sarahli Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 ...from the WTM? I just need the titles for 9th grade. I had to return the WTM on interlibrary loan and forgot to write them down. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.S. Burrow Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Here is the link: http://www.welltrainedmind.com/greatbooks.html SWB has lots of really good info posted under the resources link. I have the revised & updated 2004 edition and still use the articles she has posted. Enjoy!:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda in NM Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Related question...I'm one of those "chronological people," so I'm always worried when the lists don't correlate with the time periods we're currently studying...do any of you use the 11th grade list for 9th graders, for example? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathy in TX Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Absolutely! My 9th grader will be studying modern history and the modern novels that go along with it. However, several of the works from this time period have a high "ick" factor, so I am researching which books to use from the 12th grade list. Some of her books will be from the WTM high school list, some from the WTM eighth grade list, and some from other sources. SWB and JW state in the WTM that subsequent children should be folded into the olders' history studies rather than each child studying a different history. They knew and expected kids in different age brackets to study these books, too. HTH, Cathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne/Ankara Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Here is my list for ninth grade literature, based on WTM, which uses some anthologies to cover some of the books... just an idea! Ninth Grade Literature Texts: Longman Anthology World Literature, Volume A, The Ancient World Bedford Anthology of World Literature, The Ancient World Holt: World Literature, Revised Edition Holt: Elements of Literature, World Literature Teaching Company: Great Authors of the Western Literary Tradition First semester 1. Bible, Genesis-Job Bedford p. 127 Longman p. 50 Holt, p. 160 Holt, elements, p. 51 Great Authors #1-7 2. Gilgamesh (Epic of Gilgamesh, Westwood trans) Bedford p. 55 Longman p. 88 Holt p. 136 Holt, elements, p. 21 Great Authors #2 3. Homer, Iliad Bedford p. 277 Longman p. 230 Holt p. 214 Holt, elements, p. 120 Great Authors #7 4. Homer, Odyssey Bedford p. 421 Longman p. 291 Great Authors #8 5. Herodutus, Histories Longman p. 694 Great Authors #13 6. Thucydides, Peloponnesian War Bedford p. 1135 Longman p. 700 Holt p. 284 Holt, elements, p. 181 Great Authors #14 7. Sophocles, Oedipus Rex Bedford p. 899 Longman p. 648 Holt p. 301 Holt, elements, p. 199 Great Authors #11 8. Euripides, Meclea Bedford p. 1004 Longman p. 748 Great Authors #12 9. Aristophanes, Frogs Great Authors #15 10. Plato’s Republic Bedford p. 1111 Longman p. 712 Books that Made History #13, #25 Great Authors #16 11. Aristotle, Poetics, Ethics Bedford p. 1153 Second Semester 1. Bible, Book of Daniel 2. Lucretius, On the Nature of Things Bedford p. 786 3. Cicero, de Republica Books that Change Lives #33 4. Virgil, Aeneid Bedford p. 1181 Longman p. 1163 Holt p. 379 Holt, elements, p. 269 Great Authors #19 Books that Change Lives #20 5. Ovid, Metamorphoses Holt, p. 422 Bedford p. 1270 Longman p. 1264 Holt, Elements, p. 305 Great Authors #20 6. Bible, Corinthians 7. Josephus, Wars of the Jews 8. Plutarch, Lives of the Greeks Great Authors #21 There are three childrens' versions of Plutarch (Our Young Folk's Plutarch by Rosalie Kaufman, Plutarch's Lives for Boys and Girlsby W. H. Weston, and a 2-volume Children's Plutarch by F.J. Gould divided between Tales of the Greeks and Tales of the Romans; see chapter titles for Gould's book below) on http://www.mainlesson.com that may be helpful in the same way as Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare or Bible story books are; and there is a Boys and Girls Plutarch on Project Gutenberg which is basically the Dryden/Clough translations with omissions of material not for children. However, like Bible story books, sometimes the retellings feel like they're missing the original flavour or intent of the story, and on occasion they will even substitute a gorier word or phrase than one that Dryden used! http://higherupandfurtherin.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-we-study-plutarch.html 9. Tacitus, Annals Holt, elements, p. 322 Teaching Company Courses Human Prehistory and the First Civilization Old Testament, New Testament Origins of Great Ancient Civilizations Ancient Greek Civilization Classical Mythology Foundations of Western Civilization Great Authors of the Western Literary Tradition Great Battles of the Ancient World Great Ideas of Philosophy Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition Great Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt History of Ancient Egypt History of Ancient Rome The Vikings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahli Posted April 19, 2008 Author Share Posted April 19, 2008 Thanks for the links and anthologies. I found the Longman's ancient world for 4$ used on Amazon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS mom Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Don't know if you saw the recent threads about Herodotus- which edition to choose... but the Landmark editions are good for both Herodotus and Thucydides. They have maps, and make it much easier to follow the action in the test. I didn't know about Landmark when we read Herodotus. We used an old edition from the library. It did have maps, but the set up of the Landmark was far superior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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