Our Course of Study

Our full curriculum is presented in my books. Any resource you may find unavailable, an alternative is recommended in my books. I also describe in detail how to construct your own study guides there as well.

7th Grade Overview
Language Arts	Topics Grammar, Reading: Books, Literature, Periodicals & Current Events, Autobiography, Biography, Persuasive writing, Report writing ,Autobiography writing, Biography writing	Some of the resources we used Literature Reading (Abbreviated Booklist) Total number on booklist: 20 BRIDGE TO TERABITHA - Katherine Patterson A Wrinkle in Time - Madeline Le Engle The Chosen - Chaim Potok The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway A Farewell To Arms - Ernest Hemingway Watership Down - Richard Adams Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynn Truss Grammar Smart, 2nd Edition (Smart Guides) by Princeton Review Essentials of English Grammar by L. Sue Baugh What Your Sixth Grader Needs to Know, Revised Edition (The Core Knowledge Series)- E.D. Hirsch Diary of Anne Franke I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Second Edition (Yale Nota Bene)

Geography, World Culture, Social Studies, World History, US History	Geography : European Social Studies: Budgets, Finance & Investing Intro to Philosophy US History: U.S. History Late 19th Century, WWI, Ohio History	Growing Money: A Complete Investing Guide for Kids by Debbie Honig, Gail Karlitz Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert Kiyosaki. Credit History report. www.pbs.org Frontline: The Secret History of the Credit Card Philosophy: The Basics by Nigel Warburton Philosophy: Basic Readings by Nigel Warburton A History of U.S.: Vol 8, Age of Extremes (A History of Us) & A History of U.S.: Vol 9, War, Peace, and All That Jazz (A History of Us) from the series A History of US (10 Vol. Set)by Joy Hakim Selected speeches to be read or heard The Greatest Speeches of All Time (Kennedy’s Innauguration speech, Chief Joseph’s speech, I Have a Dream speech from Dr. Martin Luther King, Attack on Pearl Harbour, The Emmancipation Proclamation, FDR’s First Innaugural Address, Woodrow Wilson’s “The Fourteen Points” Address to Congress, Eisenhower’s Farewell Address to the American People)
Science & Technology	First Lego League Robotics Competition Continuation of the Alchemy Course Biology & Conservation Studies, Beginning Physics	Principles of Alchemy from Merlin's Academy A Briefer History of Time by Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow Introducing Artificial Intelligence by Henry Brighton Introducing Relativity) by Bruce Bassett Introducing Time by Craig Callender, Ralph Edney Introducing Quantum Theoryby J. P. McEvoy, Oscar Zarate Introducing Chaos, 2nd Edition by Ziauddin Sardar
Mathematics	Elementary Algebra, Theory of Geometry.	Elementary Algebra by Harold R. Jacob Sacred Geometry (Illustrated Library of Sacred Imagination) by Robert Lawlor A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science by Michael Schneider
Art/Art History	Art: pastel drawing objects, how to draw what you see, landscape paintings	How to Draw What You See (Practical Art Books)by Rudy De Reyna Landscape Painting Inside and Out: Capture the Vitality of Outdoor Painting in Your Studio With Oils by Kevin D. Macpherson
Foreign Language	Wheelock's Latin I	Wheelock's Latin, 6e by Frederic M. Wheelock, Richard A. LaFleur , A Comprehensive Guide to Wheelock's Latin: Newly Revised for Wheelock's 6th Edition by Dale A. Grote Collins Latin Concise Dictionary (Harpercollins Concise Dictionaries) Wheelock's Latin, 6th Edition and Workbook for Wheelock's Latin, 3rd Revised Edition, 2 Volume Set by Paul T. Comeau, Pronunciation and Reading of Classical Latin (The Living Voice of Greek and Latin)[sound recording] Daitz, Stephen G
Physical Education	Snow Skiing ,Tennis Lessons, Golf and Biking.