TUESDAYS  (at Park Forest Baptist Church)

PHILOSPHY   9:00-10:00   $40.00 per quarter  (a quarter is 7 weeks)

Prerequisite:  Read the book Sophie's World.

ANCIENT HISTORY    10:00-12:00   $70.00 per quarter  (a quarter is 7 weeks)

During the first semester we will learn about the ancient cultures of Sumer, Egypt, Babylon, Persia, and Greece. During the second we will focus on Rome, from its founding until aboaut 200 AD.  Students may complete an extra credit project on ancient India or China.  We will make use of original documents as well as our text.  There will be abouat 25 pages of reading each week, as well as occasional quizzes.  There will be four tests over the course of the year, focusing primarily on historical concepts and critical thinking skills.  In the fall semester students will be required to complete esither two short research papers or one paper and one project.  In the spring, students will write a medium-length research paper and present their findings.  Required text:  The History of the Ancient World by Susan Wise Bauer (W.W.Norton, 2007)  You can find it cheaply on Amazon.  I will provide other additional readings.

LITERATURE   12:30-2:00    $60.00 per quarter  (a quarter is 7 weeks)

1st quarter:  CLASSIC HORROR    Don't let the title put you off.  The books we'll be reading are not the Hollywood versions.  We'll read Frankenstein, Dracula, Faust and Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde.  In these classic novels, the authors probe into the nature of human compassion and conscience. The book characters are quite different from their Hollywood counterparts!

2nd quarter:  POETRY   This is the first installment of a two-quarater class.  Plan on attending 3rd quarter, as well.  We will be doing a very thorough survey of all kinds of poetry.  We'll look in-depth at various kinds of meter and do in-class acivities that involve exploring this topic.  This is great preparation for college writing classes, as well as being generally edifying and enlightening.

3rd quarter:  POETRY   This is a contiuation of the 2nd quarter class.

4th quarter:  BRITISH HUMOR   This is quite complementary to our first unit!   We'll be reading humorous writings that also qualifty as "Classics" as well.  We'll read some Wodehouse,  Wilde and others.  What a great way to end the year!

THURSDAYS   (at Grace Pres. Church)

ART:  10:30 - 12:00 COMPOSITION AND DESIGN  $45.00 per quarter      High schoolers are welcome to come to the Composition and Design class. This class will cover the same concepts that you would get in any introductory design class in high school or even college.  We'll take on the abstract concept of design by doing lots of hands-on activities that involve drawing as well as some cutting and pasting.   We'll also look at lots of famous drawings, paintings and photographs and analyse their compositions.  Who was a better designer--Vermeer or Cezanne?   Students need not have well-developed drawing skills to take this class.  The first assignment will simply be putting a dot on a page, and we'll work up from there.  Hopefully by the end of the semester, we'll be incorporating our new design skills into our own still life drawings.  Also, if high schooles want to join in on the history-based art second semester, they are more than welcome.

BIOLOGY   12:30-3:00    $80.00 per quarter

This is a departure from our usual time slot for science.  However, the schedules of our teaching staff made this change necessary.   We'll be using the Bob Jones text but also supplemental readings, as well.  This course will cover classification, prtozoa, plants, fungi, animals, and probably an overview of cells, as well.  

Friday Basic Civics 12:15 - 1:30  $50.00 per quarter (a quarter is 7 weeks)

Teacher: Tania Thompson

First quarter: Concentration on Structure of Federal and Pennsylvania Governments

Second Quarter: Constitutional Issues and Court Cases

This class will meet at the Horners' house.