Getting started with TJ Education stuff – suggested readings to be discussed with another and have questions from back of book (A Thomas Jefferson Education) answered:
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
Little Britches by Ralph Moody
Laddie by Jeanne Stratton-Porter
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
The Lonesome Gods by Louis L’Amour
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
A Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Declaration of Independence
Let me know what you think of these books as you work your way through them. I have a friend that will be sending me A Thomas Jefferson Education soon. Many of these listed seem a little old for our 1st /2nd graders. Is there a recommended age? I guess I’m thinking especially of The Chosen, Pride & Prejudice, A Merchant of Venice, and Walden. I’m intrigued that there’s a Louis L’Amour book on there. Never heard of Little Britches before. I think I’ve heard the title Laddie, but I don’t know anything about it.
Abby, these are the suggested readings for parents, not kids. The TJ book is really geared towards what to do with your kids starting around age 12. Until then they suggest working on our own education and preparing for the mentoring of the classics with the kids. So these are the books Kit & I are reading together and discussing. The Thomas Jefferson companion book had more information for the younger years but the TJ Education is for junior high/high school level when the kids can read the books on their own and begin discussing it with us.
That makes a lot more sense then. 🙂