Independent Learning Textbook Guide
Product Information
Please click on your course title below for a list of required and recommended texts.
Algebra 1: Online
Algebra 1: Workbook
Algebra 2
Clues in Crime
Discovering King Arthur: Medieval Mystery and Meaning
Discovering Science Outdoors
Foundations of Modern Biology: Genetics, Evolution, and Ethics
Geometry
Growing Up Heroic: Adventures in Greek Mythology
MathPack: Quest
Math & the Cosmos
Peace and Protest
Switched on Sound
The Writer’s Journey, Volume 1
The Writer’s Journey, Volume 2
Word Power
Algebra 1: Online
Required Textbook (sold separately)
No additional texts are required. Online textbook included as part of purchase price.
Recommended Materials
Graphing calculator, preferably Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus, TI-83 Plus, or TI-83
Algebra 1: Workbook
Required Textbook (sold separately)
Click on the textbook titles below to see availability and compare prices of new and/or used copies of the textbook at various online booksellers. Students can also purchase this textbook at a local bookstore, or they can likely find a copy in their school or public library. The price in parentheses is the list price for a new copy of the textbook; that price is subject to change.
- Heath Algebra I: An Integrated Approach (1998 edition), by Roland E. Larson, Timothy D. Kanold, and Lee Stiff: ISBN 0669433594 ($65-$75.) Students also may order a copy of this textbook directly from the publisher, McDougall Littell, by calling 1-800-462-6595.
Recommended Materials
Graphing calculator, preferably Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus, TI-83 Plus, or TI-83
Algebra 2
Required Textbook (sold separately)
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- Heath Algebra II: An Integrated Approach (1998 edition), by Roland E. Larson, Timothy D. Kanold, and Lee Stiff – ISBN 0669433942 ( $65-$75.) Students also may order a copy of this textbook directly from the publisher, McDougall Littell, by calling 1-800-462-6595.
Recommended Materials
Graphing calculator, preferably Texas Instruments TI-83 Plus, TI-83, or TI-82
Clues in Crime
No additional texts are required
Discovering King Arthur: Medieval Mystery and Meaning
Required Textbook (sold separately)
Click on the textbook titles below to see availability and compare prices of new and/or used copies of the textbook at various online booksellers. Students can also purchase this textbook at a local bookstore, or they can likely find a copy in their school or public library. The price in parentheses is the list price for a new copy of the textbook; that price is subject to change.
The Once and Future King, by T.H. White
(Student may use any of the following three editions.)
- The Once and Future King (Paperback), by T.H. White: ISBN 0441627404 ($7.99)
- The Once and Future King (Trade Paperback), by T.H. White: ISBN 0441003834 ($17.95)
- The Once and Future King (Hardcover), by T.H. White: ISBN 0399105972 ($26.95)
Discovering Science Outdoors
Required Textbooks (sold separately)
Click on the textbook titles below to see availability and compare prices of new and/or used copies of the textbook at various online booksellers. Students can also purchase this textbook at a local bookstore, or they can likely find a copy in their school or public library. The price in parentheses is the list price for a new copy of the textbook; that price is subject to change.
- Keeping a Nature Journal, by Clare Walker Leslie and Charles E. Roth: ISBN: 1580-17493-0 ($19)
Find the Constellations, by H. A. Rey: ISBN 0395-24418-8 ($10)
Nature’s Machines: The Story of Biomechanist Mimi Koehl, by Deborah Parks: ISBN 0309-09559-X ($10)
Recommended Materials
- Sing a Song of Popcorn, by David McCord, James Reeves, Pauline Clarke, and miscellaneous authors: ISBN 0590-42014-3 ($10)
The Remarkable Benjamin Franklin, by Cheryl Harness: ISBN 0792-27882-8 ($18)
The Most Beautiful Roof in the World, by Kathryn Lasky and Christopher G. Knight: ISBN 0152-00897-7 ($9)
Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen: ISBN 0689-80882-8 ($6)
Foundations of Modern Biology: Genetics, Evolution, and Ethics
Required Textbooks (sold separately)
Click on the textbook titles below to see availability and compare prices of new and/or used copies of the textbook at various online booksellers. Students can also purchase this textbook at a local bookstore, or they can likely find a copy in their school or public library. The price in parentheses is the list price for a new copy of the textbook; that price is subject to change.
- Foundations of Modern Biology Textbook, by Solomon, Berg, and Martin from Cengage Learning: ISBN 0495479136 ($23.95)
Foundation of Modern Biology Reader, assembled by Theodore Varno from Cengage Learning: ISBN 1426642121. You may also call (800) 355-9983 to order and give them ISBN 1426642121 ($57.49)
The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells: ISBN 0141-43997-1 ($9)
Geometry
Required Textbook (sold separately)
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Geometry (2000 edition), by Ray C. Jurgensen, Richard G. Brown, and John W. Jurgensen: ISBN 0395977274 ($81.00) Students also may order a copy of this textbook directly from the publisher, McDougall Littell, by calling 1-800-462-6595.
Recommended Materials
Graphing calculator, preferably Texas Instruments TI-83 Plus, TI-83, or TI-82
Growing Up Heroic: Adventures in Greek Mythology
Required Textbook (sold separately)
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Odyssey by Homer. Translated by Stanley Lombardo. ISBN: 0872-20485-5 ($12)
Recommended Materials
- Jumping the Nail, by Eve Bunting: ISBN: 0152-41358-8 ($7)
Greeks by Anne Millard and Susan Peach: ISBN: 0439-68680-6 ($10)
MathPack: Quest
No additional texts are required.
Math & the Cosmos
No additional texts are required.
Peace and Protest: The Turbulent Sixties
No additional texts are required.
Switched on Sound: Movements in 20th Century Music
No additional texts are required.
The Writer’s Journey, Volume 1
Required Textbooks (sold separately)
The Mercury Reader for Developing Writers, a collection specially arranged for Duke TIP users available at Pearson Education for $30.39.To order by phone, call (800) 947-7700. You must refer to ISBN-10: 0536143803 when you place the order. Price is subject to change.
Recommended Materials
A handbook on grammar and sentence variety is recommended.
Click on the textbook titles below to see availability and compare prices of new and/or used copies of the textbook at various online booksellers. Students can also purchase this textbook at a local bookstore, or they can likely find a copy in their school or public library. The price in parentheses is the list price for a new copy of the textbook; that price is subject to change.
- The Art of Styling Sentences (4th edition), by Ann Longknife, Ph.D., & K.D. Sullivan: ISBN 0764121812 ($8.95)
Other handbooks of style can be substituted, such as:
- Barron's Painless Grammar ISBN-10: 0812097815 ($8.95)
- Grammar for Middle School: A Sentence-Composing Approach—A Student Worktext by John Killgallon and Jenny Killgallon: ISBN-10: 0325009562 ($12.00)
- The Little, Brown Compact Handbook (5th edition), by Jane E. Aaron: ISBN 0321104951 ($50.00)
- The Elements of Style Illustrated (4th edition), by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White: ISBN-10: 1594200696 ($24)
The Writer’s Journey, Volume 2
Required Textbooks (sold separately)
The Mercury Reader, a collection specially arranged for Duke TIP users, is available at Pearson Education for $47. To order by phone, call (800) 947-7700. You must refer to ISBN-10: 0536414289 when you place the order. Price is subject to change. Available only at Pearson Education.
Click on the textbook titles below to see availability and compare prices of new and/or used copies of the textbook at various online booksellers. Students can also purchase this textbook at a local bookstore, or they can likely find a copy in their school or public library. The price in parentheses is the list price for a new copy of the textbook; that price is subject to change.
- The Art of Styling Sentences (4th edition), by Ann Longknife, Ph.D., & K.D. Sullivan: ISBN 0764121812 ($8.95)
Word Power
Recommended Materials to accompany Word Power
- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, latest edition
- a thesaurus
- access to the Internet