[SLB]

They'll both be reading Great Books and Historical Fiction that tie in to the era being studied.

What historical fiction doyou plan on using? FWIW - I have been reading the G.A. Henty books and find them to be a great source. There are some that have application in today's world as they are about Afghanistan.

[SuziQ]

We're getting ideas for Historical Fiction and other reading from "The Well Trained Mind" by Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer. It is a terrific book on doing Classical Ed. at home. Another source of info for Historical Fiction is the TRISMS (Time Related Integrated Studies for Mastering Skills) programs we'll use for both our son and daughter when they've finished Amer. History. The programs come with extensive reading lists for Historical Fiction.
Check out TRISMS at http://www.trisms.com

[Carolina]

For historical novels, we love the Waverly novels by Sir Walter Scott.

• Ivanhoe
• Rob Roy
• The Antiquary
• The Bride of Lammermoor
• The Heart of Midlothian

We read Victor Hugo (with extensive study of cathedrals in conjunction with Hunchback), Alexandre Dumas (Three Musketeers and Count), The Song of Roland (with a study of the code of chivalry).

We scoured EBay for lots of classical books and Cliffs Notes. A lot of the classics are also online that you can download.

Here is one link: Bibliomania

For a good online literary analysis source, here is NovelGuide

For an online resource of early Christian text and Medieval Classics, here is a great site: Online Medieval and Classical Library

And if you want to start your day out right, try the online daily office (morning prayer, evening prayer, etc.): Oremus or The Daily Office. They will have the Psalm of the day, OT, NT, Gospel readings for the day, prayers, and hymns.