2007-2008 Required Books
Important Note: If a specific ISBN is listed, you need to purchase this specific edition. Please check the ISBN before purchasing.
History and English Courses:
| Course | Title | ISBN | Purchase Information |
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American History
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Main text: A Patriot's History of the United States by Larry Schweikart and Michael Patrick Allen | 1595230017 | check Amazon for good prices on new and used books |
| Primary sources: Common Sense by Thomas Paine |
0760712026 |
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| The Sovereignty and Goodness of God: with Related Documents (The Narrative of Mary Rowlandson) |
0312111517 | Required summer reading There are many versions of this book. Please check the ISBN |
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| Narrative of Sojourner Truth, Dover Thrift Edition | 048629899X | ||
| Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Robert Kennedy | ISBN-10: 0393318346 ISBN-13: 9780393318340 | new and used copies available at www.amazon.com | |
| Primary Source Packet | provided by tutor- fee TBA |
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American Literature and Composition |
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne |
0743487567 | |
| Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington | 0451527542 | ||
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain | 0520228383 | ||
| Our Town by Thornton Wilder | 0060512636 | ||
| To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee | 0446310786 | ||
| English Composition and Grammar by John Warriner | group order will be placed by SCT, fee collected at Orientation | ||
| MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, Sixth Edition 2003 by Joseph Gibaldi | • ISBN-10: 0873529863 • ISBN-13: 9780873529860 | Many used copies are available at www.half.com | |
| Summer Reading: Read the articles, print them
out, and bring them to the first day of class Why Read Great Books?http://radicalacademy.com/adlersuperficially1.htm How to Mark a Book http://radicalacademy.com/adlermarkabook.htm Hard Reading Made Easy http://radicalacademy.com/adlerhardreading.htm How to Read a Book Superficially (Make sure you read Part 2 also. Click on the link at the bottom of Part 1.)http://radicalacademy.com/adlersuperficially1.htm |
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| Course | Title | ISBN | Purchase Information |
| Antiquity Ancient History and Literature Combined 2-credit History and English course
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| The Bible | translation selected by parents | ||
| The Iliad (any unabridged edition) | required summer reading | ||
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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin edition) |
0-14-044100-X | ||
| Primeval Saints: Studies in the Patriarchs of Genesis, by James Jordan | 1-885767-86-2 | http://www.christianbook.com has the best price we could find | |
| The History of Rasselas: Prince of Abissinia (Oxford World's Classics) | 0-19-283913-6 | ||
| The Portable Greek Historians: The Essence of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius (Publisher: Penguin) | 0-14-015065-x | ||
| The Odyssey, Fagles translation (Penguin edition) | 0-14-026886-3 | ||
| Shakespeare: Julius Caesar (Folger Shakespeare Library) | 0-7434-8274-3 | ||
| Anthology of Ancient Literature | provided by tutor- fee $20 | ||
| Composition instructional resource packet | provided by tutor- fee TBA | ||
| supplies needed: one journal ("salt and pepper" or spiral bound), one 3-ring binder dedicated to this course only, five dividers with blank tabs | |||
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Modernity Modern History and Literature Combined 2-credit History and English course |
Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power by Niall Ferguson |
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check amazon for good prices on new and used books |
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The Outline of Sanity by G. K. Chesterton |
ISBN-10: 0971489408 or ISBN-13: 978-971489400 |
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More Than Dates & Dead People: Recovering a Christian View of History by Stephen L. Mansfield (Required Summer Reading) |
ISBN-10: 1581821182 or ISBN-13: 978-581821185 |
www.graceandtruthbooks.com is a good resource for this book |
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Carry a Big Stick: The Uncommon Heroism of Theodore Roosevelt (Leaders in Action Series) by George Grant |
ISBN-10: 1888952202 or ISBN-13: 978-888952209 |
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Silas Marner by George Eliot |
any unabridged edition |
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
any unabridged edition |
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Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad |
any unabridged edition |
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Hard Times by Charles Dickens |
any unabridged edition |
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The Norton Anthology of Poetry, Shorter 4th or 5th edition |
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The shorter 4th edition is available used at Amazon for under $10 |
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Greenmantle by John Buchan |
any unabridged edition |
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald |
any unabridged edition |
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Twenty-One Great Short Stories edited by Abraham H. Lass |
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Fall Semester Student Notebook Spring Semester Student Notebook |
Over 600 pages of lecture outlines, articles, literature supplements and much more |
Students do not need to purchase additional notebooks/binders for this course. Provided by tutor, $40 fee will be collected at Orientation in August |
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Additional supplies needed: one marble composition notebook to be used as a reading journal |
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Math Courses:
| Course | Title | ISBN | Purchase Information |
| Pre-Algebra | Algebra 1/2 (Saxon) student text, 3rd edition | 1565771494 | Parents do not need to purchase the answer key or test booklet for this course. There are many used copies of this text online, but please make sure you check the ISBN and the edition before you purchase. |
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| Algebra I | Elementary Algebra by Harold Jacobs and *Teacher's Guide |
0716710471 0716710757 |
Amazon has good prices for this book |
| supplies needed:
2 spiral notebooks and 1 folder (1 notebook for homework, 1 notebook
for class notes, and a folder for tests and quizzes
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1 - '3 ring binder' with loose leaf paper divided into 3 sections
for homework, class notes, and tests and quizzes, a calculator would
be helpful
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| Geometry | Geometry: Seeing, Doing, Understanding by Harold
Jacobs, 3rd edition
and *Teacher's Guide |
0716743612 0716756072 |
www.pahomeschoolers.com carries Jacobs math books new |
| Algebra II | Algebra and Trigonometry: Functions and
Applications, 2nd edition by Paul Foerster and *Teacher's Guide |
0201861011 0201252864 |
This is a 2-year textbook and students will be completing the first half of the textbook. Many used copies are available online, try www.cheapesttextbooks.com |
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Supplies needed: 2 spiral notebooks and 1 folder (1
notebook for homework, 1 for class notes, and a folder for tests
and quizzes
OR
1 - '3 ring binder' with loose leaf paper divided into 3
sections for homework, class notes, and tests and quizzes
A graphing calculator will be optional, but some assignments
will have the option to be completed using a graphing
calculator.
If you choose not to purchase a graphing calculator, a
calculator which has trig functions (sin, cos, and tan) and also
logarithmic functions (log, y^x) would be helpful.
All of these math functions can be calculated without a
calculator but students will be allowed to simplify some of
their assignments by using calculators.
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*Parents are required to grade the regular homework assignments from the math textbooks so that students will receive immediate feedback on their lessons. All quizzes, tests and exams will be graded by the Math tutor.
Science Courses:
| Course | Title | ISBN | Purchase Information |
| Physical Science | Exploring Creation with Physical Science, by Dr. Jay Wile (Apologia), 1st edition and solutions manual | 1932012001 | Since the 1st edition is still available and there are many used copies floating around, we will use this edition for one more year. |
| supplies: scientific calculator, capable of calculating with exponents, and a bound GRAPH PAPER composition notebook, just like a regular bound composition notebook with the marbled covers, but with graph paper inside. The notebooks are available at stores like Office Depot and Staples. | |||
| Biology | Exploring Creation with Biology, by Dr. Jay Wile (Apologia), 2nd edition and solutions manual | ISBN: 1932012540 ISBN-13: 9781932012545 | check www.roadtozion.com for good prices on new books |
| Chemistry | Exploring Creation with Chemistry, 2nd Edition, student text and solutions manual | ISBN: 1932012265 ISBN-13: 9781932012262 |
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| supplies: scientific calculator, capable of calculating with exponents, and a bound GRAPH PAPER composition notebook, just like a regular bound composition notebook with the marbled covers, but with graph paper inside. The notebooks are available at stores like Office Depot and Staples. | |||
Classical Studies/Electives:
| Course | Title | ISBN | Purchase Information |
| Logic |
Introductory Logic, Student Text, 4th Edition By: Douglas Wilson, James Nance |
ISBN: 1591280338 ISBN-13: 9781591280330 |
www.christianbook.com has a good price on this text |
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The Art of Argument: An Introduction to the Informal
Fallacies, Student Text, Revised |
ISBN: 1600510183 ISBN-13: 9781600510182 |
also available through www.christianbook.com or directly from the publishers at http://www.classicalacademicpress.com | |
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A Rulebook for Arguments, 3rd edition, by Anthony Weston |
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available new and used at www.amazon.com | |
| Hermeneutics |
Under construction, will be announced shortly
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| Spanish I | Spanish for Mastery 1: Que tal, student's edition | ISBN: 0669313114 ISBN-13: 9780669313116 | available new and used at Amazon best new price: http://www.mcdougallittell.com select "Spanish" under World Languages (scroll down to "earlier editions") |
| Spanish for Mastery 1: Que tal, expanded workbook | ISBN: 0-669-31339-4 ISBN-13: 9780669313390 | ||
| Spanish-English dictionary (any) | |||
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Supplies for Spanish 1: - 3 ring binder (1 inch or larger) - 5 dividers (labeled as follows: notes/handouts, homework, tests/quizzes, vocabulary, projects) - notebook paper |
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| Spanish II |
Spanish for Mastery 2: Entre nosotros, student's edition |
ISBN: 0669313413 ISBN-13: 9780669313413 | available new and used at Amazon best new price: http://www.mcdougallittell.com select "Spanish" under World Languages (scroll down to "earlier editions") |
| Spanish for Mastery 2: Entre nosotros, expanded workbook | ISBN: 0-669-31363-7 ISBN-13: 9780669313635 | ||
| English and Spanish dictionary (any) | |||
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Supplies for Spanish 2: - 3 ring binder (1 inch or larger) - 6 dividers (labeled as follows: notes/handouts, homework, tests/quizzes, vocabulary, projects, writing) - notebook paper |
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Art II |
Supplies List TBA | ||