer rotation Singing: 3 songs in a foreign language each term (CM did 3 in French and 3 in German). Three folk songs in English. Hymns could be substituted, and Carols would do for the winter term. Folk Songs: Term 1 Barbara Allen, Star of the County Down, Andrew Barton Term 2: The Death of Queen Jane,: The Miller of Dee, Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes Term 3: Three Mariners, The Oak and the Ash, My Lodging is on the Cold Ground, English folksongs and other folksongs SPEECH RECITATION Scripture: Term 1- Romans 6; Term 2 - 1 Cor. 13; Term 3 - Psalms 139 Selected passage from Shakespeare - all terms Poem by that term's poet, all terms FOREIGN LANGUAGE Begin Latin if you've not started already Continue with previous foreign language studies A good English/appropriate foreign language dictionary is also recommended VOCATIONAL Work: house or garden work, make Christmas presents, other crafts, sew, cook, learn first aid... HEALTH P.E.: learn and play a game or folk-dance, or pursue other physical activity of your choice. FREE READING Kenilworth Sir Walter Scott (or other Scott novel) Lorna Doone by Blackmore, term 2 Don Quixote, by Cervantes find an edited version -term 1 Unedited version: Pickwick Papers by Dickens The Innocence of Father Brown By G. K. Chesterton Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen or by chapter Freckles, by Gene Stratton Porter House of Arden, by E. Nesbit, term 2 Harding's Luck, by E. Nesbit, term 2 The Chosen, by Chaim Potok-term 2 The Wonderful O, AND/OR The Thurber Carnival, by James Thurber Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis To Have and to Hold by Mary Johnston John Dryden, All for Love or Discourses on Satire and Epic Poetry Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander The Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln, available through The Common Reader catalog (add to late list?) add Pioneers of the Old South: A Chronicle of English Colonial Beginnings? History of King Charles II of England by Jacob Abbott House of Education License Agreement ~PLEASE READ IN FULL BEFORE USE~ The booklists, schedules and articles on this website are subject to applicable copyright laws and the terms of this License. The copyright holders provide these materials to the general public free of charge solely through this website. You may use them legally within certain limits. This license is intended to guarantee your freedom to privately share this free curriculum in its pure and original form without charge, to personalize this free curriculum as needed for your own family's private use,* to maintain the integrity of the copyrighted materials, and to insure that the materials remain free for all users. Altering these licensed copyrighted materials is not allowed. You may, of course, adapt the materials for your own private use with your family. 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