Prerequisites: Strong reading skills and ability to write 5-9 paragraph essay
Time: Thursday 11:45 - 1:15 pm
Teacher will provide: Affliction by Edith Schaeffer, Genesis in Space and Time by Schaeffer
Purchased: Bible, The God Who Is There by Schaeffer, The Iliad by Homer, The Odyssey by Homer, The Republic by Plato, The
Aeneid by Virgil, The City of God by Augustine
Tuition: $650 for year
Class Minimum: 5 students
Class Maximum: 15 students
Details:
This is the first year of a comprehensive classical high school study that is designed to help the student develop a Christian
worldview through course work in various academic disciplines. The curriculum has two tracks of study covering the historical
periods of Ancient Rome through the Middle Ages. Attention is given to the study of Scripture as well as the writings of Francis and
Edith Schaeffer along with other great classical theologians such as Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. The second track of study
deals with the Greco-Roman period. In this study, consideration is given to classical literature such as The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer, The Republic by Plato, audio tapes with the teachings of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
High School credits include: 1- Literature & writing/composition and 1 Social Studies credit ( ½ Ancient World History & ½
Western Civ.) (*Every Worldview Class covers enough Theology if you need an elective in addition to the other core subject credits)
Expected workload: 6 hours a week outside of class. Students will turn all work in on Google Classroom and must have an email
account which allows them to do so.
Prerequisites:Intermediate reading skills and ability to write a basic 5 paragraph essay (the first week of class I will go over the
expectations for all papers and give the students an outline).
Time: Thursday 10:00 - 11:30 am
Curriculum: I use the scaffolding of the Starting Points Curriculum by David Quine, but I have modified it to utilize communication through short speeches, five paragraph essays and weekly journal entries.
Purchased: Know What You Believe by Little, The Chronicles of Narnia (specifically: The Magician's Nephew, The Lion, the Witch
and the Wardrobe and The Horse and His Boy) by C.S. Lewis, Frankenstein by Shelley, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson, The Deadliest Monster by Baldwin, Know Why You Believe by Little, Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis, Assumptions by Overman, Never Before in History by Amos (*DO NOT purchase the Starting Points curriculum book or the Answers for Difficult Days)
Tuition: $575 for the year
Class Minimum: 5 students
Class Maximum: 15 students
Details:
Starting Points is an introduction for students to begin thinking about and analyzing both the biblical worldview and the worldviews
around them. The purpose of this study is to establish the biblical worldview in the hearts and minds of your children. It lays a solid
foundation for their own personal lives. This study is an excellent preparatory course for World Views of the Western World (Worldview 1, 2, & 3).
Credits towards high school transcript: 1- American History, 1- Bible, 1- Literature with Composition.
Expected workload: 3-5 hours a week outside of class. Students will turn all work in on Google Classroom and must have an email
account which allows them to do so.