本文專注美國基督教教育的第九、十年級的人文學科課程列表。
在这里向大家推薦基督教古典式學校(Christian Classical School)的教學課程。學校的教學規劃(curriculum)與使用教材有一定的參考價值。希望對美國教育、在家教育、課外讀物感興趣的家長有所幫助!
學年主題
第九、十年級(Grade 9 & 10)的教學以古希臘羅馬、歐洲歷史為主。需要注意的是,我們學校合併兩個年級教學,九年級和十年級的學生一起上課。為避免教學內容的重複,課程分A、B兩年教學。與第五、六年級的主題分配類似,Year A主題是古希臘羅馬,Year B主題是歐洲中世紀、文藝復興與宗教改革。
文學與詩歌 Literature & Poetry
九、十年級閱讀難度已經非常大了。學生要閱讀古希臘羅馬詩人、劇作家的原版著作,以及歐洲經典的史詩與話劇。每學年要讀六至七本書。這兩個年級不僅要求學生有完全自主閱讀的能力,還需要文本鑑賞、思想延伸的能力。以下書籍大部分是Dover Thrift Editions。
英文閱讀 Year A
- Iliad by Homer
- Odyssey by Homer
- The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles
- The Metamorphoses by Ovid
- Aeneid by Virgil
- Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
- Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton
9th/10th Literature Year A
英文閱讀 Year B
- Beowulf
- Inferno by Dante Alighieri
- The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare
- Paradise Lost by John Milton
- Utopia by Thomas More
9th/10th Literature Year B
拼讀與詞彙 Phonics, Spelling & Vocabulary
- Prestwick House, Vocabulary Power Plus for the ACT, Level 10
寫作與語法 Composition & Grammar
- Analytical Grammar
- Lost Tools of Writing
- Woe Is I by Patricia T. O'Conner (Year A)
- High School Grammar Reinforcement: The Great British Authors (Year B)
歷史與地理 History & Geography
歷史學習 Year A
- The Story of the Greeks by H. A. Guerber
- The Story of the Romans by H. A. Guerber
- Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans by Plutarch
- The Last Days of Socrates by Plato
- Selected Works of Cicero by Cicero
歷史學習 Year B
- The Story of the Middle Ages by H. A. Guerber
- The Story of the Renaissance and Reformation by H. A. Guerber
- The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth
- The Song of Roland by Turold
- Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus
- The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
聖經 Bible
- Bible Study Course Old Testament & New Testament (Year A)
- Church History in Plain Language by Bruce Shelley (Year B)
拉丁文 Latin
- Wheelock's Latin by Frederic M. Wheelock
背誦 Recitation
- Selections of Psalms from the Bible
詩篇背誦 Year A
- Mark Antony's Funeral Oration for Julius Caesar
- Dover Thrift Editions, Complete Sonnets by William Shakespeare
- Selected Poems
詩篇背誦 Year B
- New Testament passages
- Poems related to the historical period
- Macbeth passage
批判性思維 Critical Thinking Skills
- Logic, or The right use of reason, in the inquiry after truth by Isaac Watts
- Aristotle for Everybody by Mortimer J. Adler (Year A)
- Epistemology: Becoming Intellectually Virtuous by W. Jay Wood (Year B)