Ninth Grade Curriculum - Memoria Press

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Never plan another lesson again, the Ninth Grade Curriculum Manual has every day already planned, just open it up and teach from the correlating books in the plan! Your lessons will revolve around the following areas of study:

• Literature
• Math
• Science
• Classical/Christian Studies
• Latin
• Composition
• Logic
• American History

Beowulf the Warrior  is an accessible version of one of the oldest pieces of English literature that we have. Our Student and Teacher Guides will increase the student's vocabulary and reading comprehension.

Beowulf Student Sample

Beowulf the Warrior  is an accessible version of one of the oldest pieces of English literature that we have. Our Student and Teacher Guides will increase the student's vocabulary and reading comprehension.

Teacher Sample

Beowulf the Warrior  is an accessible version of one of the oldest pieces of English literature that we have. Our Student and Teacher Guides will increase the student's vocabulary and reading comprehension.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a great medieval epic and romance. Our Student and Teacher Guides will increase the student's vocabulary and reading comprehension.

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a great medieval epic and romance. Our Student and Teacher Guides will increase the student's vocabulary and reading comprehension.

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a great medieval epic and romance. Our Student and Teacher Guides will increase the student's vocabulary and reading comprehension.

There are three works that are at the source of Western culture: the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid. After you have completed your study of Homer’s two works, Virgil's epic story of the founding of Rome, the Aeneid, is your next logical Great Book to study.

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There are three works that are at the source of Western culture: the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid. After you have completed your study of Homer’s two works, Virgil's epic story of the founding of Rome, the Aeneid, is your next logical Great Book to study. This epic story of the founding of Rome will come alive when read with the help of our study guide as you continue your quest to master the classics.

Teacher Guide Sample

There are three works that are at the source of Western culture: the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid. After you have completed your study of Homer’s two works, Virgil's epic story of the founding of Rome, the Aeneid, is your next logical Great Book to study.

There are three works that are at the source of Western culture: the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid. After you have completed your study of Homer’s two works, Virgil's epic story of the founding of Rome, the Aeneid, is your next logical Great Book to study.

The Book of the Ancient Romans Text Sample

Dorothy Mills wrote some wonderful history books in the 1920's for use by middle-school students, and Memoria Press is proud to bring these books back into publication—with added illustrations! Mills' books include quotes from great classical historians such as Herodotus and Cicero, making them a great preparation for reading these authors in high school. We also wrote study guides so that you can have a total classical history curriculum in the middle school years. Our study guides contain reading notes, vocabulary, comprehension questions, enrichment activities, maps, and tests.

You can buy a digital copy of this book here.

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Dorothy Mills wrote some wonderful history books in the 1920s for use by middle-school students, and Memoria Press is proud to bring these books back into publication—with added illustrations! Mills' books include quotes from great classical historians such as Herodotus and Cicero, making them a great preparation for reading these authors in high school. We also wrote study guides so that you can have a total classical history curriculum in the middle school years. Our study guides contain reading notes, vocabulary, comprehension questions, enrichment activities, maps, and tests.

The Book of the Ancient Romans Teacher Sample

Dorothy Mills wrote some wonderful history books in the 1920s for use by middle-school students, and Memoria Press is proud to bring these books back into publication—with added illustrations! Mills' books include quotes from great classical historians such as Herodotus and Cicero, making them a great preparation for reading these authors in high school. We also wrote study guides so that you can have a total classical history curriculum in the middle school years. Our study guides contain reading notes, vocabulary, comprehension questions, enrichment activities, maps, and tests.

Student Book Sample

What if you could teach your child using the same writing program that produced such masters of the language as John Milton, William Shakespeare, and Benjamin Franklin? What if you could have the same composition curriculum used by Quintilian, the greatest teacher of ancient rhetoric, and Cicero, the greatest persuasive speaker of all time?

Jim Selby has blown the dust off the writing curriculum that was used in schools for over 1,500 years and put it in an easy-to-teach format that will revolutionize your home or private school curriculum. Presented clearly and systematically in a structured curriculum, Classical Composition will give you a clear road map to writing excellence.

Ancient writers invented a way of teaching writing known as the progymnasmata, which provided a method of teaching composition that not only taught budding writers a disciplined way to approach communication, but also helped them appeal to the heads of their audience. The progymnasmata gave them the stylistic tools to appeal to their hearts as well.

The greatest communicators of ancient times, Quintilian and Cicero among them, employed the progymnasmata to teach their students the art of communication. The 14 exercises, organized from the simplest and most basic to the most complex and sophisticated, were the core education of a classical speaker, designed to produce what Quintilian once called "the good man, speaking well."

Teacher Guide Sample

What if you could teach your child using the same writing program that produced such masters of the language as John Milton, William Shakespeare, and Benjamin Franklin? What if you could have the same composition curriculum used by Quintilian, the greatest teacher of ancient rhetoric, and Cicero, the greatest persuasive speaker of all time?

Jim Selby has blown the dust off the writing curriculum that was used in schools for over 1,500 years and put it in an easy-to-teach format that will revolutionize your home or private school curriculum. Presented clearly and systematically in a structured curriculum, Classical Composition will give you a clear road map to writing excellence.

Ancient writers invented a way of teaching writing known as the progymnasmata, which provided a method of teaching composition that not only taught budding writers a disciplined way to approach communication, but also helped them appeal to the heads of their audience. The progymnasmata gave them the stylistic tools to appeal to their hearts as well.

The greatest communicators of ancient times, Quintilian and Cicero among them, employed the progymnasmata to teach their students the art of communication. The 14 exercises, organized from the simplest and most basic to the most complex and sophisticated, were the core education of a classical speaker, designed to produce what Quintilian once called "the good man, speaking well."

Classical Composition Sequence

The next stage in the Classical Composition program is Encomium, Invective, and Comparison. These three stages continue to train the students in their ability to utilize and integrate heads of development and examples—that is, the general and the particular in communicating ideas—as well as continuing to train them in the use of heads of purpose (also called modes of argument). Students will learn to write expository essays and a complex introductory paragraph, as well as to cohesively arrange a lengthy essay.

The Classical Composition VI: Encomium, Invective, & Comparison Instructional DVDs feature superb explanation of the material covered in the Encomium, Invective, & Comparison Stage by Abigail Johnson.

Henle II Text Sample

From the publisher: "The backbone of [Henle Latin II] is intensive language study, including review of the first year plus new materials. Readings from Caesar's Commentaries, extensive exercises, and Latin-English vocabularies fill the volume."

From the publisher: "The backbone of [Henle Latin II] is intensive language study, including review of the first year plus new materials. Readings from Caesar's Commentaries, extensive exercises, and Latin-English vocabularies fill the volume."

Second Year Henle Latin Lesson Plans Sample

The Second Year Henle Latin Lesson Plans contain detailed lesson plans that will guide you through the advanced grammar and syntax lessons in Henle Latin II. We recommend completing this year of translation practice before attempting to read Caesar. For each week, there is a chart provided which schedules the work over four days. The daily work is divided into three different categories: Opening (review, recitations), Lesson, and Closing (specific grammar and vocabulary to be studied in preparation for testing).

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The Second Year Latin Quizzes & Tests are made to be used along with the Second Year Henle Latin Lesson Plans, in which a quiz is scheduled for most weeks.

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A Latin grammar is a compendium of grammar forms and syntax in a systematic, concise, and easily accessible reference book. Designed specifically for students, Latin Grammar for the Grammar Stage (LGGS) includes all conjugations and declensions, plus a very basic introduction to Latin syntax (how to use the grammar). An essential resource for mastery and review, LGGS can be used with all four years of the First Form Series, or with any other Latin program you are using.

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Did you ever wish you didn't have to sort through all the thousands of poems that have been written over the years to find the best of the best? Cheryl Lowe has done the work for you in these new anthologies, including three volumes of British poetry and one volume of American poetry and short stories from the 19th-20th Centuries. These anthologies will be great supplement to your student's literature studies in these time periods.

Poetry, Prose, & Drama Book One: The Old English & Medieval Periods is the first anthology in our British Tradition series. It features poetry from the Anglo-Saxon Invasion to the Tudor Accession (449-1485). The works included in this anthology introduce students to a variety of poetic styles including epic, elegy, riddle, history, lyric, dream, allegory, and ballads. Through the exploration of these poems students will come to a deeper understanding of the literature of the warrior, the priest, the medieval church, and the common people.

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Did you ever wish you didn't have to sort through all the thousands of poems that have been written over the years to find the best of the best? Cheryl Lowe has done the work for you in these new anthologies, including three volumes of British poetry and one volume of American poetry and short stories from the 19th-20th Centuries. These anthologies will be great supplement to your student's literature studies in these time periods.

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Did you ever wish you didn't have to sort through all the thousands of poems that have been written over the years to find the best of the best? Cheryl Lowe has done the work for you in these new anthologies, including three volumes of British poetry and one volume of American poetry and short stories from the 19th-20th Centuries. These anthologies will be great supplement to your student's literature studies in these time periods.

The Poetry, Prose, & Drama Book One: The Old English & Medieval Periods is the first anthology in our British Tradition series. It features poetry from the Anglo-Saxon Invasion to the Tudor Accession (449-1485). The works included in this anthology introduce students to a variety of poetic styles including epic, elegy, riddle, history, lyric, dream, allegory, and ballads. Through the exploration of these poems students will come to a deeper understanding of the literature of the warrior, the priest, the medieval church, and the common people.

The Book of the Middle Ages Text Sample

Dorothy Mills wrote some wonderful history books in the 1920s for use by middle school students, and Memoria Press is proud to bring these books back into publication—with added illustrations!

A digital copy of this product can be bought here.

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Traditional Logic is an in-depth study of the classical syllogism. The Traditional Logic I Text provides students with a basic understanding of the Christian theory of knowledge, the four kinds of logical statements, the four ways propositions can be opposed, the three ways which they can be equivalent, and the seven rules for the validity of syllogisms. Each chapter explains challenging concepts in clear, concise language.

This text is compatible with the second edition of the Traditional Logic I Workbook.

Workbook Sample

The Student Workbook provides daily exercises to practice and master the concepts laid out in the Student Text.

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A logic course for all ages but designed for use as young as 7th grade, Traditional Logic is an in-depth study of the classical syllogism. Along with a basic understanding of the Christian theory of knowledge, the text presents the four kinds of logical statements, the four ways propositions can be opposed, the three ways which they can be equivalent, and the seven rules for the validity of syllogisms. Each chapter explains challenging concepts in clear, concise language. The Teacher Key ensures you have the answers for the workbook, quizzes, and tests.

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This book contains Quizzes and Tests for Traditional Logic I by Martin Cothran. The answers are contained in the Teacher Key

Used along with the Traditional Logic text, your new DVD course will enable you to bring a master logic teacher into your home. With graphic slides illustrating key points in the text, Mr. Cothran covers every important aspect of the book—explaining difficult concepts and illustrating important ideas along the way. Downloadable lecture slides are also included with the DVD set.

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A logic course for all ages but designed for use as young as seventh grade, Traditional Logic is an in-depth study of the classical syllogism. Along with a basic understanding of the Christian theory of knowledge, the text presents the four kinds of logical statements, the four ways propositions can be opposed, the three ways in which they can be equivalent, and the seven rules for the validity of syllogisms. Each chapter, in approximately five pages of text, explains challenging concepts in clear, concise language.

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A logic course for all ages but designed for use as young as seventh grade, Traditional Logic is an in-depth study of the classical syllogism. Along with a basic understanding of the Christian theory of knowledge, the text presents the four kinds of logical statements, the four ways propositions can be opposed, the three ways in which they can be equivalent, and the seven rules for the validity of syllogisms. Each chapter, in approximately five pages of text, explains challenging concepts in clear, concise language. The Traditional Logic II Student Workbook contains all of the exercises for the course with space for students to answer.

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The Traditional Logic II Teacher Key contains the answers to the Traditional Logic II Student Workbook and the Traditional Logic II Quizzes & Final Exam.

In this book, David Bentley Hart, a widely revered Christian scholar, gives a scholarly but readable portrait of the Christian Church from its origins in Judaism to the "house churches" in contemporary China. This is a great overview of the history of the church that is perfect for study before delving into the more difficult church historians such as Josephus and Eusebius.

Student Guide Sample

In this book, David Bentley Hart, a widely revered Christian scholar, gives a scholarly but readable portrait of the Christian Church from its origins in Judaism to the "house churches" in contemporary China. This is a great overview of the history of the church that is perfect for study before delving into the more difficult church historians such as Josephus and Eusebius.

Teacher Guide Sample

In this book, David Bentley Hart, a widely revered Christian scholar, gives a scholarly but readable portrait of the Christian Church from its origins in Judaism to the "house churches" in contemporary China. This is a great overview of the history of the church that is perfect for study before delving into the more difficult church historians such as Josephus and Eusebius.

The Modern Biology student textbook is an excellent resource for both teaching and learning. This book explains concepts in a clear fashion which allows students to better grasp the subject matter being taught.

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Memoria Press' Guide to Modern Biology is designed to teach students the science of life in a clear and understandable way. Modern Biology is a big book, but Highlands Latin School's Dr. Rebecca Shelburne has designed this course to cover only the material students need for a complete high school course. Students will spend several weeks on biochemistry, cell structure, and the fundamentals of genetics, picking up later in the book with microbiology and the structure and function of plants, and concluding with a study of vertebrate and invertebrate animals. Dr. Shelburne's illuminating lectures in the Instructional Videos explain and expand upon the information in the text, while the Student Guide and Coloring Workbook walk students toward mastery and prepare them for the Tests. This great text, along with Dr. Shelburne's lectures and targeted exercises, will bring this subject alive.

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Memoria Press' Guide to Modern Biology is designed to teach students the science of life in a clear and understandable way. Modern Biology is a big book, but Highlands Latin School's Dr. Rebecca Shelburne has designed this course to cover only the material students need for a complete high school course. Students will spend several weeks on biochemistry, cell structure, and the fundamentals of genetics, picking up later in the book with microbiology and the structure and function of plants, and concluding with a study of vertebrate and invertebrate animals. Dr. Shelburne's illuminating lectures in the Instructional Videos explain and expand upon the information in the text, while the Student Guide and Coloring Workbook walk students toward mastery and prepare them for the Tests. This great text, along with Dr. Shelburne's lectures and targeted exercises, will bring this subject alive.

The Biology Coloring Workbook enables students to learn interactively by coloring which helps them memorize complex biological concepts. This unique study tool will help students not only memorize but also effectively review and quickly recall the facts and functions they learn throughout their study of biology.

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Memoria Press' Guide to Modern Biology is designed to teach students the science of life in a clear and understandable way. Modern Biology is a big book, but Highlands Latin School's Dr. Rebecca Shelburne has designed this course to cover only the material students need for a complete high school course. Students will spend several weeks on biochemistry, cell structure, and the fundamentals of genetics, picking up later in the book with microbiology and the structure and function of plants, and concluding with a study of vertebrate and invertebrate animals. Dr. Shelburne's illuminating lectures in the Instructional Videos explain and expand upon the information in the text, while the Student Guide and Coloring Workbook walk students toward mastery and prepare them for the Modern Biology Tests. This great text, along with Dr. Shelburne's lectures and targeted exercises, will bring this subject alive.

Memoria Press' Guide to Modern Biology is designed to teach students the science of life in a clear and understandable way. Modern Biology is a big book, but Highlands Latin School's Dr. Rebecca Shelburne has designed this course to cover only the material students need for a complete high school course. Students will spend several weeks on biochemistry, cell structure, and the fundamentals of genetics, picking up later in the book with microbiology and the structure and function of plants, and concluding with a study of vertebrate and invertebrate animals. Dr. Shelburne's illuminating lectures in the Instructional Videos explain and expand upon the information in the text, while the Student Guide and Coloring Workbook walk students toward mastery and prepare them for the Tests. This great text, along with Dr. Shelburne's lectures and targeted exercises, will bring this subject alive.

This product is a 13-month membership that gives you unlimited access to stream the instructional videos for Modern Biology. If you have already purchased a 13-month membership but need more time, simply purchase this product again before your membership expires for a 13-month extension of your membership at 25% off, automatically applied at checkout. If your membership has already expired and you need an extension, please call us at 877-862-1097 to receive the discount.

Access membership information on your My Account page under the Streaming Courses tab.

This product is designed to be used in conjunction with the Modern Biology Set from Memoria Press.

From the publisher:

Could the sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville have been caused by the gigantic ghostly hound that is said to have haunted his family for generations? Arch-rationalist Sherlock Holmes characteristically dismisses the theory as nonsense. And, immersed in another case, he sends Dr Watson to Devon to protect the Baskerville heir and observe the suspects at close hand. With its atmospheric setting on the ancient, wild moorland and its savage apparition, The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of the greatest crime novels ever written. Rationalism is pitted against the supernatural and good against evil as Sherlock Holmes sets out to defeat a foe almost his equal.

This edition contains a full chronology of Arthur Conan Doyle's life and works, an introduction by renowned horror scholar Professor Christopher Frayling discussing the background to the novel and the legends and events that inspired the story, with further reading and explanatory notes.

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Active reading and thinking leads to a life-affecting experience with literature and poetry—forms that perhaps, paradoxically, convey the most truth about humans and their place in the world. Our upper-school Literature Guides train students to read actively and lead students through a four-stage trivium-based continuum to the acquisition and expression of the Central One Idea. Students are guided to read and think through the pre-grammar, grammar, logic, and rhetoric stages toward the essence of the story, the central proposition that gives the story its greatest meaning and expression. The guides feature helpful reading notes for background information and difficult words, extensive vocabulary training, comprehension questions, Socratic discussion questions, interaction with salient quotes, and literary and rhetorical devices presented in bold-face to prepare students for sophisticated literary analysis and future study—and these for the nuanced reflection of the complex simplicity of life.

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Active reading and thinking leads to a life-affecting experience with literature and poetry—forms that perhaps, paradoxically, convey the most truth about humans and their place in the world. Our upper-school Literature Guides train students to read actively and lead students through a four-stage trivium-based continuum to the acquisition and expression of the Central One Idea. Students are guided to read and think through the pre-grammar, grammar, logic, and rhetoric stages toward the essence of the story, the central proposition that gives the story its greatest meaning and expression. The guides feature helpful reading notes for background information and difficult words, extensive vocabulary training, comprehension questions, Socratic discussion questions, interaction with salient quotes, and literary and rhetorical devices presented in bold-face to prepare students for sophisticated literary analysis and future study—and these for the nuanced reflection of the complex simplicity of life.

A comedy written by William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream is a classic for the ages. One of Shakespeare's most frequently performed plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream is the story of the events surrounding the wedding of Theseus, Duke of Athens, and the Amazonian queen Hippolyta. Unlike many of Shakespeare's works A Midsummer Night's Dream does not drawn upon any historical or previous literary work, making it one of his most original compositions.

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A comedy written by William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream is a classic for the ages. One of Shakespeare's most frequently performed plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream is the story of the events surrounding the wedding of Theseus, Duke of Athens, and the Amazonian queen Hippolyta. Unlike many of Shakespeare's works A Midsummer Night's Dream does not drawn upon any historical or previous literary work, making it one of his most original compositions. The A Midsummer Night's Dream Student Guide increases the student’s vocabulary and reading comprehension by providing in-depth vocabulary study, reading notes, comprehension questions, and more.

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A comedy written by William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a classic for the ages. One of Shakespeare’s most frequently performed plays, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the story of the events surrounding the wedding of Theseus, Duke of Athens, and the Amazonian queen Hippolyta. Unlike many of Shakespeare’s works A Midsummer Night’s Dream does not drawn upon any historical or previous literary work, making it one of his most original compositions. To better assist students in understanding the text, the A Midsummer Night's Dream Teacher Guide provides all answers to questions in the A Midsummer Night's Dream Student Guide and all test and quizzes.

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Our customers are familiar with the comprehensive and well-written historical texts of Dorothy Mills. Now Memoria Press is making available her excellent text on the Renaissance and Reformation. There are, of course, strong opinions about some aspects of this crucial period of modern history, but history itself is and should be an objective account of what happened, not an editorial on what happened, and Mills succeeds marvelously in giving readers a neutral ground on which to base their understanding of the history of this exciting time.

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The VideoText Algebra Module D Course Notes contain all notes for video lessons presented in Unit V (Polynomials). 

The VideoText Algebra Module D WorkText contains all definitions, examples, and exercises for corresponding lessons presented in Unit V (Polynomials). 

The VideoText Algebra Module D Course Notes contain all notes for video lessons presented in Unit V (Polynomials). 

The VideoText Algebra Module D Instructor’s Guide contains all step-by-step Progress Test solutions for Forms A & B of all quizzes and tests in Unit V (Polynomials). 

The VideoText Algebra Module D Progress Tests contain Forms A & B of all quizzes and tests for lessons in Unit V (Polynomials). 

VideoText Algebra Teaching Disc #10 covers concepts taught from Unit V, Parts A & B (Exponent Notation & Polynomials).

VideoText Algebra Teaching Disc #11 covers concepts taught from Unit V, Part C (Solving Relations).

VideoText Algebra Teaching Disc #12 covers concepts taught from Unit V, Part D (Problem Solving).

The VideoText Algebra Module E Course Notes contain all notes for video lessons presented in Units VI, VII, & VIII (Algebraic Functions, Rational Degree Relations, & Quadratic Relations).

The VideoText Algebra Module E WorkText contains all definitions, examples, and exercises for corresponding lessons presented in Units VI, VII, & VIII (Algebraic Functions, Rational Degree Relations, & Quadratic Relations).

The VideoText Algebra Module E Solutions Manual contains all step-by-step solutions for WorkText exercises presented in Units VI, VIII, & VIII (Algebraic Functions, Rational Degree Relations, & Quadratic Relations).

The VideoText Algebra Module E Instructor’s Guide contains all step-by-step Progress Test solutions for Forms A & B of all quizzes and tests in Units VI, VII, & VIII (Algebraic Functions, Rational Degree Relations, & Quadratic Relations).

The VideoText Algebra Module E Progress Tests contain Forms A & B of all quizzes and tests for lessons in Units VI, VII, & VIII (Algebraic Functions, Rational Degree Relations, & Quadratic Relations).

VideoText Algebra Teaching Disc #13 covers concepts taught from Unit VI, Parts A, B, & C (Operations, Solving Relations, & Problem Solving).

VideoText Algebra Teaching Disc #14 covers concepts taught from Unit VII, Parts A, B, C, D & E (Radical Exponents, Operations, Solving Relations, Problem Solving, & Complex Numbers).

VideoText Algebra Teaching Disc #15 covers concepts taught from Unit VIII, Parts A, B, & C (Standard Form, Quadratic in Form, & Problem Solving).

The VideoText Algebra Module F Course Notes contain all notes for video lessons presented in Units IX & X (Conic Sections & Literal Degree Relations).

The VideoText Algebra Module F WorkText contains all definitions, examples, and exercises for corresponding lessons presented in Units XI & X (Conic Sections & Literal Degree Relations).

The VideoText Algebra Module F Solutions Manual contains all step-by-step solutions for WorkText exercises presented in Units IX & X (Conic Sections & Literal Degree Relations).

The VideoText Algebra Module F Instructor’s Guide contains all step-by-step Progress Test solutions for Forms A & B of all quizzes and tests in Units IX & X (Conic Sections & Literal Degree Relations).

The VideoText Algebra Module F Progress Tests contain Forms A & B of all quizzes and tests for lessons in Units IX & X (Conic Sections & Literal Degree Relations).

VideoText Algebra Teaching Disc #16 covers concepts taught from Unit IX, Parts A, B, C, D, & E (Parabolas, Circles, Ellipses, Hyperbolas, Systems, & Problem Solving).

VideoText Algebra Teaching Disc #17 covers concepts taught from Unit X, Parts A, B, C, & D (Exponential Functions, Logarithmic Functions, Operations, & Solving Equations).