STARTING POINTS - CORE C SYLLABUS

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1 1 1st Qtr Aug Reading With the Mind In Class: Quiz on The Magician's Nephew How To Read Slowly, James Sire: Chapter 1 Starting Points, pp In Class: Quiz on The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe How To Read Slowly: Chapter 5 (read only In Class: Quiz on The Horse and His Boy The Christian Reader, pp ) In Class: Quiz on Frankenstein Note 1: Workbook pages are not due until August 31, but you can fill out as you read and as we discuss in class. Note 2: At this end of the first quarter, you have a Personal Worldview Essay due. Workbook pages are provided to help you complete this assignment. These workbook pages are for reference only, but as you read and complete your workbook, you may want to make notes on these pages. 24-Aug The Bible Know What You Believe, Paul Little: Chapter 1 - The Bible Starting Points, pp Aug God Starting Points, pp Answers For Difficult Days, David Quine: Read only p 4 Know What You Believe: Chapter 2 - God Starting Points, pp Aug The Universe Answers for Difficult Days: pp 5, 6 and 11 (read only) Starting Points, pp 23, Note 1: Do not fill out the Answers for Difficult Days booklet. Use it only as reference material for filling out your Starting Points workbook. Note 2: You will find a Writing A Paragraph assignment on page 30 of your Starting Points workbook. Similar assignments are found throughout this workbook. You do not have to complete these Writing A Paragraph assignments.

2 2 1st Qtr. 3 5-Sep NO CLASS - LABOR DAY! 7-Sep Man and Sin Starting Points, pp 23, 25-27, Know What You Believe: Chapter 5 - Man and Sin Starting Points, pp Sep Jesus Christ Starting Points, pp Know What You Believe: Chapter 3 - Jesus Christ Starting Points, pp Sep Jesus Christ's Death Know What You Believe: Chapter 4 - Jesus Christ's Death Starting Points, pp Sep Salvation Starting Points, pp 39-42, Know What You Believe: Chapter 7 - Salvation Starting Points, pp Sep The Holy Spirit Know What You Believe: Chapter 6 - The Holy Spirit Starting Points, pp 53-54

3 3 1st Qtr Sep Ethics and Morality Starting Points, pp 49, Answers for Difficult Days: What is the Basis of Starting Points, pp Ethics and Morality? - pp Sep Evil and Suffering/What Happens to Man at Death? Answers for Difficult Days: What Happens to Starting Points, pp Man at Death? - p Oct Angels, Satan and Demons Starting Points, pp 57-58, Know What You Believe: Chapter 8 - Starting Points, pp Angels, Satan and Demons 5-Oct Things to Come Know What You Believe: Chapter 10 - Things to Come Starting Points, pp Oct Examining The Author's Worldview Starting Points, pp 63-66, How To Read Slowly, Chapter 2 (read only Reading with Starting Points, pp A Christian Mind, pp 46-47, and General Principles of Reading World-viewishly, pp 47-53) 12-Oct Finish discussion on Personal Worldview Essay Due Examining the Author's Worldview PERSONAL WORLDVIEW ESSAY: Use your Starting Points workbook, pages 71-84, as a guide for writing your paper. Type and turn in a hard copy of your essay.

4 4 2nd Qtr. NOTE: You will need to watch The Wizard of Oz and It's a Wonderful Life this quarter. Please do not wait until the last minute to prepare for this assignment. It is a good idea that once you have watched each movie you fill out the corresponding workbook pages Oct Reading Fiction Starting Points, pp The Magician's Nephew, C.S. Lewis - Chapters 1-3 Starting Points, pp Oct The Magician's Nephew, C.S. Lewis - Chapters 4-7 Starting Points, pp NOTE 1: It is my hope that you filled out the corresponding workbook pages when you read this book over the summer per your summer assignment. If you chose to, you have saved yourself a good amount of time. The next few weeks will be much less labor intensive. Note 2: At this end of the second quarter, you have a Narnian Worldview Essay due. Workbook pages are provided to help you complete this assignment. These workbook pages are for reference only, but as you read and complete your workbook, you may want to make notes on these pages Oct The Magician's Nephew, Chapters 8-11 Starting Points, pp Starting Points, pp Oct The Magician's Nephew, Chapters Starting Points, pp Oct The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis - Starting Points, pp Starting Points, pp Chapters Nov The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Chapters Starting Points, pp In Class: Listen to Audio CD of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

5 5 2nd Qtr. 4 7-Nov The Horse and His Boy, C.S. Lewis - Chapters 1-15 Starting Points, pp Starting Points, pp Nov Finish discussing The Horse and His Boy 5 14-Nov The Wizard of Oz, Frank Baum Starting Points, pp In Class: Quiz on The Wizard of Oz Starting Points, pp Nov Finish discussing The Wizard of Oz Narnian Worldview Essay NARNIAN WORLDVIEW ESSAY: Use your Starting Points workbook, pages , as a guide for writing your paper. Type and turn in a hard copy of your essay. Thanksgiving Break 6 28-Nov It's a Wondeful Life, Frank Capra Starting Points, pp In Class: Quiz on It's a Wonderful Life Starting Points, pp Nov Finish discussing It's a Wonderful Life 7 5-Dec Frankenstein, Mary Shelley: Letters 1-4 and Starting Points, pp Starting Points, pp Chapters Dec Frankenstein : Chapters 3-10 Starting Points, pp Dec Frankenstein: Chapters Starting Points, pp Starting Points, pp Dec Frankenstein: Chapters Starting Points, pp NOTE: You will need to read The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde over your Christmas break. Christmas Break

6 6 3rd Qtr. 1 9-Jan The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Starting Points, pp , 230 In Class: Quiz on Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Starting Points, pp Jan Finish discussing The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 2 16-Jan Deadliest Monster, J.F. Baldwin Starting Points, pp Starting Points, pp , 230 (Read only Prologue, pp 11-17; Chapter 1, pp and 57-66) 18-Jan Deadliest Monster, Chapters 3 and 5 Starting Points, pp , Jan Know Why You Believe, Paul Little, Chapters 1-3 Starting Points, pp Starting Points, pp , , Jan Know Why You Believe, Chapters 4-6 Starting Points, pp In Class: Watch The Bible: Why Does It Endure? 4 30-Jan Know Why You Believe, Chapters 7-9 Starting Points, pp Starting Points, Feb Know Why You Believe, Chapters Starting Points, pp In Class: Watch If God is God: Why Do Bad Things Happen, Part 1 and 2

7 7 3rd Qtr. 5 6-Feb Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis: Book 1, Chapters 1-3 Starting Points, pp Starting Points, pp Feb Mere Christianity, Book 1, Chapters 4-5 Starting Points, pp Feb Mere Christianity, Book 2, Chapters 1-3 Starting Points, pp Starting Points, pp Feb Mere Christianity, Book 2, Chapters 4-5 Starting Points, pp Feb Mere Christianity, Book 3, Chapters 1-6 Starting Points, pp Starting Points, pp Feb Mere Christianity, Book 3, Chapters 7-12 Starting Points, pp Feb Mere Christianity, Book 4, Chapters 1-6 Starting Points, pp Starting Points, pp Mar Mere Christianity, Book 4, Chapters 7-11 Starting Points, pp Gothic Horror Comparative Essay GOTHIC HORROR COMPARATIVE ESSAY: You will be writing a comparative essay from your Gothic Horror reading. Use your Starting Points workbook, pages (Shelley's View of Man), pages (Stevenson's View of Man) and page 230 as a guide for writing your paper comparing three views: Shelley's view of man, Stevenson's view of man and the Biblical view of man. Please cite both books as well as The Deadliest Monster. Type and turn in a hard copy of your essay. Spring Break

8 8 4th Qtr Mar Never Before In History, Gary Amos: Chapter 1 - Starting Points, pp Starting Points, pp The Reformation's Role in Advancing Political and Religious Liberty 22-Mar Finish discussing The Reformation's Role in In Class: Watch How Should We Then Live? Advancing Political and Religious Liberty The Reformation 2 27-Mar Never Before In History: Chapter 2 - Starting Points, pp Starting Points, pp Two Revolutions in England Set the Stage for America's Birth 29-Mar Finish discussing Two Revolutions in England In Class: Watch How Should We Then Live? Set the Stage for America's Birth The Revolutionary Age 3 3-Apr Never Before In History: Chapter 3 - Starting Points, pp Starting Points, pp The Flight of the Reformation to America 5-Apr Finish discussing The Flight of the Reformation In Class: Monumental to America

9 9 4th Qtr Apr Never Before in History: Chapter 4 - Starting Points, pp Starting Points, pp The English Common Law 12-Apr Never Before in History: Chapter 5 - Starting Points, pp In Class: Watch The American Heritage: Colonial Education Four Centuries of American Education 5 17-Apr Never Before In History: Chapter 6 Starting Points, pp Starting Points, pp and Family Life in New England 19-Apr Never Before In History: Chapter 7 and Nomenclature 6 24-Apr Never Before in History: Chapter 8 Starting Points, pp Starting Points, pp The American Revolution In Class: Watch Williamsburg - The Story of a Patriot 26-Apr Finish discussing The American Revolution In Class: Watch The American Heritage: The Faith of Our Founding Fathers

10 10 4th Qtr. 7 1-May Never Before in History: Chapter 9 Starting Points, pp Starting Points, pp Two Founding Documents (The Declaration of Independence) In Class: Watch The American Heritage: The Ideas That Birthed A Nation 3-May Never Before in History: Chapter 9 Two Founding Documents In Class: Watch The American Heritage: (The Constitution) Our Biblical Constitution, and Is America A "Christian Nation?" 8 8-May Never Before in History: Chapter 10 - Starting Points, pp Starting Points, pp Separation of Church and State 10-May Finish discussing Separation of Church and State In Class: Watch The American Heritage: Church, State and the Real 1st Amendment Starting Points, pp THIS IS A TENTATIVE SYLLABUS. ASSIGNMENTS WILL NOT CHANGE FOR THE 1ST QUARTER. HOWEVER, THE TIMING OF THE ASSIGNMENTS COULD CHANGE. ASSIGNMENTS AFTER THE 2ND QUARTER ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.