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

American History

 

 

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

 
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

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

 

Course Title  ISBN Purchase Information

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

 

Course Title ISBN Purchase Information
 

Antiquity

Ancient History and Literature

Combined 2-credit History and English course

 

 

The Bible   translation selected by parents
The Iliad (any unabridged edition)   required summer reading

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

 

Course

Title

ISBN

Purchase Information

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

  • ISBN-10: 0465023290  or
  • ISBN-13: 978-0465023295
  • check amazon for good prices on new and used books  

    The Outline of Sanity by G. K. Chesterton

    ISBN-10: 0971489408 or  ISBN-13: 978-971489400

     

    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

    Never Give In: The Extraordinary Character of Winston Churchill (Leaders in Action Series)  by Stephen Mansfield

     

  • ISBN-10: 1581823223
  • ISBN-13: 978-1581823226
  • ISBN-10: 1888952199
  • ISBN-13: 978-1888952193
  •  

    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

     

    Silas Marner by George Eliot

     any unabridged edition

     

    Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

     any unabridged edition

     

    Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

     any unabridged edition

     

    Hard Times by Charles Dickens

     any unabridged edition

     

    The Norton Anthology of Poetry, Shorter 4th or 5th edition

  • ISBN-10: 039396924X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0393969245
  • The shorter 4th edition is available used at Amazon for under $10                                                                                                                                                                  

    Greenmantle by John Buchan

     any unabridged edition

     

    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

     any unabridged edition

     

    Twenty-One Great Short Stories edited by Abraham H. Lass

  • ISBN-10: 0451627857  or
  • ISBN-13: 978-0451627858
  •  

    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

    Additional supplies needed:  one marble composition notebook to be used as a reading journal

    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.

     

    Course Title ISBN Purchase Information
    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
    OR
    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

     

    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
    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.

    *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
     
     
    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

    The Art of Argument: An Introduction to the Informal Fallacies, Student Text, Revised
    By: Larson and Hodge

    ISBN: 1600510183
    ISBN-13: 9781600510182
    also available through www.christianbook.com or directly from the publishers at  http://www.classicalacademicpress.com

    A Rulebook for Arguments, 3rd edition, by Anthony Weston

  • ISBN: 0872205525
  • ISBN-13: 9780872205529
  • available new and used at www.amazon.com 
    Hermeneutics

    Under construction, will be announced shortly

     

       

     

    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)    
    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
    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)    
    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

     

    Art I

    ·        colored pencils

    ·        Drawing pencil kit containing 6B, 4B, 2B, HB, 2H, 4H, 6H pencils

    ·        markers

    ·        oil or chalk pastels

    ·        Package of 3 erasers: gum, elastic and white

    ·        One good acid-free sketch page 11" X 14"

    ·        One large newspaper pad

    ·        marble notebook for terms and art history notes

    ·       The tutor recommends a portfolio of some sort to carry their work back and forth to class and to keep their finished pieces in good condition.

    ·        $12 fee will be collected at Orientation Night, August 28th for bulk art supplies purchased by the tutor.

    Art II

    Supplies List TBA