Form II includes students who are ages 9 to 12. The following books can be read aloud to the whole family or read independently by a student who is able.
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Lined Up with Memory Work
These three volumes are scheduled over twenty eight weeks at a rate of four or five chapters per week. Chapters range from two to ten pages each. Samples can be seen on the Yesterdays’ Classics website.
Volume I
Volume II
Volume III
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Christian Worldview
Lined Up with Memory Work
This book from Simply Charlotte Mason is lovely, and there is a second volume that lines up with the Cycle 4 time period. This book was written with a clear Christian Worldview. The chapters in this book contain approximately seven to ten pages. The cover-to-cover reading schedule includes one to two chapters per week over all twenty-eight weeks. For reading that is lined up to the memory work, there is reading scheduled for weeks 3, 5, 12, 19, 22 and 27.
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Lined Up with Memory Work
Eggleston was a Methodist minister, but his books do not mention much about God, and there is no mention of Jesus. This book has interesting stories about real people and contains black and while pictures. Each chapter is about six to eight pages. For cover-to-cover reading, this book is scheduled weekly, each term, with one to two chapters of reading per week. The last few chapters give a preview of some of the events that we will learn about in Cycle 4. For reading that is lined up to the memory work, there is reading scheduled for weeks 3, 5, 12, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 27. A sample of this book is available on the Yesterday’s Classics website.
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Includes World History
Genevieve Foster’s writing is beautiful and interesting! This book is scheduled in two ways-reading it cover-to-cover over twenty-eight weeks, or to read the book cover-to-cover over weeks fourteen to twenty-eight, after spending fourteen weeks in another one of Foster’s books; The World of Captain John Smith. If you are reading the book over the entire year, you will be reading approximately eleven or twelve pages per week. If you choose to read the book in fourteen weeks, you will be reading approximately twenty-two to twenty-four pages per week. Note that this book, as well as The World of Captain John Smith, and another book by Genevieve Foster, The Year of the Horseless Carriage are all scheduled for Form 4 independent reading.
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Christian Worldview
This is the first book in a series of three books by Peter Marshall. This will be read at a pace of two chapters per week (approximately twenty pages) during Term 1 and finished off the first week of Term 2. This is a great read aloud and also good for students in Form 3 to read independently.
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Christian Worldview
This is the second book in a series of three books by Peter Marshall. This will be read at a pace of two chapters per week (approximately twenty pages) during most of Term 2 and for two weeks of Term 3. This is a great read aloud and also good for students in Form 3 to read independently
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Christian Worldview
This is the third book in a series of three books by Peter Marshall. This will be read at a pace of two chapters per week (approximately twenty pages) during Terms 3 and 4. This is a great read aloud and also good for students in Form 3 to read independently.
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Christian Worldview
Includes World History
Lined Up with Memory Work
The Mystery of History books check all the boxes. The pages are also smooth and glossy and there are lots of interesting and colorful pictures. The size of the book is like a textbook–but don’t let that fool you! This book is filled with fascinating stories of people who really lived and events that really happened.
There are three ways this book has been scheduled in the syllabus: cover-to-cover reading of Volume III, reading part of Volume III and Volume IV, and reading selections that are lined up to the memory work. For cover-to-cover reading, there are three lessons scheduled every week, in Terms 1-4. In fact, this book was designed to be read over 28-weeks. It’s like it was made for the 28-week GLC cycle! (Note: I believe that a 28-week school year is so much more doable than anything longer!). The volume III book does begin a little earlier than our 1550-1850 timeline for Cycle 3 (and, therefore, covers several topics that are scheduled in Cycle 2), but it isn’t wasted reading.
Lessons are typically around four to seven pages total. The amount of reading, with three lessons per week, may be too much for children in Form 1. I recommend looking at the reading schedule that is lined up with the memory work for that age, or if you simply do not have much time for reading aloud.
If you would prefer to read only topics that fit into the 1550-1850 timeline that the Cycle 3 memory work covers, you will want to read part of volume III and part of volume IV. I have provided that schedule, as well, and volume III is read in Terms 1, 2 and part of 3 and volume IV is read in part of Term 3 and each week in Term 4.
For reading that is lined up to the memory work, there is reading scheduled for weeks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 15 in volume III and in weeks 3, 11, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27.
Volume III
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Volume IV
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Includes World History
Our Island Story, or, An Island Story mixes folktale with real history and tells the story of England from the Roman Empire to the time period just after World War I.
This book is scheduled at a pace of one to two chapters per week, beginning at chapter 67 and ending at chapter 101. This book is also read during Cycle 2 and Cycle 4.
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Christian Worldview
Includes World History
Lined Up with Memory Work
This is an excellent Charlotte Mason-style book to read alongside America: Our Stories, in order to go through some American history and some world history all at one time. There are twenty-eight chapters in this book, which means that if you read this book cover-to-cover, you will read one chapter per week. Chapters are typically four to six pages. For reading that is lined up to the memory work, there is reading scheduled for weeks 4, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20 and 23.
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Includes World History
Lined Up with Memory Work
The Story of the World is a series of books by Susan Wise Bauer are a three volume set, spanning perfectly over the four Claritas Publishing cycles. Chapters are 6 to 11 pages long and there are one to two chapters scheduled each week. These stories are brief and interesting. Chapters contain two stories. For reading that is lined up to the memory work, there is reading scheduled for weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27 and 28.
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Christian Worldview
Lined Up with Memory Work
This is a classic book and was originally published in 1917. Since Cycle 3’s history ends in 1850, the majority of this book is a perfect choice for Cycle 3. This is also an excellent fit with the Cycle 3 geography, because there are chapters dedicated to the founding of the earliest states. If you plan to purchase this book, make sure to examine whether it is a full book or if it is a particular volume (a partial version of the book). You will want a copy of this book that, at minimum, contains chapters 13 through 77.
For cover-to-cover reading, this book has one or two chapters per week scheduled for Terms 1 and 2. The book begins in chapter 13 because chapters 1-12 are scheduled in Cycle 2. The scheduled readings end with chapter 77 out of 99 chapters, because the final chapters fit best with the time period studied in Cycle 4. There are two or three chapters scheduled each week. Each chapter contains six to twelve pages. For reading that is lined up to the memory work, there is reading scheduled for weeks 3, 9, 12, 19, 22 and 28. A sample can be found on the Yesterday’s Classics website.
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Includes World History
This is another one of Genevieve Foster’s excellent history books. Note that this is scheduled for Form 5 to read in Cycle 3, as well. For Forms 1, 2 and 3, this book is scheduled at a pace of about thirteen pages per week during Terms 3 and 4.
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Includes World History
This short book is a great introduction to Genevieve Foster’s writing. It is only scheduled during Term 4, because the time period covered in this book begins in 1801.There are two chapters scheduled per week, and each chapter is approximately five to ten pages. If you would like to read a book that covers Terms 1, 2 and 3 and leaves an opening in Term 4 for this book, consider The Story of the Thirteen Colonies. Note that this book, and The World of Captain John Smith, and George Washington’s World are all scheduled for Form 4 independent reading, as well.
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Christian Worldview
Includes World History
This book is published by Master Books and contains a Christian worldview. The stories are interesting and there are large, colorful pictures throughout the book. The chapters are typically twelve to fifteen pages long. I have heard feedback that families with children in Form 1 struggled to get through so many pages with their young child(ren). This would be a great independent reader for a student in Form 3. There is an optional Teacher Guide, but if you are teaching Charlotte Mason-style, I do not believe you will need this additional book. Instead, read the book aloud or hand this book to your child, and then ask the child to narrate. If you want to stick within the exact history cycle of the Claritas Publishing memory work, you will only want to read to chapter 14 in this book, as it quickly moves on to the 20th century, and Cycle 3 stops at 1850 (The California Gold Rush). I have scheduled this book at a pace of one chapter, every two weeks, over the twenty-eight week school year. The remainder of this book is scheduled in Cycle 4.
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