AmblesideOnline - Year 9 Overview
"And all the time we have books, books teeming with ideas fresh from the minds of thinkers upon every subject to which we can wish to introduce children."
Charlotte Mason, Volume 3, p. 171
A Basic Overview of Year 9
Bible
- Ruth, Samuel, 1 Kings, Ecclesiastes
- Psalms
- Proverbs
- Acts, James, Galatians
Citizenship
- Plutarch's Lives
- Ourselves
- Political Science
History
- 1688-1815 including French and American revolutions
- Salem Witch Trials
- Declaration of Independence
- George Washington
- Timeline
- Book of Centuries
Geography
- Lewis and Clark
- Other options
Science and Math
- Science program
- Short Science Biographies
- Nature Writings
- Nature Study
- Astronomy
- Math
Language Arts
- Copywork
- Dictation
- Oral and Written Narration
- Recitation
- Grammar
Literature
- Shakespeare
- Pope, Cowper, Byron
- Gulliver's Travels, Count of Monte Cristo, and more...
Foreign Language
- Modern Language
- Latin
Music and Arts
- Hymns and Folk Songs
- Artist/Picture Study
- Composer
- Drawing and Handicrafts
Year 9 begins high school. Students continue studying Plutarch's Lives as well as a Shakespeare play each term. They will continue with daily copywork, as well as studied dictation and grammar study. Every scheduled reading will still be narrated, either orally or in writing. Written narration should increase to more often than once a week, serving as further preparation for composition. Foreign language study continues as begun in previous years, alongside the study of Latin.
Choose a Course of Study for Year 9:
BASIC/LITE:
I want a basic, stripped down version, without a lot of options to choose from and a bit of a lighter load.
Year 9 Curriculum, Basic/Lite Version
36-Week Schedule
DETAILED/WITH OPTIONS:
I want to see all of my options and be able to make choices.
Year 9 Curriculum, Detailed
36-Week Schedule