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Our Great Ideas Through Great Books studies are all multi-credit courses, given that they are designed to be an honors level study. Based on the idea that students ought to be given the opportunity to participate in the “Great Conversation” by reading Great Books, this course will allow much reading, plenty of reflection on ideas encountered, and instruction and practice in the art of written expression. The material is integrated so that students will be exposed to all the essential skills found in top notch secondary English and Worldview/ Philosophy courses. If the student is a good reader, expresses himself well in written work, and is mature and inquisitive, this is a good choice for a Classical and Christian educational experience. Average number of hours: 2 to 3 hours daily.

Evaluation: Level 1: (God and Man) 2 credits: fifteen assignments, 3 essays Tuition: $300.00 Level 2: (Truth and Lies) 2 credits: fifteen assignments, 3 essays Tuition: $300.00 Level 3: ( Good and Evil) 3 credits: eighteen assignments, three essays Tuition: $325.00 Level 4: (Beauty and Ethics) 3 credits: twenty assignments and four essays. Tuition: $325.00

*****NEW THIS YEAR: In addition to the regular God & Man course, Tree of Life is offering an online version this year that involves regular correspondence among fellow students and a tutor. While the book list is the same, students will proceed through the readings and assignments together, participating in online written discussions using semi-private web logs (“blogs”). The course still involves assignments and essays evaluated in the standard way, but the special feature is the opportunity for sharing and discussing the Great Ideas within an online class atmosphere. Students should be prepared to keep on schedule with the readings and to participate regularly with their postings and responses. Evaluation: A total of 6 assignments, 5 essays and 8 blog postings. Tuition: $375.00 (Class limit of 10 students)

Great Ideas Level 1 Book List

How to Read A Book $18.95 The Call of the Wild $7.50 Mythology $22.50 The Yearling $8.50 The Last Days of Socrates $19.50 Animal Farm $9.99 The Forbidden City $9.95 Confessions $13.95 Robinson Crusoe $11.99 Julius Caesar $19.95 Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Hyde $4.99 Frankenstein $5.99 Calvin’s Institutes $88.95 Great Ideas Level 1 Manual $55.00 (or free download with paid tuition)

Great Ideas Level 2 Book List

How To Read A Book $18.95 Out of the Silent Planet $14.95 The Oedipus Cycle $16.95 The Importance of Being Earnest $15.95 Tartuffe $2.95 The Consolation of Philosophy $21.00 Silas Marner $9.95 Calvin’s Institutes $88.95 Rasselas $14.95 Much Ado About Nothing $19.95 To Kill a Mockingbird $10.95 Postmodern Times $24.95 Great Expectations $11.95 Great Ideas Level 2 Manual $55.00 (or free download with paid tuition)

Great Ideas Level 3 Book List

How to Read a Book $18.95 Ivanhoe $13.50 The Iliad of Homer $18.95 An Ideal Husband $15.95 Beowulf $16.95 Sir Gawain & the Green Knight $12.95 Hamlet $19.95 Calvin’s Institutes $88.95 Wuthering Heights $6.99 Macbeth $19.95 The Screwtape Letters $16.95 The Great Divorce $16.95 Lord of the Flies $16.95 Moby Dick $6.99 The Universe Next Door $21.95 Great Ideas Level 3 Manual $55.00 (or free download with paid tuition)

Great Ideas Level 4 Book List

How to Read a Book $18.95 The Republic $15.95 The Song of Roland $13.50 Till We Have Faces $16.95 Smith of Wooten Major & Farm Giles $12.95 How Should We Then Live $23.95 The Merchant of Venice $19.95 Calvin’s Institutes $88.95 The Odyssey of Homer $18.95 The Nichomachean Ethics $16.95 The Prince $12.95 The Scarlet Letter $5.99 The Unaborted Socarates $18.95 Brave New World $19.95 Great Ideas Level 4 Manual Download $55.00 (or free download with paid tuition)