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 Levels: This course is recommended for 9th through 12th graders who are studying a course in history during the late 19th century through the 20th century.

Objectives:
1. The student will be acquainted with the major authors and the important works of literature during the 19th and 20th century.
2. The student will read examples from the different philosophical schools of Realism, Agrarianism, and Modernism.
3. The student will compare the ideas of the 19th and 20th century with the Bible.
4. The student will learn 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--Bastiat's The Law
Week 2--Southside View of Slavery
Week 3--Southside View of Slavery
Week 4--Writing Lessons
Week 5--Red Badge of Courage
Week 6--Red Badge of Courage
Week 7--Sack and Destruction of Columbia SC
Week 8--Writing Lessons
Week 9--Up from Slavery
Week 10--Up from Slavery
Week 11--Mark Twain's Stories
Week 12--Leo Tolstoy's Stories
Week 13--Leo Tolstoy's Stories
Week 14--Writing Lessons
Week 15--Arms and the Man
Week 16--Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
Week 17--Importance of Being Earnest
Week 18--Writing Lessons
Week 19--World War I British Poets
Week 20--World War I British Poets
Week 21--This Side of Paradise
Week 22--This Side of Paradise
Week 23--Poetry of Robert Frost
Week 24--Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Week 25--Writing Lessons
Week 26--I'll Take My Stand
Week 27--I'll Take My Stand
Week 28--I'll Take My Stand
Week 29--Writing Lessons
Week 30--The Pearl
Week 31--Animal Farm
Week 32--Writing Lessons
Week 33--The Mouse That Roared
Week 34--The Mouse That Roared
Week 35--The Mouse That Roared
Week 36--Writing Lessons