2013-2014 CARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL CURRICULUM MATERIALS
Logic School (6-8)
Rhetoric School (9-12)
SUBJECT
6
7
8
Bible/
Rhetoric
6TH GRADE BIBLE:
CCS objectives, Memorization of
Colossians
O. T. THEOLOGY
A Guide through the
OT
N. T. THEOLOGY
A Guide through the NT,
Trial and Triumph
RHETORIC I:
Aristotle: Rhetoric, The Last
Days of Socrates (Plato),
Book of Job, The Prince
(Machiavelli), The Birth of
Tragedy (Nietzsche), Essays
by Montaigne, various great
speeches, Cicero: Rhetorica
Ad Herennium
THEOLOGY:
On the Incarnation, Introduction
to Christian Doctrine, Pocket
Dictionary of Theological Terms,
Living by the Book
APOLOGETICS:
Escape From Reason, Mere
Christianity, Misquoting Jesus, The
Nature of True Virtue, Problem of
Pain, Screwtape Letters, The
Universe Next Door: A Basic
Worldview Catalog, Questioning
Evangelism, The Abolition of Man,
Junior Thesis
English
CCS OBJECTIVES:
Excellence in Writing, Warriner’s
Composition & Grammar, 2nd
course, The Grammar of Poetry,
research presentation
CCS OBJECTIVES:
Excellence in Writing,
Warriner’s
Composition &
Grammar, 3rd course
CCS OBJECTIVES:
Excellence in Writing
LITERATURE:
A Wrinkle in Time, The Call of the
Wild, The Hobbit, Watership
Down, 100 Best Loved Poems,
Comedy of Errors, selected short
stories from Father Brown
LITERATURE:
The Lord of the Rings
(Parts I & II),To Kill
a Mocking Bird,
Treasure Island,
Johnny Tremain,
20,000 Leagues
Under the Sea, Out of
the Silent Planet, The
Prince and the
Pauper, The Story of
a Bad Boy, Across
Five Aprils
ANCIENT
BIBLICAL
HISTORY - See
Bible
CLASSICAL
LITERATURE:
The Theogony, The Iliad, The
Odyssey, Greek Tragedies
(Vol. I, II, & III): Oedipus the
King, Antigone, Oedipus at
Colonus, The Orestela,
Hippolytus, Medea, The
Bacchae, Prometheus Bound,
Classics in Translation (Vol.
1 & 11), The Aeneid, The
Metamorphoses of Ovid Classical Translation,
The Greek Myths: Complete
Edition, The Heroes of the
Greeks, The Gods of the
Greeks
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE:
Beowulf, Canterbury Tales,The
Saga of the Volsungs, Sir Gawain
and the Green Knight, Fairie
Queen, Song of Roland, The
Divine Comedy- The Inferno,
Poetic Edda., Macbeth, A
Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Henry V, selections from The
Exeter Book, Morte d’ Arthur,
The Pearl, The Second
Shepherd’s Play, Piers Plowman,
The Norton Anthology of English
Literature,
EUROPEAN LITERATURE:
British Literature (BJUP) Macbeth, A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry V,
That Hideous Strength, Ivanhoe,
Jane Eyre, Phantastes, Lord of the
Rings Trilogy, Hamlet, Faust, Don
Quixote, Great English Short Stories,
selected Russian Short Stories, Dr.
Faustus, A Tale of Two Cities, Pride
and Prejudice, Romeo and Juliet,
The Norton Anthology of English
Literature,
CLASSICAL HISTORY:
History of the Ancient World
MEDIEVAL HISTORY:
History of the Medieval World
RHETORIC I:
Aristotle: Rhetoric, The Last Days of
Socrates (Plato), Book of Job, The
Prince (Machiavelli), The Birth of
Tragedy (Nietzsche), Essays by
Montaigne, various great speeches,
Cicero: Rhetorica Ad Herennium:
Literature
(Although the
curriculum is
listed here,
grammar
is a separate
subject for 6th
grade.)
Social
Studies/
History/
Geography
U. S. HISTORY:
History of US 1945-2001 (Hakim,
rd
Oxford Press, Vol. 10, 3 ed.)
WORLD GEOGRAPHY:
LITERATURE:
Great Expectations, The
Pilgrim’s Progress, The
Count of Monte Cristo,
Wuthering Heights, Silas
Marner, The Code of the
Woosters, Julius Caesar,
(The Lord of the Rings
Part III), Perelandra
ANCIENT BIBLICAL
HISTORY – See Bible
9
Trail Guide to World Geography,
student atlas
REVISED 1/4/13
10
11
12
RHETORIC II:
Luther and Calvin: On
Secular Authority,
Pragmatism,
Introduction to the
Philosophy of History,
Discourse on Method,
On the Advantage and
Disadvantage of History
for Life, Descartes’
Meditations, Senior
Thesis, Pensees, Trial
and Death of Socrates,
An Enquiry Concerning
Human Understanding
On Liberty
THE GREAT BOOKS:
The Lord of the Rings,
Faust, The Divine
Comedy, Brothers
Karamazov, The Count
of Monte Cristo,
Brave New World,
Paradise Lost, ‘Till We
Have Faces, Murder
Must Advertise
AMERICAN
HISTORY: America: A
Narrative History
CLASSICAL STUDIES:
Foreign
Language
Latin IV- Latin Grammar Book
Latin V- Latin
IV, Douglas Wilson 2nd ed.
Grammar Book V,
Douglas Wilson
CLASSICAL ROOTS:
Vocabulary from
Classical Roots D/E,
introduction to biblical
languages
Math
6TH GRADE MATH:
Saxon 76 (3rd ed.)
PRE ALGEBRA:
Saxon Algebra ½ (3rd
ALGEBRA I:
Saxon Algebra I (3rd ed.)
ed.)
SPANISH I:
Destinos (McDougall – Littell)
SPANISH II:
Destinos (McDougall – Littell)
GREEK I:
N.T. Greek, Learn to Read N.T.
Greek
GREEK II:
N.T. Greek, Learn to
Read N.T. Greek, Greek
for the Rest of Us, A 1st
John Reader
GEOMETRY:
Geometry (UCSMP, Scott
ALGEBRA II:
Advanced Algebra (UCSMP, Scott
Foresman)
Foresman)
PRECALCULUS:
Precalculus and Discrete
Mathematics (UCSMP, Scott
ADVANCED
CALCULUS: Calculus
- Early Transcendental
Functions (3rd ed.,
Foresman)
TRIGONOMETRY:
Functions, Statistics, and
Trigonometry (UCSMP, Scott
Foresman)
Larson, Howard, Edwards)
STATISTICS:
Functions, Statistics, and
Trigonometry (UCSMP,
Scott Foresman)
Barron’s AP Statistics
Science/
Logic
6TH GRADE LIFE SCIENCE:
CCS objectives – Space & Earth
Science 4th ed., BJUP)
PHYSICAL
SCIENCE:
The Physical World:
An Introduction to
Physical Science for
Christian Schools
(2000)
LOGIC I:
Introductory Logic
8TH GRADE EARTH
SCIENCE: CCS
objectives – Space &
Earth Science 4th ed.,
HUMAN BIOLOGY:
Biology 2011 by Campbell,
Pearson Learning
BJUP)
LOGIC II:
Semester I & II:
Intermediate Logic
(Logos 4th ed.)
(Logos 4th ed.)
REVISED 1/4/13
ENVIRONMENTAL
BIOLOGY:
Biology 2011 by Campbell,
Pearson Learning
CHEMISTRY:
Chemistry for Christian Schools (2nd
ed., BJUP), Chemistry Laboratory
Manual (2nd ed., BJUP)
ADVANCED
PHYSICS:
Physics for Christian
Schools (2nd ed., BJUP)