Independent Learning Textbook Guide

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Please click on your course title below for a list of required and recommended texts.

Algebra I
Algebra II
Clues in Crime
Discovering King Arthur: Medieval Mystery and Meaning
Discovering Science Outdoors
Foundations of Modern Biology: Genetics, Evolution, and Ethics
Geometry
MathPack: Quest
Math & the Cosmos
Peace and Protest
Switched on Sound
The Writer’s Journey, Volume 1
Word Power

Algebra I

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-83 Plus, TI-83, or TI-82

Algebra II

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

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Clues in Crime

No additional texts are required

Discovering King Arthur: Medieval Mystery and Meaning

Required Textbook (sold separately)

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The Once and Future King, by T.H. White
(Student may use any of the following three editions.)

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Discovering Science Outdoors

Required Textbooks (sold separately)

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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) e-commerce hyperlink coming soon
Foundation of Modern Biology Reader, assembled by Theodore Varno from Cengage Learning: ISBN coming soon ($18) e-commerce hyperlink coming soon
The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells: ISBN 0141-43997-1 ($9)

Geometry

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.

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

MathPack: Quest

No additional texts are required.

Math & the Cosmos

No additional texts are required.

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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 (Price subject to change)

Recommended Materials

For the final unit in The Writer’s Journey, Volume 1 , a handbook on grammar and sentence variety is recommended. This handbook will also be used for The Writer’s Journey, Volume 2 , forthcoming in 2008.

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.

Other handbooks of style can be substituted, such as:

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Word Power

Recommended Materials to accompany Word Power

  • The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, latest edition
  • a thesaurus
  • access to the Internet

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