This is our reading list for 12th grade
(2010-2011). The key to Year 12 is to choose books that are
of interest to your student. Ancient History can be dull and
dry reading for some students. Carefully examine all books
(for inappropriateness -- there is much unpleasantness and sin in
this period), and then choose ones that provide interest.
The goal is to gently expose the period to the student, rather
than attempt fill a bucket with knowledge. The amount of
knowledge contained in ancient literature is astonishing -- no
student should be expected to read it all. Pick and choose
and let the rest go for a later day and time.
Reading List
Bible & Devotions
- Daily Reading
- Streams in the Desert: An Updated Edition in Today's
Language L.B. Cowman
- The Courage To Run: Inspiration for Winning the Race of Your
Life by Jim Ryun
- My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers
History (choose one)
- The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Van Loon (ch. 3-25) or
-
The History of the Ancient World: From the
Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome by Susan Wise Bauer
-
Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to
Hellenistic Times by Prof. Thomas R. Martin
-
The Oxford History of Greece & the
Hellenistic World by John Boardman, Jasper Griffin, and Oswyn
Murray
-
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
by Simon Baker
-
Ancient Rome: from the earliest times down to
476 A. D. by Robert Franklin Pennell
Supplemental Reading (choose one or more)
- History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
- The Histories by Herodotus
- The History of Rome by Livy
- Life in Ancient Rome (Perigee) by F. R. Cowell
- Everyday Life in Ancient Rome by Lionel Casson
Biographies (choose as many as you like)
- The Stories of the Greeks or The Story of the Romans by H.
Guerber
- The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius or just selected bios of
Augustus, Julius, Nero, etc.
- Augustus Caesar's World by Genevieve Foster (good background
info, easy reading)
- Select biographies on personalities such as Julius Caesar,
Jesus Christ, Pontius Pilate or other key figures of Greece
and Rome are appropriate
Geography (choose from any)
- A Book of Discovery by M. B. Synge (easy reading at
mainlesson.com)
- Ancient Greece: A Journey Back in Time (Lost Treasures of
the Ancient World) (DVD)
- The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece
(Cambridge Illustrated Histories) by Paul Cartledge
- Ancient Rome - the Glorious Empire (Lost Treasures of the
Ancient World) (DVD)
Government
- The Republic by Plato
- The Last Days of Socrates by Plato
Citizenship
Worldviews
- Modern
Fascism by Gene Edward Veith
- Thinking
Like a Christian or another good Apologetics study course
would be an excellent choice
- Right Thinking in a World Gone Wrong: A Biblical Response to
Today's Most Controversial Issues by John MacArthur
Literature (all if you can, or just a couple if you like)
- The Iliad by Homer
- The Odyssey by Homer
- The Aeneid by Virgil
- The Metamorphosis by Ovid
- The Orestia by Aeschylus (or choose the Theban Tragedies by
Sophocles)
- Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
Poetry
- World Masterpieces by W.W. Norton (may overlap with above --
count Homer, Virgil and Ovid as poetry so don't over do)
Shakespeare
- AO Shakespeare - specifically Julius Caesar; Antony and
Cleopatra
Language Arts
- Student Intensive Writing Workshop (IEW) if you need help
with writing
- Advanced Communication Series (DVDs) by Andrew Pudewa
Science
- Elective based on student interest
Art and Artist Study
- Artistic Pursuits Senior High Curriculum
Music and Composer Study
- AO Composers
- Hymns and Folksongs
- Instrument Lessons
Foreign Language Study
Work and Life Skills
- CPR Course
- Basic Auto Repair
- Driver's Education
- Christian Service
Copyright 1998-2010. Carol Hepburn.
