PNEU Curriculum, Year 7
PNEU Curriculum, Year 7, Age 12 (Form IIIB)
Bible (v. 3)
Old Testament history by John Manisty Hardwich & Harold Costley-White, b. 1878
v. II: From the Red Sea to Ruth (p. 103-203)
v. III: From the birth of Samuel to the death of David (p. 1-115)
The Saviour of the world, v. I: The holy infancy by Charlotte Mason (159 p.)
with Bible passages from index
or The Gospel history of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: in a connected narrative in the words of the Revised version arranged by C.C. James
The Gospel according to Saint John: with commentary by William Walsham How
(optional) Historical geography of the Holy Land by Simeon Ross Macphail (p. 1-94)
Memorization
3 passages of about 20 verses each from the Hebrew and from the Christian Scriptures studied
Psalm 145, 146
Psalm 24, 72
Psalm 25
6 hymns or carols, especially seasonal & especially from historical period being studied, e.g., those by Wesley in 3rd term
Religion (optional) (v. 3)
Prayers, Hymns, etc.
Daily readings from the Old Testament arranged by Henrietta Franklin and Lilian Helen Montagu, 1873-1963 (79 p.)
+ ?a Gospel in portions
or
*Lectiones for older children
The boys' prayer book by Alexander Devine
or
*Daily prayers for schools: Jubilate Deo by L. James
The Winchester hymn supplement words (134 p.)
The Prayer Book in the Church
by W. Hume Campbell (p. 1-43 + lessons on holy days, i.e., Advent &
Christmas, Good Friday & Easter, Ascension & Whitsun, etc.)
Sunday reading (optional)
1.
The romance of the Bible by Gertrude Hollis (243 p.)
also used:
How we got our Bible: an answer to questions suggested by the new revision by John Paterson Smyth, 1852-1932 (127 p.)
2.
An English church history for children, A.D. 1500-1911, v. I, by Mary Elizabeth Shipley, b. 1842 (v. I, p. 1-182)
also used:
The land of the Incarnation by Gertrude Hollis (304 p.)
Fight the good fight: further short addresses to young boys at a preparatory school by W.E. Frost, d. 1922 (130 p.)
3.
term 1: The pilgrim's progress by John Bunyan, 1628-1688
+ The story of my life by Helen Adams Keller, 1880-1968
or
Attila and his conquerors: a story of the days of St. Patrick [ca. 390-461?] and St. Leo the Great [d. 461] by Elizabeth Rundle Charles, 1828-1896 (315 p.)
or
In the days of Origen: a tale of the third century by Alfred Shirley, b. 1871 (125 p.)
term 2:
The Holy War by John Bunyan, 1628-1688
Henry Martyn: confessor of the faith by Constance Evelyn Padwick, b. 1886 (302 p.) --Henry Martyn, 1781-1812; India & Persia--
term 3:
George Washington by Ada Russell, b. 1879 (171 p.)
Sunday occupations (optional)
Mottoes and texts written in beautiful lettering on good paper or vellum
The book of centuries
Writing (v. 3)
Transcribe, with card 6 of A new handwriting for teachers
by Mary Monica Waterhouse Bridges as model, some of your favorite
passages from the Shakespeare play or the other books assigned.
Dictation (v. 3)
Two or three pages or a
passage, from the prose and poetry assigned for reading or from a
newspaper, to be prepared carefully. Words not known to be visualized (Home education, p. 240-243). A paragraph to be then written from dictation.
Composition (v. 2)
See A new grammar of the English tongue by Meiklejohn, p. 176-188, 194-205 (Prosody)
Written or oral narration daily after each subject.
Read on Tuesdays and write on Thursdays a resume or an essay on
a. some subject in Literature,
b. the news of the week,
c. some historical or allegorical subject in the assigned books, etc.
Narrative poems, that must
scan, using the meter of poems assigned, on striking events. Doggerel
must not be written. As appropriate, write,
a. narrative poems on heroic events in the histories of the Dominions,
b. ballads on heroic deeds,
c. verses on birds and flowers.
Letters to friends abroad on general news.
Subscribe to the P.U.S. Magazine and send a contribution in verse or prose.
Grammar (v. 2)
A new grammar of the English tongue by Meiklejohn
p. 1-22
p. 23-45
p. 45-63
Parse and analyze from a book of poetry and of prose, every week, making continual progress.
Literature -- includes evening and holiday reading (v. 2)
1. The age of fable by Bulfinch
p. 186-215
p. 215-248
p. 248-277
no room: p. 277-304; p. 304-332; p. 333-364
2. King Lear
The merchant of Venice
As you like it
3. Poems of today, series II -- know poems by 6 poets.
4. History of English literature for boys and girls by Mrs. Marshall
p. 356-406 (1603-1649)
p. 407-447 (1649-1714)
p. 448-502 (1714-1780)
5. 1603-1649:
Poems by Milton, esp. Nativity ode
contemporary poets from Golden treasury by Palgrave
Pilgrim's progress
A legend of Montrose by Scott
Feats on the fiord by Miss Martineau
or
The courtship of Miles Standish by Longfellow
[form IIB (grade 4): Reynard the fox, ed. by H.A. Treble;
form IIA (grade 5): Woodstock by Scott;
form IV (grade 9): Samson Agonistes by Milton
early Stuart poets from Golden treasury
Heroes and hero-worship: Cromwell by Carlyle
Woodstock by Scott]
1649-1714:
contemporary poets from Golden treasury by Palgrave
The Holy War by Bunyan
Robinson Crusoe by Defoe
Old Mortality by Scott
Our Empire story
[form IIB (grade 4): Children of the New Forest by Captain Marryat;
form IIA (grade 5): Peveril of the peak by Scott;
form IV (grade 9): Paradise lost, bk II, by Milton
Stuart poets from Golden treasury
Robinson Crusoe by Defoe
Peveril of the peak by Scott]
1714-1780:
contemporary poets from Golden treasury by Palgrave,
e.g., Gray (esp. his Elegy), Blake, Byron, Collins
Gulliver's travels by Swift
or
Robinson Crusoe by Defoe
Redgauntlet by Scott
or
Kidnapped by Stevenson
[form IIB (grade 4): With Clive in India by G.A. Henty;
form IIA (grade 5): Rob Roy by Scott;
form IV (grade 9): Poems by Goldsmith
contemporary poets from Golden treasury by Palgrave
The rape of the lock by Pope
Gulliver's travels by Swift
Waverley by Scott]
Reading
Books assigned for Literature, History, Geography, and Recitations should afford exercise in careful reading and in composition.
Recitations
1. Memorize 6 poems or 3 x 50 lines from/about the historical period being studied, e.g.,
The five nations, v. 1, by Kipling (1649-1714)
2. Memorize a scene from:
King Lear
The merchant of Venice
As you like it
English history (v. 3)
A history of England, from the landing of Julius Caesar to the present day by Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster, 1855-1909
p. 396-671 (1603-1780)
Make history charts of the period studied (Parents' review, July 1910)
Subscribe to the Home and Classroom section of The Times
Read the daily news and keep a calendar of events
French history (v. 3)
A first history of France by Louise Creighton, 1850-1936
p. 190-230 (1603-1780)
or, much preferable,
The story of mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon, 1882-1944
p. 168-333
Ancient history (v. 3)
The British Museum for children by Frances Epps
chapters 7-9 (Egypt; ca. 10 p. per chapter)
British Museum postcards
series 33-36
Readings from Indian history for boys and girls by Ethel R. Sykes
p. 1-85
Keep a Book of centuries, putting in illustrations from all the history studied--Bible, English, French, general, and ancient.
Citizenship (v. 3)
Plutarch's Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans translated by Thomas North, 1535-1601
Pyrrhus
T.Q. Flamininus
Pericles
Ourselves by Charlotte Mason, 1842-1923
book I, p. 1-72
The citizen and the state. Pt. 2, Industrial and social life and the empire by John St. Loe Strachey, 1860-1927
p. 1-106
or
The golden fleece: an introduction to the industrial history of England by Guy Wilfrid Morris & Leonard Southerden Wood
p. 15-122
Geography (v. 3)
1. Geography books. Book 4, Countries of Europe by Charlotte Mason, 1842-1923
p. 1-141; 277-308 (survey of Europe; France, Belgium, Holland, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Italy)
2. Fighting for sea power in the days of sail by Horace West Household, b. 1870
p. 1-107
or
From pole to pole by Sven Anders Hedin, 1865-1952 (407 p.)
3. Physical geography by Archibald Geikie, 1835-1924
sections 1-147
All geography is to be
learned with maps. "Ambleside" map questions are to be answered from
maps in geography book and names put into blank map (from memory)
before each lesson, then reading and narration. Make memory sketch
maps, especially of new (post WW-I) boundaries.
4. 10 minutes exercise on maps of the world, British Empire, and Great Britain every week.
Know something about foreign places coming into notice in the current newspapers.
5. Suitable scouting tests (Parents' review, June 1920)
6. (optional, as conjunction with study of Europe)
Travels with a donkey in the Cevennes by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894
Legends of the Alhambra by Washington Irving, 1783-1859
or
Hans Brinker, or, The silver skates by Mary Mapes Dodge
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
French (v. 3)
1. Primary French course by Otto Siepmann
pt. 2, lessons 1-9, with grammar & exercises
2. Read, narrate, and parse 2 pages from
Le foyer Breton: contes et recits populaires by Emile Souvestre, 1806-1854
Les jumeaux by Victor Hugo, 1802-1885
La mule du Pape by Alphonse Daudet, 1840-1897
3. Read several poems and learn one from
Longer poems for recitation edited by Louis A. Barbe
or
A book of French verse chosen and arranged for school use by Marc Ceppi, b. 1875
or
*Recueil de poemes, v. 2, by Jeanne Molmy
Latin (v. 3)
Gradatim: an easy Latin translation book for beginners by Henry Richard Heatley & Herbert Napier Kingdon
p. 29-68
Each lesson is to be followed by narration, taking necessary grammar from A first Latin course by William Smith (1813-1893) and making tables of accidence.
German (v. 2)
Primary German course by O. Siepmann
lessons 1-3
lessons 4-6
lessons 7-9
Teacher study perface, using the lessons (with narration), exercises, grammar, stories, poems, etc., as suggested.
or Italian
Italian conversation grammar by Perini
exercises 1-5
exercises 6-10
exercises 11-15
Work exercises, taking only necessary grammar.
For narration, 15 stories from Cento racconti per fanciulli
Science (v. 2)
1. The study of plant life by H.C. Stopes
p. 1-34
p. 35-71
p. 72-108 - notice climbing plants & watch the work of insects re flowersd.
2. Winners in life's race by Mrs. Fisher
p. 1-42
p. 43-88
p. 89-129
3. Architecture
p. 1-24
p. 24-42
p. 43-64
4. Our wonderful universe by A. Giberne
p. 1-27
p. 28-60
p. 61-93
or
The fairyland of science by Mrs. Fisher
p. 1-51
p. 52-100
p. 99-149
5. (optional) Ethics of the dust by Ruskin
lectures 1-3
lectures 4-7
lectures 8-10
6. Keep a nature notebook, with flower, bird, and insect lists, and make daily notes.
7. For out-of-door work, take some special study for the season from, especially, Nature study guide, e.g.,
wild fruits and seed dispersal
leaf-buds, cotyledons, etc. or seedlings, stems, and trunks
learn the songs of 6 birds
8. Take scouting tests in nature lore (Parents' review, June 1920).
For reference:
The changing year by F.M. Haines
or
Countryside rambles by W.S. Furneaux
A nature study guide by W.S. Furneaux
Physical education (v. 2)
1. An introduction to the English country dance: description and tunes of 12 dances by Cecil J. Sharp
Peasant dances and songs of many lands by Mrs. Kimmins
For reference:
How to teach school dances
2. Board of Education syllabus of physical training for schools, 1919
Music for use in Mrs. Wordsworth's classes may be used
3. Ex-students take House of Education drills
Mathematics (v. 2)
1. New shilling arithmetic by Pendlebury
p. 11-31
p. 32-58
p. 58-71
Review previous work.
Examples may by taken from New concrete arithmetic, book V, by Pendlebury.
2. A school geometry geometry by H. Hall & F. Stevens
p. 1-26, 69-76
p. 27-33, 34 (ex. 1-3), 35-41
p. 42-51, 56-59, 62, 64
The school set of mathematical instruments
3. A school algebra, pt. I, by H.G.S. Hall (taught Wed. 9:50-10:20)
p. 1-4, 6-7, 13-19, 23
p.
p.
4. Number stories of long ago by D.E. Smith should be read in leisure time.
For reference:
Unconventional arithmetical examples by R.S. Williamson
Music appreciation (v. 2)
Listen to music by 3 composers
Wagner
Purcell
Debussy
The listener's guide to music by P. Scholes
Musical groundwork by F.H. Shera
Singing (v. 2)
1. 9 French songs
French songs, with music
or
La lyre des ecoles
2. 9 German songs
Deutscher Liedergarten
3. 9 English songs
The national songbook, ed. by C.V. Stanford
4. Learn songs by the composers studied in Music appreciation and Christmas carols when appropriate.
5. Fifty steps in sight-singing: exercises for pupils by Arthur Somervell
steps 35-38
steps 39-40
steps 41, 43
For reference:
Ten minutes' lessons in sight-singing
lessons 50-52, etc.
Music (v. 2)
Choose and learn a suitable composition from the programme of music each term.
Art appreciation (v. 2)
Study, describe, and draw from memory details of reproductions of 6 pictures (each) by 3 painters
Van Eyck
Titian
Rubens
Drawing and painting (v. 2)
Pencil MUST NOT be used.
1. Observation
In season, in brush painting or in pastel, draw
6 wild fruits or berries, and autumn leaves
6 twigs of trees, especially with buds or catkins
6 wild flowers
18 studies of animals that the child has been able to watch.
Draw from memory.
2. Technique
Studies from objects, following method in, but not copying, The art of drawing, album 5.
or
1. Christmas cards
Christmas calendars with beautiful lettering
2. Children at play
Studies of figures and horses
3. Simple sketches from nature
People at work in the fields
Studies of trees, following method in, but not copying, The art of drawing, album 2, pt. 1
3. Imaginative work
Original scenes
from books assigned for reading
or
from nursery rhymes
4. Join the P.U.S. portfolio.
For reference:
Drawing, design, and craftwork by F.J. Glass
The teaching of drawing and its place in education by J. Williams (Parents' Review, Jan. 1923)
Drawing lessons by F. Monkhouse (Parents' Review, Feb. 1923)
Handcraft (v. 2)
1. Do some definite house or garden work.
Gardening for children by J. Gwynn
Tried favourites cookery book
2. Boys and girls darn and mend clothes from the wash each week.
First lessons in darning and mending
3. See the P.U.S. scouting or guiding tests (Parents' Review, May 1920)
Children should take the First aid (no. 10) and Housecraft (no. 7) tests.
4. Help the Save the Children Fund or a similar agency by, e.g.,
making a garment (Constructive and decorative stitchery by L.G. Foster)
or
helping in a pageant or entertainment
or
some local form of social service
5. Cardboard modelling (sloyd) by Heaton--18 models
6. Design and make a garment using
Constructive and decorative stitchery by L.G. Foster
and/or
Simple garments for children by Synge
and/or
Needlecraft in the school by M. Swanson
7. Make Christmas presents
Provide a Christmas entertainment with gifts you have made for poor children
Boys: Stencilling (Glass, p. 182-5; Dryad leaflet no. 22)
Girls: Knit or crochet a baby's garment
Design and make a basket (The stitchery annual, v. 12: Indian basketwork)
A manual of claymodelling by Hermione Unwin--make 6 models
Reseat a chair with rushes (Dryad leaflet no. 10)
For reference:
Drawing, design, and craftwork by F.J. Glass
What shall we make? by M. LaTrobe Foster
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