BROOKLYN
CHALLENGE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
for JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH
GRAMMAR: the grammar strand is associated with language studies; while every subject has "grammar," the tutor will discuss this learning skill and how it relates to language in particular.
EXPOSITION andCOMPOSITION: the expositionstrand is linked with literature and history. In this strand, students refine their writing skills.
DEBATE: in the debate strand, students learn and then practice the skills of research, argumentation, critical thinking, public speaking, and logic.
RESEARCH: students perfect their research skills through a series of science topics and texts.
RHETORIC: in this strand, students combine writing, public speaking, and logical thinking to improve their rhetoric technique through the discussion of various ideas.
LOGIC: while this is not a formal logic course, the study of mathematics helps develop problem-solving abilities, which are part of the learning skill of logic.
The chart below lays out the six-year scope and sequence of seminars. Subjects associate with onf of six learning skills, or strands, emphasized in the classical model.
CHALLENGE A
Latin
Writing and Children's Literature
Geography
Biology and Natural Science
Clear Resaoning/
Apologetics
Saxon 8/7
CHALLENGE B
Latin
Children's Literature/Short Stories
Current Events/Mock Trial
History of Science/
Origins
Formal Logic
Algebra 1/2
CHALLENGE II
Latin II
British Literature
Western Cultural History
Biology
Traditional Logic/
American Drama
Algebra 2
CHALLENGE I
Latin I
American Literature
Free Market Economics/
American Government
Physical
Science
Introduction to Philosophy/
Drama
Algebra 1
CHALLENGE III
Caesar and Cisero
Poetry/
Shakespreare
American History
Chemistry
Advanced Logic/
Advanced Philosophy
Advanced
Math
CHALLENGE IV
Language and Literature
Ancient Literature
World History
Physics
Theology
Advanced
Math
GRAMMAR
EXPOSITION AND COMPOSITION
DEBATE
RESEARCH
RHETORIC
LOGIC