Student Supplies
Watercolor Paper 9X12
Thin Sharpie
Travel Watercolor Set
Nature Journal
Narration Notebook
Elementary Copywork Notebook
Middle Copywork Notebook
Book of Centuries (ages 10+)
Commonplace Book (ages 10+)

Family Book List
Children’s Atlas of the U.S.A., by Craig Froman
Farm Anatomy, by Julia Rothman
Heart and Soul:The Story of America and African Americans, by Kadir Nelson
National Parks of the U.S.A., by Katie Siber
Pagoo, by Holling C. Holling
Stories of America, Volume 2, by Simply Charlotte Mason
Then Sings My Soul, by Robert J. Morgan

Elementary Book List
All-of-a-Kind Family, by Sydney Taylor
Among the Farmyard People, by Clara Dillingham Pierson
Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Homer Price, by Robert McCloskey
Mountain Born, by Elizabeth Yates
Rabbit Hill, by Robert Lawson
Understood Betsy, by Dorothy Canfield Fisher 

Middle Book List
Across Five Aprils, by Irene Hunt
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule, by Harriette Gillem Robinet
Little Britches, by Ralph Moody
My Side of the Mountain, by Jean Craighead George
Nearer Nature, by Jim Arnosky
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor
Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls
The Young Citizen's Reader, by Paul Reinsch

Challenge Book List
Hattie Big Sky, by Kirby Larson 
Little Men, by Louisa May Alcott
No Promises in the Wind, by Irene Hunt
Out of the Dust, by Karen Hesse
Rifles for Watie, by Harold Keith
Up From Slavery, by Booker T. Washington

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Bible includes the teachings of Jesus and scripture memory that coordinates with each teaching. In addition to narration, older students are encouraged to transcribe the teaching into their Commonplace Book.

Without Doors: Modern America includes history lessons from the Civil War through September 11, 2001. The living history spine is engaging for families as they navigate through modern American history together.

The original “American History Timeline Song” will reinforce the timeline of the United States.

Older students also add suggested dates to their Book of Centuries.

Without Doors: Modern America geography highlights the 50 states & capitals, state birds and flowers, and National Parks. Students will look closely at the details on an atlas.

Students will read six living books that coordinate with the study of modern America.

Without Doors: Modern America includes one modern American poet study per term.

Copywork selections coordinate with weekly lessons, building a strong foundation in spelling and grammar.

Older students will add passages to their Commonplace Book.

Poet Study includes Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost.

Students develop the habit of narration by responding to literature with oral and written narration. The weekly narration prompt rotates between history, geography, literature, nature study, and enrichment.

Students will respond to the narration prompt in their Narration Notebook, a notebook with lines for writing and a blank space for drawing.

Narration expectations (amount of words and/or paragraphs) should be different for younger vs. older students.

A Narration Notebook is a keepsake!

Without Doors: Modern America includes rotating enrichment activities including: Composer Study, Artist Study, Hymn Study, and Handicrafts. The two composers, four artists, four hymns, and four handicrafts are all carefully chosen to coordinate with the study of modern America.

Composer Study includes Duke Ellington and Aaron Copland.

Artist Study includes Winslow Homer, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Grant Wood, and Norman Rockwell.

The nature lore readings delight families while grounding students in scientific knowledge of tide pools and farms. Out-of-door nature walks and nature journaling prompts inspire an interest in God’s beautiful creation. Students will also look closely at how farm life is important in modern America.

Optional Complementary Resources
A Child’s First Book of American History, by Earl Schenk Miers
Ben Carson: A Chance at Life, by Janet & Geoff Benge
Gladiola Garden, by Effie Lee Newsome
National Geographic Guide to National Parks of the United States, Ninth Edition
National Geographic Kids United States Atlas
National Park Mystery Series, by Mary Morgan
State Birds and Flowers Coloring Book, by Annika Bernhard
States and Capitals Song, by Larry Troxel
The Burgess Bird Book, by Thornton W. Burgess
The Story of My Life, by Helen Keller
Without Doors: United States Map Questions (6 map questions for each of the 50 states)

Optional Living Book Suggestions
Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis 
Blue Willow, by Doris Gates
Esperanza Rising, by Pam Munoz Ryan 
Miracles on Maple Hill, by Virginia Sorensen
One Crazy Summer,by Rita Williams-Garcia
Sing Down the Moon, by Scott O’Dell
Sounder, by William H. Armstrong 

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“Is there not some need for ‘mother culture’? But how is the state of things to be altered? So many mothers say, ‘I simply have not time for myself!’ ‘I never read a book!’ Or else, ‘I don’t think it is right to think of myself!’ They not only starve their minds, but they do it deliberately, and with a sense of self-sacrifice which seems to supply ample justification.” -Charlotte Mason

American Voices, by Ray Notgrass
One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia
Sergeant York, by John Perry
Up From Slavery, by Booker T. Washington
Under the Blood-Red Sun, by Graham Salisbury
Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950’s through the 1980’s, by Henry Hampton

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A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln, by David A. Adler
Dancing Hands, by Margarita Engle
The Last Brother: A Civil War Tale, by Trinka Hakes Noble
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad, by Ellen Levine
Locomotive, by Brian Folca
The Hundred Year Barn, by Patricia MacLachlan
Alexander Graham Bell Answers the Call, by Mary Ann Fraser
Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, by Dean Robbins
Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington, by Jabari Asim
The Story of the Statue of Liberty, by Betsy Maestro
Abuela, by Arthur Dorros
A Picture Book of Helen Keller, by David A. Adler
The Buffalo Soldier, by Sherry Garland
You're on Your Way, Teddy Roosevelt, by Judith St. George
A Weed is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver, by Aliki
To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers, by Wendie C. Old
Full of Beans: Henry Ford Grows a Car, by Peggy Thomas
Grandfather’s Journey, by Allen Say
Coming to America: The Story of Immigration, by Betsy Maestro
Watercress, by Andrea Wang
Too Many Tamales, by Gary Soto
President Taft is Stuck in the Bath, by Mac Barnett
If You Were a Kid Aboard the Titanic, by Josh Gregory
Knit Your Bit, by Deborah Hopkinson The Peach Pit Parade, by Shana Keller
The Tuskegee Airmen Story, by Lynn Homan
Clara and Davie, by Patricia Polacco
The Gardener, by Sarah Stewart
That is My Dream! by Langston Hughes & Daniel Miyares
Tucky Jo and Little Heart, by Patricia Polacco
Diana's White House Garden, by Elisa Carbone
Dad, Jackie, and Me, by Myron Uhlberg
The Wall, by Eve Bunting
A Different Pond, by Bao Phi
Last Flight, by Kristen Mai Giang
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by Doreen Rappaport
The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall's Life, Leadership, and Legacy, by Kekla Magoon
The Story of Rosa Parks, by Patricia Pingry
One Giant Leap: The Story of Neil Armstrong, by Don Brown
The Story of Ruby Bridges, by Robert Coles
Flight for Freedom: The Wetzel Family's Daring Escape from East Germany, by Kristen Fulton
This Very Tree, by Sean Rubin

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