Time Period Covered in Year 10: 1688-1815 Including French and American Revolutions

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Time period covered in Year 10: 1688-1815 including French and American Revolutions

Combo Yr 10/11 Lite / Term 1: 1860's-1902 / Term 2: 1900-1940's / Term 3: 1940's-2010
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subs) / The Attributes of God by A. W. Pink
The Great Democracies by Winston Churchill)
Arguing About Slavery by William Lee Miller
Eothen by Alexander Kinglake
Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
Are You Liberal, Conservative, or Confused? by Richard Maybury
Ourselves Book 2 by Charlotte Mason
The Deadliest Monster by Jeff Baldwin
One Blood by Ken Ham
Silas Marner by George Eliot
Short Story: The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
Short Story: How Much Land Does a Man Need? by Leo Tolstoy
Short Story: The Open Boat by Stephen Crane
Poetry: Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walter Whitman
Essay: A Piece of Chalk by G.K. Chesterton
Essay: The Twelve Men by G.K. Chesterton
Essay: What is Right With the World by G.K. Chesterton
The Book on Writing by Paula LaRocque
Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif
Six Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman / The Holiness of God by R. C. Sproul
The Pleasures of God by John Piper
A History of the Twentieth Century by Martin Gilbert
The Men Behind Hitler by Bernhard Schreiber
Speech: Wilson, entering WW I, April 2, 1917
Speech: Lou Gehrig's farewell to baseball July 4, 1939
Speech: Churchill "Blood, sweat and tears" May 13, 1940
Speech: Winston Churchill "Their finest hour" June 18, 1940
Speech: Franklin Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor address December 8, 1941 "a day that will live in infamy"
Speech: Eisenhower--D-Day invasion order June 5, 1944
Speech: Franklin Roosevelt D-Day Prayer June 6, 1944
Seven Men Who Rule the World from the Grave by David Breese
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
Short Story: The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster
Short Story: The Open Window by Saki (Hector.H. Munro)
Short Story: Barn Burning by William Faulkner
Short Story: Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell
Short Story: Secret Life of Walter Mitty by JThurber
Short Story: The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
Short Story: The Outstation by Somerset Maugham
Poetry: Edna St. Vincent Millay
Essay: In Defense of the Essay by Christopher Orlet
Essay: The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent by John Erskine
Essay: The Superstition of School by G.K. Chesterton
Essay: Master of Many Trades by Robert Twigger
Essay: Intro to Athanasisus' Incarnation by C. S. Lewis
Essay: Politics and the English Language by George Orwell
On Writing Well by William Zinsser
Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif
Six Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman / A History of the Twentieth Century by Martin Gilbert
The Trial at Nuremberg
Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank
OR The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Speech: Douglas MacArthur's farewell to Congress April 19, 1951 "Old soldiers never die"
Speech: John F. Kennedy's Inauguration January 20, 1961 "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country."
Speech: JFK "Ich bin ein Berliner" June 26, 1963
Speech: I Have a Dream speech by MLK Jr. August 28, 1963 OR "I've been to the mountaintop" March 3, 1968
Speech: Ronald Reagan--Brandenberg Gate June 12, 1987 "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Graves of Academe by Richard Mitchell
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Short Story: A and P by John Updike
Short Story: Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Short Story: Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor
Poetry: Short Anthology of Modern Poetry
Essay: Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation by Ronald Reagan
Essay: Can Beauty Help us to Become Better People? by John Armstrong
Essay: You're Regretting Wrong by Judith Shulevitz
Essay: The Problem With Too Much Information by Dougald Hine
Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif
Six Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman
Ambleside Online.org - House of Education Online - Combo Year 10/11 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 / Isa 1-5:19; Jn 1:1-32; Ps 56, 57; Pr 1:1-19 / Isa 5:20-9; Jn 1:35-ch 2; Ps 58, 59; Pr 1:20-33 / Isa 10-14; Jn 3:1-36; Ps 60, 61; Pr 2:1-9 / Isa 15-21; Jn 4:1-42; Ps 62, 63; Pr 2:10-22 / Isa 22-26; Jn 4:43-5:15; Ps 64, 65; Pr 3:1-20 / Isa 27-30; Jn 5:16-6:21; Ps 66, 67; Pr 3:21-35 / Isa 31-36; Jn 6:22-60; Ps 68; Pr 4:1-3 / Isa 37-40; Jn 6:61-7:27; Ps 69; Pr 4:14-27 / Isa 41-43; Jn 7:28-53; Ps 70, 71; Pr 5:1-14 / Isa 44-47; Jn 8:1-47; Ps 72; Pr 5:15-23 / Isa 48-52:10; Jn 8:48-ch 9; Ps 73; Pr 6:1-19 / Isa 52:10-ch 58; Jn 10; Ps 74; Pr 6:20-35
Attributes God / ch 4 / ch 5 / ch 6 / ch 7 / ch 8 / ch 9 / ch 10 / ch 11 / ch 12 / ch 13 / ch 14 / ch 15
GrDemocracy / Ch 13 (1/2) / Ch 13 (1/2) / Ch 14 / Ch 15 / Ch 16 / Ch 17 / Ch 18 / Ch 19 (1/2) / Ch 19 (1/2) / Ch 20 (1/2) / Ch 20 (1/2) / Ch 21
ArguinSlavery / ch 21, 22 / ch 23 / ch 24, 25 / ch 26 / ch 27, 28 / ch 29, 30 / ch 31 / ch 32, 33 / ch 34, 35 / ch 36 / ch 37, 38 / ch 39, 40
Eothen / ch 1 / ch 2 / ch 3 / ch 4 / ch 5 / ch 6 / ch 7 / ch 8 / ch 9 / ch 10 / ch 11
Economics in One Lesson / Part One: The Lesson / The Broken Window / Blessings of Destruction / Public Works Mean Taxes / Taxes Discou Production / Credit Divert Production / The Curse of Machinery / Spread-Work Schemes / Disbanding T Bureaucrats / Fetish of Full Employment / Protected by Tariffs? / The Drive for Exports
Ourselves Bk 2 / pg 49-56 / pg 56-60 / pg 60-64 / pg 64-68 / pg 68-71 / pg 71-74 / pg 74-79 / pg 79-82 / pg 82-87 / pg 87-92 / pg 92-97 / pg 97-100
DeadliestMonst / Prologue / Ch 1 / Ch 2 / Ch 3 / Ch 4 / Ch 5 / Ch 6
One Blood / Prefac, introd / ch 1 / ch 2 / ch 3 / ch 4 / ch 5 / ch 6 / ch 7 / ch 8 / ch 9 / ch 10 / ch 11
Silas Marner / ch 1, 2 / ch 3 / ch 4, 5 / ch 6, 7, 8 / ch 9 / ch 10 / ch 11 / ch 12, 13 / ch 14, 15 / ch 16 / ch 17, 18, 19 / ch 20-end
Essays / A Piece of Chalk / The Twelve Men / Right With the World
Bk on Writing / ch 11 / ch 12 / ch 13 / ch 14 / ch 15 / ch 16 / ch 17 / ch 18 / ch 19 / ch 20 / ch 21 / ch 22
6 Easy Pieces / pg ix-xxiii / pg xxv-xxix / pg 1-4 / pg 4-10 / pg 10-15 / pg 15-23 / pg 23-27 / pg 27-32 / pg 32-38 / pg 38-47 / pg 47/48 / pg 48/49
Short Stories / The Necklace / How Land a Man Need / The Open Boat
Microbe Hunters / ch 4 Koch / ch 5 Pasteur / ch 6 Roux and Behring / ch 7 Metchnikoff / ch 8 T Smith
Are You Liberal, Conservative, or Confused? / Uncle Eric's Model of How the World Works / 1. Don't Be Embarrassed / 2. The Original American Philosophy / 3. The Opposite of the Original American Philosophy
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Daily Work: Math
Foreign Language
Health / Exercise
Weekly Work: Science
Timeline / Map Drill
Current Events
Grammar&Composition
Recitation
Copywork / Dictation
Shakespeare [*]
Plutarch [*]
Nature Study [*]
Art: Picture Study [*]
Drawing
Handicrafts / Life Skills
Music: Composer [*]
Folksong / Hymns [*]
Year 10/11
Choose these books that were left off the schedule first for Free Reading Options: / The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Alexander Brown
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
How Should We Then Live by Francis Schaeffer
Walden by Henry David Thoreau / Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain
When Character Was King by Peggy Noonan
The World: Travels 1950-2000 by Jan Morris, formerly James
Our National Parks by John Muir
OR The Life of the Caterpillar by J. Henri Fabre
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ambleside Online.org - House of Education Online - Combo Year 10/11 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 / Isa 59-64; Jn 1:1-44; Ps 75, 76; Pr 7:1-5 / Isa 65, 66; Amos 1, 2; Jn 1:45-12:19; Ps 77; Pr 7:6-27 / Amos 3-8; Jn 12:20-50; Ps 78:1-22; Pr 8:1-11 / Amos 9; Micah 1-5; Jn 13; Ps 78:23-39; Pr 8:12-21 / Mic 6, 7; Hos 1-4; Jn 14; Ps 78:40-72; Pr 8:22-35 / Hos 5-10; Jn 15; Ps 79; Pr 9:1-18 / Hos 11-14; Nah 1-3; Jn 16; Ps 80; Pr 10:1-11 / Zeph 1-3; Jer 1-2:25; Jn 17; Ps 81, 82; Pr 10:12-21 / Jer 2:26-5; Jn 18; Ps 83; Pr 10:22-32 / Jer 6-8; Jn 19; Ps 84, 85; Pr 11:1-11 / Jer 9-12; Jn 20; Ps 86, 87; Pr 11:12-22 / Jer 13-16; Jn 21; Ps 88; Pr 11:23-31
AttributesGod / ch 16 / ch 17
Holiness God / ch 1 / ch 2 / ch 3 / ch 4 / ch 5 / ch 6 / ch 7 / ch 8 / ch 9
Pleasures God / introduction
Gilbert's 20th Century / pg 1-26 / pg 26-52 / pg 53-79 / pg 80-111 / pg 112-139 / pg 139-168 / pg 168-195 / pg 195-222 / pg 222-251 / pg 251-280 / pg 280-309 / pg 309-339
MenBehindHitler / Preface / ch 1 / ch 2 / - / ch 3 / ch 4 / ch 5 / ch 6 / ch 7 / ch 8 / ch 9 / Author Note
Speeches / Man with the Muck Rake / Wilson: War Message / FDR Inaugural / Edward VIII abdicates / Lou Gehrig ; Churchill Blood Sw Tears / Churchill: Finest Hour / FDR Pearl Harbor / Eisenhower D Day Invasion; FDR Prayer / Eisenhower on victory
Eothen / - / ch 12 / ch 13 / ch 14 / ch 15 / - / ch 16 / ch 17 / ch 18 / ch 19 / ch 20 / ch 21
Economics in One Lesson / "Parity" Prices / Saving the X Industry / How Price Syste Works / "Stabilizing" Commodities / Government Price-Fixing / What Rent Control Does / Minimum Wage Laws / Unions Raise Wages? / Buy Back the Product / The Function of Profits / The Mirage of Inflation / The Assault on Savings
Ourselves Bk 2 / pg 100-104 / pg 104-109 / pg 109-115 / pg 115-118 / pg 118-121 / pg 121-126 / pg 126-129 / pg 129-133 / pg 133-137 / pg 137-141 / pg 141-143 / pg 143-147
Essays / In Defense of the Essay / Moral Obligation Intelligent / Superstition of School / Master of Many Trades / Second Time I Learned to Read / Introduction Athanasisus' Incarnation / The Inner Ring / Politics and the English Language
Bk on Writing / ch 23 / ch 24
Writing Well / ch 1 / ch 2 / ch 3 / ch 4 / ch 5 / ch 6 / ch 7 / ch 8, 9 / ch 10 / ch 11
6 Easy Pieces / pg 49-59 / pg 59-61 / pg 61-63 / pg 63/64 / pg 64-69 / pg 69-72 / pg 72-80 / pg 80/81 / pg 81-88 / pg 89/90 / pg 90-92 / pg 92-94
Short Stories / The Machine Stops / The Open Window / Barn Burning / Shooting an Elephant / Secret Life Walter Mitty / The Lottery / The Outstation
Microbe Hunters / ch 9 Bruce section 1, 2 / ch 9 Bruce section 3, 4 / ch 9 Bruce section 5, 6 / ch 9 Bruce sect 7, 8, 9 / ch 10 Ross vs sect 1, 2 / ch 10 Ross vs Gr se 3, 4 / ch 10 Ross vs Gra section 5
Liberal,Cons,Confused? / 4. Basic Political Spectrum / 5. Nature of Political Power / 6. Categories Encroachmnt / 7. The Middle Ground / 8. Freedom vs. Liberty / 9. Exceptions / 10. Military and Foreign Policy / 11. Democrats Republicans / 12. Socialism Communism / 13. Fascism / 14. What Are They Really? / 15. The Other Middle View
7 Men Rule the World / Preface, Intro, ch 1 / ch 2 / ch 3 / ch 4 / ch 5 / ch 6 / ch 7 / ch 8 / ch 9 / ch 10 / ch 11 / ch 12
The Chosen / ch 1 / ch 2 / ch 3 / ch 4 / ch 5, 6 / ch 7 / ch 8 / ch 9, 10, 11 / ch 12 / ch 13 / ch 14, 15, 16 / ch 17, 18
Ambleside Online.org - House of Education Online - Combo Year 10/11 Lite Term 3 (Weeks 25-36)
SUBJECT / Week 25 / Week 26 / Week 27 / Week 28 / Week 29 / Week 30 / Week 31 / Week 32 / Week 33 / Week 34 / Week 35 / Week 36
Bible / Jer 17-20; 1 Ths 1, 2; Ps 89:1-15; Pr 12:1-12 / Jer 21-23; 1 Ths 3-5; Ps 89:19-52; Pr 12:13-28 / Jer 24-26; 2 Ths 1-3; Ps 90, 91; Pr 13:1-12 / Jer 27-30:11; 1Cor 1, 2; Ps 92, 93; Pr 13:13-25 / Jer 30:12-32:25; 1Cor 3, 4; Ps 94, 95; Pr 14:1-11 / Jer 32:26-ch 35; 1Cor 5-7:16; Ps 96, 97; Pr 14:12-24 / Jer 36-38; 1Cor 7:17-ch 8; Ps 98, 99; Pr 14:25-35 / Jer 39-43; 1Cor 9, 10; Ps 100, 101; Pr 15:1-15 / Jer 44-47; 1Cor 11; Ps 102; Pr 15:16-33 / Jer 48, 49; 1Cor 12, 13; Ps 103; Pr 16:1-11 / Jer 50-51:53; 1Cor 14-15:20; Ps 104; Pr 16:12-22 / Jer 51:54-ch 52; Hab 1-3; 1Cor 15:21-ch 16; Ps 105; Pr 16:23-33
Pleasures God / ch 1 / ch 2 / ch 3 / ch 4 / ch 5 / ch 6 / ch 7 / ch 8 / ch 9 / ch 10 / Epilog/ Appx
Gilbert20thCent / pg 339-368 / pg 368--398 / pg 399-427 / pg 427-456 / pg 456-484 / pg 484-513 / pg 513-542 / pg 543-572 / pg 572-601 / pg 601-630 / pg 630-656 / pg 656-678
Speeches / MacArthur farewell to Congress / Churchill Iron Curtain / MacArthur Duty Honor; JFK Inauguration / JFK Ich bin ein Berliner; MLK Jr a Dream / Kennedy funeral; Apollo Moon landing / Nixon Silent majority; Opening Judiciary / Nixon Resignation; Ford pardons / Reagan D Day memor; Challenger Disaster / Bush Wellesley; Iraqui Attack / Mother teresa; Nixon Funeral; / 4 speeches
DiaryYoungGirl / Spread over 12 weeks
Or HidingPlace / Ch 1-2 / Ch 3-4 / Ch 5 / Ch 6 / Ch 7 / Ch 8-9 / Ch 10 / Ch 11 / Ch 12 / Ch 13 / Ch 14 / Ch 15; epilog
Eothen / ch 22 / ch 23 / ch 24 / ch 25 / ch 26 / ch 27 / ch 28 / ch 29
Economics in One Lesson / The Lesson Restated / After Thirty Years