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 United States history.

Objectives:
1. The student will be acquainted with major authors and poets of the United States.
2. The student will read examples from different philosophical schools.
3. The student will consider the philosophical shifts from republicanism and liberty toward statism and socialism.
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--"Rip Van Winkle and Writing Lessons 1-5
Week 2--Scarlet Letter
Week 3--Scarlet Letter
Week 4--Narrative of the Captivity, Sufferings, and Removes of Mary Rowlandson
Week 5--Writing Lessons 6-10
Week 6--Works of Jonathan Edwards
Week 7--Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Week 8--Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Week 9--Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
Week 10--Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe
Week 11--Writing Lessons 11-15
Week 12--Poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Week 13--Billy Budd
Week 14--Walden
Week 15--Walden
Week 16--Walden
Week 17--Southside View of Slavery
Week 18--Southside View of Slavery
Week 19--Writing Lessons 16-20
Week 20--Red Badge of Courage
Week 21--Red Badge of Courage
Week 22--Up from Slavery
Week 23--Up from Slavery
Week 24--Writing Lessons 21-25
Week 25--Short Stories of Mark Twain
Week 26--Short Stories of Edith Wharton
Week 27--Autobiogrphy of an Ex-Colored Man
Week 28--Writing Lessons 26-30
Week 29--Poetry of Robert Frost
Week 30--I'll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition
Week 31--I'll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition
Week 32--I'll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition
Week 33--Writing Lessons 31-35
Week 34--The Mouse That Roared
Week 35--The Mouse That Roared
Week 36--Writing Lessons 36-40