September

​Respect, Responsibility, Faithfulness
Elma Stuckey. Humanity. (LA)
Louisa May Alcott. Little Women. (LA)
Robin Hood. (LA)
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. (LA)
Codes of chivalry. (WC)

October

Diligence & Self-discipline
Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe. (LA)
​Demi. The Magic Brocade. (LA)

November

Gratitude, Appreciation, Wonder
Edna St. Vincent Millay. Afternoon on a Hill. (LA)
​Christina Rosetti. Clouds. (LA)
Tongue Cut Sparrow. (LA)
​Johann Strauss, Jr. Blue Danube. (M)

January

Courage
Maya Angelou. Life Doesn’t Frighten Me. (LA)
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Concord Hymn. (LA)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Paul Revere’s Ride. (LA)
Patrick Henry. “Give me Liberty or Give me death.” (LA)
St. George and the Dragon.
Joan of Arc. (WC)
Nathan Hale. (AC)
Molly Pitcher. (AC)
​Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, George Washington. (AC)

February

Perseverance & Constancy
Jonathan Swift. Gulliver’s Travels. (LA)
Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island. (LA)
Sundiata Keita. (WC)
James Madison. (AC)
Benjamin Banneker. (AC)
​Benedict Arnold. (AC)

March

Democratic Principles
Thomas Jefferson. (AC)
Sojourner Truth. “Ain’t I a Woman?” (LA)
Frederick Douglass. (AC)
William Lloyd Garrison. (AC)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. (AC)
​Charles Drew. (S)

April

Understanding & Forgiveness

May

Wonder & Hope
Langston Hughes. Dreams. (LA)
​Eleanor Porter. Pollyanna.

June

Lives to Learn from and Practical Wisdom
Dorothea Dix.(AC)
Horace Mann. (AC)
Amelia Bloomer. (AC)
Margaret Fuller. (AC)
Elizabeth Blackwell. (S)