美國維理達基督教古典式學校：第九、十年級人文學科教學規劃與課程列表Veritas Classical School, Humanities Curricula Grade 9 & 10

本文專注美國維理達基督教教育的第九、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！

我對唯理達基督教古典式學校（Veritas Classical School）的介紹和教學反思可閱讀之前的發文。

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

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

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)