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Curriculum and Materials List
For our registered families, here is the curriculum and supplemental materials list for the 2024/2025 school year.
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History
Hillsdale College The Great American Story: Land of Hope
(it’s a free course, and students will need to be enrolled to watch the video lessons)
Amazon: Land of Hope Young Reader’s Edition Vol 1
Hillsdale: Land of Hope Young Readers Edition Vol 1
Barnes and Noble: Land of Hope Young Readers Edition Vol 1
Science
Botany for Dummies (for students ages 13-18, or advanced readers)
Trees, Leaves, Flowers, and Seeds (for students ages 11-13)
Worms Eat My Garbage (not a required but highly recommended
Additional books are required but are available in free ebook format
through Open Library. See the book list in Google Classroom.
Writing
Sentence Diagramming Workbook (1 per student)
A three-ring binder
Paper and pen, a device with a voice-to-text app, or a laptop for typing.
Reading Selections
(can be bought as needed throughout the year)
The Phantom Tollbooth (bring to class the first day)
Gentle Ben, by Walt Morey
Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie
Don’t Tell Me I Can’t, Cole Summers (Kevin Cooper)
Lord of the Flies, William Golding
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer
Carver’s George (an older book; look on eBay) OR George Washington Carver: Man’s Slave to God’s Scientist
Extra Writing Resources (Free)
The Brave Writer Lifestyle