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Old Western Culture
Literature, history & English · Grades 9–12 · adults
Old Western Culture is a robust great-books, dual-credit honors-level curriculum, but it is first and foremost storytelling. Learn, appreciate, and inherit “old Western culture” as C.S. Lewis coined the term.
114 authors, three thousand years. Click an author to see the unit that reads them.
Year One · The GreeksYear Two · The RomansYear Three · ChristendomYear Four · Early ModernsHomerHesiodSapphoPindarAeschylusHerodotusSophoclesEuripidesThucydidesAristophanesPlatoXenophonAristotleTheocritusQuintus of SmyrnaCiceroLucretiusJulius CaesarSallustLivyVergilOvidLucanThe Didache (anon.)StatiusQuintilianClement of RomePlutarchIgnatius of AntiochPliny the YoungerPolycarpTrajanTacitusSuetoniusEpistle to Diognetus (anon.)Justin MartyrAthenagorasIrenaeusClement of AlexandriaEusebiusAthanasiusBasil the GreatGregory of NazianzusJohn ChrysostomAugustineBoethiusSt. PatrickSt. BenedictProcopiusGregory of ToursGregory the GreatAdomnánBedeJohn of DamascusBeowulf (anon.)EinhardThe Voyage of St. Brendan (anon.)AsserAnselmGeoffrey of MonmouthVillehardouinJacobus de VoragineThomas AquinasPope Boniface VIIIJoinvilleDanteMarsilius of PaduaChaucerCouncil of ConstanceErasmusMartin LutherPope Leo XMichael SattlerPhilip MelanchthonCouncil of TrentJohn CalvinIgnatius of LoyolaThomas CranmerJohn FoxeZacharias UrsinusField & WilcoxEdmund SpenserRichard HookerShakespeareGalileoJohn DonneGeorge HerbertDescartesAndrew MarvellJohn MiltonIsaac NewtonAlexander PopeDavid HumeThomas ReidImmanuel KantEdmund BurkeColeridgeWordsworthJane AustenLord ByronJohn KeatsShelleyTocquevilleCharles DickensEdgar Allan PoeRobert BrowningTennysonMatthew ArnoldChristina RossettiGerard Manley HopkinsDostoevskyAnton ChekhovC. S. LewisJ. R. R. Tolkien
Year OneHomer, the tragedians, the historians and the philosophers: where the West begins.
Year TwoVergil and the Roman historians, then the early Church, from the apostolic fathers to Augustine.
Year ThreeMonks, saints and kings; Anselm and Aquinas; Dante; Chaucer and the Reformation.
Year FourShakespeare and Milton, the Enlightenment and the Romantics, then the great novels, all the way to Tolkien.
Sixteen volumesThe ReadersThe greatest books of Western civilization, from Homer’s Iliad to the novels of the nineteenth century, beautifully typeset in single-column readers.See the Readers →
New releaseThe CompanionsA Companion for each unit, with sixteen kinds of Digressios exploring the art, architecture, poetry, geography and mythology behind the books.See the Companions →
Wordcraft · Grades 6–12
We are people of the Word, therefore we should be people of words.
Grades 6–8Grammar of Poetry
Imitation in writingA video course and textbook that teaches the mechanics of poetry by using the classical approach of imitation.See the course →
Grades 8–9Introductory & Intermediate Logic
The art of reasoning wellThe foundation for reasoning from the truth of God, then the skills: defining terms, judging the truth of statements, building valid arguments, spotting fallacies, and formal proof.See the course →
Grades 10–11Fitting Words Classical Rhetoric
The art of eloquence in a spoken worldA full year of classical rhetoric: the theory of using words well, the greatest speeches of all time, and practice in effective oratory.See the course →
Grades 11–12 · collegeWord Hoard: The Rhetoric of Poetry
A practical guide to nobilityThis book is a practical guide to nobility through understanding and wielding the English language in its most elevated forms. It is an exercise book on truth, beauty, and goodness as spoken.See the course →
Grades 9–12The American Civics Curriculum
A practical manual on American government, written specifically for ChristiansStarting with the city and working outward to the county, special districts, state and nation, Elizabeth Landis inverts the way many Americans think about politics and their role as citizens.The Forgotten Realm · The Civil Realm · Teacher’s Edition · Exam Pack · 16 lessons, one semesterExplore the Civics Curriculum
Grades 3–collegePicta Dicta Latin
Latin through all four pathways: reading, writing, speaking and hearingThe Primers (I–II) are a first introduction to reading Latin for elementary or secondary students; the Grammar (III–IV) is a hybrid digital-print course for the secondary level and beyond, with original readings that are humorous and foundational.Primer I & II · Grammar III & IV · graded Latin readers · Dedicated Picta Dicta AppExplore Picta Dicta LatinThe Bookstore
Books on classical education, faith and culture that stand on their own, beyond the curriculum.
Redeeming the Six Arts
Thinking God’s Thoughts
What Christians Believe
Becoming Classically Educated
Darwin’s Sandcastle
Short Tips for Writing Short Essays
Food for Thought
A Better Admissions Test
Classical Art & Swag
Posters for the schoolroom wall, prints of Dante and Milton, a mug for every author in Old Western Culture, puzzles, throws and more.
