RHETORIC SCHOOL
CURRICULUM
Students in the ninth through twelfth grades have now moved into Veritas' Rhetoric School, where students learn to think, write, and speak persuasively from a Christian worldview. The classroom curriculum itself is organized around three primary practices: Humane Letters, Math and Sciences, and Arts and Languages.
Rhetoric School Overview
Ninth Grade
Humane Letters: Ancient world history and literature, Epic of Gilgamesh, Iliad, Odyssey, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, etc.
Math: Geometry
Science: Physics and Physics Labs
Theology: Prophets & Psalms
Language: Choice of Latin or French
Art History: Ancient world through Greece
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PE & Choir
Tenth Grade
Humane Letters: Rome through Medieval periods; Aeneid, Boethius, Augustine’s Confessions, Dante’s Divine Comedy
Math: Advanced Algebra
Science: Biology and Biology Labs
Theology: Historical and cultural context of the New Testament, in-depth reading of the Gospel of Luke; Early Church history and theology
Language: Choice of Latin or French
Art History: Roman, Early Christian, Medieval, and Renaissance
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PE & Choir
Eleventh Grade
Humane Letters: Renaissance to Modern History; Paradise Lost, Pride & Prejudice; Frankenstein; Tale of Two Cities, etc.
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Rhetoric: Aristotle's "Rhetoric"; compose and deliver several speeches; research and write Thesis paper; Junior/Senior Debate
Math: Pre-Calculus
Science: Chemistry and Chemistry Labs
Theology: Fall of Jerusalem to American Evangelicalism
Language: Choice of Latin or French
Art History: Mannerism through Modern Art and its contexts
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Choir
Twelfth Grade
Humane Letters: American History and Literature, including Moby Dick, Killer Angels, and more.
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Rhetoric: Aristotle's "Rhetoric"; Junior/Senior Debate; Senior Poesis
Math: Calculus or Statistics
Science: Choice of Applied Physics or Advanced Anatomy
Theology: Apologetics
Language: Choice of French or Koine Greek
Leadership Development: Leading the Veritas House System
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Choir​​
