Memoria Press Charter Curriculum

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Charter Curriculum

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What Is Classical Education?

Classical education is the cultivation of wisdom and virtue through the study of the liberal arts and the Great Books. The liberal arts are the universal linguistic and mathematical skills students need to excel in every area of life. The Great Books are the means by which we pass on the cultural heritage of the West. A mastery of both is the best way to prepare a child for a life of wisdom and virtue, and Memoria Press' charter and public school classical curriculum provides the tools for mastering these two essential elements of education.

Latin Latin develops the mind of the young student as no other subject can. It is the next step after phonics and it is the most efficient means of teaching grammar, making concrete what is abstract in English. What arithmetic provides to the sciences Latin provides to the humanities: mental discipline, structure, and foundational skills necessary for advanced subjects. The study of Latin is at the core of a classical education.

Introduction to Grammar School Latin

Grammar School Latin

*Student $17.35 | Teacher $17.35 | Audio $8.50 | Flashcards $16.75

*Student $17.35 | Teacher $23.05 | Audio $8.50 | Flashcards $16.75 | *Review Worksheets $11.50 Review Worksheets Key $6.00 | *Games & Puzzles $20.95 | Games & Puzzles Key $6.00

by Leigh Lowe | Grades 1-4

by Cheryl Lowe | Grades 3-6

Latin Forms Series A grammar-based approach to learning Latin.

Year One through Year Four | Grades 4+ Text $15.75 ea. | *Workbook $17.35 ea. | Audio $8.50 ea. (First-Third Form only) Teacher Manual $13.60 ea. | Teacher Key $17.35 ea.

Flashcards $16.75 ea. (First and Second Form only) Quizzes & Tests School Download License (all Forms) $20.00 ea.

Quizzes & Tests Book (First and Second Form only) $6.00 ea.

First Form Latin: Latin Grammar, Year One

Second Form Latin: Latin Grammar, Year Two

Third Form Latin: Latin Grammar, Year Three

Fourth Form Latin: Latin Grammar, Year Four

Grades 4+

Grades 5+

Grades 6+

Grades 7+

DON'T MISS THESE!

• Grammar Wall & Desk Charts

• Excelability in Advanced Latin

• Latin Recitation CD/DVD

• The Greek Alphabet

• Mueller's Caesar: Selections from De Bello Gallico

• Greek Alphabet Charts

• Vergil's Aeneid: Selected Readings

• First Start French I

Find samples, product descriptions, and our full line of Latin curriculum at Charter.MemoriaPress.com! *denotes consumable book

Literature & Poetry Literature and poetry are essential to a classical education. Why? Because, along with history, literature and poetry are the chief ways we pass on the ideals and values of traditional Western culture. Not only will your students' affections be trained to love the Good (and hate the bad) through characters they encounter in great literature, but they will get a glimpse into the wonder of reality that only good poetry can reveal to us. Memoria Press' literature and poetry programs bring you a choice selection of the best books by the best authors.

Grade 1

Grammar

English Grammar Practice

StoryTime & More StoryTime Treasures *Student Guides $17.35 ea. | Teacher Guides $19.45 ea.

Little Bear $4.95 | Caps for Sale $8.99 Frog and Toad Are Friends $4.99 | Make Way for Ducklings $9.99 Billy and Blaze $9.99 | Blaze and the Forest Fire $9.99 The Story About Ping $5.99 | Miss Rumphius $8.99 Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie $8.99 | Stone Soup $7.99

Introduction to English Grammar

Grade 2

Grade 2

*Student $8.95

*Student $8.95

Teacher $11.50

Teacher $11.50

The Little House $7.99

Grade 2

*Student Guides $13.50 ea. | Teacher Guides $7.90 ea.

Animal Folk Tales of America $12.95 | Prairie School $4.99 The Courage of Sarah Noble $5.99 Little House in the Big Woods $9.99 Tales from Beatrix Potter novels $8.99 ea.

English Grammar Recitation I-III

Grade 3

Grades 3-6

*Student Guides $13.50 ea. | Teacher Guides $13.50 ea.

Farmer Boy $9.99 | Charlotte's Web $9.99 A Bear Called Paddington $10.99 | Mr. Popper's Penguins $8.99

Recitation Handbook $11.50 | Flashcards $14.20

Grade 4

Composition

*Student $13.60 ea. | Teacher $14.65 ea.

*Student Guides $13.50 ea. | Teacher Guides $13.50 ea.

The Cricket in Times Square $7.99 | Homer Price $7.99 The Blue Fairy Book $11.55 | My Side of the Mountain $8.99

Grade 5

*Student Guides $13.50 ea. | Teacher Guides $13.50 ea.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe $11.99 | Heidi $7.99 Lassie Come-Home $7.99

Grade 6

Classical Composition (Stages I-V available)

*Student Guides $13.50 ea. | Teacher Guides $13.50 ea.

Adam of the Road $8.99 | The Door in the Wall $7.99 The Adventures of Robin Hood $8.99 King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table $8.99

Grade 7

*Student Guides $13.50 ea. | Teacher Guides $13.50 ea.

The Trojan War $9.99 | Anne of Green Gables $14.70 The Twenty-One Balloons $7.99 | The Hobbit $13.99

Grade 8

*Student Guides $13.50 ea. | Teacher Guides $13.50 ea.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer $10.00 | Treasure Island $14.70 The Wind in the Willows $14.60 | As You Like It $9.95

Upper School Options

*Student Guides $13.50 ea. | Teacher Guides $13.50 ea.

Little Women $16.00 | Sir Gawain and the Green Knight $12.00 Beowulf the Warrior $10.95 | Hound of the Baskervilles $11.00 The Scarlet Letter $8.00 | Pride & Prejudice $6.95 A Tale of Two Cities $6.95 | Henry V $9.99 To Kill a Mockingbird $16.99 | The Great Gatsby $17.00

Poetry for the Grammar Stage Grades 3-7 *Student $16.75 | Teacher $18.85

by James A. Selby | Grades 4+

*Student $21.95 ea. | Teacher $29.95 ea.

Classical Composition is our study in the progymnasmata ("the before exercises"), a combination writing and pre-rhetoric program that teaches students the fundamental writing skills of style, arrangement, and invention in clear and systematic lessons. This program not only teaches the art of communication, but is designed to produce what Quintilian once called "the good man, speaking well."

Suggested Sequence: Grade Stage

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 11

I: Fable II: Narrative III: Chreia & Maxim IV: Refutation & Confirmation V: Common Topic VI: Encomium, Invective, & Comparison (coming soon) VII: Characterization (1 semester) (coming soon) VIII: Description (1 semester) (coming soon) IX: Thesis & Law (coming soon)

Logic & Rhetoric Logic is the original thinking skill. Memoria Press' logic program has brought back many of the lost tools of this essential subject. The Traditional Logic program is designed to teach students a practical mastery of the art of argument. It focuses on the procedural aspect of reasoning, its mechanics, and how we properly get from two premises or assumptions to a conclusion.

Traditional Logic I: Introduction to Formal Logic & Traditional Logic II: Advanced Formal Logic

by Martin Cothran | Grades 7+

Text $15.75 ea. | *Workbook $18.40 ea. | Key $11.50 ea. | Quizzes & Tests (School License) $20.00 ea.

In Traditional Logic I students will gain a basic understanding of terms, statements, and simple categorical arguments. Traditional Logic II covers the figures of the traditional syllogism, forms of rhetorical arguments, kinds of hypothetical syllogisms, and kinds of complex syllogisms, as well as relational arguments. Book II also includes a wealth of examples of famous arguments throughout history.

Classical Rhetoric is a guided tour through the first part of the single greatest book on communication ever written: Aristotle's Rhetoric. This course involves a study of the fundamental principles of political philosophy, ethics, and traditional psychology. Your student will not only learn the basics of political speech, but also the elements of good character, the seven reasons people act, and what elicits specific emotions under particular circumstances and why.

Classical Rhetoric:

Aristotle's Principles of Persuasion

by Martin Cothran | Grades 9+ *Workbook $29.95 | Key $11.50 | Quizzes & Tests $6.00 Aristotle's Rhetoric $8.00 (REQUIRED) How to Read a Book $19.99 (optional) Figures of Speech $44.95 (optional)

Classical Studies Classical Studies covers Greek mythology, ancient history, and the Middle Ages. We do not study history chronologically, but rather in accordance with the age-appropriateness of the content for the student. We begin in third grade with Greek myths, fantastical stories that appeal to young students and are suited to their age level. Next we study Rome and then the Middle Ages, saving the complexity of the Greek civilization for later in the grammar school, though it comes before Rome chronologically. Students are then prepared to read Homer's Iliad and Odyssey in middle school as they review each time period with Dorothy Mills' ancient history series. This cyclical approach to Classical Studies prepares students to read and understand the classics of Greek, Roman, and British history in upper school, and to gain insight into the modern world.

D'Aulaires' Greek Myths Grades 3-8

Text $19.99 | *Student $19.90 Teacher $19.90 | Flashcards $14.20

Dorothy Mills' Histories:

Famous Men Series:

Rome, Greece, Middle Ages

Ancient World, Ancient Greeks, Ancient Romans, Middle Ages

Grades 4-8

Grades 6+

Text $19.45 ea. | *Student $19.90 ea. | Teacher $19.90 ea.

Text $19.50 ea. | *Student $19.90 ea. | Teacher $19.90 ea.

ALSO AVAILABLE! • Ancient Civilization Wall Maps • The Trojan War • The Adventures of Odysseus & the Tale of Troy

The Iliad & The Odyssey

Samuel Butler translation | Grades 7+ Text $14.70 ea. *Student $13.60 ea. | Teacher $17.80 ea.

• The Aeneid for Boys & Girls

The Aeneid

David West translation | Grades 8+

Text $16.00 | *Student $19.90 | Teacher $19.90

• Horatius at the Bridge • Greek Tragedies

Phonics, Reading, & Spelling Alphabet Book Part One & Part Two

by Leigh Lowe Recommended for Ages 4-5 *$16.80 ea.

First Start Reading A-D: Phonics, Reading, & Printing

by Cheryl Lowe | Grade K

*Student Books (A-D) $7.90 ea. | Teacher Guide $20.95 | Streaming Videos $55.00

Penmanship Manuscript Copybooks I & II

by Michelle Tefertiller Grades K-2 *$16.30 ea.

The primary goal of the kindergarten year is to teach students to read. Our program for phonics instruction is First Start Reading.

Phonics is most effective when taught methodically, thoroughly, intensively, and logically. We begin with one sound for each letter and start blending consonants with short vowels immediately to form the three-letter phonetic words that children learn first. Additional sounds for letters are taught in the context of word families. Common sight words that break phonetic rules are taught and reviewed throughout the year. Formal phonics instruction continues after kindergarten within the Traditional Spelling program and literature guides.

Traditional Spelling I-IV Grades 1-4

*Student $17.35 ea. | Teacher $19.45 ea. | *Practice Sheets (I-III only) $6.00 ea. | Streaming Videos (I only) $55.00 *Supplemental Wkbk. (I & II only) $8.95 ea. | Supplemental Workbook Key (I & II only) $8.95 ea.

Primary Curriculum Manuals Grades Jr. K-2 | $30.00 ea.

Never plan another lesson again! These Curriculum Manuals have every day already planned—just open them up and teach from the correlating books in the plan. Plans include Recitation, Penmanship, Phonics & Spelling, and Literature & Enrichment.

Copybook Cursive I

Enrichment Guides

by Michelle Tefertiller

Grades K-2 | $22.00 ea.

Grades 1-2

These supplemental guides coordinate with our kindergarten, first, and second grade read-aloud sets. Also included are resources for the development of history, culture, art, poetry, and science lessons.

*$16.30

ALSO AVAILABLE!

New American Cursive 1-3

by Iris Hatfield | Grades 1+ *$25.00 ea.

• Numbers & Colors • Numbers Coloring Book • Alphabet Coloring Book • Alphabet Flashcards • Alphabet Wall Poster • Phonics Flashcards • The Book of Crafts (Jr. K-2)

• Music Enrichment • Manner of the Week Wall Charts & Flashcards • Manuscript or Cursive Wall Charts • NAC Teaching Charts • Read-Aloud Sets for classrooms • And more!

Geography & American/Modern Studies In American & Modern Studies students focus on history since the Renaissance, geography, and world cultures. The geography program builds every year on the work of previous years, promoting mastery. Students study and draw maps, and by the end of their study are able to label political and physical maps of both hemispheres from memory. Students also read a variety of books from our American Studies Supplemental Sets to enrich their knowledge of the U.S. and the world. All of this work prepares students for comprehensive studies of American and European history in high school.

States and Capitals

The Story of the Thirteen Colonies & the Great Republic

Grades 3-6

Grades 5-8

Text $11.99 | *Student $14.65 | Teacher $14.65 | Flashcards $5.95

Text $19.45 | *Student $19.90 | Teacher $19.90

Geography I: The Middle East, North Africa, & Europe Grades 4+ Text $17.80 *Student $15.70 Teacher $16.75

Geography II: Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Oceania, & the Americas Grades 5+

200 Questions About American History Grades 5-8

*Student $11.50 | Teacher $6.00 | Flashcards $14.20 | Story of the World Vol. 4 $21.95

Text $17.80 *Student $15.70 Teacher $16.75

Geography III: Exploring & Mapping the World Grades 7+ Text $19.45 *Student $20.95

DON'T MISS THESE! • United States Review • Geography I Review • Geography Flashcards • Practice Map Pad • Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans

Teacher $20.95

• American History Outline • A Concise History of the American Republic • A History of Europe in the Modern World • Supplemental Reading for American Studies

Teacher Training & School Consultation

Memoria Press' training team has worked with schools all over the country to assist teachers and staff in understanding the vision of classical education and to better implement a coherent and rigorous classical curriculum. Our staff is also available to address your parents and your community to answer questions about classical education.

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