Ambleside Online Year 9 Lite

based on AO's Year 9 (a 36 week schedule is here)

This is an AmblesideOnline student's idea of which books were most helpful and most indispensible for someone needing to pare down. This schedule does not have official Advisory approval. ;)

Exam Questions

Devotional Reading
Follow the Bible reading plan of your choice.
The God Who is There by Francis Schaeffer OR The Christian's Secret to a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith (online here)
The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence (online here)
Saints and Heroes, Vol 2 by George Hodges, for church history, if you didn't use Trial and Triumph in Years 1-6 (online here)

History
The Age of Revolution by Winston Churchill  (volume 3 of his History of the English Speaking Peoples) OR A History of the American People by Paul Johnson
Salem witch trial transcript (online here)
The Declaration of Independence (online here)
Articles of Capitulation, Yorktown (online here)
The Federalist, Nos. 1 and 2 (online here)
Patrick Henry's famous 'Give me liberty or give me death' speech (online here)
Edmund Burke's Plea for Conciliation with the American Colonies, March 22,1775 (online here)
Constitution of the United States (online here)
Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Sermon (online here) AND "John Wesley Denounces the Doctrine of Predestination" (online here)
Washington's Farewell Address (online here)
Miracle at Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker Bowen

Biographies
The Life of George Washington by David Ramsay (online here) (or other biography of Washington; there's a briefer but good section in James Baldwin's Four Great Americans here.)
John Adams by David McCullough OR John Adams and the American Revolution by Catherine Drinker Bowen
The Story of Napoleon by H.E. Marshall (online here) or The Boy Life of Napoleon by Eugenie Foa (online here) OR The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson by Robert Southey (online here)

Geography
The Royal Road to Romance by Richard Halliburton

Government and Economics
Are You Liberal, Conservative, or Confused? by Richard Maybury
Common Sense by Thomas Paine (online here)
Essays by Jane Haldimand Marcet (online here)

Citizenship
Ourselves by Charlotte Mason (online here, also available in a modern paraphrase)
Plutarch's Lives (follow Ambleside Online's rotation)
An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope (online here)
The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis

Current Events
Keep up with daily news (resource options here) and keep a calendar of events

Worldview
War of the Worldviews by Gary DeMar
Postmodern Times by Gene Edward Veith

Literature
The History of English Literature for Girls and Boys by H.E. Marshall ch 63-73 (online here)
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (online here) (the last few chapters will be finished over the summer)
* Battle of the Books by Jonathan Swift (online here)
* Isaac Bickerstaff by Richard Steele (online here)
** She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith (online here)
*** Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (online here)
Shakespeare (continue with Ambleside Online rotation)

Poetry
Alexander Pope (24 notated poems from RPO here)
William Cowper and Phillis Wheatley (25 poems here)
George Gordon, Lord Byron (23 poems here)
The Roar on the Other Side: A Guide for Student Poets by Suzanne Clark (optional)
Check online sites such as Librivox for free audio readings of poems; this is a growing project and more poems are online every month.

Grammar and Composition
Writers Inc by Patrick Sebranek, Verne Meyer, Dave Kemper (OR Our Mother Tongue: An Introductory Guide to English Grammar by Nancy Wilson if you haven't done it yet)

Recitation
Psalm 23; Isaiah 40; Romans 8; Matthew 5; James 1; 1 John 1
Shakespeare passages
a poem per term from the term's poetry selections

Copywork/Transcription
Include selections from Shakespeare, the Bible, poetry and other sources. These selections may be the same ones used for recitation. Consider begining a personal quote book.
Also, do dictation regularly.

Math
Continue your math program; for some options, see this page.

Science
The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock (as a reference)
Apologia science text OR BJU Press Science

Nature Study
The Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif - Ch 1 Leeuwenhook and Ch 2 on Spallanzani (book will be continued in Years 10 and 11)
The Land of Little Rain by Mary Austin (online here)

Logic
How To Read a Book revised edition by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren (spread over 3 years)
Love is a Fallacy by Max Schulman (online here)

Drawing and Art
The Story of Painting by H. W. Janson - Towards Revolution and part of The Age of Machines
Continue the artist rotation posted at Ambleside Online

Music
Continue the composer rotation and hymn rotation posted at Ambleside Online
Folk Songs:
The Skye Boat Song
The World Turned Upside Down
Yankee Doodle
The Water is Wide
Johnny Has Gone For a Soldier
Robert Burns' poetry and music fit this era. One example: A Man's a Man For a' That

b>Foreign Language
Begin Latin if you've not started already OR Continue with any previous foreign language studies

Health
Study nutrition
Keep fit

Life and Work Skills
Work on useful skills such as budgeting, gardening, cooking, car maintenance, carpentry, etc.

Free Reading
Try to use books that were not included from Year 9, or the Year 9 Free reading List

Last update Oct 15, 2006