Develop critical thinking and a biblical worldview through America's literary heritage with the American Literature Student Book by James Stobaugh, targeted at grades 9-12. This comprehensive softcover features 34 chapters (one per week) of whole-book or whole-work selections from major genres—prose, poetry, and drama—including foundational texts like The History of Plimoth Plantation, Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, Patrick Henry's speech, The Declaration of Independence, works by Poe, The Scarlet Letter, Walden, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Red Badge of Courage, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Crucible, The Chosen, and more. Each chapter includes narrative background on authors, historical settings, and worldviews, infused with critical thinking exercises, five daily lessons (concept-building, warm-ups, guided readings), and a weekly exam/essay component for personalized assessment. Medium teacher involvement supports structured, one-year study—excellent for homeschoolers building vocabulary, reading fluency, analytical skills, and cultural literacy in a traditional Christian/religious format (Teacher Book sold separately for answers and guidance).
American Literature Student Book
Description
Enjoy a great selection of America’s finest writers in this powerful curriculum designed with critical thinking skills and biblical worldview. Students will enjoy beloved classics while developing vocabulary, reading, and critical thinking skills.
A well-crafted presentation of whole-book or whole-work selections from the major genres of classic literature (prose, poetry, and drama), this course has 34 chapters representing 34 weeks of study, with an overview of narrative background material on the writers, their historical settings, and worldview.
The rich curriculum’s content is infused with critical thinking skills, and an easy-to-use teacher’s guide outlines student objectives with each chapter and provides a course calendar and the answers to the assignments and weekly exercises. Each chapter has five lessons with daily concept-building exercises, warm-up questions, and guided readings The final lesson of the week includes the weekly exam, as well as essays developed through the course of that week’s study, chosen by the educator and student to personalize the coursework for the individual learner.
Part of a series of 1-year, high school-level literature courses, this curriculum can be taught independently of the series or in sequence with author James Stobaugh’s other literature classes. It is also designed to work in conjunction with Stobaugh’s high school history curriculum and can be taught alongside his American history course.
The History of Plimoth Plantation, The Navajo Origin Legend, The Iroquois Constitution, Religious Affections, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry's Speech in the Virginia Convention, The Declaration of Independence, Abigail Adams's Letter to her Daughter from the New White House, Thanatopsis, The Devil and Tom Walker, works by Edgar Allen Poe, The Scarlett Letter, Walden, Billy Budd, Negro Spirituals, The Gettysburg Address, I Will Fight No More Forever by Chief Joseph, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Red Badge of Courage, Ethan Frome, A Farewell to Arms, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Unvanquished, The Pearl, The Emperor Jones, the Little Foxes, The Glass Menagerie, The Crucible, A Separate Peace, Cold Sassy Tree, The Chosen, and select poetry.
| Product Format: | Softcover Book |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 9-12 |
| Brand: | Master Book Publishers |
| ISBN: | 9780890516713 |
| Length in Inches: | 11 |
| Width in Inches: | 8.5 |
| Height in Inches: | 1 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 2.75 |