A tweaked version of Ambleside Online for a 15 going on 16 year old young man. The work will be spread over 4 to 4½ days due to work and music commitments. No doubt I'll be adjusting as we go so I may end up coming back to this page and making changes as they occur.
Bible & Devotional
Bible & Devotional
Personal reading Together time – Bible memory etc.
Saints and Heroes by George Hodges (for Church History)
I’m substituting books here with what I have on hand or because we’ve already used the AO suggestion:
* The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
** The Pursuit of God by Tozer
*** The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
** The Pursuit of God by Tozer
*** The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
History
A Short History of Australia by Ernest Scott
The Age of Revolution by Winston Churchill
This Country of Ours (TCOO) by H.E. Marshall
*** The Invasion of Canada by Pierre Berton
* Buccaneer Explorer (William Dampier)
* Four Great Americans by James Baldwin
* Four Great Americans by James Baldwin
** Captain James Cook
** Jean-François de Galaup La Pérouse
*** Napoleon Bonaparte by Albert Marrin
*** William Wilberforce by Kevin Belmonte
*** Napoleon Bonaparte by Albert Marrin
*** William Wilberforce by Kevin Belmonte
Geography
* Book of Marvels by Richard Halliburton (from previous years of AO)
** Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks
*** Matthew Flinders
* Book of Marvels by Richard Halliburton (from previous years of AO)
** Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks
*** Matthew Flinders
Government and Economics
* Whatever Happened to Justice? by Richard Maybury (continued from last year)
** Economix by Michael Goodwin
** Economix by Michael Goodwin
Ourselves – as a read aloud
Shakespeare – The Tempest; A Midsummer Nights' Dream
Shakespeare – The Tempest; A Midsummer Nights' Dream
Plutarch's Lives – read aloud
History of English Literature by H.E. Marshall - Chapters 60-73
** The Vicar of Wakefield
History of English Literature by H.E. Marshall - Chapters 60-73
*** Pride and Prejudice
The Count of Monte Christo
The Count of Monte Christo
Current Events
Informally with Dad in the evenings
How Should we Then Live by Francis Schaeffer; DVD series volumes V & VI
The Grammar of Poetry – continued from last year
Read a poem daily – William Cowper, William Wordsworth, Australian anthology
Our Mother Tongue by Nancy Wilson - 1 lesson per fortnight
Written narrations each week
Copywork
Dictation - Twice a week
Continue with Physical Science
The Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif
The Great Astronomers (Newton to Le Verrier)
Nature Study
The Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif
The Great Astronomers (Newton to Le Verrier)
Nature Study
Nature Journal
The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock
The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock
Nature Studies in Australia by William Gillies & Robert Hall - 40 Chpts: 1 to 2 lessons a week
Bush Calendar by Amy Mack: One reading per month; start with January (book starts with August)
Drawing & Art
Logic
Love is a Fallacy by Max Schulman
Music
Gym, swimming
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by Paul Brand (possible read aloud & discuss)
Update first aid skills
Driver’s Education
Gardening & Yard Work
Home repair and maintenance
Make regular meal
Continue with paid work
Free Reading
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Sir Gibbie by George MacDonald
Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini
Horatio Hornblower books by C. S. Forester
Driver’s Education
Gardening & Yard Work
Home repair and maintenance
Make regular meal
Continue with paid work
Free Reading
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Man Alive by G.K. Chesterton
Books by P. G. Wodehouse Sir Gibbie by George MacDonald
Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini
Horatio Hornblower books by C. S. Forester
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