Goal: To have the student develop a love for reading fine literature and to write with conviction while using a clear and pleasing writing style.

Recommended Grade Level: This course is recommended for 10th through 12th graders who are studying a one-year course in world history.

Objectives:
1. The student will be acquainted with major authors and poets in western civilization.
2. The student will consider an objective method for interpreting poetry.
3. The student will study the popular myths from Greece and Rome in order to have a foundation to enjoy and appreciate works in American and British literature.
4. The student will learn 15 - 20 vocabulary words a week.
5. The student will learn the form for critical writing using acceptable grammar.
6. The student will develop a pleasing writing style.
7. The student will write and re-write eight (8) argumentative papers.
8. The student will evaluate the literature by applying a Biblical worldview and will interpret the literature solely on the integrity of the text alone.

Week 1--Studies in Poetry
Week 2--Studies in Poetry
Week 3--Writing Lessons
Week 4--The Epic of Gilgamesh
Week 5--The Book of Job
Week 6--The Book of Job
Week 7--Writing Lessons
Week 8--Greek and Roman Mythology
Week 9--Greek and Roman Mythology
Week 10--Greek and Roman Mythology
Week 11--Greek and Roman Mythology
Week 12--Writing Lessons
Week 13--Odyssey
Week 14--Odyssey
Week 15--Odyssey
Week 16--Odyssey
Week 17--Oedipus Rex and Antigone
Week 18--Writing Lessons
Week 19--Aeneid
Week 20--Aeneid
Week 21--The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
Week 22--The Song of Roland
Week 23--Writing Lessons
Week 24--Ivanhoe
Week 25--Ivanhoe
Week 26--Ivanhoe
Week 27--Ivanhoe
Week 28--Ivanhoe
Week 29--Writing Lessons
Week 30--La Vita Nuova
Week 31--The Misanthrope
Week 32--Writing Lessons
Week 33--The Law (Bastiat)
Week 34--Leo Tolstoy's Short Stories
Week 35--Leo Tolstoy's Short Stories
Week 36--Writing Lessons