MasterPoint Curriculum Book List
Climb 1
Mathematics
Mathematics of the World by JJ Veale
Language
Memoria Press, First Form Latin Vocabulary from Classical Roots Book A
Science
Natural Science, various Sources Science Fair, various Sources
Novare’s Physical Science
Philosophy
It Couldn’t Just Happen by Lawrence O. Richards
The Fallacy Detective by Nathaniel Bluedorn
Literature
Lost Tools of Writing, Level One Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine l’Engle
The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
History
Mapping the World with Art by Ellen J. McHenry
Around the World in 100 Years by Jean Fritz
Book of Centuries published by MasterPoint Curriculum
Climb 2
Mathematics
History of Numbers: An Illustration Guide to Mathematics by Tom Jackson
Your Business Math by Simply Charlotte Mason
Language
Memoria Press, Second Form Latin
Vocabulary from Classical Roots Book B
Science
Novare’s Earth Science
Signs & Seasons: Understanding the Elements of Classical Astronomy by Jay Ryan
Philosophy
Traditional Logic I by Memoria Press
Traditional Logic II by Memoria Press
Literature
Grammar of Poetry by Whitling
“I’m Nobody! Who are You?” by Emily Dickinson
“Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost
“love is more thicker than forget” ee cummings
“The Cremation of Sam McGee” by Robert W. Service
“Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night” by Dylan Thomas
“Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou
“I, Too” by Langston Hughes
“I Hear American Singing” by Walt Whitman
“The Rose that Grew from Concrete” by Tupac Shakur
Sonnet 18 “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” by William Shakespeare
Sonnet 29 “When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes” by William Shakespeare
“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost
“Oh Captain! My Captain” by Walt Whitman
“We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks
“Mosquitos” by Aimee Nezuhkamatetil
“Hope is a Thing with Feathers” by Emily Dickinson
“Litany” by Billy Collins
“Did I Miss Anything?” by Tom Wayman
Short Stories all available for free via Project Gutenberg
“The Little Match Girl” by Hans Christian Anderson
“The Selfish Giant” by Oscar Wilde
“Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling
“Araby” by James Joyce
“That Spot” by Jack London
“The Red-Headed League” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“The Celestial Railroad” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
“A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett
“The Cop and the Anthem” by O. Henry
“The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe
“The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving
“The Last Lesson” by Alphonse Daudet
“The Red Shoes” by Hans Christian Anderson
“Surly Joe” by G.A. Henty
“The Hammer of God” by G.K. Chesterton
History
Various Current Event Sources
People v. Klein Mock Trial Constitutional Rights Foundation (do not do the pretrial) Book of Centuries published by MasterPoint Curriculum
Climb 3
Mathematics
A Bluestocking Guide: Economics by Jane Williams
Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? by Richard J. Maybury
The Money Mystery by Richard J. Maybury
Personal Economics: Vida Loca Workbook by JJ Veale
Language
Memoria Press, Third Form Latin
Vocabulary from Classical Roots Book C
Science
Novare’s Introductory Physics
Philosophy
The Art of Argument: An Introduction to the Informal Fallacies by Aaron Larsen and Hodge Joelle
Literature
IEW Windows to the World “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry
“The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell
“Marginalia” by Billy Collins
“The Donkey” by G.K. Chesterton
“The Lamb” by William Blake
“The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant
“The Convergence of the Twain” by Thomas Hardy
“A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell
“Meeting at Night” by Robert Browning
“A Fight with a Cannon” by Victor Hugo
“The Open Window” by Saki (H.H. Munroe)
“Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
Watership Down by Richard Adams
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
History
Master Books’ Civics & the Constitution by Jake Macaulay & Ricki Pepin
Book of Centuries published by MasterPoint Curriculum
Climb 4
Mathematics
Crimes and Mathdemeanors by Leith Hathout
Critical Thinking Detective Math by Darin Beigie
Robert Kaplinsky Math Problems and Strategies (www.Robertkaplinsky.com)* Language
Memoria Press, Fourth Form Latin
Latin I by Robert J. Henle
Vocabulary from Classical Roots Book D
Science
Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Biology
The Student Lab Report Handbook by John D. Mays
Philosophy
Master Book’s Worldviews in Conflict by Kevin Swanson
The Ultimate Lincoln-Douglas Debate Handbook, 3rd Ed. by Marco Djuranovic (https://kempnerspeech.com/images/ldhandbook.pdf)*
Literature
American Literature by Janice Campbell
Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving Selected works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Moby Dick by Herman Melville The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain House of Mirth by Edith Wharton Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
History
American History: Observations & Assessments from Early Settlement to Today by James P. Stobaugh
Book of Centuries published by MasterPoint Curriculum
*Free Online Resource
Summit 1
Mathematics
Art History, Various
Architecture of the World, Various
Language
Latin II text and Answer Key by Robert J. Henle
Henle II Flashcards
Henle Second Year Lesson Plans by Cheryl Lowe, Memoria Press
Henle Second Year Quizzes and Tests by Cheryl Lowe, Memoria Press
Henle Latin Grammar for the Grammar Stage by Cheryl Lowe, Memoria Press Science
Novare’s General Chemistry, 3rd Edition
Digital Resources for General Chemistry (one per class)
Chemistry Experiments for High School at Home
Philosophy
Master Book’s Comparative Religions (Teacher’s Guide)
World Religions & Cults, vol. 1
World Religions & Cults, vol. 2
Literature
British Literature by Janice Campbell
Beowulf
Canterbury Tales by Chaucer Sir Gawain and the Green Knight The Faerie Queene (Book 1) by Edmund Spenser King Lear by William Shakespeare Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
History
Western Civilization, 10th Ed. by Jackson, J. Spielvogel
Book of Centuries published by MasterPoint Curriculum
Summit 2
Humanities
Discovering Music: 300 Years of Interaction in Western Music, Art, History, and Culture (2nd Edition) by Dr. Carol Reynolds (complete set: text, workbook, video)
Exhibition Journal published by MasterPoint Curriculum
Language
Caesar: Selections from his Commentarii De Bello Gallico by Hans-Freidrich Mueller
Caesar Lesson Plans by Cheryl Lowe and Michael Simpson
Caesar: Selections from his Commentarii De Bello Gallico Teacher’s Guide by Hans-Freidrich Mueller.
Science
Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Health and Nutrition
Philosophy
Classical Academic Press’ Rhetoric Alive! Book 1 by Alyssan Barnes
Literature
World Literature by Janice Campbell
The Odyssey by Homer Antigone by Sophocles The Aeneid by Virgil Inferno by Dante Alighieri Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Les Misérables by Victor Hugo The Portable Nineteenth-Century Russian Reader The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
History
World History: Observations & Assessments from Creation to Today by James P. Stobaugh
Book of Centuries published by MasterPoint Curriculum