Welcome to AmblesideOnline.org's House of Education Online. These years differ from other years in that they have more book options to choose from, increasingly so as the years advance. We recommend that parents and children work together to formulate a custom-fit plan to cover years 7-12 (especially 9-12). See each Year's Booklist for many different options. This schedule reflects one way to work out a plan for combining Years 7-9 Lite.

Time period covered in Year 8/9: Renaissance, Reformation, French and American revolutions

Yr 8 9 / Term 1: 1640-1688 / Term 2: 1688-1776 / Term 3: 1777-1815
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subs) / The New World, by Winston Churchill (continued)
How To Read a Book, by Adler and Van Doren (continued)
Ourselves, by Charlotte Mason (continued)
Utopia, by More and Turner (continued)
Kon Tiki, by Thor Heyerdahl (continued)
Promise of Fidelity by Manzoni and Sabatini (continued)
The Story of Painting, by H. W. Janson (continued)
Adventures with a Microscope, by Richard Headstrom (continued)
First Studies of Plant Life, by George Francis Atkinson (continued)
Signs and Seasons, by Jay Ryan (continued)
The History of English Literature for Girls and Boys, by H.E. Marshall (continued)
Our Mother Tongue, by Nancy Wilson (continued)
Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Sermon
"John Wesley Denounces the Doctrine of Predestination" sermon
The Story of Napoleon, by H.E. Marshall
Whatever Happened to Justice, by Richard Maybury
Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis
Francis Bacon essays
Stories from The Fairie Queene Bk I:Red Cross Knight, by Mary MacLeod
Marvels of the Molecule, L Salem
Chemical History of a Candle, by Michael Faraday
The Microbe Hunters by Paul DeKruif
Poetry of John Donne
Great Astronomers by R. S. Ball (week 4; continued)
Saints and Heroes, Vol 2, by George Hodges (week 5; continued)
Washington's Farewell Address (week 9)
Postmodern Times, by Gene Edward Veith (week 9)
William Harvey and the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood (week 9)
Writers Inc, by Patrick Sebranek, Verne Meyer, Dave Kemper (week 10)
Biography of George Washington in James Baldwin's Four Great Americans (week 11) / The Age of Revolution, by Winston Churchill (week 13)
The Witchcraft of Salem Village, by Shirley Jackson (week 13)
Miracle at Philadelphia, by Catherine Drinker Bowen (week 13)
Battle of the Books, by Jonathan Swift (week 13)
Poetry of George Herbert (week 13)
Selections from An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope (week 14)
Isaac Bickerstaff, by Richard Steele (week 15)
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story, by John Fleischman (week 15)
The Practice of the Presence of God, by Brother Lawrence (week 22)
Are You Liberal, Conservative, or Confused?, by Richard Maybury (week 22)
The Case for Christ, by Lee Strobel (week 23) / Essays, by Jane Haldimand Marcet (week 25)
Poetry of William Cowper (week 25)
A Briefer History of Time, by Stephen Hawking (week 28)
Love is a Fallacy, by Max Schulman (week 35)
Ambleside Online.org - House of Education Online - Combo Year 8/9 Lite Term 1 (Weeks 1-12)
Subject / Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4 / Week 5 / Week 6 / Week 7 / Week 8 / Week 9 / Week 10 / Week 11 / Week 12
Bible / Judges 1-3; Matthew 1; Psalm 106:1-23; Proverbs 1:1-19 / Judges 4-6; Matthew 2; Psalm 106:24-48; Proverbs 1:20-33 / Judges 7-9:21; Matthew 3, 4; Psalm 107:1-22; Proverbs 2:1-9 / Judges 9:22-11; Matthew 4:18-5:16; Psalm 107:23-43; Proverbs 2:10-22 / Judges 12-15; Matthew 5:17-48; Psalm 108; Proverbs 3:1-20 / Judges 16-18; Matthew 6; Psalm 109; Proverbs 3:21-35 / Judges 19-21; Matthew 7; Psalm 110, 111; Proverbs 4:1-3 / Ruth; Matthew 8; Psalm 112, 113; Proverbs 4:14-27 / 1 Samuel 1-3; Matthew 9:1-17; Psalm 114, 115; Proverbs 5:1-14 / 1 Samuel 4-8; Matthew 9:18-38; Psalm 116, 117; Proverbs 5:15-23 / 1 Samuel 9-12; Matthew 10; Psalm 118:1-18; Proverbs 6:1-19 / 1 Samuel 13, 14; Matthew 11; Psalm 118:19-29; Proverbs 6:20-35
New World / ch 15 / ch 16 / ch 17 / ch 18 / ch 19 / ch 20 / ch 21 / ch 22 / ch 23 / ch 24 / ch 25 / ch 26
Speeches/Docs / "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"/"John Wesley Denounces the Doctrine of Predest" / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / -----
Napoleon / ch 01 / ch 02 / ch 03 / ch 04 / ch 05 / ch 06 / ch 07 / ch 08 / ch 09 / ch 10 / ----- / -----
G. Washington / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ch 1, 2, 3 / ch 4, 5
How to Read a Book / Part 2 ch 11 Agreeing or Disagreeing With an Author pg 160-163 Judging the Author's Completenes / Part 2 ch 11 Agreeing or Disagreeing With an Author pg 163-167 Third Stage of Analytical Reading / Part 2 ch 12 Aids to Reading pg 168-172 Role of Relevant Experience
CM's Ourselves Book 1 pg 103-107 ch 6 Generosity / Part 2 ch 12 Aids to Reading pg 172-176 Other Books as Extrinsic Aids, How to Use Commentaries and Abstracts / Part 2 ch 12 Aids to Reading pg 176-178 Reference Books / Part 2 ch 12 Aids to Reading pg 178-182 How to Use a Dictionary / Part 2 ch 12 Aids to Reading pg 182-188 How to Use an Encyclopedia / Part 3 ch 13 How to Read Practical Books pg 191-193 / Part 3 ch 13 How to Read Practical Books pg 193-197 Two Kinds of Practical Books / Part 3 ch 13 How to Read Practical Books pg 197-199 Role of Persuasion / Part 3 ch 13 How to Read Practical Books pg 199-202 What Does Agreement Entail? / Part 3 ch 14 Imaginative Literature pg 203-208 How Not to Read Imaginative Literature
CM Ourselves Bk 1 / pg 99-102 ch 5 Kindness / ----- / pg 103-107 ch 6 Generosity / ----- / pg 108-111 ch 7 Gratitude / ----- / pg 112-117 ch 8 Courage / ----- / pg 118-125 ch 9 Loyalty / ----- / pg 126-130 ch 10 Humility / -----
Whatever Justice / ch 1, 2 / ch 3, 4 / ch 5, 6 / ch 7, 8 / ch 9, 10 / ch 11, 12 / ch 13, 14 / ch 15, 16 / ch 17, 18 / ch 19, 20 / ch 21, 22 / ch 23, 24
Saints and Heroes Vol 2 / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ch 11 Oliver Cromwell / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / -----
Utopia / Book Two pg 49-57 / Book Two pg 57-65 / Book Two pg 65-73 / Book Two pg 73-81 / Book Two pg 81-89 / Book Two pg 89-97 / Book Two pg 97-105 / Book Two pg 105-113 / ----- / ----- / ----- / -----
Postmodern Times / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / Preface / ch 1 / ch 2 p 27-35 / ch 2 p 35-46
Mere Christianity / Book 3 ch 2 The Cardinal Virtues / Book 3 ch 3 Social Morality / Book 3 ch 4 Morality and Psychoanalysis / Book 3 ch 5 Sexual Morality / Book 3 ch 6 Christian Marriage / Book 3 ch 7 Forgiveness / Book 3 ch 8 The Great Sin / Book 3 ch 9 Charity / Book 3 ch 10 Hope / Book 3 ch 11 Faith / Book 3 ch 12 Faith / Book 4 ch 1 Making and Begetting
Francis Bacon / Of Riches, spread over five days (take two weeks) / Of Riches, spread over five days (take two weeks) / ----- / Of Youth and Age, spread over three days this week / ----- / Of Studies, spread over two days this week / ----- / Of Praise, spread over three days this week / ----- / Of Honor and Reputation, spread over three days this week / ----- / Of Anger, spread over three days this week
Kon Tiki / chapter 5: Halfway (4/4) / chapter 6: Across the Pacific (1/4) / chapter 6: Across the Pacific (2/4) / chapter 6: Across the Pacific (3/4) / chapter 6: Across the Pacific (4/4) / chapter 7: To the South Sea (1/4) / chapter 7: To the South Sea (2/4) / chapter 7: To the South Sea (3/4) / chapter 7: To the South Sea (4/4) / chapter 8: Among Polynesians (1/3) / chapter 8: Among Polynesians (2/3) / chapter 8: Among Polynesians (3/3)
Hist Eng Lit / ch 44 / ch 45, 46 / ch 47 / ch 48, 49 / ch 50, 51 / ch 52, 53 / ch 54 / ch 55 / ch 56 / ch 57 / ch 58 / ch 59
Faerie Queen / Bk I ch 1, 2 / ch 3, 4 / ch 5 / ch 6 / Bk I ch 7, 8 / ch 9 / ch 10, 11 / ch 12, 13 / ch 14 / ch 15, 16 / ch 17, 18 / ch 19, 20
The Holy War / 1/12 / 1/12 / 1/12 / 1/12 / 1/12 / 1/12 / 1/12 / 1/12 / 1/12 / 1/12 / 1/12 / 1/12
Promise of Fidelity / ch 20 pg 237-247 / ch 21 pg 248-259;
ch 22 pg 260-267 / ch 23 pg 268-281 / ch 24 pg 282-300;
ch 25 pg 301-311 / ch 26 pg 312-324 / ch 27 pg 325-333;
ch 28 pg 334-345 / ch 29 pg 346-356;
ch 30 pg 357-365 / ch 31 pg 366-372;
ch 32 pg 373-379 / ch 33 pg 380-395;
ch 34 pg 396-409 / ch 35 pg 410-418 / ch 36 pg 419-434;
ch 37 pg 435-445 / ch 38 pg 446-460
Plutarch
Shakespeare
John Donne
OurMotherTong / Lesson 40 / Lesson 41 / Lesson 42 / Lesson 43,44 / Lesson 45 / Lesson 46 / Lesson 47 / Lesson 48 / Lesson 49 / ----- / ----- / -----
Writers Inc / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / pg 1 Understand (1/2) / pg 1 Understand (2/2) / pg 41 Using (1/2)
Story of Paint / Age of / Genius / spread / across term
Napoleon's Buttons OR MarvelsMolecule / Intro, first half
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Marvels Pt 1 ch 1 / Intro, second half
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Marvels Pt 1 ch 2 / ch 1, first half
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Marvels Pt 1 ch 3 / ch 1 second half
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Marvels Pt 1 ch 4 / ch 2 first half
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Marvels Pt 1 ch 5 / ch2, second half
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Marvel Pt 1 ch 6, 7 / ch 3, first half
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Marvels Pt 1 ch 8 / ch 3, second half
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Marvels Pt 2 ch 1 / ch 4, first half
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Marvels Pt 2 ch 2 / ch 4 second half
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Marvels Pt 2 ch 3 / ch 5, first half
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Marvels Pt 2 ch 4 / ch 5, second half
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Marvels Pt 2 ch 5
Chemical Hist of a Candle / Lecture 1 Part 1 / Lecture 1 Part 2 / Lecture 2 Part 1 / Lecture 2 Part 2 / Lecture 3 Part 1 / Lecture 3 Part 2 / Lecture 3 Part 3 / Lecture 4 Part 1 / Lecture 4 Part 2 / Lecture 5 Part 1 / Lecture 5 Part 2 / Lecture 5 Part 3
Adv Microscope / choose 4 / adventures / this term
1st Plant Life / ch 11 (1/5) / ch 11 (2/5) / ch 11 (3/5) / ch 11 (4/5) / ch 11 (5/5) / ch 12 (1/2) / ch 12 (2/2) / ch 13 (1/4) / ch 13 (2/4) / ch 13 (3/4) / ch 13 (4/4) / ch 14
Signs Seasons / ch 3 + field work (1/12) / ch 3 + field work (2/12) / ch 3 + field work (3/12) / ch 3 + field work (4/12) / ch 3 + field work (5/12) / ch 3 + field work (6/12) / ch 3 + field work (7/12) / ch 3 + field work (8/12) / ch 3 + field work (9/12) / ch 3 + field work (10/12) / ch 3 + field work (11/12) / ch 3 + field work (12/12)
Microbe Hunter / Leeuwenhook Section 1 / Leeuwenhook Section 2 / Leeuwenhook Section 3 / Leeuwenhook Section 4 / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / -----
Great Astron / ----- / ----- / ----- / Newton (1/3) / Newton (2/3) / Newton (3/3) / ----- / ----- / ----- / Flamsteed (1/3) / Flamsteed (2/3) / Flamsteed (3/3)
Wllm Harvey / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / (1/4) / (2/4) / (3/4) / (4/4)
Ambleside Online.org - House of Education Online - Year 8/9 Lite Term 1, 2, 3 (Weeks ___-___ )
SUBJECT / Week / Week / Week / Week / Week / Week / Week / Week / Week / Week / Week / Week
Daily Work: Math
Foreign Language
Health / Exercise
Weekly Work:
Timeline / Map Drill
Current Events
Grammar&Composition
Recitation
Copywork / Dictation
Nature Study [*]
Art: Picture Study [*]
Drawing
Handicrafts / Life Skills
Music: Composer [*]
Folksong / Hymns [*]
Year 8/9
Choose these books that were left off the schedule first for Free Reading Options: / Year 8:
Westward Ho!, by Charles Kingsley
excerpted copy of The Diary of Samuel Pepys (the part detailing The Plague and The Great Fire) and excerpts from his entries on the plague
A Man For All Seasons, by Robert Bolt / Year 9:
The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
She Stoops to Conquer, by Oliver Goldsmith
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift
Ambleside Online.org - House of Education Online - Combo Year 8/9 Lite Term 2 (Weeks 13-24)
Subject / Week 13 / Week 14 / Week 15 / Week 16 / Week 17 / Week 18 / Week 19 / Week 20 / Week 21 / Week 22 / Week 23 / Week 24
Bible / 1 Samuel 15-17; Matt 12:1-37; Psalm 119:1-19; Proverbs 7:1-5 / 1 Samuel 18-20:42; Matt 12:38-13:23; Psalm 119:20-35; Proverbs 7:6-27 / 1 Samuel 21-24; Matt 13:24-43; Psalm 119:37-56; Proverbs 8:1-11 / 1 Samuel 25-27; Matt 13:44-14:21; Psalm 119:57-71; Proverbs 8:12-21 / 1 Samuel 28-2 Samuel 1:16; Matt 14:22-15:20; Psalm 119:72-87; Proverbs 8:22-35 / 2 Samuel 1:17-4; Matt 15:21-16:12; Psalm 119:88-102; Proverbs 9:1-18 / 2 Samuel 5-9; Matt 16:13-17:13; Psalm 119:103-122; Proverbs 10:1-11 / 2 Samuel 10-13:20; Matt 17:19-18:14; Psalm 119:123-136; Proverbs 10:12-21 / 2 Samuel 13:21-15; Matt 18:15-19:15; Psalm 119:137-155; Proverbs 10:22-32 / 2 Samuel 16-18; Matt 19:16-20:19; Psalm 119:156-176; Proverbs 11:1-11 / 2 Samuel 19-21; Matt 20:20-21:17; Psalm 120, 121; Proverbs 11:12-22 / 2 Samuel 22-24; Matt 21:18-46; Psalm 122, 123, 124; Proverbs 11:23-31
Age Revolut / ch 1 / ch 2, 3 / ch 4 (1/2) / ch 4 (2/2) / ch 5 / ch 6 / ch 7 / ch 8 / ch 9, 10 / ch 11 / ch 12 / ch 13
Witchcraft / ch 1, 2 / ch 3 / ch 4 / ch 5 / ch 6, 7, After / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / -----
Miracle / ch 1 / ch 2 / ch 3 / ch 4 / ch 5 / ch 6 / ch 7 / ch 8 / ch 9 / ch 10 / ch 11 / ch 12
G. Washington / ch 6, 7 / ch 8, 9 / ch 10 / ch 11 / ch 12, 13 / ch 14, 15 / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / ----- / -----
How to Read / Part 3 ch 14 Imaginative Literature pg 208-214 General Rules for. . . / Part 3 ch 15 Stories, Plays, and Poems pg 215-217 / Part 3 ch 15 Stories, Plays, and Poems pg 217-222 How to Read Stories / Part 3 ch 15 Stories, Plays, and Poems pg 222-223 Note About Epics / Part 3 ch 15 Stories, Plays, and Poems pg 223-227 How to Read Plays, Note About Tragedies / Part 3 ch 15 Stories, Plays, and Poems pg 227-233 Lyric Poetry / Part 3 ch 16 History pg 234-237 / Part 3 ch 16 History pg 237-241 Theories of History, Universal in History / Part 3 ch 16 History pg 241-244 Questions to Ask / Part 3 ch 16 History pg 244-248 Biography and Autobiographies / Part 3 ch 16 History pg 248-252 Current Events / Part 3 ch 16 History pg 252-254 Note on Digests