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 for when to teach it.
3. Order the Grade 9 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.

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Ninth Grade
Ages 15+
Medieval History from 500AD to 1500

King James Bible 

• The King James Version of the Bible

Bible Study

• The Imitation of Christ*
• The Bible Period by Period*

Devotions. Choose 1

• Our Daily Bread* [1] 
• Daily Strength for Daily Needs*
• Streams in the Desert*
• Faith’s Checkbook*

Arithmetic. Choose 1

• CIMT, MEP, Secondary Year 10*
• Ray’s New Elementary Algebra*
• Algebra 2, Teaching Textbooks, purchased separately
• Math program of your choice, purchased separately

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Science

• Enjoying Science Together or Biology of choice

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​Language Arts

• McGuffey High School Reader*, Do 2 lessons per week
• Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools*
• Composition

Grammar. Choose 1.

• Harvey's Grammar Series*
• Building Christian English Series, Grade 9 ❶ [2]
• Grammar curriculum of your choice

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Latin & Foreign Language

• Latin for Beginners * or another Latin text of your choice
• Latin I: Linney's Latin Class * (Lessons 1 to 36)
• Add other foreign language of your choice

Literature

• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court*
• The Prince and the Pauper*
• Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc; Volume 1* & Volume 2*
• The Age of Chivalry*
• Ivanhoe*
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame*

Extra reading as desired

• FREE Robinson Book List - Level 9*
• Le Mort d’Arthur: Volume 1* & Volume 2*
• Andrew Lang's Fairy Books*

History

• Beacon Lights of History, Volume 05*  The Middle Ages, all 11 Chapters.
• Beacon Lights of History, Volume 06*  Renaissance and Reformation. Dante, Geoffrey Chaucer, Columbus, Savonarola, Thomas Cranmer, Ignatius Loyola.
• Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07*  Great Women. Heloise, Joan of Arc, Saint Theresa.

   Historical Documents

• Magna Carta & Its American Legacy*
• The Text of the Magna Carta, with an introductory note*

Biography

• King Alfred of England*
• William the Conqueror*
• Richard I*
• Richard II*
• Margaret of Anjou*
• Richard III*
• Mary Queen of Scots*
• Famous Men of the Middle Ages* from Chapter 4 through the end.
• A+ Research & Writing* (Research William Tyndale and write a Term Paper about him).

Social Studies
Economics

• Salvation Through Inflation: The Economics of Social Credit*

The three texts below give opposing views of tithing and together provide a well-rounded understanding of tithing in general. Your family can emphasize the belief structure you prefer.

• Tithing and the Church
• The Holy Belch by Roland Watson
• Tithing & Social Financing by R. J. Rushdoony

Civics

• Through New Eyes: Developing a Biblical View of the World*
• Is The World Running Down?: Crisis in the Christian Worldview*
• Christian Reconstruction: What It Is, What It Isn’t*

​Civics
Choose according to gender.

• The Young Man’s Friend and Guide Through Life to Immortality
• Female Piety — The Young Woman’s Guide through Life to Immortality

Ninth Grade Syllabus​

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Notes
[1] Our Daily Bread includes a Bible reading plan.
[2] Rod & Staff English Series includes writing and composition. Be sure your choice includes this.
^Consumable books less than 10%