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Leaders Book List

Loop 1 - Church History

The book list provided on this page corresponds with the content provided in your daily lesson plans. You are welcome to add or skip any of the books based on your preference and your students needs and interests. Depending on the time and financial resources that you have available, we have provided suggestions on how to find and purchase the reading materials that you will need for this school year.  

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Save Money

Many books in the Portals curriculum are classics that can be found in your church or public library. There are a few open source texts that can be found for free on websites such as Project Gutenberg. These resources will significantly reduce the cost of materials needed to educate your children, but they may require more time and effort to find. Portals has created a downloadable book list with full detail, including ISBN #, in order to make it as easy as possible for you to access the resources you need without spending a bunch of money

Bible

Bible

(Any version)

More Than A Carpenter

-McDowell

Mere Christianity

-Lewis

History

From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya

-Tucker

St. Benedict's Rule for Monasteries

-Benedict

Confessions of St. Augustine

-Augustine

The Bible Jesus Read

-Yancey

Live Like a Jesus Freak

-DC Talk

What if Jesus Had Never Been Born?

-Kennedy

Luther: Biography of a Reformer

-Nohl

The Jesus Revolution

-Laurie

Literature

The Best of Father Brown

-Chesterton

Cry, the Beloved Country

-Paton

The Ramsay Scallop

-Temple

The Shining Company

-Sutcliff

The Wise Woman and Other Stories

-MacDonald

To Kill a Mockingbird

-Lee

Pride and Prejudice

-Austen

The Chosen

-Potok

Kon-Tiki

-Heyerdahl

Oliver Twist

-Dickens

Jane Eyre

-Bronte

Robinson Crusoe

-Defoe

All Quiet on the Western Front

-Remarque

Twelfth Night

-Shakespeare

The Screwtape Letters

-Lewis

Old Farmer's Almanac

-any version

Math

Math-U-See

  • Universal Set of materials (includes instruction manual, instruction DVD, student workbook, integer block kit, digital pack, and test booklet

  • Math-U-See placement resources can help ensure students start at the level best suited for them.

Science*

Portals General Home Sciences

  • Publisher: Portals Education

  • Materials: None. Online text delivered in daily lesson plans.

Discovering Design with Physics

  • Publisher: Berean Builders

  • Materials: Textbook, Tests, and Answer Key

Discovering Design with Biology

  • Publisher: Berean Builders

  • Materials: Textbook, Tests, Answer Key,  and Lab Kit

Discovering Design with Chemistry

  • Publisher: Berean Builders

  • Materials: Textbook, Tests, Answer Key, and Lab Kit

*Materials depend on the science course that you select. Portals offers multiple course options so that you can select what Science course is best fit for you and your student(s). Please refer to the Portals Scope and Sequence for further information.

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