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Dear Dana,

Thanks for your response. I think the questions must be referring to an online source of the document that contained excerpts of the entire document. The source I found online only...

We are confused about The Massachusetts Body of Liberties (from Key Documents in Government Studies CD). Question 13 refers to this document and says, "Paragraph 94 identifies three death penalty...

Dear Monique,

I have the print version of Year 2. The Week 30 literature supplement is on the Loom CD. It is in the upper right corner under Literature Helps. It is titled "American Literature...

Are you referring to Music: An Appreciation? If so, I have the 6th edition. The pages you refer to are about Claude Debussy.

HTH!

Dear Tammy,

If you have a print-only WA, the Talking Points are found on the CD - the first column of the chart. They are a condensation of the material in the hard copy.

On DE, if you click...

Dear Laurie,

Pat is exactly right. Boorstin is the author of the essay in The Revolutionary Period that the students are reading in Week 28.

Blessings,

Dear Stephanie,

The Poetics reading assignments are found on the Loom. Look under "Literature Helps," then "Rhetoric Literature Reading Assignments."

HTH!

Dear Michelle,

I gave my Rhetoric students 1 credit for Ancient History and 1 credit for Bible Survey this year.

You do not need the Mears book if you are only doing History. I would say the...

We've used various grammar programs through the years, including Easy Grammar. This year we've used Daily Grammar Practice, which we all love. Everyone has learned SO MUCH, and their knowledge has...

I have a GBC ProClick, and I love it! It is not a comb binding machine but instead uses spines that are similar to those on a spiral bound notebook. Unlike a spiral binding, however, the ProClick...

Dear Pat,

I think the notes before the Week 3 Church History discussion outline on p. 65 address your questions about Billy Sunday.

I looked back through all the D bios, and the Billy Sunday...

Dear Laurie,

The chart is a continuation of the chart the students began filling out in Week 2 Government. The assignment is listed in the SAP's.

HTH!

Dear Angela,

I would choose one children's Bible to share amongst everyone. The Child's Story Bible does not have any pictures to speak of. Perhaps you could "Look Inside" the options to help...

Dear Angela,

I would answer, "It depends." If your D students are strong readers, you could have them read their Bibles. If you are concerned that the quantity of Bible reading each week may...

Dear Dawn,

I'm teaching Redesigned 1 for the first time this year after using Redesigned 3 and 4. From what I can tell, Words of Delight is used instead of Poetics and Frameworks.

Dear Leslie,

We waited and read them in Years 3 and 4 when the framework (worldview) within which each was written could be discussed. We were able to appreciate the genres, artistry, and themes...

Dear Leslie,

Making Thirteen Colonies by Joy Hakim (UG) includes some discussion of slavery in the chapters describing the settling of the southern colonies. The Colonial Period: 1607-1750 ed. by...

We've always used our American Heritage dictionary (and thefreedictionary.com) and the Synonym Finder by J.I. Rodale.

Blessings,

Dear Susan,

My boys loved The Chosen because of the setting and character development, To Kill a Mockingbird because of the artistry and themes, and The Hobbit because of the artistry. We also...

I think it is best suited for D, although I assign it to my R whenever we don't have resources for some of the less well known civilizations (like the Hittites, for instance.)

Blessings,

The Glance into Next Week at the end of each week plan does give warnings whenever these type of issues occur in the readings so that you are aware of the problems and can skip the reading, discuss...

Here is a link to the schedule we use for Year 1:

Year 1 Picturesque Tale of Progress

We generally use it instead of core/in depth history readings. PToP covers all the ancient civilizations...

Dear Courtney,

I'll explain what we did for Latin, grammar, and writing.

Latin:

I stopped and started a number of Latin curricula in the Lower/Upper Grammar years. For us, the Dialectic...

Dear Cynthia,

Many times the readings give an overview; the discussion fills in the details. The type of print in the discussion outline clues you in - italic print means the students should find...

Dear Cynthia,

In the Dialectic discussion outline, topic 4, the Dutch wars for independence are discussed. The discussion is in regular print, not italics, which indicates that you must tell your...