美國維理達基督教古典式學校：第一、二年級人文學科教學規劃與課程列表 Veritas Classical School, Humanities Curricula Grade 1 & 2

本文專注美國維理達基督教古典式教育的第一、二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

第一、二年級（Grade 1 & 2）的教學以古代歷史為主。需要注意的是，我們學校合併兩個年級教學，一年級和二年級的學生一起上課。為避免教學內容的重複，課程分Year A、Year B兩年教學。

文學與詩歌 Literature & Poetry

一、二年級學生有豐富的閱讀資源，大多是主題繁多的圖畫書，也有簡短的小說，為未來閱讀長篇小說定下基礎。每學年要閱讀十本書以上，有故事書，也有科學人文讀物。

英文閱讀 Year A

• Archaeologists dig for clues by Kate Duke
• Seeker Of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs (Rise and Shine) by James Rumford
• The Great Wonder: The Building of the Great Pyramid (Smithsonian Odyssey) by Annabelle Howard
• Mummies and Pyramids: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #3: by Mary Pope Osborne
• The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War by Emily Little
• Adventures in Ancient Greece by Linda Bailey
• You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Roman Gladiator!: Gory Things You’d Rather Not Know by John Malam, David Salariya
• Ancient Rome and Pompeii: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #13: Vacation Under the Volcano by Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce
• Pompeii — Buried Alive! (Step into Reading) by Edith Kunhardt
• Ancient Rome and Pompeii: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #13: by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce
• The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
• The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
• The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh

英文閱讀 Year B

• The Sword in the Tree by Clyde Robert Bulla
• Minstrel In The Tower by Gloria Skurzynski
• The Making of a Knight by Patrick O’Brien
• Fine Print: A Story about Johann Gutenberg by Joann Burch
• Meet Christopher Columbus by James T. De Kay
• Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare Paperback by Diane Stanley

拼讀與詞彙 Phonics, Spelling & Vocabulary

• Horizons Phonics & Reading, Grade 1
• Horizons Phonics & Reading, Grade 2
• Horizons Spelling & Vocabulary, Grade 1
• Horizons Spelling & Vocabulary, Grade 2

寫作與語法 Composition & Grammar

• First Language Lesson by Jessie Wise
• Zaner-Bloser Handwriting, Grade 1
• Zaner-Bloser Handwriting, Grade 2c

歷史與地理 History & Geography

• The Story of the World Vol. 1: Ancient Times by Susan Wise Bauer
• The Story of the World Vol. 2: The Middle Ages by Susan Wise Bauer
• Maps, Charts & Graphs B Neighborhoods
• Maps, Charts & Graphs C Communities

聖經 Bible

• The Well-Trained Mind, Telling God’s Story, Year 2: The Kingdom of Heaven by Peter Enns （注：很驚訝學校選了這本書，也很驚訝Well-Trained Mind竟然請不相信聖經無誤的Peter Enns。強烈不推薦這本書！低年級的聖經課程可以選擇Veritas Press、Abeka、BJU或其他的機構）

背誦 Recitation

• Bible memory verses with Bible lessons
• Poetry for Young People: Emily Dickinson(Year A)
• Poetry for Young People: Robert Louis Stevenson (Year B)

批判性思維 Critical Thinking Skills

• Primary Analogies 1
• Primary Analogies 2
• Dr. DooRiddles
• Mind Benders

藝術鑑賞 Picture Studies

• Scholastic, Edgar Degas (Year A)
• Scholastic, Claude Monet (Year A)
• Scholastic, Leonardo da Vinci (Year B)
• Scholastic, Michelangelo (Year B)

音樂欣賞 Composer Studies

• Scholastic, Peter Tchaikovsky(Year A)
• Scholastic, Frederic Chopin (Year A)
• Scholastic, Ludwig van Beethoven (Year B)
• Scholastic, Haydn (Year B)