The Basics (More Details Below):
College Credits Earned: 9
(3 for Western Civilization I, 3 for Western Civilization II, 3 for World Literature). For more details on college credits, click here.
When, Where: Classes are one day per week: Thursdays from 9 AM – 2 PM at Community Chapel, at 422 Kanuga Road, Hendersonville, NC 28739, just south of downtown Hendersonville, and just around the corner from Hot Dog World.
Tuition: $950 due by August 1, 2025.
Western Civilization (Books Provided!)
• New Books – An overview of world history, with new books focusing on Ancient Rome, WWI, and WWII (provided for students)
• Classical Music – Regular listenings to and studies of classical music pieces
• Geography/Map Studies
• Nation Briefs – Students choose a nation they’re interested in and report on its characteristics over the year
• Audio-Visuals – Radio addresses, photographs, and film clips of key historical events
• Foreign Films – Uplifting, humorous, exciting, and suspenseful movies from India, England, Japan, Iran, Norway, France, and Italy
• Games/Fun Stuff – Memory games, Taboo, Jeopardy!, Pictionary, and more
World Literature
Book Set: World Literature for Christian Homeschoolers (includes the following volumes):
• Volume 1: Ancient Literature – A new and improved 2nd Edition!
• Volume 2: Stories, Essays, and Speeches – Key essays, speeches, and inspiring, entertaining, thought-provoking, and funny short stories from Russia, Spain, Norway, New Zealand, England, France, the Netherlands, Canada, Germany, Wales, Denmark, Japan, Italy, Australia, Sweden, and India
• Volume 3: A Tale of Two Cities – One of the world’s all-time greats, by Charles Dickens
• Volume 4: God of the Untouchables – A stirring non-fiction account of an Indian who comes to Christ
• Volume 5: Evidence Not Seen – Darlene Deibler Rose, a missionary to New Guinea, tells her incredible story
• Volume 6: Let Me Die in Ireland – An inspiring historical novel of Saint Patrick’s life, based on his journal writings, by Christian historian David Bercot
• Volume 7: Animal Farm – A must-read for high schoolers, in our day when “democratic socialism” is rising in popularity
More Details:
Western Civilization I
Includes the study of a Biblical worldview of history, Sumer, the Middle East, Israel, Asia, African cultures, ancient Greece and Rome, early Christian church history, the Byzantine Empire, the Dark Ages, medieval culture, modern nations, and the Reformation. Western Civilization I also includes various audio-visuals like classical music pieces, documentary film clips, radio clips, full-length foreign films, and more.
Western Civilization II
Includes the study of a Biblical worldview of history, including post-reformation Europe, modern science and art, England and America, the Age of Industry, the Victorian Era, World War I, communism, twentieth-century liberalism, World War II, the Cold War, the United Nations, and the New World Order. Western Civilization II also includes various audio-visuals like classical music pieces, documentary film clips, radio clips, full-length foreign films, and more.
World Literature (includes Composition)
Our book set is World Literature for Christian Homeschoolers. Students read classic novels known not only for their timeless literary merit, but for their setting in key periods in world history. Students also study great short stories, essays, speeches, and ancient writings by authors from around the world. We discuss literary elements such as theme, plot, character, setting, metaphor, irony, symbolism, tone, and style. The sometimes-humanistic worldviews of the authors are compared with a Christian worldview. No boring essays to write! Compositions are related to Western Civilization and World Literature topics, including an original fable, a speech contrasting ancient wisdom to Biblical truth, a news article, a historical limerick, and a “how-to” essay. Students receive detailed corrections on their turn-in essays, with the benefit of Scott Clifton’s degree in journalism and his writing and editing experience.
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