Does anyone here use the humane letters approach for high school?

[Kfamily]

I am so fascinated with the curriculum outline from Norms and Nobility? I also have been looking at Hillsdale Academy and their curriculum for grades 9-12. They also use an approach with humane letters. Does anyone here use that approach for high school? I feel so behind in my preparation to teach high school (and my older dd is in 6th so I do have a couple of years).

If you use this approach, would you please share with me how you organize this? What books would be most helpful to me? I would love any advice!!:001_smile:

Thank you!

[Nan in Mass]

What is this?

[Kfamily]

Hi Nan,
I am not very good at linking sites but I will try-

www.hillsdale.edu/academy/academics/curriculum/912thanks.asp

If this doesn't work then their curriculum is a pdf download at their site. If you look at the 9-12 section you will see that they handle history and literature in a combined way for each grade and refer to it as humane letters. I really am still trying to learn more so I'm not giving a very good answer (hence the plea for help). Also, if you have Norms and Nobility then the author gives an outline for a curriculum for grades 7-12 and he also refers to the history/literature class as humane letters. I think of it as similiar to how to some schools call their history/literature class as humanities.

Hope that helps a little...I was just wondering if anyone else arranged their high school years like this and if so how they did it.

:001_smile:

[Nan in Mass]

Your link worked fine! Have you read TWTM? It describes something very like this (I think, anyway, from a quick scan of the pdf). Many people here do this. We've just been calling it "great books" instead of "humane lettres". If you search for great books (using "search" in the top dark blue band on your screen), you should find lots of information. Or look for TWEM. I think Omnibus and TOG are similar, also, but I'm not sure.

[prairiegirl]

My oldest is only 9 but I am quite taken with N&N's outline as well. I am hoping to use this when the time comes. I'm not sure if you are familiar with Ambleside Online (http://www.amblesideonline.org) but there Years 7 to 11 are taken from Hicks' outline. There are differences as AO has a 6 yr. history cycle and Hicks does Medieval and Early Modern for Gr. 7 & * and then starts back to Ancients for Grade 9. Some of the book suggestions are the same, though. I am planning on mixing the two.

[Yabusame]

I am using a combination of Hillsdale Academy - Humane Letters curriculum and the TWEM reading list and methods. I'm finding the two work well together (though I've only just started).

Yabusame.