Welcome to ​Old Fashioned Education's FREE online curriculum.
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​This page is under construction.

Directions: 

1. Gather materials using the Booklist (below) for what to teach.
2. Print the 40-Week Schedule PDF for when to teach it.
3. Order the Grade 7 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

Seventh Grade
Age 13+
Modern History from 1900 to Present
40 Week Schedule, PDF

King James Bible 

Bible Study

• All of Grace by Charles Spurgeon*
• The Chosen People by Charlotte Yonge*
• In His Steps by Charles Sheldon*​

Optional Sunday Reading:

• ​Tales from Westminster Abbey Told to Children by Lord and Stanley

Devotions

• Our Daily Bread* [1] or Daily Strength for Daily Needs* or other devotions of your choice

Arithmetic. Choose 1

• CIMT Secondary Year 8* or 
• Everyday Arithmetic Book 3 (First Half)* with Answers* or
• Ray's New Higher Arithmetic* or
• Pre-Algebra; Teaching Textbooks or curriculum of your choice

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Science

• The New Answers Book by Ken Ham* [2]

Extra reading as desired

• Children's Stories of the Great Scientists by  Henrietta Christian Wright*
• The Wonder Book of Chemistry by Jean-Henri Fabre*

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​Language Arts

• Begin or continue Latin and other Languages as desired 
• McGuffey High School Reader*, Do 2 lessons per week
• Handwriting Workbook^, purchase seperately
• Graded Poetry Reader: Seventh Year*, Copywork 1 to 2 times per week
• McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book*, chapters 170-201

Grammar. Choose 1.

• Harvey's Grammar Series*
• Building Christian English Series, Grade 7
• Grammar curriculum of your choice

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Literature

• Kim by Rudyard Kipling*
• Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne*
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne*
• The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells*
• The Time Machine by H.G. Wells*
• Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs*
• King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard*

Feminine Alternatives

• Anne of Green Gables Series by L.M. Montgomery*
  • ​Anne of Green Gables
  • Anne of Avonlea 
  • Anne of the Island
  • Anne of Windy Poplars
  • Anne's House of Dreams
  • Anne of Ingleside
  • Rainbow Valley
  • Rilla of Ingleside

• Rebecca of Sunny Brook Farm by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin*
• New Chronicles of Rebbeca by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin*
• Daddy Long-Legs: A Comedy in Four Acts by Jean Webster*

Extra reading as desired

• FREE Robinson Book List - Level 7*
• Andrew Lang's Fairy Books*

History

• The Century for Young People by Peter Jennings, available at most libraries
• The Little Book of the War by Eva March Tappan*

Biography

• John Jacob Astor by Elbert Hubbard*
• The Story of My Life by Helen Keller*
• Will Rogers, A Biography by Donald Day, borrow or purchase seperately
• Interview with Matthew Henderson (North Pole Explorer)

Social Studies
Geography

• An Outline of American Geography by Stephen S. Birdsall and John Florin*
• The Story of Geographical Discovery by Joseph Jacobs*

Civics

• The Government Class Book by Andrew W. Young*

• Outline of the U.S. Government Edited by Rosalie Targonsk* ​or
• An Outline for the Study of American Civil Government: With Special Reference to Training for Citizenship by New England History Teachers' Association , Ray Greene Huling*

Seventh Grade Syllabus​

Have Seventh Grade questions or comments?  See FAQ's

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Notes
[1] Our Daily Bread includes a Bible reading plan.
[2] If you prefer a Science reader, we recommend Rod & Staff Science Series.
^Consumable books less than 10%