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All Major Bible Stories up to the Entry Into Canaan

Christian Studies I is part of a three-year reading course that builds faith by teaching Salvation History as real history. Students work through one-third of The Golden Children’s Bible each year, for three years. Your child will learn the fundamentals of Bible stories, history, and geography, with solid detail at a manageable pace.

This three-year series thoughtfully guides your child through the Golden Children’s Bible, teaching him the fundamentals of Bible stories, history, and geography, with solid detail at a manageable pace. Students do not merely skim the surface. They embark on a three-year Bible reading course that builds faith by teaching Salvation History as real history.

Each Student Book offers 30 lessons, and each lesson is comprised of a scripture memory passage, important facts to know (including people, places, dates, and events), vocabulary, and comprehension questions that draw out the golden nuggets of meaning in each story. Maps, timelines, activities, and discussion questions offer the critical integration that is central to classical education. The Christian Studies program is in chronological order with the Bible. It is not ordered by student age, and each book is appropriate for students in 3rd through 7th Grade. (Many students start Book I in 3rd Grade and finish Book III in 5th Grade.) From Memoria Press.

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This Teacher’s Manual offers the insight and background for each lesson that you’ve come to expect from Memoria Press, along with additional discussion, composition, or research prompts and helpful notes for the teacher. Using these guides, your student will be well-prepared for the good work of advanced Christian Studies. Use with student book, (Item # 4263) Learn More

Christian Studies Book 2 Student Book. This three-year series thoughtfully guides your child through the Golden Children’s Bible, teaching him the fundamentals of Bible stories, history, and geography, with solid detail at a manageable pace. Students do not merely skim the surface. They embark on a three-year Bible reading course that builds faith by teaching Salvation History as real history. Each Student Book offers 30 lessons, and each lesson is comprised of a scripture memory passage, important facts to know (including people, places, dates, and events), vocabulary, and comprehension questions that draw out the golden nuggets of meaning in each story. Maps, timelines, activities, and discussion questions offer the critical integration that is central to classical education. The Christian Studies program is in chronological order with the Bible. It is not ordered by student age, and each book is appropriate for students in 3rd through 7th Grade. (Many students start Book I in 3rd Grade and finish Book III in 5th Grade.) From Memoria Press. Learn More

The Teacher’s Manual offers the insight and background for each lesson that you’ve come to expect from Memoria Press, along with additional discussion, composition, or research prompts and helpful notes for the teacher. Using these guides, your student will be well-prepared for the good work of advanced Christian Studies. Use with Student Book, Item #4476) Learn More

Christian Studies Book 3 Student Book. This three-year series thoughtfully guides your child through the Golden Children’s Bible, teaching him the fundamentals of Bible stories, history, and geography, with solid detail at a manageable pace. Students do not merely skim the surface. They embark on a three-year Bible reading course that builds faith by teaching Salvation History as real history. Each Student Book offers 30 lessons, and each lesson is comprised of a scripture memory passage, important facts to know (including people, places, dates, and events), vocabulary, and comprehension questions that draw out the golden nuggets of meaning in each story. Maps, timelines, activities, and discussion questions offer the critical integration that is central to classical education. The Christian Studies program is in chronological order with the Bible. It is not ordered by student age, and each book is appropriate for students in 3rd through 7th Grade. (Many students start Book I in 3rd Grade and finish Book III in 5th Grade.) From Memoria Press. Learn More

The Teacher’s Manual offers the insight and background for each lesson that you’ve come to expect from Memoria Press, along with additional discussion, composition, or research prompts and helpful notes for the teacher. Using these guides, your student will be well-prepared for the good work of advanced Christian Studies. Use with Student Book #4481 Learn More

"College Knowledge: What It Really Takes for Students to Succeed and What We Can Do to Get Them Ready." Although more and more students have the test scores and transcripts to get into college, far too many are struggling once they get there. These students are surprised to find that college coursework demands so much more of them than high school. For the first time, they are asked to think deeply, write extensively, document assertions, solve non-routine problems, apply concepts, and accept unvarnished critiques of their work. College Knowledge confronts this problem by looking at the disconnect between what high schools do and what colleges expect and proposes a solution by identifying what students need to know and be able to do in order to succeed. The book is based on an extensive three-year project sponsored by the Association of American Universities in partnership with The Pew Charitable Trusts. This landmark research identified what it takes to succeed in entry-level university courses. Based on the project's findings - and interviews with students, faculty, and staff - this groundbreaking book delineates the cognitive skills and subject area knowledge that college-bound students need to master in order to succeed in today's colleges and universities. These Standards for Success cover the major subject areas of English, mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, second languages, and the arts. Softcover. 384 pages. Learn More

From social reformers and suffragist leaders Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey, this carefully researched and rendered coloring book spotlights the achievements of outstanding American women. Full- page portraits of 45 prominent women, set against backdrops related to their careers or contributions. A brief biographical caption accompanies each illustration. A Dover Publication.

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This study guide by Beautiful Feet is designed to cover the U.S. historical period know as the Western Expansion during the late 18th century through mid-19th century. Intended for 4th-7th graders, it comprises a sequel to the Early American History studies, however, neither of which are a prerequisite. Designed as a read-aloud program, with lesson plans, comprehension questions, historical helps, relevant websites, and answer keys the student will journey from the Appalachians to the Far West reading noted authors such as James Daugherty, Edwin Tunis, and Genevieve Foster. This study is can be completed in a semester doing three lessons per week. For those interested in including California History in this study, a companion Study Guide (sold separately) has been designed to integrate easily into this study if desired. Because the history of California was a significant part of the westward movement, the courses naturally work well together and the literature selections in the study will provide greater breath and content without unnecessary duplication. Two recommendations that would greatly enhance the Westward Migration study from the California tract are: Cruise of the Arctic Star by Scott O'Dell and Jessie Benton Fremont: California Pioneer by Marguerite Higgins

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Another Trip Around the World. Through art projects, "fascinating facts," language studies maps and more, your class will tour India, Argentina, South Africa, Israel, Italy, Panama, Nigeria, Greece, France, Russia, Venezuela, and Antartica. 112 pages. From Carson Dellosa. Learn More

With this kit, children ages 10 and up can continue their studies of statics and dynamics from previous lessons and begin to study more advanced topics in physics, including fluid dynamics, energy, oscillation, hydraulics, and pneumatics. The main focus of the kit is the behavior of the two most important fluids in our world — water and air — and objects immersed in them. You will investigate how air and water rest and flow, what they can carry and how they move. With experiments and models, you will find out what forces work on them and what kinds of energy they possess. You will learn how ships float and airplanes fly, why a streamlined shape lets a car drive faster and how power plants convert a current of water into electrical current. The 96-page, full-color experiment manual has two major sections. In the first part, you will enter the physics lab, where you will get to know the properties of air and water and become familiar with currents and energy. There is a series of 17 experiments in which you will start building smaller models. In the second part, you will move on to the workshop, where you will build 14 larger models of complex real-world devices. More than 213 parts are included in this kit, which are compatible with all of our other Physics kits. Ages 10 and up. From Thames & Kosmos. Learn More

Originally published in 1940, this book has become a phenomenon - a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the genral reader. And now it has been completely updated. It will introduce the reader to the various levels of reading and how to achieve them, from elementary reading to speed reading. You learn how to pigenonhole a book, X-ray it, extract the author's message, and criticize the book. You are taught the different reading techniques for reading practical books, imaginatve literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science. Finally, the authors (Mortimer Adler & Charles Van Doren) offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests whereby you can measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension, and speed. Softcover. 420 pages. Learn More

Benamin Franklin and Other Writings by Oxford World Classics. Benjamin Franklin's writings represent a long career of literary, scientific, and political efforts over a lifetime which extended over nearly the entire eighteenth century. Franklin's achievements range from inventing the lightning rod to publishing "Poor Richard's Almanack" to signing the Declaration of Independence. This volume includes Franklin's reflections on such diverse questions as philosophy and religion, social status, electricity, American national characteristics, war, and the status of women. This edition provides a new text of the "Autobiography," established with close reference to Franklin's original manuscript. It also includes a new transcription of the 1726 journal, and several pieces which have recently been identified as Franklin's own work. Includes Introduction, Bibliography, Chronology and Explanatory Notes. 361 pages. Learn More

Oliver Twist. First serialized in 1837-39, Dicken's classic morality tale of a starving orphan caught between opposing forces of good and evil is a powerful indictment of Victorian England's Poor Laws. Filled with dark humor and an unforgettable case of characters - Oliver Twist, Fagin, Nancy, Bill Sykes, and the Artful dodger, to name a few - Dicken's second novel is a compelling social satire. The text for this Modern Library Paperback Classic is taken from the 1846 New Edition, revised and corrected by the author. 442 pages.

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This book is the answer for the child who wants to make artworks in color, providing a first in-depth look at the color wheel. As children learn to mix colors, their expanded knowledge turns a simple 12-color pencil set into an unlimited color source for all of their paintings. Fourth and fifth grade students can begin this book without prior knowledge of art and work independently without the need for parental instruction. The content and conversational tone is perfectly suited to the age level and designed to engage children in the process of creating original artworks. Units guide the child through an ordered and progressive study of color while covering topics like primary and secondary color, neutral colors, analogous colors, as well as compositional topics of rhythm, points of view, and emphasis. Other units offer an approach to drawing difficult subjects like buildings, figures, faces, and interiors. Each unit is crafted for focus on one color theory principle at a time while exploring the topic in four unique ways. After being introduced to the topic of a unit through words and illustration, a Using Creativity exercise requires that the child think creatively while exploring the world through engaging studies designed to develop observation skills. Art appreciation lessons show how color is used through the study of American masters including the genres of American landscape painters, Impressionists, Regionalists, and painters of the American West. The text appeals to the interests of the elementary student as it explains what Americans were thinking, doing, and discovering during the artist’s lifetime. Techniques such as creating washes, hard and soft edges, tinting and shading are covered as children explore a variety of subjects such as still-life, portraits, and landscapes in their art. The book provides lessons for the completion of sixty-eight finished paintings and colored drawings that are both original and entirely the student’s own. Comb-binding, 92 pages, 68 lessons, 218 illustrations. Grades 4-5. Learn More

Introduction to Classical Studies. With this guide you will discover how to teach, learn, and master the three basic stories fundamental to a classical education. The Guide contains a three-year reading plan, a pronunciation guide, an incremental schedule of meaningful learning activities and much more. To understand how Christ changed the world radically and forever, step back in time and learn why Scripture calls the classical age "the fullness of time." Read and reread the classical stories at at leisurely pace and you and your child will have time to reflect, ponder, and wonder about the timeless and universal stories from the City of God and the City of Man. Your children will be well prepared for advanced classical studies. . The guide is designed to be used with the Golden Children's Bible, Famous Men of Rome and D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths. Teacher Guide (Sold Separately - Item # 12976) is available. A Memoria Press Publication. Spiral bound. 78 pages.

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HISTORY Through the Ages: Time Travelers American History Studies: The Industrial Revolution Through the Great Depression.

The Industrial Revolution through the Great Depression contains 25 lessons that can spread across 5-10 weeks, covering several eras and witnessing changes in American history as it reached a modern age. Topics include: The Transcontinental Railroad, The Indian Wars, The Gilded Age, Innovations & Inventors, Immigration, Growth of the Nation, People of Interest, The progressive Era, WWI, The Roaring 20s, The Stock Market Crash, The Dust Bowl, and much more! Activities include: Creative Writing, Civil War Recipes, Factfile Cards, File Folder Game, Notebook Timeline, Penmanship Pages, Notebooking Activities, Experiments, Three-dimensional Projects such as making a Suspension Bridge, A Wright Brothers "Flyer" a Flip Book, and a Turn of the Centuries Game. Also includes authentic crafts such as Paper Tole, a Penny Rug, a Yo-Yo Quilt, and WWI Silk Postcards. 12 Lap Book Projects and a final "Depression-Era Dinner"to bring the unit to a close. Also included are teacher helps, resource lists, teacher keys, and a guide-at-a-glance. Photos and drawings help illustrate the directions for completing over 50 activities. Format: CD (Mac & PC Compatible)Suggested Grades 3-8.

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Students explore their world in engaging studies designed to strengthen observation skills as they learn about the creative process. The student gains insight about artists and movements in Western art. Art appreciation lessons show how each element is used through the study of art from European masters like Leonardo da Vinci, Durer, Raphael, Tintoretto, and more. Technique and application pages allow skills to develop naturally, as the student works independently. The unique feature of the book is the way students learn from its pages, choose a subject to draw from their own environment, and then easily apply the new information to their own art. Four special assignments show how artists combine elements of art and broaden the student’s experiences with art materials. The book provides content for a full credit with the completion of sixty-eight finished drawings in pencil and charcoal media that are both original and entirely the student’s own. Upon completing the course, students will be prepared for college art-related course with a thorough knowledge of the foundational principles of art. Ages 14 and up. Learn More

First Start French is the perfect introduction to French for students at grade levels 6 through 8. If you would like to add a modern language to your Latin studies, here’s the program for you. Modeled after the approachable Latina Christiana (#6109 and #6110) format, you will be able to teach your students the basics of grammar, help them develop a large vocabulary, and assist them in beginning to speak French. You will enjoy learning along with them as they practice conversation, reading, and translation, and are introduced to French culture.

The Student Book introduces vocabulary, grammar, and translation, with practice exercises for every lesson. The Teacher Manual #0677 includes hints and guidelines to keep you ahead of your student. Quizzes and answer keys make it easy to check progress. A pronunciation guide and CD #0682 will give your student the guidance needed to develop a good accent. Six fun, traditional French songs help with grammar and vocabulary.

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Newly revised and updated Medieval History Junior High Study Guide is now available!! The term Middle Ages probably conjures up images of brave knights and fair ladies, feasts and tournaments, castles and cathedrals. These are the elements of this time period that captures our imagination. In this course students will learn about King Richard, King Arthur, Saladin, Queen Eleanor, Joan of Arc, Shahrazad and others. They will learn about Martin Luther who revealed a new way to approach God and about John Wycliffe who organized the Bible. Students will read about the life of Columbus, whose discovery of North America changed the world forever. The middle Ages was a very busy time full of change. Brilliant minds lived between the years 100 and 1522, the years that are covered in this study. By reading some of the best literature on the subject, students will be encouraged to discuss new ideas and social changes. Links to websites, hands-on activities, discussion questions, mapping activities and much more will bring the Middle Ages to life. Set up in 35 weekly lessons, this study guide provides everything you need to complete an exciting literature based history course. From Beautiful Feet Books

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Topics include: Strategies; Everything You Need to Know; Developing Lines of Reason; Working Backward; Paragraph Proofs; Creating Order; Formal Proofs.From Garlic Press. Learn More

Topics include: Traingle Basics; Right Triangles; Perimeter & Area; Special Segments; Word Problems; Congruent Triangles; Similar Triangles. From Garlic Press. Learn More

Topics include: Circles and Segments; Arcs and Circles; Chords; Inscribed Figures; Segments and Arc Measurements; Tangent Circles and Common Tangents; Area and Circumference; Sector Area and Arch Length; Equations and Graphing. From Garlic Press. Learn More

Topics include: Segment Constructions; Angles Constructions; Constructions Based on Congruent Triangle Theorems; Special Segments in Triangles; Circle Constructions. From Garlic Press. Learn More