Tapestry of Grace Year 4 Curriculum

     The overall theme of the Tapestry of Grace Year 4 curriculum is "The Twentieth Century", in which we cover everything from World War 1 to the presidency of our beloved Barack Obama.  It involves a great deal more than just history.  The subjects we cover include: History (core history and in-depth history), Literature,  Arts/Activities and Worldview, which includes Philosophy as well as Church History.  This does not include our math, science and foreign language curriculums we do at home.

     The writers and organizers of the curriculum thought of everything we might possibly need.  We have at our disposal: schedules, summaries, alternate booklists, MANY student questions and activities, maps, student evaluations for the end of each week, unit, and one for the end of Year 4. We have pop quizzes, government supplements and much more.

     Just like all of the other years, Year 4 is made up of 36 weeks, which is split up into 4 separate units.  The Rhetoric students have more expected of them than the other younger levels, obviously.   We have 36 weeks of intense, hard-core, life threatening school which we try to stay on top of.   Our breaks are never taken for granted and are very well-deserved.

    Every topic we study goes very in-depth.  We spent the first seven weeks just studying America before WW1, Russia and America and everything involving WW1 and then the postwar America. During each of these major events, we also study the lives and presidential careers of the president during those years.  It is lovely because, unlike public schools, we are allowed and encouraged to think about what the Bible has to say about it and to look at issues from a Christian point of view, in each one of our classes.  My favorite class is probably Worldview. We have such great intellectual conversations about everyday issues or about the books we read and I believe it is a huge learning experience for everyone involved.  We have to not only speak with kindness and truth, but we also have to listen to others respectfully.  Year 4 is a very involving, well-rounded and mentally demanding course and I enjoy it immensely.

Stay Tuned,
Gwyneth