Resources for the Eight Core Subjects

(compiled by Tresta Neil in 2014 for the LDS Homeschool Conference)

History
Ancient History

• A Voice of Warning by Parley P. Pratt Reformation
• At the Summit of the Ages by Gordon B. Hinckley

Geography
Mathematical Geography

• Our Creator’s Cosmos by Neal A. Maxwell

Physical Geography (land, air, water)

• Dikes Verses Living Water by David B. Wirthlin

Political Geography (borders, culture)

• Removing Barriers to Happiness by Richard G. Scott

Literature

Scripture

• The Holy Scriptures: The Power of God unto our Salvation by Robert D. Hales

Biographies

• God Will Have a Tried People by Howard W. Hunter

Poetry

• The Poetry of Success by Sterling W. Sill

Classics

• Medicine for the Soul? by Sterling W. Sill Drama
• Joy in the Journey by Thomas S. Monson

Nations/Culture

• The Church Goes Forward by Gordon B. Hinckley
• The Ensign to the Nations; a Light to the World by Gordon B. Hinckley

Language

• Science of Grammar, etc. by Orson Hyde, Jan. 22, 1855
• The Tongue of Angels Jeffrey R. Holland, April 2007 General Conference

• The Heavens Declare the Glory of the Lord by Don Lind (Space Flight)

Chemistry

• My Father’s Formula by Henry B. Eyring Physics
• The Law and the Light by Boyd K. Packer
• God Will Have a Tried People by Howard W. Hunter (friction)

Geology (land)

• What is the symbolic meaning of the term ‘rock’ in the scriptures?

Oceanography (water)

• Ocean Currents and Family Influences by Spencer W. Kimball
• True to the Faith by Thomas S. Monson (maka fekes)

Meteorology (air)

• Christlike Attributes: Wind beneath our Wings by Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Botany (plants)

• This is My Work and My Glory by M. Russell Ballard (tomato plants)

Zoology (animals)

• Fundamental Principles to Ponder and Live by Spencer W. Kimball

Humanology (crowning creation)

• The Magnificence of Man by Russell M. Nelson

Math

• Key to the Universe by Orson Pratt
• The Physical Worlds by Henry B. Eyring

Music

• At the Summit of the Ages Gordon B. Hinckley
• Worthy music, worthy thoughts by Boyd K. Packer and video The Power of Hymns by Merrill J. Bateman
• Satan’s Thrust – the Youth by Ezra T. Benson
• Les Derniers Jours by John A. Green

Art

• The Gospel Vision of the Arts by Spencer W. Kimball
• How Will Our children Remember Us? by Robert D. Hales
• The Arts and the Spirit of the Lord by Elder Boyd K Packer
• At the Summit of the Ages by Gordon B. Hinckley