American Literature: A Christian Worldview

A complete, structured literature program for Christian schools and homeschool co-ops.

American Literature: A Christian Worldview is a two-volume set that brings together strong, worthwhile readings with clear guidance to help students understand and think about what they read.  The goal is not just to cover the material, but to help students engage with ideas, evaluate them carefully, and grow in discernment to be “filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding” (Colossians 1:9).

This course is built to work well in both classrooms and co-ops, with support that keeps things clear and manageable:

• Clear reading schedules (a 36-week plan for Christian schools and a 32-week plan for homeschool co-ops)
• Introductions that give helpful context before each selection
• Notes that explain difficult passages and highlight key ideas
• Review questions that lead naturally into discussion and reflection
• An answer key to questions for review

The structure helps reduce preparation time while still giving instructors flexibility in pacing and emphasis.  It’s designed to support real conversations in class (not just check off assignments) and to fit comfortably within a standard high school literature course.

Volume 1: Short Stories, Essays, Poems, Letters, Speeches – Twenty-four great American short stories, as well as essays, poems, letters, and speeches that inspire, enlighten, edify, and tickle the funny bone of students.

Volume 2: Up from Slavery & The Magnificent Ambersons – The first part of this volume is an inspiring autobiography by former Alabama slave Booker T. Washington; the second part is one of America’s finest novels, set in Indiana, a Pulitzer-Prize winner by Booth Tarkington.

Click on a link below to purchase that volume:

Volume 1 • Volume 2