Showing posts with label tenth grade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tenth grade. Show all posts
Monday, June 22, 2020

Catholic Social Teaching and Businesses: Force for Good

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A Force for Good by Brian Engelland I found this book while looking for something about Catholic principles in business for our economics co...
Monday, June 1, 2020

Milton and Free Will: Paradise Lost (Schedule and Test Questions for Level 5 Year 2)

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Paradise Lost by John Milton Mater Amabilis™ recommends Paradise Lost for Level 5 Year 2, tenth grade, in the epics portion of English ...
Friday, May 8, 2020

Finally - Actual Crystals!

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One of the activities in the Mater Amabilis™  Mountains and Volcanoes study in Level 1A Year 2 (third grade) is to grow a crystal. We tried...
Thursday, February 27, 2020

Africa from Above: West with the Night

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West with the Night by Beryl Markham Beryl Markharm moved to Africa with her father when she was very young. Her memoir, West with the...
Monday, December 2, 2019

For the Seeker: The Confessions by Saint Augustine

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The Confessions by Saint Augustine translated by Maria Boulding This is the edition and translation used by Kansas Dad in his Cathol...
Monday, November 18, 2019

Life at Sea in the Time of Lord Nelson: Master and Commander

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Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian This exciting book takes place during the Napoleonic Wars and is a realistic depiction of ...
Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Modern Medicine: Ten Drugs

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Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine by Thomas Hager This book was an audiobook of the day, I...
Friday, October 11, 2019

Medieval Christian Warfare in Poem: The Song of Roland (Schedule and Exam Questions for Level 5 Year 2)

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The Song of Roland translated by Glyn Burgess The Mater Amabilis™ high school plans recommend The Song of Roland  for the first term...
Monday, September 16, 2019

Preparing for a Teen Driver: Not So Fast

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Not So Fast: Parenting Your Teen Through the Dangers of Driving by Tim Hollister and Pam Shadel Fischer One of the other mothers in th...
Friday, August 30, 2019

Paradise Lost and Milton in Tenth Grade: The Life and Writings of John Milton

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The Life and Writings of John Milton by Seth Lerer I selected this audiobook as a supplement to First Son's tenth grade English co...
Monday, July 15, 2019

Change Is Possible and Some Places to Start: The Power of Habit

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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg This is a book we're probably going to use in our ...
Monday, July 8, 2019

Charlotte Mason's Geographical Reader for High School Geography: Africa

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Great Sand Dunes in Colorado, but just imagine it's the Sahara I wrote earlier this week on how we fared using Charlotte Mason'...
Friday, June 28, 2019

A Child in Kenya: The Flame Trees of Thika

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The Flame Trees of Thika by Elspeth Huxley The Flame Trees of Thika  is the suggested travel or adventure book for Africa in Level 5 Y...
Monday, June 24, 2019

May 2019 Book Reports

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Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials that Shape Our Man-Made World   by Mark Miodownik - link to my post . (library copy) ...
Friday, June 21, 2019

Level 5 European History with Norman Davies

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The Mater Amabilis™ beta high school plans (which can be found in the Mater Amabilis™ for High School Facebook group) recommend Europe: A Hi...
Monday, June 3, 2019

Chemistry and Politics: Antoine Lavoisier

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Antoine Lavoisier: Scientist and Citizen by Sarah R. Riedman I posted recently about Stuff Matters , which I was considering for our c...
Monday, May 27, 2019

Update on Personal Finance for High School: You Need a Budget

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You Need a Budget: The Proven System for Breaking the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle, Getting Out of Debt, and Living the Life You Want by J...
Monday, May 13, 2019

A Man of Conscience: A Man for All Seasons

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A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt This is one of the suggested free reading books for literature in Mater Amabilis™ high school bet...