Welcome to ​Old Fashioned Education's FREE online curriculum.
Before you begin, please read the introduction and license agreement. 

Directions: 

1. Gather materials using the Booklist (below) for what to teach.
2. Print the 40-Week Schedule PDF (when available) for when to teach it.
3. Order the Grade 12 Teacher Manual (optional, when available) with lesson plans, worksheets, tests, and answer key for how to teach it or plan your own lessons using the FREE Student Weekly Assignment Booklet PDF.

Key:  *Free online   ❶  Our Pick!   ❷ Christianbook

Twelfth Grade
For Ages 16 to 19
Modern History from 1900 to Present


King James Bible 

• The King James Version of the Bible

Bible Study

• Fox's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe*
• Refuting Evolution & Study Guide*

Devotions. Choose 1

• Our Daily Bread* [1] or 
• Morning & Evening Devotions by Charles Spurgeon 

Arithmetic. Choose 1

• CIMT, MEP, Secondary Year 13, Further Pure Mathematics, Further Statistics, Further Mechanics*
• Ray’s New Higher Algebra* or 
• Teaching Textbooks or Calculus of your choice

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Science

• Enjoying Science Together or Physics text of choice

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​Language Arts

• The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century*
• The Exposition of Ideas, Chapters 6-9*

Grammar & Composition as needed. [2]

• McGuffey High School Reader* 
• ​McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book*
• Spencerian Penmanship Workbook^, purchase seperately
• Harvey's English Grammar*

Latin & Foreign Languages

• Begin or continue Latin
• Latin for Beginners, or another Latin text of your choice.
• Add other foreign languages of your choice.

Literature

• Walden*
• Civil Disobedience*
• The Art of War*
• The Prince*
• Main Street*
• The Great Gatsby*

Extra reading as desired

• FREE Robinson Book List - Level 12*
• 1984 by George Orwell*
• The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde*
• Andrew Lang's Fairy Books*

History

• The Century by Peter Jennings, must be purchased separately, used versions are widely available

Biography

• My Life and Work, Henry Ford*
• Edison, His Life and Inventions*
• Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography*
• Nelson Rockefeller*

Social Studies
Civics

• The Theology of Christian Resistance*
• Tactics of Christian Resistance*

Economics

• What Has Government done to our Money by Murray N. Rothbar*
• Whatever Happened to Penny Candy by by Rick Maybury*, extra reading as desired

Grade 12 Syllabus​

1. Daily - spend time reading a broad array of topics - see 40-Week Schedule.
2. Daily - spend time writing narrations, outlines, copywork, spelling, or penmanship [2]
3. Daily - spend time talking (discuss and narrate readings, compare to today's issues)
4. Daily - spend time reciting (students should create an ongoing Recitation Notebook for making notes of all subjects in Q&A format or outline format)

Sample Weekly Schedule:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Christian Study*	Christian Study	Christian Study	Christian Study	Elective***
Math	Math	Math	Math	Math
Science	Language Arts	Science	Language Arts	Science
Literature	Economics	Literature	Civics	Literature
Enrichments**	Enrichments	Enrichments	Enrichments	Elective***

Have Twelfth Grade questions or comments?  See FAQ's

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Notes
[1] Our Daily Bread includes a Bible reading plan.
[2] Need a crash course in grammar and composition? While it is costly, we recommend Analytical Grammar's 1-Year Schedule.
*Program 1: Christian Study includes Bible, History, Geography, Biography
**Program 2: Enrichment Study includes Art, Music, Literature, Habits, Handicrafts, Nature+
***Electives are optional; see state graduation guidelines
​^Consumable books less than 10%