PNEU Curriculum, Year 9
PNEU Curriculum, Year 9, Age 14 (Form IV)
Bible (v. 3)
Old Testament history, v. V: From Hezekiah to the end of the Canon by John Manisty Hardwich & Harold Costley-White, b. 1878 (224 p.)
The work of the prophets by Rose E. Selfe (chapters 7, 9, 11-13)
The Saviour of the world, v. III: The kingdom of heaven by Charlotte Mason (187 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. 191-401)
Galatians (text only, no commentary)
Philippians
Colossians
Memorization
3 passages of about 20 verses each from the Hebrew and from the Christian Scriptures studied
Psalm 118
Psalm 65, 81
Psalm 107
no room: Psalm 102
6 hymns or carols, especially seasonal & especially from historical period being studied
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.)
(for Confirmation classes) Lessons on the Way: for the use of enquirers and teachers by Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936
Sunday reading (optional)
The story of St. Paul's life and letters by John Paterson Smyth, 1852-1932 (246 p.)
The quest of nations: a study in national and international ideals by Theodore Robert Woosnam Lunt, b. 1878 (184 p.)
or
Our Bible in the making as seen by modern research by John Paterson Smyth, 1852-1932 (213 p.)
term 1:
The fall of Constantinople by John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 (360 p.)
Heroes and writers of the Book of Common Prayer by Georgiana M. Forde (211 p.)
The firebrand of the Indies, a romance of Francis Xavier by Elsie K. Seth-Smith (149 p.) --Saint Francis Xavier, 1506-1552--
term 2:
The Spanish brothers: a tale of the sixteenth century by Deborah Alcock, 1835-1913 (412 p.)
or
Lysbeth: a tale of the Dutch by Henry Rider Haggard, 1856-1925 (496 p.)
Letters to my grandson on the glory of English prose by Stephen Coleridge, 1854-1936 (128 p.)
or
Letters to my grandson on the glory of English poetry by Stephen Coleridge, 1854-1936 (157 p.)
India and her peoples by Frank Deaville Walker (144 p.)
term 3:
The pilgrim's progress by John Bunyan, 1628-1688
The maiden & married life of Mary Powell, afterwards Mistress Milton, and the sequel thereto, Deborah's diary by Anne Manning, 1807-1879 (358 p.) --Mary Powell Milton, d. 1652--
India and her peoples by Frank Deaville Walker (144 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, or, occasionally, from memory.
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.
Poetry: Verses, not doggerel (note meter of poems assigned), on
a. current events, characters in the assigned reading, historical characters and heroic deeds,
b. as appropriate, autumn and winter scenes, spring scenes, or summer days and scenes,
c. fairies, clouds, etc.
Drama:
a. Write some scenes for acting from the Scott novel assigned,
b. Write dialogues between any characters taken from the assigned reading,
c. Write scenes for an Empire pageant.
Letters to friends on family events, visits of interest, and general news,
or
Invitations and answers to invitations.
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. 132-142; 175-185
p. 143-157; 185-194
p. 158-171; 194-205
Parse and analyze from books read, making continual progress.
Literature -- includes evening and holiday reading (v. 2)
(This is Form V work)
1. The Odyssey of Homer, Chapman's translation
books 13-16
books 17-20
books 21-24
2. Henry IV, part I
Love's labour lost
Cymbeline
3. The Albatross book of living verse
or
Modern poetry: an anthology, ed. by M. Wollman
4. 1485-1558:
Canterbury tales by Chaucer - Prologue
contemporary poetry from Oxford book of English verse or Book of English poetry
Romola by George Eliot
The Alhambra by Washington Irving
The cloister and the hearth by Charles Reade
Short studies on great subjects by Froude - Erasmus
and Luther; Dissolution of the monasteries
Conquest of Peru by Prescott
or
Capture of Mexico by Prescott
1558-1625:
Faerie Queene, book I, by Spenser
or
Shepherd's calendar by Spenser
contemporary poetry from Oxford book of English verse or Book of English poetry
Tamburlaine the Great, part I by Marlowe
or
Edward II by Marlowe
or
Knight of the burning pestle by Beaumont and Fletcher
Essays by Bacon (choose 12)
or
Defense of poesy by Sidney
Critical and historical essays by Macaulay - Bacon or Burleigh and his times
Don Quixote
Akbar's dream by Tennyson
Westward ho! by Kingsley
or
The abbot or Kenilworth or The fortunes of Nigel by Scott
Short studies by Froude - England's forgotten worthies
1625-1660:
Poems by Milton, especially, Comus, Lycidas,
sonnets, L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Nativity ode
Critical and historical essays by Macaulay - Milton
Hesperides and Noble numbers by Herrick
contemporary poetry from Oxford book of English verse or Book of English poetry
Letters to Sir William Temple by Dorothy Osborne
The scholar gypsy by Matthew Arnold
Woodstock by Scott
or
John Inglesant by J.H. Shorthouse
Oliver Cromwell by John Drinkwater
or
Strafford by Browning
For reference:
A history of English literature by Emile Legouis and L. Cazamian
Shakespeare: the man and his stage by E.A.G. Lambourne and G.B. Harrison
The Renaissance by Edith Sichel (1485-1558)
Activities
Be able to give some account of what you have read in each book, with sketches of the chief characters.
Keep a commonplace book for passages that strike you particularly.
Recitations
1. Memorize 6 poems
from/about the historical period being studied
or
fromThe Albatross book of living verse or Modern poetry: an anthology
2. Memorize a scene from
Henry IV
Love's labour lost
Cymbeline
English history (v. 3)
Text, e.g., A short history of the English people by John Richard Green, 1837-1883
p. 284-583 (1485-1660)
(advanced)
1558-1625:
The world encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, d. 1637 (235 p.)
or
The discovery of the large, rich and beautiful empire of Guiana by Sir Walter Raleigh, 1552?-1618 (232 p.)
Critical and historical essays. Burleigh by Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1800-1859 --William Burleigh, 1520-1598--
(advanced & optional)
The naval side of British history by Geoffrey Arthur Romaine Callender, 1875-1946 (305 p.)
1485-1558:
England in the sixteenth century by Raphael Holinshed, d. 1580 (127 p.)
The Oxford reformers: John Colet [1467?-1519], Erasmus [d. 1536] and Thomas More [1478--1535], being a history of their fellow-work by Frederic Seebohm, 1833-1912 (551 p.)
1558-1625:
Sir Walter Raleigh [1552?-1618] by James Rennell Rodd, b. 1858 (292 p.)
Queen Elizabeth and her subjects by Alfred Leslie Rowse, b. 1903, and George Bagshawe Harrison, b. 1894 (139 p.)
+ Akbar [1542-1605] by Laurence Binyon, 1869-1943 (165 p.) --Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605--
or
Voyages of Hawkins, Frobisher & Drake: select narrations from the "Principal navigations" of [Richard] Hakluyt, 1552-1616? (280 p.)
1625-1660:
Oliver Cromwell's [1599-1658] letters and speeches, edited by Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881
Critical and historical essays. Hampden by Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1800-1859 --John Hampden, 1594-1643--
Subscribe to the Home and Classroom section of The Times
Read the daily news and keep a calendar of events
World history (v. 3)
Medieval
and modern times: an introduction to the history of western Europe from
the dissolution of the Roman Empire to the opening of the great war of
1914 by James Harvey Robinson, 1863-1936
p. 239-381
also used
Modern Europe: a school history by John Lord, 1810-1894
A short history of the world from the Renaissance to the League of Nations by Elizabeth Underwood
1558-1625:
*The Spanish Armada
Form V work:
*William the Silent by John Lothrop Motley
or
The rise of the Dutch Republic: a history by John Lothrop Motley, 1814-1877 (v. 1: 1555-1567)
Akbar by Laurence Binyon, 1869-1943--Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605--
1625-1660:
Memoirs of a Cavalier by Daniel Defoe, 1660-1731 (p. 1-125)
Ancient history (v. 3)
Ancient times: a history of the early world: an introduction to the study of ancient history and the career of early man by James Henry Breasted, 1865-1935
p. 285-454 (Greece through 404 B.C.)
Everyday things in Ancient Greece by Marjorie & Charles Henry Bourne Quennell, 1872-1935
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
Timoleon
Paulus AEmilius
Agis and Cleomenes)
(no room: Tiberius; Caius Gracchi
Ourselves by Charlotte Mason, 1842-1923
book I, p. 140-210
*Citizenship by E.R. Watts
p. 1-136
(no room: p. 137-277)
Geography (v. 3)
1. Geography books. Book 5, Asia, Africa, America, and Australia by Charlotte Mason, 1842-1923
p. 1-161; 326-332 (Asia, Africa)
2. Our guardian fleets in 1805 by Horace West Household, b. 1870
p. 1-106
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.
3. (optional)
Eothen by Alexander William Kinglake, 1809-1891 (245 p.) --Middle East--
From sea to sea. Vol. 1, Letters of marque by Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936 --India--
The personal life of David Livingstone, chiefly from his unpublished journals and correspondence in the possession of his family by William Garden Blaikie (412 p.)
or
The lion hunter by Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming, 1820-1866 (378 p.) --South Africa--
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 19-30, with grammar and exercises
2. Read, narrate and parse 2 pages from
Le serf by Emile Souvestre, 1806-1854
Le bourgeois gentilhomme by Moliere, 1622-1673
Les femmes savantes by Moliere, 1622-1673
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
(optional - Form V work for historical period)
1485-1558:
L'avocat Patelin: comedie en trois actes et en prose by Brueys, 1640-1723 & Jean Palaprat, 1650-1721
1558-1625:
Cinq Mars, ou, Une conjuration sous Louis XIII: roman by Alfred de Vigny, 1797-1863
Essais by Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592
1625-1660:
Les precieuses ridicules by Moliere, 1622-1673
Latin (v. 3)
Limen: a first Latin book by William Charles Flamstead Walters (d. 1927) & Robert Seymour Conway (1864-1933)
pt. I, p. 1-95
with corresponding exercises and narration of continuous passages.
German (v. 2)
Primary German course by O. Siepmann
lessons 19-21
lessons 22-25
lessons 26-29
Teacher study perface, using the lessons (with narration), exercises, grammar, stories, poems, etc., as suggested.
For narration:
Der Geiss-Christeli by Zahn
Marchens by the Grimms
or
Marchens by Bechstein
Marchens by Hauff
(optional - Form V work; for historical period?)
1485-1558:
Der Kampf der Sanger by Hoffmann
Aus Goldenen Tagen by H. Seidel
1558-1625:
Die Geschwister by Goethe
Gustav Adolf's Page by Meyer
1625-1660:
Die Geschwister by Goethe
Das Wirtshaus zu Cranzac by H. Zschokke
or Italian
Italian conversation grammar by Perini
exercises 30-34
exercises 35-36; 42-44
exercises 37-41
Work exercises, taking only necessary grammar.
For narration, 18 stories from Cento racconti per fanciulli
For reference:
Italian irregular verbs
Science (v. 2)
1. Elementary studies in plant life by F.E. Fritsch
p. 1-30
p. 42-74
p. 91-96, 102-124, 181-187
(optional) In the Tropics: A manual of Indian botany by G.A. Bose
In America: First studies in plant life by G.F. Atkinson
2. Winners in life's race by Mrs. Fisher
p. 240-279
p. 279-314
p. 314-353
3. First year of scientific knowledge by Paul Bert
p. 1-50
p. 50-106
p. 107-127, 161-191
4. Some wonders of matter by Bishop Mercer
p. 1-33
p. 34-63
p. 64-99
5. A health reader by W.H. Abrahall
p. 1-54
p. 55-109
p. 109-158
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 or seed dispersion and fungi or flowerless plants (FYSK, p. 144-151; 158-160)
leaf-buds, cotyledons, etc. or seedlings, stems, and trunks or growth of seedlings or seed germination & bud protection
learn the songs of 6 birds
or watch beetles (see Common British beetles by C.A. Hall) or study
wild flowers from 6 orders (FYSK, p. 125-144)
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
Science+ (readings which didn't fit into 1 year) (v. 2)
1. Elementary studies in plant life by F.E. Fritsch
p. 136-176
p. 31-41, 75-80, 125-136
p. 81-90, 97-101, 177-181
(optional) In the Tropics: A manual of Indian botany by G.A. Bose
In America: First studies in plant life by G.F. Atkinson
2. Selborne by Gilbert White
p. 1-88
p. 88-175
p. 176-263
or
Ethics of the dust by Ruskin
lectures 1-3
lectures 4-7
lectures 8-10
3. First year of scientific knowledge by Paul Bert
p. 127-160
p. 192-234
p. 234-278
no room: p. 278-318
4. Some wonders of matter by Bishop Mercer
p. 100-133
p. 134-158
p. 159-192
5. A health reader by W.H. Abrahall
p. 159-193
p. 193-221
p. 222-269
First year of scientific knowledge by Paul Bert
p. 319-338
p. 338-358
p. 359-376
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. 113-124, sections 211-214: Percentages, profit and loss
p. 124-131, sections 215-218: Mensuration, simple and compound interest
p. 131-141 (Discount, stocks and shares)
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. 139-157
p. 158-169, 170
p. 170-181
no room: p. 180-197, 200-204; review p. 158-180
Review, doing more exercises
p. 139-157
p. 139-170
The school set of mathematical instruments
3. A school algebra, pt. I, by H.G.S. Hall (taught Wed. 9:50-10:20)
p. 5, 8-12, 20-23, 72-74
p. 56-66, 75-76, 89
p. 77-82, 90-92, 95-100
no room: p. 100-110, 122-129
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
Beethoven
Mendelssohn
Franck
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. Musical groundwork by F.H. Shera
term 1
term 2
term 3
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
Filippino Lippi
Mantegna
Millet
Drawing and painting (v. 2)
1. Memory drawings
2. Studies, as appropriate for the season, of
animals
objects in the house
trees
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' 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
Leather modelling (Artistic leatherwork by E.E. Carter; Designs for artistic leatherwork. Elementary, pt. 1, by E.E. Carter)
Continue leather modelling
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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