Middle School World Literature, 2-Semester Course (Independent Use Student License)

Description

This course provides an exciting journey through world mythology, classic stories and fairy tales. The literature selections provide a platform for understanding other cultures, while exploring themes of virtue, integrity, courage, and the importance of preserving liberty. Students will gain fluency with a variety of literary devices. Students will also study biography as a form of literature, and be introduced to East Indian poetry.

Part 1 Readings (not included)

• The Children’s Homer (print book, 256 pgs, ISBN-13 978-0689868832) or The Children’s Homer (audio book) by Padraic Colum
• Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children (print book, 164 pgs, ISBN-3 978-1481275101) by James Baldwin
• The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths (print book, 288 pgs, ISBN-13 978-0689868856) or The Children of Odin (audio Book) by Padraic Colum
• The Little Prince (print book) by Antoine de Saint Exupéry (113 pgs. Get the Katherine Woods translation, which is superior. You may have better success finding a used copy.)
• Chinese Fairy Tales (print book, 80 pgs, ISBN-13: 978-0486401409) by Frederick H. Martens

Part 2 Readings (not included)

• Favorite Russian Fairy Tales by Arthur Ransome (print book, 96 pgs, ISBN-13: 978-0486286327)
• The Endless Steppe by Esther Hautzig (print book, 256 pgs, ISBN-13: 978-0064405775)
• Jewish Fairy Tales by Gerald Friedlander (print book, 144 pgs, ISBN-13: 9780486419824)
• The Arabian Nights (Illustrated Junior Library) (print book, 224 pgs, ISBN-13 978-0448060064) We recommend purchasing a used hardcover. Pay particular attention to getting the Illustrated Junior Library edition.
• African Folk Tales by Hugh Vernon-Jackson (print book, 64 pgs, ISBN-13: 978-0486405537)
• Poetry of Rabindranath Tagore (Included digitally in the lessons.)

(1 Student Independent Use license; includes 36 lessons)