This
Country of Ours ch 29. The Founding of Connecticut And War With the
Indians (this
period is also covered in The story of
Mankind by Van Loon ch 44-45 Religious Warfare, English Revolution, and
A Child's History of the World by
Hillyer ch 71-72 (67-68 in 1st ed) Charles I, Louis XIV)
Trial
and Triumph ch 28. Richard Cameron Lion of the Covenant (1644-1680)
Poor
Richard pg 11-23
Madam
How and Lady Why: first third ch. 1
Couldn't
Just Happen 1. The Universe and Its Origins: Counting the stars pg 8
How big is the universe? pg 9
How can we measure star distances? pg 10
Did our universe have a beginning? pg 11
Kon
Tiki, chapter 1: A Theory (spend 2 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Age of
Fable preface
Robinson
Crusoe: ch 1,2 (not all books have chapter divisions; spend 14 weeks in
this book)
Week 2
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 30. The Founding of New Haven
Poor
Richard pg 25-31
Madam
How and Lady Why: second third ch. 1
Couldn't
Just Happen 1. The Universe and Its Origins: An orderly universe pg 12
The law of entropy pg 13
Why doesn't everyone believe in God? pg
13-15
More wonders pg 15
An astronaut's wise word pg 15-16
Physics
Lab in the Home: Why Is It Called Plumbing?, pg. 16
Kon
Tiki, chapter 1: A Theory (spend 2 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Age of
Fable ch 1 introduction (spend 3 weeks as needed)
Robinson
Crusoe: ch 3, 4 (not all books have chapter divisions; spend 14 weeks
in this book)
Week 3
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 31. The Hunt For the Regicides
Poor
Richard pg 33-43
Madam
How and Lady Why: last third ch. 1
Couldn't
Just Happen 2. Dead Planets, Living World: What is the Solar System? pg 17
What are the other planets like? pg 17-18
Landing on Mercury? pg 18
Landing on Venus? pg 18-19
We land on Mars! pg 19-20
Kon
Tiki, chapter 2: An Expedition is Born (spend 3 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Age of
Fable ch 1 introduction (spend 3 weeks as needed)
Robinson
Crusoe: ch 5, 6 (not all books have chapter divisions; spend 14 weeks
in this book)
Week 4
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 32. King Philip's War
Poor
Richard pg 45-55
Madam
How and Lady Why: first third ch. 2
Couldn't
Just Happen 2. Dead Planets, Living World: The outer planets pg 20
Jupiter, king of the planets pg 20
Saturn, the ringed planet pg 21
Uranus, Neptune and Pluto pg 21
Physics
in the Home: Is the Surface of a Lake or Ocean Really Flat?, pg. 17
Kon
Tiki, chapter 2: An Expedition is Born (spend 3 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Age of
Fable ch 1 introduction (spend 3 weeks as needed)
Robinson
Crusoe: ch 7, 8 (not all books have chapter divisions; spend 14 weeks
in this book)
Week 5
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 33. How the Charter of Connecticut Was Saved
Trial
and Triumph ch 29. The Two Margarets The Solway Martyrs (1622-1685)
Poor
Richard pg 57-69
Madam
How and Lady Why: second third ch. 2
Couldn't
Just Happen 2. Dead Planets, Living World: Dead planets pg 21-22
The odd planet pg 22
Why is the sun so important? pg 22-24
A zone of life pg 24-25
Kon
Tiki, chapter 2: An Expedition is Born (spend 3 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Age of
Fable ch 2 spend 2 weeks as needed
Robinson
Crusoe: ch 9, 10 (not all books have chapter divisions; spend 14 weeks
in this book)
Week 6
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 34. The Witches of Salem
Poor
Richard pg 71-77
Madam
How and Lady Why: last third ch. 2
Couldn't
Just Happen 3. The "Odd Planet:" What
if? pg 26-27
Rivers in the sea pg 27-29
What could go wrong? pg 29
The greenhouse effect? pg 29-30
Physics
Lab in the Home: Back to the Aqueducts, pg. 19
Kon
Tiki, chapter 3: To South America (spend 5 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Age of
Fable ch 2 spend 2 weeks as needed
Robinson
Crusoe: ch 11, 12 (not all books have chapter divisions; spend 14 weeks
in this book)
Week 7
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 35. The Founding of Maryland
Poor
Richard pg 79-89
Madam
How and Lady Why: first third ch. 3
Couldn't
Just Happen 3. The "Odd Planet:" The
terrible termites pg 30-31
Holes in the air pg 31
A major mystery pg 31-32
The fundamental law of nature pg 32-33
Kon
Tiki, chapter 3: To South America (spend 5 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Age of
Fable ch 3 Apollo and Daphne
Robinson
Crusoe: ch 13, 14 (not all books have chapter divisions; spend 14 weeks
in this book)
Week 8
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 36. How New Amsterdam Be Came New York
Poor
Richard pg 91-101
Madam
How and Lady Why: second third ch. 3
Couldn't
Just Happen 4. World in the Making:
pg 35-36
Shaking the foundations pg 36
Disappearance of the dinosaurs pg 36-38
Was Earth struck by a giant asteroid? pg
38-39
Physics
Lab in the Home: Going with the Flow, pg. 20
Kon
Tiki, chapter 3: To South America (spend 5 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Age of
Fable ch 3 Pyramus ans Thisbe
Robinson
Crusoe: ch 15, 16 (not all books have chapter divisions; spend 14 weeks
in this book)
Week 9
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 37. How a German Ruled New York
Trial
and Triumph ch 30. John Bunyan Happy Pilgrim (1628-1688)
Poor
Richard pg 103-119
Madam
How and Lady Why: last third ch. 3
Couldn't
Just Happen 4. World in the Making: The
"death star" theory pg 39-40
Continents that move pg 40-42
Cataclysms on Earth? pg 42
What about the Genesis Flood? pg 42-43
Kon
Tiki, chapter 3: To South America (spend 5 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Age of
Fable ch 3 Cephalus and Procris
Robinson
Crusoe: ch 17, 18 (not all books have chapter divisions; spend 14 weeks
in this book)
Week 10
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 38. Pirates!
Poor
Richard pg 121-133
Madam
How and Lady Why: first third ch. 4
Couldn't
Just Happen 5. Mysteries of the Earth: pg 44-45
Mountains where they shouldn't be pg 45
How old is the Earth? pg 46
How scientists use fossils to determine
age pg 46-47
What is radiometric dating? pg 47-49
Physics
Lab in the Home: Faucets
and Pipes, Rubber Washers, pg. 24; How Do
Faucets Work?, pg. 25
Kon
Tiki, chapter 3: To South America (spend 5 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Age of
Fable ch 4 Juno and her rivals: Io
Robinson
Crusoe: ch 19, 20 (not all books have chapter divisions; spend 14 weeks
in this book)
Week 11
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 39. The Founding of New Jersey
Poor
Richard pg 135-145
Madam
How and Lady Why: second third ch. 4
Couldn't
Just Happen 5. Mysteries of the Earth: What's wrong with radiometric dating? pg
49-50
From the beginning? pg 50-51
What was Earth like when it was created?
pg 51-52
Will the mysteries ever be solved? pg 52-53
Kon
Tiki, chapter 4: Across the Pacific (spend 4 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Age of
Fable ch 4 Callisto
Robinson
Crusoe: ch 21, 22 (not all books have chapter divisions; spend 14 weeks
in this book)
Week 12
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 40. The Founding of Pennsylvania
Poor
Richard pg 147-158
Madam
How and Lady Why: last third ch. 4
Couldn't
Just Happen 6. How Science Works: pg 56
How scientists test their ideas pg 57-58
It's not really that easy pg 58-59
Developing better theories pg 59-60
Good science and bad science pg 60-61
Physics
Lab in the Home: Water
Seeks its Own Level, The Trap, pg. 28; Cleaning
Out Blocked Sewer Lines, pg. 31
Kon
Tiki, chapter 4: Across the Pacific (spend 4 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Age of Fable ch 4 Diana and Actaeon
Robinson
Crusoe: ch 23, 24 (not all books have chapter divisions; spend 14 weeks
in this book)
Optional
Exam Week
Week 13
The
Bible
George
Washington's World: the story begins, a boy of virginia pg 5, daniel
boone pg 10, john adams farmer boy pg 12, john hancock a boy of boston
pg 15, abigail a girl who liked ideas pg 18
Trial
and Triumph ch 31. Jonathan Edwards Great Awakening Theologian
(1703-1758)
Madam
How and Lady Why: first third ch. 5
Couldn't
Just Happen 6. How Science Works: The
"ruling theory trap" pg 62-63
Is scientific proof possible? pg 63-64
7. Life in a
Test Tube? pg 65
Either/or pg 65-66
Kon
Tiki, chapter 4: Across the Pacific (spend 4 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Emily Dickinson
Age of
Fable ch 4 Latona and the rustics
Robinson
Crusoe: ch 25, 26 (not all books have chapter divisions; spend 14 weeks
in this book)
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 1
Week 14
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 41. How Benjamin Franklin Came To Philadelphia (this
time period is also covered in The Story of Mankind by
Van Loon ch 46-49 Balance of Power, Peter, Frederick, William I,
Prussia and Child's History of the
World by Hillyer ch 73-74 (69-70 in 1sr ed) Peter the Great, Frederick
the Great)
George
Washington's World: Pontiac a Boy of Ottawa pg 19, Benjamin West pg 21,
Tthe Friendly Printer pg 23, The Asantes of Africa pg 28, England vs
Spain pg 30 (Note: the 1997 expanded
edition was used in making this schedule; if your version of GW's World is older and
not the expanded edition, you may wish to see this
alternate schedule for this book.)
Madam
How and Lady Why: second third ch. 5
Couldn't
Just Happen 7. Life in a Test Tube? What
do Evolutionists think happened? pg 66-67
Stanley Miller's experiment pg 67
What is a cell? pg 68-69
How do we know it couldn't just happen? pg
69-72
Physics
Lab in the Home: Surface Tension, pg. 32
Kon
Tiki, chapter 4: Across the Pacific (spend 4 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Emily Dickinson
Age of
Fable ch 5 Phaeton spend 2 weeks as needed
Robinson
Crusoe: 27 (end) (not all books have chapter divisions; spend 14 weeks
in this book)
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 2
Week 15
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 42. The Founding of North And South Carolina
George
Washington's World: Spain and the Pueblos pg 32, Frederick pg 35,
Johann Sebastian Bach pg 38, Catherine pg 39, The King of France pg 42
Madam
How and Lady Why: last third ch. 5
Couldn't
Just Happen 8. The Mystery of the Moths: The moths that changed! pg 73-74
Other changes and evolution pg 74-75
The Theory of Evolution and evolution pg
75-76
What are genes and chromosomes? pg 76-77
Kon
Tiki, chapter 5: Halfway (spend 5 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Emily Dickinson
Age of
Fable ch 5 Phaeton spend 2 weeks as needed
Kidnapped
ch 1,2
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 3
Week 16
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 43. War with the Indians in North and South Carolina
George
Washington's World: Pierre Caron pg 45, Tthe Great Voltaire pg 49,
James Cook Goes to Sea pg 52, James Watt a Clever Lad pg 54, A King But
Not a Ruler pg 56
Madam
How and Lady Why: first third ch. 6
Couldn't
Just Happen 8. The Mystery of the Moths: What about those moths? pg 77-78
What experiments show pg 78-79
Were there "hopeful monsters"? pg 79-80
What does the Bible say? pg 80-81
Physics
Lab in the Home: Hot
and Cold, pg. 34; What
Is Heat?, pg. 35
Kon
Tiki, chapter 5: Halfway (spend 5 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Emily Dickinson
Age of
Fable ch 6 Midas
Kidnapped
ch 3, 4
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 4
Week 17
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 44. The Founding of Georgia
George
Washington's World: Benjamin Franklin Looks and Learns pg 59, Fray
Junipero Serra pg 62, Qianlong and the Barbarians pg 67, India and the
European Traders pg 71, France and England in America pg 73
Trial
and Triumph ch 32. George Whitefield Great Awakening Preacher
(1714-1770)
Madam
How and Lady Why: second third ch. 6
Couldn't
Just Happen 9. The Record in the Rocks: What is a fossil? pg 82
What do fossils have to do pg 83
What did Charles Darwin think abut
fossils? pg 84-85
What are strata? pg 85-89
Other problems, too pg 89-90
Kon
Tiki, chapter 5: Halfway (spend 5 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Emily Dickinson
Age of
Fable ch 6 Baucis and Philemon
Kidnapped
ch 5, 6
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 5
Week 18
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 45. How the Mississippi Was Discovered
George
Washington's World: French and Indian War pg 75, Seven Years War Begins
pg 81, The Empire Builder pg 83, Leave Our Land pg 86, George III pg 90
Madam
How and Lady Why: last third ch. 6
Couldn't
Just Happen 9. The Record in the Rocks: Taking wings pg 90-91
Evidence for creation pg 91
10. The Same,
yet Different: pg 94-96
Is similarity proof? pg 96-97
Physics
Lab in the Home: Heat
on the Move, pg. 37; Conduction,
pg. 37
Kon
Tiki, chapter 5: Halfway (spend 5 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Emily Dickinson
Age of
Fable ch 7 Proserpine spend 2 weeks as needed
Kidnapped
ch 7, 8
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 6
Week 19
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 46. King William's War And Queen Anne's War
George
Washington's World: A Young Poet Named Phillis pg 91, George and Martha
Washington pg 93, Thomas Jefferson pg 96, The End of the Seven Years
War pg 99, Goethe Sees Both Sides pg 101
Madam
How and Lady Why: first third ch. 7
Couldn't
Just Happen 10. The Same, yet Different: Why is homology good evidence? pg 97-98
What are problems with homology? pg 98-99
What about other similarities? pg 99-100
What does the evidence show? pg 100
Kon
Tiki, chapter 5: Halfway (spend 5 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Emily Dickinson
Age of
Fable ch 7 Proserpine spend 2 weeks as needed
Kidnapped
ch 9, 10
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 7
Week 20
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 47. The Mississippi Bubble
George
Washington's World: Catherine Empress of the Russians pg 104, Voltaire
and His Pen pg 108, To the South Seas With Captain Cook pg 115,
Lavoisier and Oxygen pg 118, The Steam Engine pg 119
Madam
How and Lady Why: second third ch. 7
Couldn't
Just Happen 11. The Wonders of Design: pg 102-103
The woodpecker pg 103-104
The amazing penguin pg 104-105
The temperature bird pg 105-106
The first zipper pg 106
Physics
Lab in the Home: Radiation,
pg. 39; Convection,
pg. 42
Kon
Tiki, chapter 6: Across the Pacific (spend 7 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Emily Dickinson
Age of
Fable ch 7 Glaucus and Scylla
Kidnapped
ch 11, 12
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 8
Week 21
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 48. How a Terrible Disaster Befell the British Army
George
Washington's World: His Majesty George III pg 122, Frederick the Miser
and Louis the Waster pg 130, Marie Antoinette pg 133, Lafayette pg 136,
Enter Napoleon Buonaparte pg 139
Trial
and Triumph ch 33. John Wesley The World His Parish (1703-1791)
Madam
How and Lady Why: last third ch. 7
Couldn't
Just Happen 11. The Wonders of Design: Directional signals? pg 106-107
The first sonar? pg 107
The first kite? pg 107-108
An unusual cooling system pg 108-109
Kon
Tiki, chapter 6: Across the Pacific (spend 7 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Emily Dickinson
Age of
Fable ch 8 Pygmalion
Kidnapped
ch 13, 14
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 9
Week 22
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 49. The End of French Rule in America
George
Washington's World: Italy the Land of Beauty pg 140, A King and a
Painter of Spain pg 143, The Corsairs of Algiers pg 144, The Turkish
Empire pg 145, Poland pg 147
Madam
How and Lady Why: first third ch. 8
Couldn't
Just Happen 12. More Wonders of Design: pg 110-111
More examples of design pg 111
A termite's home is its castle pg 111-113
Life inside the castle pg 113
Physics
Lab in the Home: Drying
Clothes, pg. 45; The
Clothes Dryer, pg. 47
Kon
Tiki, chapter 6: Across the Pacific (spend 7 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Emily Dickinson
Age of
Fable ch 8 Dryope
Kidnapped
ch 15, 16
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 10
Week 23
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 50. The Rebellion of Pontiac
George
Washington's World: The Empress and the Sultan pg 149, Home To China pg
150, Japan and the Passing World pg 151, Alexander Hamilton pg 154,
John Paul Jones pg 156
Madam
How and Lady Why: second third ch. 8
Couldn't
Just Happen 12. More Wonders of Design: Dancers with wings pg 113-114
On the march pg 114-115
Will insects take over the world? pg
115-116
13. When It
Takes Two: pg 117-118
Kon
Tiki, chapter 6: Across the Pacific (spend 7 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Emily Dickinson
Age of
Fable ch 8 Venus and Adonis
Kidnapped
ch 17, 18
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 11
Week 24
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 51. The Boston Tea-Party
George
Washington's World: Olaudah Equiano pg 158, Spain's New Colony pg 161,
Over The Mountain With Boone pg 165, Rebellion in Massachusetts pg 168,
The First Congress pg 173
Madam
How and Lady Why: last third ch. 8
Couldn't
Just Happen 13. When It Takes Two: Mutualism
in the oceans pg 118-119
Insects and plants pg 119
Insects and orchids pg 120-121
More mimics pg 121-122
Wonders everywhere pg 122-123
Kon
Tiki, chapter 6: Across the Pacific (spend 7 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
Emily Dickinson
Age of
Fable ch 8 Apollo and Hyacinthus
Kidnapped
ch 19, 20
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 12
Optional
Exam Week
Week 25
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 52. Paul Revere's Ride - The Unsheathing of the Sword (this
time period is covered in Story of Mankind by Van Loon ch 50-52
Mercantile System, American Revolution, French Revolution, and A
Child's History of the World ch 75-76 (71-72 in 1st ed) American
Revolution, French Revolution)
George
Washington's World: The Battle of Bunker Hill pg 176, John Adams
Selects a Commander pg 178, Declaration of Independence pg 185, Echoes
in Europe pg 190, Benjamin Franklin in France pg 192
Madam
How and Lady Why: first third ch. 9
Couldn't
Just Happen 14. The Family Tree? pg 126-127
Piltdown man pg 127-128
What's new? pg 129
Physics
Lab in the Home: Why Do
We Need Refrigerators?, pg. 49; The
Cooling Cycle, pg. 51
Kon
Tiki, chapter 6: Across the Pacific (spend 7 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
William Wordsworth
Age of
Fable ch 9 Ceyx and Halcyone spend 2 weeks as needed
Incredible
Journey: ch. 1
Kidnapped
ch 21, 22
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 13
Week 26
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 53. The First Thrust - The Battle Or Bunker Hill
George
Washington's World: Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI pg 195, Lafayette
Sails for America pg 198, The Old Fox Retreats pg 201, Misadventures of
1777 pg 205, To Carry the News pg 209
Madam
How and Lady Why: second third ch. 9
Couldn't
Just Happen 14. The Family Tree? Why
so many mistakes? pg 130-131
Where did humans really come from? pg
131-133
Either, or pg 133
Kon
Tiki, chapter 6: Across the Pacific (spend 7 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
William Wordsworth
Age of
Fable ch 9 Ceyx and Halcyone spend 2 weeks as needed
Incredible
Journey: ch. 2
Kidnapped
ch 23, 24
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 14
Week 27
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 54. The War in Canada
George
Washington's World: Valley Forge pg 211, The French Alliance pg 215,
George Rogers Clark pg 218, A Hero in Two Worlds pg 221, The Bon Homme
Richard pg 223
Madam
How and Lady Why: last third ch. 9
Couldn't
Just Happen 15. Amazing and Wonderful: pg 134
Life in this world pg 134
You and your body pg 134
Inside your body pg 134-135
The world's best pump pg 135
Physics
Lab in the Home: How
Does a Refrigerator Keep Things Cold?,
pg. 53; Can a
Refrigerator Cool a House?, pg. 54
Kon
Tiki, chapter 7: To the South Sea Islands (spend 5 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
William Wordsworth
Age of
Fable ch 10 Vertumnus and Pomona
Incredible
Journey: ch. 3
Kidnapped
ch 25, 26
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 15
Week 28
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 55. The Birth of a Great Nation
George
Washington's World: spain beseiges gibraltar pg 225, holland defends
her trade pg 226, napoleon buonaparte pg 227, benedict arnold traitor
pg 228, cornwallis surrenders pg 231
Trial
and Triumph ch 34. John Newton Slave Trader Saved by Grace (1725-1807)
Madam
How and Lady Why: first third ch. 10
Couldn't
Just Happen 15. Amazing and Wonderful: The oxygen exchange pg 135-138
Rushing rivers within pg 138-139
How many cells in your body? pg 139-140
Eyes to see pg 140
Ever new pg 140-141
Kon
Tiki, chapter 7: To the South Sea Islands (spend 5 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
William Wordsworth
Age of
Fable ch 11 Cupid and Psyche spend 2 weeks as needed
Incredible
Journey: ch. 4
Kidnapped
ch 27, 28
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 16
Week 29
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 56. The Darkest Hour - Trenton And Princeton
George
Washington's World: Washington Refuses Absolute Power pg 234, Money pg
236, The Peace Treaty pg 239, Empires Old and New pg 241, Stars and
Stripes in China pg 244
Madam
How and Lady Why: second third ch. 10
Couldn't
Just Happen 16. In God's Image: pg 142-143
How does the brain work? pg 143
Your nervous system pg 143-144
Grey matter? pg 144-145
Physics
Lab in the Home: More
About Refrigerators, pg. 55; Opening
the Refrigerator Door, p.56
Kon
Tiki, chapter 7: To the South Sea Islands (spend 5 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
William Wordsworth
Age of
Fable ch 11 Cupid and Psyche spend 2 weeks as needed
Incredible
Journey: ch. 5
Kidnapped
ch 29, 30
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 17
Week 30
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 57. Burgoyne's Campaign - Bennington And Oriskany
George
Washington's World: Back to His Good Land pg 249, Lonely Thomas
Jefferson pg 253, Aviation is Born pg 256, The Marriage of Figaro pg
259, Three Americans Meet in France pg 261
Madam
How and Lady Why: last third ch. 10
Couldn't
Just Happen 16. In God's Image: The
true you pg 145-147
What evolutionists can never explain pg 147
God's gift? pg 147-148
You, for always pg 148-149
Kon
Tiki, chapter 7: To the South Sea Islands (spend 5 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
William Wordsworth
Age of
Fable ch 12 Cadmus
Incredible
Journey: ch. 6
Rip
Van Winkle by Washington Irving spend 2 weeks as needed
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 18
Week 31
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 58. Burgoyne's Campaign - Bemis Heights And Saratoga
George
Washington's World: Rousseau and Silver Sheep Shears pg 264, John Adams
and George III pg 267, Hisses for Marie Antoinette pg 269, Old
Frederick's Last Review pg 272, Catherine's Turkish Fairy Ttale pg 273
Madam
How and Lady Why: first third ch. 11
Couldn't
Just Happen 17. A Sure Word: pg 152-153
Knowing about God pg 153-154
What's so special about the Bible? pg
154-155
The Bible's historical accuracy pg 155-156
Can we prove the Bible's origin? pg 156-159
Physics
Lab in the Home: You
Can't Refrigerate Everything, pg. 58; A
Frosty Freezer, pg. 59
Kon
Tiki, chapter 7: To the South Sea Islands (spend 5 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
William Wordsworth
Age of
Fable ch 12 the Myrmidons
Incredible
Journey: ch. 7
Rip
Van Winkle by Washington Irving spend 2 weeks as needed
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 19
Week 32
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 59. Brandywine - Germantown - Valley Forge
George
Washington's World: The Assembly of the Notables pg 277, The Not Yet
United States pg 279, The Constitution pg 281, Mr. President pg 286,
Victory for the Third Estate pg 293
Madam
How and Lady Why: second third ch. 11
Couldn't
Just Happen 18. How We Know We Can Trust: pg 160
Prophecy about Jesus pg 160-163
The evidence of miracles pg 163-164
Were Jesus' miracles real? pg 164-166
What did Jesus teach about beginnings? pg
166-167
Kon
Tiki, chapter 8: Among Polynesians (spend 5 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
William Wordsworth
Age of
Fable ch 13 Nisus and Scyll
Incredible
Journey: ch. 8
Paul
Revere's Ride by Longfellow
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 20
Week 33
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 60. War on the Sea
George
Washington's World: To the Bastille pg 296, Off With the Baker to Paris
pg 300, America and the Key to the Bastille pg 303, New Machines pg
312, Were All Men Created Equal pg 314
Trial
and Triumph ch 35. David Brainerd Preacher to the North American
Indians (1718-1747)
Madam
How and Lady Why: last third ch. 11
Couldn't
Just Happen 19. What the Bible Teaches About Creation: How many choices are there? pg 168-169
What we learn about creation pg 169-171
When did God create? pg 171
Physics
Lab in the Home: Air
Pressure, pg. 60; Vacuum
Cleaners, pg. 65
Kon
Tiki, chapter 8: Among Polynesians (spend 5 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
William Wordsworth
Age of
Fable ch 13 Echo and Narcissus
Incredible
Journey: ch. 9
The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving spend 4 weeks as need
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 21
Week 34
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 61. The Battle of Monmouth - The Story of Captain
Molly
George
Washington's World: Beware the Tyrants pg 316, Liberty pg 319, A New
Republic for Haiti pg 322, The United States Proclaimed Neutral pg 324,
Doctor Jenner pg 327
Madam
How and Lady Why: first third ch. 12
Couldn't
Just Happen 19. What the Bible Teaches About Creation: Did God create in consecutive pg 172-173
The Genesis Flood pg 173-175
What we can and cannot know pg 175-176
Kon
Tiki, chapter 8: Among Polynesians (spend 5 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
William Wordsworth
Age of
Fable ch 13 Clytie, Hero and Leander
Incredible
Journey: ch. 10
The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving spend 4 weeks as need
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 22
Week 35
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 62. The Story of a Great Crime
George
Washington's World: Daughters of the New Republic pg 328, Noah
Webster's Blue Backed Speller pg 329, The Reign of Terror pg 330,
Catherine the Grandmother pg 333, Napoleon Buonaparte pg 335
Madam
How and Lady Why: second third ch. 12
Couldn't
Just Happen 20. Alive Now and Forevermore: pg 177-178
What about you? pg 178
What does lie in the future? pg 178-180
Resurrection ahead pg 180-184
Kon
Tiki, chapter 8: Among Polynesians (spend 5 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
William Wordsworth
Age of
Fable ch 14 Minerva
Incredible
Journey: ch. 11
The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving spend 4 weeks as need
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 23
Week 36
The
Bible
This
Country of Ours ch 63. A Turning Point in the World's History
George
Washington's World: To Italy pg 336, To Egypt pg 339, The Rosetta Stone
pg 342, Qianlong's Reply to George III pg 343, Home to Mount Vernon pg
345
Madam
How and Lady Why: last third ch. 12
Kon
Tiki, chapter 8: Among Polynesians (spend 5 weeks)
Shakespeare:
spread over the twelve week term as desired
Plutarch:
spread this term's Life over the twelve week term as desired
Poetry:
William Wordsworth
Age of
Fable ch 14 Niobe
The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving spend 4 weeks as need
Abigail
Adams: Witness to a Revolution ch 24
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