PNEU Curriculum, Year 8

PNEU Curriculum, Year 8, Age 13 (Form IIIA)

Bible (v. 3)

Old Testament history by John Manisty Hardwich & Harold Costley-White, b. 1878

v. III: From the birth of Samuel to the death of David (p. 115-176)
v. IV: From Solomon to the end of the Northern Kingdom (p. 3-153)

The Saviour of the world, v. II: His dominion by Charlotte Mason (174 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 Acts of the Apostles by Ellen Mary Knox, b. 1858 (p. 1-189)

(optional) Historical geography of the Holy Land by Simeon Ross Macphail (p. 95-188)

Memorization

3 passages of about 20 verses each from the Hebrew and from the Christian Scriptures studied

Psalm 45, 46, 47, 48
Psalm 90, 91
Psalm 18
no room: Ps. 103, 104; Ps. 87; I Chron. 29:10-20

6 hymns or carols, especially seasonal & especially from historical period being studied, e.g.,
term 1: those by William Cowper, 1731-1800
term 2: those by John Keble, 1792-1866
term 3: those by John Henry Newman, 1801-1900


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. 43-99 + lessons on holy days, i.e., Advent & Christmas, Good Friday & Easter, Ascension & Whitsun, etc.)

Sunday reading (optional)

1.
How to read the Bible by John Paterson Smyth, 1852-1932 (128 p.)

2.
An English church history for children, A.D. 1500-1911 by Mary Elizabeth Shipley, b. 1842 (v. I, p. 183-v. II, p. 160?)
no room: v. II, p. 161?-339

3.
term 1:
The life of Nelson by Robert Southey, 1774-1843 (370 p.) --Viscount Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805--

Dayspring in Uganda by Albert Bushnell Lloyd (120 p.)

term 2:
Uncle Tom's cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1811-1896

poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882, especially, Golden legend

term 3:
poems by Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, especially, Morte d'Arthur

Shackleton: a memory by Harold Begbie, 1871-1929 (89 p.) --Ernest Henry Shackleton, 1874-1922--

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. 64-85
    p. 86-102; 116-122
    p. 102-115; 122-131

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 Odyssey of Homer, Chapman's translation

        books 1-4
        books 5-8
        books 9-12

2.    Much ado about nothing
       Hamlet
       The tempest

3.    Poems of today, series II -- know poems by 6 poets.

4.    History of English literature for boys and girls by Mrs. Marshall

        p. 503-556 (1780-1820)
        p. 557-619 (1820-1861)
        p. 620-679 (1860-1920)
        
5.    1780-1820:

        Poems by Goldsmith
        contemporary poets from Golden treasury by Palgrave, e.g., Burns, Cowper
        The antiquary by Scott
        A tale of two cities by Dickens

         1820-1861:

        Essays by Lamb
        Hiawatha or The golden legend by Longfellow
        contemporary poets from Golden treasury by Palgrave, e.g., Wordsworth, Coleridge, Scott, Shelley
        The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens
        Lay of the last minstrel by Scott
        The rose and the ring by Thackerey

    
        1860-1920:

        Poems by Tennyson, especially, Sir Galahad, Lord Burleigh, To the Queen
        contemporary poets from Golden treasury by Palgrave
        The pirate by Scott
            or
        Five nations, v. 1, by Kipling + Lorna Doone


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.,

        + Ode to Napoleon by Byron (1780-1820)
        60 lines from Scott or Wordsworth (1820-1861)
        60 lines by Tennyson or Choice of songs by Kipling (1860-1920)
        
2.    Memorize a scene from:

        Much ado about nothing
        Hamlet
        The Tempest


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. 671-836 (1780-1918)

last term:
Lord Kitchener, the story of his life and work by Donald Alexander Mackenzie, 1873-1936 (160 p.) --Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1950-1916--

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. 230-293 (1780-1861)

Days to remember: the British Empire in the Great War by John Buchan, 1875-1940 & Sir Henry John Newbolt, 1862-1938

pt. I, chapter 3; pt. II, chapters 5,9,12-15; pt. II; pt. VI

or, much preferable,

The story of mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon, 1882-1944

p. 334-471


Ancient history (v. 3)

The British Museum for children by Frances Epps

chapters 10-12 (about 10 p. per chapter) (Babylon & Assyria)

Readings from Indian history for boys and girls by Ethel R. Sykes

p. 86-188
(no room: p. 189-240)

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

Pompey
Themistocles

Ourselves by Charlotte Mason, 1842-1923

book I, p. 73-139

The citizen and the state. Pt. 2, Industrial and social life and the empire by John St. Loe Strachey, 1860-1927

p. 106-218
or
The golden fleece: an introduction to the industrial history of England by Guy Wilfrid Morris & Leonard Southerden Wood

p. 122-220


Geography (v. 3)

1. Geography books. Book 4, Countries of Europe by Charlotte Mason, 1842-1923

p. 142-276; 298-301 (Germany, Austria, etc.)

2. Fighting for sea power in the days of sail by Horace West Household, b. 1870

p. 108-226

 or
Letters from high latitudes: being some account of a voyage in 1856 in the schooner yacht "Foam" to Iceland, Jan Meyen, and Spitzbergen by the Marquess of Dufferin, 1826-1902 (228 p.)

3. Physical geography by Archibald Geikie, 1835-1924

sections 148-270

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)


French (v. 3)

1. Primary French course by Otto Siepmann

pt. 2, lessons 10-18, with grammar and exercises

2. Read, narrate and parse 2 pages from

Histoire de mes betes by Alexandre Dumas, 1802-1870

*Les deux bossus

Le petit chose a Paris 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

Other books suggested for reading and narration:

Nouveaux contes francais by Marc Ceppi, b. 1875
La reine des neiges by Alexandre Dumas, 1802-1870
Memoires d'un ane by Sophie, comtesse de Segur, 1799-1874
Histoire de la princesse Rosette by Sophie, comtesse de Segur, 1799-1874
Histoire d'un chien by Charles Augustin Sewrin, 1771-1853


Latin (v. 3)

Gradatim: an easy Latin translation book for beginners by Henry Richard Heatley & Herbert Napier Kingdon

p. 73-105

Each lesson is to be followed by narration, taking necessary grammar from A first Latin course by William Smith (1813-1893)


German (v. 2)

Primary German course by O. Siepmann

        lessons 10-12
        lessons 13-15
        lessons 16-18

Teacher study perface, using the lessons (with narration), exercises, grammar, stories, poems, etc., as suggested.


or  Italian

Italian conversation grammar by Perini

        exercises 16-20
        exercises 21-25
        exercises 26-29

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. 109-140 - find & describe wild fruits and mosses
p. 141-163
p. 167-196

2.    Winners in life's race by Mrs. Fisher

        p. 129-168
        p. 168-208
        p. 209-240 - watch rodents & bats & make sketches

3.    Architecture

        p. 65-86
        p. 86-102
        p. 103-127

4.    Our wonderful universe by A. Giberne
        p. 94-
        p.     -150
        p. 151-179

        or

    The fairyland of science by Mrs. Fisher
        p. 150-194
        p. 195-239

5.    Keep a nature notebook, with flower, bird, and insect lists, and make daily notes.

6.    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

7.    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. 72-84
        p. 85-99
        p. 100-113

    Review previous work.
Examples may be taken from New concrete arithmetic, book V, by Pendlebury.

2.    A school geometry by H. Hall & F. Stevens

        p. 77-83, 86-93
        p. 96-97, 99-101, 104-109
        p. 118-119, 121-124, 126-131

    Review, doing more exercises
    
        theorems 1-12
        p. 35-68
        p. 69-131

    The school set of mathematical instruments

3.    A school algebra, pt. I, by H.G.S. Hall (taught Wed. 9:50-10:20)

        p. 34-35, 38-41, 44-46
        p. 49-53
        p. 53, 54, 67-71  

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

    Handel
    Tchaikovsky
    Bach

The listener's guide to music by P. Scholes

(optional) The second book of great musicians by P. Scholes


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 44-46
        steps 47-50

For reference:

    Ten minutes' lessons in sight-singing


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

Burne-Jones
Giotto
Vermeer


Drawing and painting (v. 2)

1.    Memory drawings

2.    Studies, as appropriate for the season, of

        landscapes
        heads
        figures

3.    Illustrations of scenes from literature, including poems, Bible

4.    Design Christmas cards or calendars, using beautiful lettering.

5.    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)

The Fesole Club papers by W.G. Collingwood

The art of drawing - for method (not for copying)


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[base '] 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, e.g., papier-maché bowls (Dryad leaflet no. 15)
Provide a Christmas entertainment with gifts you have made for poor children

    Simple carving in alabaster (Dryad leaflet no. 24)
    Make toys (The stitchery annual, v. 12, no. 45)

    A manual of claymodelling by Hermione Unwin--make 6 models

For reference:

    Drawing, design, and craftwork by F.J. Glass
   
    What shall we make? by M. LaTrobe Foster

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