Junior/Senior Classical Day Program Overview

History-Ancient Greece, Rome, the New Testament and Early Church
In this course we will move beyond the facts of the people and events and dig into the principles and underlying foundations of our nation. Based on the premise that these students are in the Logic or Rhetoric stages, we will purpose to study and learn from the leading ideas during this period of history. We will be studying events and individuals from the premise that God sovereignly directs the acts of mankind and has a purpose for what has happened before us.
Main Text-Streams of Civilization (junior high), Western Civilization by Spielvogel (high school)

Advanced Latin-
Students with an introduction to Latin will continue their studies. (If your child has not had Latin, you must pursue a course of study over the summer to prepare for this class.) We will continue to expand vocabulary, grammar understanding, and derivatives. This class will help students apply concepts previously learned and enjoy reading, translating and writing in a foreign language.

Post Latin Class Combination (for students who have completed our high school Latin requirement of 2 full years of high school Latin)-
      Latin Conversation and Reading-meeting once a month for Latin review, reading and discussion in Latin.
      Introduction to Greek-an introductory class covering the alphabet, root words and beginning vocabulary (focusing on vocabulary especially related to English)
      Economics-an introductory course (I am currently evaluating possible texts)

American Government-We will study the foundations and formation of our government, its connections to the Greek and Roman political systems, and our current electoral process. This course will probably meet twice each month, interspersed with the Logic class.

English–writing, grammar and literature
      Writing-We will use the Lost Tools of Writing curriculum (an incremental classical writing method, teaching writing invention, arrangement and elocution.) Students will work on strong paragraphs, essays of all types, critiques, and evaluations. A heavy emphasis will be placed on developing clear strong presentation of a thesis, both in written and oral communication.
      Public Speaking-an intregal part of this course is the development of public communication skills. Students will have poems and verses to memorize and recite, oral research presentations, debates and speeches.
      Grammar-weekly review of grammar concepts, parsing, and diagramming
      Literature-Most of the reading will be done at home and class time will include discussion of the book’s characters, themes, plot, setting, and the literary devices used. We hope that the literature read will be instrumental in developing the student’s understanding of the good, the true and the beautiful. The amount of weekly reading will be heavy, but it should be very interesting as we trace the progression of history and literature together. We will schedule our time to allow for discussion, careful consideration of the ideas presented and thoughtful written and oral responses. The goal is that each student will personally keep up on their reading, but at the parent’s discretion some books can be completed via books-on-tape or parent-child read aloud time.
Sample of book selections:
The Holy Bible

High School:
Aristotle’s Ethics, books 8-10
Herodotus, selections
Julius Caesar, by Shakespeare
The Aeneid
The Republic, by Plato
Metamorphoses, by Ovid, selections

Junior High:
For the Temple, GA Henty
Young Carthaginian, GA Henty
Julius Caesar, by Shakespeare
In Search of a Homeland or The Wanderings of Odysseus
Eagle of the Ninth
Detectives in Togas

Logic-the Logic classes will meet about twice a month, interspersed with Government
Level 1-Introductions to Logic Texts-The Fallacy Detective and Thinking Toolbox
Level 2-Traditional Logic Text-Traditional Logic 1, Memoria Press
Level 3-Material Logic Text- Material Logic, Memoria Press

Yearbook-students will have the opportunity to design and publish a CFT yearbook, under the direction of our Admin, Nini Lettner

Extended Field Trips-several field trips are currently in the planning stages and we actually have a person dedicated to making as many of these happen as possible!
      Hearst Castle/Getty Museum, Malibu
This overnight trip will include an Ancients tour at Hearst Castle, highlighting Egyptian, Greek and Roman art, an overnight stay, and a tour of the Getty’s Malibu museum. The Villa houses approximately 44,000 works of art from the Museum's extensive collection of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities, of which over 1,200 are on view.
      Ashland, Oregon Shakespeare Festival
This trip will include 3-4 plays; options include The Comedy of Errors, Othello, and Our Town (by Thornton Wilder.) I am currently working on the logistics of this trip, but if you are interested in attending, please let me know.