[Brandy]

Is there a recommended reading/literature list for Dave Raymond’s Christendom? Thanks!

[Ben Crist]

Hi Brandy! We’ll have a formal list available in the Teacher’s Guide in time for the August sale. Right now, here’s a working list from the live classes Dave has taught:

• The Oxford Book of English Verse edited by Arthur Quiller-Couch (1250-1918)

• The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, translated by Jack Zipes

• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, translated by J.R.R. Tolkien

• The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G.K. Chesterton

• The Rule of St. Benedict, translated by Timothy Fry

• The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

• King Arthur and His Knights: Selected Tales by Sir Thomas Malory, edited by Eugene Vinaver

• Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan

• Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott

• Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Oxford School Shakespeare edition)

• Figures of Speech: 60 Ways to Turn a Phrase by Arthur Quinn

• An Experiment in Criticism by C.S. Lewis

• Holy Bible (any ESV edition)

• Confessions by Augustine, translated by Maria Boulding

• Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney

• The Rule of St. Benedict, translated by Timothy Fry

• The Song of Roland, translated by Dorothy Sayers

• The Inferno by Dante, translated by Dorothy Sayers

• The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by Nevill Coghill

• Fierce Wars and Faithful Loves: Book I of the Faerie Queen by Edmund Spenser, edited by Roy Maynard

• The Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life by John Calvin, translated by Henry J. Van Andel

• Hamlet by William Shakespeare (Oxford School Shakespeare edition)

• The Republic by Plato

• Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle

• The Divine Comedy by Dante, translated by Dorothy Sayers

• Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin

[Brandy]

This is so helpful, Ben! Thank you!

[Kelley]

Hello!

I am new at Compass Classroom so please bear with me as I figure this out! (I posted this on the general forum before figuring out how to post here! I was trying to reply to Brett, but the site keeps replying to Brandy. I assume it is because she is the original poster of this thread.)

I have found the Student Guidebook for Christendom, but I have been unable to find the Teacher’s Guide. I clicked on the Teacher’s Guide link, but it took me to the Student Book.

I also saw the working list for literature books but cannot find a link to the finalized list in the materials section of Christendom. Is the link to the finalized list not posted yet?

Thank you for your help. We are looking forward to this course!Hello!

I am new at Compass Classroom so please bear with me as I figure this out!

I have found the Student Guidebook for Christendom, but I have been unable to find the Teacher’s Guide. I clicked on the Teacher’s Guide link, but it took me to the Student Book.

I also saw the working list for literature books but cannot find a link to the finalized list in the materials section of Christendom. Is the link to the finalized list not posted yet?

Thank you for your help. We are looking forward to this course!

[Ben Crist]

Hi Kelley!

No worries about the multiple posts—I will respond the same way to each of them so that you are sure to get your answers. Sorry about the delay; we’ve been really busy at the start of the year just like you!

The Student Reader and Teacher’s Guide are both available in the course materials ZIP file. That file is available on the course page: after clicking Materials on desktop, or scrolling to Course Materials past the course outline in the mobile app.

The literature list is in the Teacher’s Guide, referenced in the table of contents. It’s the same list as the one posted for Brandy in the group here—I imagine we’ll do some more finalizing when we release Part 2. Dave does NOT assign all of these each year. You can use the author names or publication dates to link titles to specific lessons, after you whittle down the list to what is appropriate for your child.

If you have any questions, please let me know!

[Marcela Best]

Very helpful, thank you.

[Brett]

Are each of these books required reading for the course? If so, are they available for purchase on Compass Classroom? Thanks!

[Ben Crist]

Hi Brett: No, these are not required reading for the Christendom course. They are what Mr. Raymond recommends if you wanted to build a companion literature credit that fits the time period. We do not sell these books. Most are available inexpensively on the secondary market via places like Abebooks & Thriftbooks.

[Ben Crist]

Hi everyone! Just wanted to let you know that the FINAL Teacher’s Guide for Christendom will be uploaded to the course within the hour.

Included is a revised list of suggested titles that correspond in a rough chronological way to the lessons!

If you can’t wait, here it is in plain text:

• An Experiment in Criticism, by C.S. Lewis
• The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, translated by Jack Zipes
• Acts of the Apostles
• Epistles of Paul (selections)
• Confessions by Augustine, translated by Maria Boulding
• The Rule of St. Benedict, translated by Timothy Fry
• Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney
• The Song of Roland, translated by Dorothy Sayers
• The Oxford Book of English Verse, edited by Arthur Quiller-Couch (1250-1918)
• Ivanhoe, by Sir Walter Scott
• The Divine Comedy, by Dante, translated by Dorothy Sayers
• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, translated by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by Nevill Coghill
• King Arthur and His Knights: Selected Tales, by Sir Thomas Malory, edited by Eugene Vinaver
• The Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life, by John Calvin, translated by Henry J. Van Andel
• Institutes of the Christian Religion, by John Calvin (selections)
• Fierce Wars and Faithful Loves: Book I of the Faerie Queen, by E. Spenser, edited by R. Maynard
• Macbeth, by William Shakespeare (Oxford School Shakespeare edition)
• Hamlet, by William Shakespeare (Oxford School Shakespeare edition)
• Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan