DIALECTIC
natural order
The Dialectic Stage begins with a natural desire to make order out of chaos. At the Classical School, the Dialectic Stage is generally equivalent to grades 5 through 8. This includes a deeper look at history, literature, Bible studies, Logic, Latin, English grammar, and worldview studies.
YEAR ONE
Ancient Civilizations
through the Middle Ages
- Psalm 119
- Greek, Roman, and Medieval History
- Greek and Roman Mythology
- The Children’s Homer
- Dante’s Divine Comedy
- Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
- Greek and Latin roots of English words
- Study Skills
- Introduction to Logic
YEAR TWO
Renaissance and Reformation
through Exploration
- Isaiah
- Handel’s Messiah
- History of the Renaissance, Reformation, and Age of Enlightenment
- Christopher Columbus
- Machiavelli & Il Principe
- John Locke
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Selected Plays of Shakespeare
- Pilgrim’s Progress
- Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
- Beginning Logic
- Beginning Latin
YEAR THREE
American History through
the War between the States
- The Four Gospels and Acts
- History of America from its founding to the War Between the States
- Comparative Worldviews
- Madison’s Notes on the Constitutional Convention
- Jonathan Edwards
- Thomas Jefferson
- Intermediate Latin
- Intermediate Logic
YEAR FOUR
Contemporary U.S. History
and Government
- Romans
- History of America from the War Between the States to current American politics; Government studies
- Comparative Worldviews
- Charles Darwin
- Dr. Francis Schaeffer’s How Should We Then Live
- Dietrich Bonhoffer
- Latin studies
- Intermediate Logic
