Ambrose Curriculum Guide : K12

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Take the guessing out of planning and preparing for an upcoming school year by using the best K–12 classical curriculum guide we have found! We have partnered with The Ambrose School of Boise, Idaho, to provide you with this valuable resource that can be used and adapted for schools, co-ops, and homeschools. The Ambrose Curriculum Guide represents the fruit of more than ten years of planning, teaching, assessment, collaboration, writing, revising, and rewriting. There is no other guide that we know of that contains such ongoing thought, clarity, detail, and accumulated wisdom. With 262 total documents for grades K–12, this guide is a remarkable help to any teacher or administrator as you engage in curriculum decisions and lesson planning. 

The Ambrose Curriculum Guide is composed of a variety of documents that cover every grade and subject and includes a curriculum roadmap, course lead sheets, course scope and sequences, rubrics, and 132 separate literature teaching guides for upper school teachers. Divided into two major parts, Lower School and Upper School, this ultimate resource of suggested texts, teaching goals and methods, suggested schedules, and more will give you an incredible head start as you prepare for a new academic year. You can use the Ambrose Curriculum Guide as a tool to plan a start-up school, to provide guidelines for a co-op, to design a grade level for a homeschool student, and much more. This versatile guide can meet the needs of any educator!

What Does the Ambrose Curriculum Guide Contain?

To see a full list of contents included for each grade level, please visit the “Complete File List” tab above. You can also click the “Look Inside” button above the product image at the top of this page to preview samples of the Ambrose Curriculum Guide!  

The Lower School part contains 77 documents in 10 major sections:

• 7 sections for grades K–6
• 3 additional sections for PE, Music, and Art

The Upper School part contains 185 documents in 6 major sections for grades 7–12:

• Science
• Math
• Letters (literature, history, philosophy)
• Language (Latin, Greek, French)
• Rhetoric, Composition, and Theology
• Arts & Electives

Each downloadable section will also contain:

• Read Me Documents (PDFs): Welcome Letter, Ambrose Curriculum Guide Overview, and Rights & Permissions
• Sample Daily Lesson Plan (PDF)
• Rubrics, Templates & Other Materials (Zip File): contains a Hymn of the Month Two-Year Rotation, Persuasive Writing and Thesis Presentation & Defense Rubrics, Thesis Rubric: Written Essay, Curriculum Roadmap, House System, Required Unit Lesson Plan Template, Socratic Evaluation and Method Sheet, and Source Works Teacher’s Guide Template
• Microsoft Word zip files containing the segment(s) purchased

What Are the Purchasing Options?

This unique guide can be purchased in the following breakdowns:

• By Grade (K–6) / By Discipline (7–12): $99.95*
• By Section (Lower School or Upper School): $629.95
• Entire K–12 Guide: $1,054.95 (38.5% savings)

*You may purchase any section from either the Lower School or Upper School part for $95, with the exception of the Grades 7–12 Letters (Great Books) section, which contains 132 separate documents and is priced at $206.95.

Note: Once purchased, a digital Microsoft Word version of the guide (or purchased segments) will be added to your My Library user account for you to download. These Microsoft Word files can be overwritten, modified, and otherwise changed to fit the particular needs and circumstances of your school, co-op, or homeschool.* You can even drop in your school or co-op crest in the upper left-hand corner!

*The bottom of each document contains the following copyright text, which must be kept: “Copyright © 2017 Classical Academic Press and The Ambrose School. This document may be used and modified by the purchasing organization only; any other use is strictly prohibited." To read more about copyright and permissions for this product, please click here.