COURSE OVERVIEW
18-week course plan applying the literary analysis method introduced by Teaching the Classics to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities, Owen Wister's The Virginian, and George Orwell's Animal Farm.
Prerequisites: Prior completion of American Literature (AL1-B). Completion of Essay Writing A (EWR-A) strongly recommended.
ORDERING INFORMATION
Basic information about the books and materials for this course follows; see your Academic Packet or STAA Study Guide for full ordering details and commentary about each resource.
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Semester 1: European Studies IA Study Guide
Student study guides and course plans for the first semester of the European Studies, A Track cycle. Designed to work in conjunction with STAA advisor support, our live classes, or the "Independent Study with Online Support" option, the STAA Study Guides include weekly reading plans, assignment directions, reflection topics, and gradebooks for the semester and help prepare students for the weekly, graded online quizzes. This guide
includes multiple subjects. To further personalize your student's plan, single-subject study guides are available at www.shop.staahomeschool.com.
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Teaching the Classics DVD and Workbook
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Any unabridged copy will do.
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A novel about the French Revolution set in London and Paris. Originally published as a serial in 1859. Any unabridged edition will do.
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Any unabridged edition will do. From the publisher: "Owen Wister's powerful story of the tall, silent stranger who rides into the uncivilized West and defeats the forces of evil has become an enduring part of American mythology. Set in Wyoming Territory, 'The Virginian' depicts the loneliness and challenge of an unknown land where the whistle of a freight train sounds across great miles of silence, where easy camaraderie—and sudden
violence—are found around the campfire, and where the rough honesty of "frontier justice" is just beginning to impose a sense of society on an unruly populace."
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50th Anniversary edition; first published in 1945; 140 pages
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There are online resources such as weekly reading quizzes, special downloads, advisor support through the Q & A forum, occasional slide shows or videos, and more for this course. To activate your student's online access, 1) submit the Course Registration form after your annual planning appointment, 2) register for the live class, or 3) register for the "Independent Study with Online Support Option." After completing one of the
registration options, students (and teaching-parents) may use their usernames and passwords to sign into the member site. The STAA Student Zone is available each school year from August 1 to July 15.
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OPTIONAL RESOURCE
Fall Live Class: English and American Literature
Small-group, advisor-led live online class for students in Grades 10 through 12 that meets every other academic week of the first semester. Advisor grading of assignments is also available for students registered for this live class.
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Any unabridged edition will do.
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Any unabridged edition will do.
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Any unabridged edition will do.
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Any unabridged edition will do. From the publisher: "'My Ántonia' evokes the Nebraska prairie life of Willa Cather's childhood, and commemorates the spirit and courage of immigrant pioneers in America. One of Cather's earliest novels, written in 1918, it is the story of Ántonia Shimerda, who arrives on the Nebraska frontier as part of a family of Bohemian emigrants.
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Any unabridged edition will do. From the publisher: "Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal -- a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss."
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A novel published in 1850 about Puritan New England. Any unabridged edition will do.
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Any unbridged edition will do. From the publisher: "A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father—a crusading local lawyer—risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime."
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