I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
I’ve spent a lot of time this past week or so sitting at my computer typing up plans for the coming school year. Consequently, I’ve also spent more time goofing off and procrastinating by doing things like reading the Well-Trained Mind forum. This evening someone asked whether people had chosen a motto for their homeschool.
Oddly, [...]
Here’s the current working reading list for 8th grade…
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885)
The Call of the Wild (1903)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1908)
Animal Farm (1945)
The Pearl (1947)
The Great Gatsby (1925)
Fahrenheit 451 (1950 – Post WWII/Cold War)
*Death of a Salesman (1949)
All Quiet on the Western Front (WWI)
Murder on the Orient Express (1935)
The Good Master (Kate Seredy – WWI [...]
My 8th grader is going to study 20th century history this year, and after surveying a variety of texts, we decided to use Paul Johnson’s History of the American People. Sections 5-8 deal specially with 20th century history.
Here’s the 36 week schedule I created. I have some other books and resources I plan on adding [...]