Year 1 - Ancient through Medieval World (The Communal Identity)
- ESV Study Bible
- Great Myths of the World by Padraic Collum
- The Tree of Life by Peter Sis
- The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth Speare
- Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliffe
- Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (parallel texts)
- Confucius by Russell Freedman
- Beowulf translated by Burton Raffel
- The Lais of Marie de France
- Decameron by Boccaccio
- The Canterbury Tales retold by Geraldine McCaughrean
- A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E.L Konigsburg
- Muhammad by Demi
- Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam by Diane Stanley
- Saint Francis of Assisi by Demi
- The Feathered Serpent by Scott O’Dell
Year 2 - Renaissance to the Present (The Individual Identity)
- Leonardo daVinci by Diane Stanley
- Michelangelo by Diane Stanley
- The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
- A Man For All Seasons by Robert Bolt
- John Winthrop, Oliver Cromwell, and the Land of Promise by Marc Aronson
- The United States Constitution
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- Sugar Changed the World by Marc Aronson
- Kids at Work by Russell Freedman
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary by Ruud van der Rol
- Snow Falling in Spring by Moying Li