Form 3, First Year
(7th Grade)
Welcome to Form 3, First Year!
Form 3, First Year is the equivalent of 7th grade.
The following course consists of one school year, designed to be spread out over three terms. Many Charlotte Mason homeschoolers complete a 36-week academic year. This typically includes 10 or 11 weeks of lessons plus an exam week for each term with three terms per year.
In this form, most lessons are 20 to 40 minutes each.
Please note, some books are spread out over multiple years.
This form continues the practice of written narration.
Faith
Protestant
Bible Commentary + Bible of Your Choice (Cover the second half of the Old Testament)
In the Word, Book 5 by Simply Charlotte Mason
Choose from Christian Hero: Then and Now books
The Story of God and His People: King David to Rebuilding by Simply Charlotte Mason
Memory Verses & Catechism of Your Choice + Memorize the Creeds
Our Hymns, Our Heritage: A Hosanna Hymnal
Catholic
Bible in a Year (121-240) with The Bible in a Year Companion, Volume II from Ascension Press
Our Holy Faith Vol 7: Messiah from TAN Books
Bible History: Of the Old and New Testaments by Rev. Fr. Ignatius Schuster
Voices of the Saints: A 365-Day Journey by by Bert Ghezzi
Baltimore Catechism Two from TAN Books
Real Music: A Guide to the Timeless Hymns of the Church
Literature, Fairy Tales & Myths - UPDATE
Literature (Read Aloud)
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Independent Reading
Johnny Tremain by Esther Hoskins Forbes
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
White Fang by Jack London (T3)
Reading Instruction (Optional)
Choose the McGuffey reader that fits your child’s reading level.
Original McGuffey readers can be found on Project Gutenberg.
Rainbow Resources provides excellent grade level equivalents that can serve as a good starting place if you are new the the readers. Original and revised editions are available there too.
Fairy Tales & Myths (Read Aloud)
Read from Lang’s fairy books, beginning with the Blue Fairy Book
The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch (from the book Asgard to Athens by Anne E. White)
Grammar & Spelling
Using Language Well, Book 5 from Simply Charlotte Mason
Poetry
The Harp and Laurel Wreath (The Dialectical Stage)
Choose three poets and read from one each term
World History
The Middle Ages (Cycle 2)
Spines
Story of the World, Volume 2: The Middle Ages
Reign: The Church in the Middle Ages by Luke H. Davis
Reform: The Church at the Birth of Protestantism by Luke H. Davis
The Silk roads: An Illustrated New History of the World by Peter Frankopan
Chapter Books
The White Stag by Kate Seredy
Beorn the Proud by Elizabeth Janeway
The Magna Charta by James Daughtery
The Apple and the Arrow by Conrad Buff
The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay: Life in Medieval Africa by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
Marco Polo: His Travels and Adventures by George Makepeace Towle
The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
American History
Biographies
Pocahontas by Joseph Bruchac
Little Britches by Ralph Moody
Brady by Jean Fritz
Civics, Government & Economics
Choose from The Plutarch Project series by Anne E. White OR from Conversations on Character Plutarch series by Simply Charlotte Mason
Geography
Choose from This Beautiful Earth series by Simply Charlotte Mason
Science & Nature Study
Science Spine
Exploring the World of Biology by John Hudson Tiner
Exploring Planet Earth by John Hudson Tiner
Science Supplements
Hidden Worlds by Stephen Kramer
The Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif
Monarchs and Milkweed by Anurag Agrawal
Life on Surtsey: Iceland's Upstart Island
Adventures with a Microscope by Richard Headstrom
Nature Lore
The Fairy-Land Science by Arabella Buckley
Mathematics
The Charlotte Mason Junior Math Series: Pre-Algebra from Simply Charlotte Mason
Foreign Language
French
Otto Siepmann’s Primary French Course, Part 2
French Picture Study
French Memory Verses
Learn French with Fairy Tales
Ma première Bible pour enfant
Latin
Linney’s Latin Class
Lingua Latina, Pars 1: Familia Romana
Colloquia Personarum
Greek
Getting Started with Ancient Greek
Physical Education
Swedish Drill Revisited