Illuminating Literature: When Worlds Collide (Textbook)

Illuminating Literature: When Worlds Collide is a full-year (two semester), student-directed course that's perfect for homeschoolers in high school!

In this course students will read seven novels and one memoir (all sold-separately and listed below) while this textbook helps them learn about the craft of writing and familiarizes them with the joys of reading great literature. Written from a Christian perspective, students will learn to analyze content through a Christian worldview and to view literature as books written by flawed humans. This course's title, "When Worlds Collide," refers to the featured books, each of which was chosen because of its collisions - whether physical, political, racial, spiritual, or philosophical.

Each book unit begins with a "Before you Read the Book" introduction with suggested reading and homework plan. This introduction is followed by lessons that cover the book text and relevant literary terms and elements (e.g. text, context, conflict, point of view, genre, setting) through discussion questions, activities, and quizzes.

This course requires the following literature (sold separately):

• Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain; Dover Publications
• The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells; Dover Publications
• The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West; Harcourt, Inc
• Peter Pan by Sir James Barrie; Dover Publications
• Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals; Washington Square Press/Pocket Books
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury; Simon & Schuster
• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens; Dover Publications
• The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis; HarperCollins