For Tim's last year, I'm letting him mostly plan his own school. We're following Ambleside Online's history line-up; ancient history is planned, but Year 12 isn't done. So we looked at what people are recommending, especially on the AO lists, and here's what we're looking at:
Term 1
The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton
The Echo of Greece by Edith Hamilton
Histories by Herodotus (Books 6, 7, 8 that tell of the Battles of Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis)
Code of Hammurabi
Chemistry
Latin
The Christian Imagination by Leland Ryken (collection of essays)
Till We Have Faces by CS Lewis
The Gift of Fire Richard Mitchell
Short Stories (4 per term)
Oedipus Rex, Antigone by Sophocles
Medea, Hippolyta by Euripides
2 or 3 Greek Lives by Plutarch
Italian Journey by Goethe (for geography)
Term 2
The Roman Way Edith Hamilton
History of Rome by Livy (Books i, II and III)
Chemistry
Latin
From Socrates to Sartre by T.Z. Lavine (part 1)
Orthodoxy by Chesterton
The Aeneid by Virgil (Books I-VI)
Short Stories
2 or 3 Roman Lives by Plutarch
Term 3
De Conquestu Britanniae (Gildas's Conquest of Britain) I and II (will also count as Latin practice)
How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
Chemistry
Latin
From Socrates to Sartre by T.Z. Lavine (part 2)
Pensees (Thoughts) by Blaise Pascal
The Man Who Was Thursday by Chesterton?
Literature: Beowulf, Gawain, Mabinogion, Sir Orfeo, Pearl, Y Gododdin, Asser's Life of Alfred
Short Stories
I've posted a webpage with his booklist here.
I'll be reading along with him as best I can - which means I'll be using easier versions. And for that, I have my own booklist and schedule.
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Senior Year Plan
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8/18/2007 01:32:00 AM
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