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reetings to you from Camp Hill in lovely central Pennsylvania! Our team, pictured above, is a talented group of colleagues and friends who enjoy working and spending time together. We are grateful for our larger team not pictured here: the scores of people who have served with us, including a large collection of authors, editors, reviewers, illustrators, designers, consultants, marketers, accountants, educators, and scholars—more than 150 people in all! This year has been another year of change and growth for Classical Academic Press. After four years working out of a 100-year-old, two-story renovated house-turned-office on Market Street, we have moved to larger offices in the same town. We are greatly enjoying our new space and are particularly delighted to have a spacious recording studio that will help us further enhance the media creations many of you appreciate. We are thrilled this year to release ClassicalU.com—the result of three years of extensive development and collaboration with many veteran classical educators and mentors. ClassicalU is a teacher-training platform that features a three-step, clear path to mastery for classical educators in schools and parent-educators in homeschools. The website features video-recorded training by experts from around the country who are veterans in classical teaching. The website is released with more than 20 courses, with 2 courses being added every month. Anyone visiting the site can sample each course for free! What else is new? Well, we now offer no-fee membership to our Scholé Group homeschooling communities. The advent of ClassicalU has enabled us to do this, thus making Scholé Groups an affordable option for many co-ops. We were thrilled and grateful to have earned the Well-Trained Mind’s Top Recommendation for our Latin, Writing & Rhetoric, logic, and Spanish lines, as well as the 2017 Practical Homeschool Awards for those lines plus our new Well-Ordered Language (grammar) line! This year, we are releasing the next two books in our Well-Ordered Language curriculum as well as the next two books in our Writing & Rhetoric curriculum. There is more, but I will leave you to the catalog, where you will discover numerous other new products and services. We are deeply grateful to be working together with another large group of friends and fellows— you, our customers, who share our mission to cultivate the souls of our sons and daughters and to renew classical education in the United States and abroad. Pax, Christopher A. Perrin, PhD Publisher
Table of Contents ClassicalU............................................. 4
Classical Ed Resources......................... 50
Curriculum Map................................... 6
Homegrown Preschooler..................... 51
Article by Dr. Perrin.............................. 8
Scholé Groups..................................... 52
Scholé Academy.................................. 10
Article by Dr. Perrin............................ 54
Why Latin? and Your Journey............. 12
The Art of Argument............................. 57
Song School Latin................................. 14
Discovery of Deduction/Argument Builder..... 58
Latin for Children................................ 17
Everyday Debate................................... 59
Headventure Land............................... 21
Reasoning & Reading............................ 60
Latin Necessities ................................. 22
Rhetoric Alive!...................................... 61
Latin Alive!.......................................... 23
Article by Joelle Hodge........................ 62
Article by Andrew Kern....................... 28
British Literature Guides..................... 64
Writing & Rhetoric............................... 30
The Art of Poetry................................... 66
The Classical Reader............................. 37
Covenantal Bible.................................. 67
Well-Ordered Language (Grammar)........38
Song School Greek................................. 73
What Are People Saying?..................... 41
Greek for Children................................ 74
Article by Dr. Diener........................... 42
French for Children.............................. 75
Article by Sarah Mackenzie................. 44
Song School Spanish.............................. 79
Teaching from Rest................................ 45
Spanish for Children............................. 80
Classical Education Guide Books........ 46
Veritas History.................................... 82
The Liberal Arts Tradition..................... 47
Singapore Math................................... 83
Awakening Wonder............................... 48
Article by Emily Price.......................... 84
Giants in Education Guide Books....... 49
Consulting ......................................... 86
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Classical Academic Press Curriculum Map—Scholé Approach This curriculum paradigm has been developed in partnership with the Ambrose School in Boise, Idaho.
LOWER GRAMMAR K
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Piety* Character & Code
Virtue
Learn code & rule
Practice code & rule
Gymnastic Manners
A Year of Playing Skillfully p. 51 Various stories
The Great Conversation
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Manners Various stories (See The Classical Reader, p. 37.) Students read and discuss enduring and excellent literature
History Wisdom
Veritas Press No formal history in K–1: (VP) Old Grammar history builds base of Testament & knowledge for US school Ancient Egypt p. 82
The Art of Rhetoric (Persuasive Writing & Speaking)
VP Ancient Greece & Rome
VP Middle Ages & Renaissance
Writing & Rhetoric: Fable; Narrative I
Writing & Rhetoric: Narrative II; Chreia & Proverb p. 33
p. 82
p. 32
p. 82
Beginning Reasoning & Reading p. 60 Song School Latin Book 2
Integrated Language
Grammar
Song School Latin Book 1 p. 15 or Song School Spanish p. 79
p. 16 or
Greek Alphabet Code Cracker p. 72 and/or Song School Greek p. 73 Well-Ordered Language Level 1A & 1B p. 39
Skill
Latin for Children A p. 18 or Greek for Children A p. 74 or Spanish for Children A p. 80 or French for Children A p. 76
Well-Ordered Language Level 2A & 2B p. 40
Logic Art Practicum: Fine Art, Music, Drama, PE
Essential Theater Singapore Math p. 83
Arithmetic Science Bible & Western Literacy
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Essential Theater
p. 50
Knowledge
Singapore Math p. 83
p. 50
Singapore Math p. 83
Singapore Math p. 83
Singapore Math p. 83
God’s Great Covenant Old Testament 1
God’s Great Covenant Old Testament 2 p. 69
p. 68
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Music**
Desired Outcome
RHETORIC
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Philosophy/Theology Virtue and mature character
appropriate to their grade level. VP Explorers–1815
VP 1815–Present
Writing & Rhetoric: Refutation & Confirmation; Commonplace p. 34
Writing & Rhetoric: Encomium & Vituperation; Comparison p. 35
p. 82
Sound reason and sound faith
p. 82
Reasoning & Reading: Level One p. 60
Writing & Rhetoric: Impersonation & Description; Thesis Part 1 p. 36 (forthcoming)
Writing & Rhetoric: Thesis Part 2; Mock Trial p. 36
Rhetoric Alive! Book 1 p. 61
(forthcoming)
Masterful command of language
Reasoning & Reading: Level Two p. 60
Latin for Children B p. 19 or
Spanish for Children B
Latin for Children C
Well-Ordered Language Level 3A & 3B (forthcoming)
Well-Ordered Language Level 4A & 4B (forthcoming)
p. 81 or French for Children B p. 77
p. 20
Essential Theater
Latin Alive! Book 2 p. 25
Latin Alive! Book 3 p. 26
The Art of Argument p. 57 The Argument Builder p. 58
The Discovery of Deduction
Everyday Debate & Discussion
p. 58
Latin Alive! Reader p. 27
p. 59
Essential Theater
p. 50
Singapore Math p. 83
Latin Alive! Book 1 p. 24
Essential Theater
p. 50
p. 50
Well rounded and competent
Singapore Math p. 83
God’s Great Covenant God’s Great New Testament 1: The Covenant New Testament 2: Acts Gospels p. 70 p. 71
The Art of Poetry pp. 66
British Literature— Guides pp. 64–65
*The elements of this row are taken from The Liberal Arts Tradition. See page 47. **Traditionally, “Music” is those disciplines inspired by the Muses, such as history, literature, poetry, song, and dance.
Literature and broad exposure to books; an established aesthetic
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Once More,
What Is Classical Education? by Dr. Christopher Perrin
As I present seminars on classical education and train teachers around the country, I find that this question— What is classical education?—persists. Even experienced classical educators keep asking it. To be honest, I keep asking it, and have been asking it and answering it for nearly twenty years now. It is a profoundly important question for our time, and one we should continue to ask and answer. There are a few reasons for this: • We did not receive a whole, integrated classical education ourselves, so we don’t have a strong answer based on our own experience. • Classical education is a tapestry with many threads and patterns, or a museum with many rooms. As a result, it can be explored and described in several ways, so that there is not one answer to the question, but several complementary answers. • The renewal of classical education is desperately needed in this cultural moment. The classical approach to education served the West very well for some 2,000 years; its recovery now is no mere luxury, but a necessity for cultural preservation and continuity. To define something is to determine just what that something is and is not. Our word define comes from the Latin de (concerning, about, from) and finis (end, boundary, limit). When we define something, we fix its limits. Even the word determine has this sense, coming from de and terminus (end, limit, termination). We can therefore define classical education by what it is: • Classical education is the liberal arts and the great books. • Classical education is the cultivation of the soul on truth, goodness, and beauty by means of the liberal arts. • Classical education is cultural transmission—the transmission of the soul of society from one generation to another. We could go on with several more complementary definitions, which I mention in my companion video to this article. (Visit http://capress.link/cat1701 for the video.) But we can also define classical education by what it is not. It is not, for example, a child-centered approach to education in which children decide what they will read and study and when they will do so. It is not a study that privileges the most recent books and ideas, nor an approach that privileges job or vocational training. By setting forth what it is not, we already gain some insight into what it is. We can also define something by comparison. You might have noticed that in specifying what classical education is not, I was beginning to do a comparison of classical education to modern, progressive education. By setting the two approaches side by side, we begin to learn a good deal about each. We can also define something by analogy. We define by analogy when we say that something is like something else. Analogy is particularly useful when defining those things that are complex. Humans use metaphor and
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analogy at the most basic levels of thinking and speaking—all language and thinking relies heavily on metaphor and analogy (a claim I won’t try to defend here other than to note the implicit analogy contained in our word define that appeals to our knowledge of lines and boundaries). So then, what is classical education like? What does it resemble? Here are several analogies that I often use when defining classical education: • Classical education is like a museum. • Classical education is like a garden. • Classical education is like a cathedral. • Classical education is like a table.
• Classical education is like a tapestry. • Classical education is like a mosaic. • Classical education is like a conservatory. • Classical education is like a monastery.
Can you see resemblances in each case? I have touched already on the museum analogy. There are many beautiful “rooms” in classical education, all of which display something beautiful, true, and good. Like a worldclass museum, classical education is such a large treasury that you can’t fully explore or comprehend it even in a lifetime. Like a museum, classical education features a collection of beautiful things created and gathered by those who have preceded us, so that we receive it as a remarkable gift, a tradition that has been graciously handed down for us to enjoy. A museum contains those things that delight and inspire us—a place where the “muses” dwell, creating a kind of internal “music” in souls and delivering from the shallow distraction of “amusement.” Classical education views the cosmos (something beautiful at its root) as a living museum that cultivates wonder. Now, you might note that I am making use of yet another means of defining something—etymology. The word museum is derived from the Greek word mousa, meaning “muse”—as in one of the nine Greek muses that inspired learning in poetry, history, literature, dance, singing, and astronomy. We could therefore define classical education simply by studying the words classical and education. I won’t do that here, other than to mention that the original meaning of the Latin word classis was “a fleet of ships” (hint: the fleet was carefully organized and ranked). In my 16-minute companion video on this topic, I spend a bit of time on each analogy above, but I am guessing you already see many of the connections inherent in the other analogies. Analogies are enjoyable as they engage our imagination and impart insight to us fairly quickly. When answering the question “What is classical education?” I usually start with a short aphoristic definition such as “the liberal arts and the great books,” but move to analogies as soon as I can. Ultimately, answering this question requires a conversation, not a mere response. Beyond that, it requires some reading and thinking, then more conversation. Then we repeat, and repeat again, slowly ascending a kind of spiral staircase filled with books, chairs, and friends to talk with. It seems to me that we are in a lovely library. So, learning about classical education is like . . .
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Why Latin? D
orothy Sayers points out that when you study Latin, you are doing advanced study in several subjects simultaneously. The following are some of those other subjects studied in and through Latin as well as some of the benefits of studying Latin: • Professions steeped in Latin vocabulary: Law, medicine, science, music, art, philosophy, and theology derive many of their terms and phrases from Latin. • Romance languages: Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian are all forms of Latin. • Educational virtues: The study of Latin requires concentration, analysis, and puzzle solving that develop a student as a student. It also helps gifted students to slow down and attend! • English vocabulary: 50% of all English words come from Latin; 90% of all polysyllabic words come from Latin. • English grammar: The regular grammar of Latin is ideal for shedding light on the way all languages, including English, work. • Writing/reading: An increased vocabulary and understanding of grammar enable students to write and read with greater ease and clarity. • Pleasure: Deciphering the “secret code” of Latin and reading great authors in their own tongue is a pleasure that can last a lifetime!
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Start or Continue Here
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National Latin Exam Prep Grades 4–5
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National Latin Exam Level III or IV Prose
National Latin Exam Level III or IV Prose
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Song School Latin
by Amy Rehn with Christopher Perrin, PhD
Children love to sing and love learning while singing! Just as they happily learn their ABCs to song, they will also learn Latin words, vocabulary, and phrases. The classical model of teaching commonly uses singing to teach young children, so we have employed it throughout our Song School Latin series. Each student book comes with a bound-in CD filled with lively songs and chants children love that help them master their Latin vocabulary. Parents and educators frequently tell us how often children go around singing these fun (and funny) songs throughout the day on their own—even the toddlers tag along! Even if you have never taught Latin before, you can easily walk children through Song School Latin, and enjoy the journey yourself! Song School Latin is designed so that children can do much of their work independently, learning from the music CDs, the creative teaching DVDs, and the user-friendly books themselves.
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Latin • Grades 1–2
Song School Latin Book 1 Program by Amy Rehn
Did you ever believe that there would be a Latin program that would match the energy, developmental level, and fun-loving nature of your youngest students? Song School Latin does just that. The lessons are peppered with songs, enjoyable vocabulary, illustrations, handwriting practice, stories, games, and engaging activities.
Full program includes: S ong School Latin Book 1 (student edition) with 30 Songs and Chants CD This interactive workbook with 30 songs and chants on the included CD along with fun activities will set young students on a course to loving Latin! There are 31 weekly lessons, including review chapters, that will delight students as they learn 100+ everyday vocabulary words in Latin. S ong School Latin Book 1 Teacher’s Edition This teacher’s edition includes the entire Song School Latin Book 1 student text, as well as answer keys, additional teacher’s notes, fun classroom ideas, and 40 reproducible chapterby-chapter activity pages that students will surely enjoy. S ong School Latin Book 1 DVD Set The 24 episodes on this DVD set feature a lively magistra (teacher) who narrates the vocabulary practice, simple lessons, and derivative training. Simeon the Monkey, a long-time student favorite, features vocabulary words in his animated story. There is also an animated derivative “river,” which highlights the way in which Latin words have come into various languages. L atin Monkey Match 1 Flashcard Game This exciting and fun game features all the vocabulary from Song School Latin Book 1. In groups or individually, students can play games such as Memory or Go Fish by collecting Latin and English matches. The cards can also be used as flash cards for extra practice. Each card lists the corresponding chapter number from Song School Latin Book 1. 210 full-color cards are included.
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Latin • Grades 2–3
Song School Latin Book 2 Program by Amy Rehn with Dr. Christopher Perrin
Full program includes: ong School Latin Book 2 (student edition) with Songs and Chants CD Continuing on a path that matches S the energy, developmental level, and fun-loving nature of younger students, Song School Latin Book 2 is an interactive workbook text featuring a gradual introduction to Latin grammar and derivatives all without leaving behind fun illustrations, songs, stories, games, and activities! There are 32 weekly lessons, including 7 review chapters, and 175 everyday vocabulary words, including 75 words and topics from Latin for Children Primer A. ong School Latin Book 2 Teacher’s Edition This edition includes the entire Song School Latin Book 2 student S text along with answers and additional teacher’s notes. The latter portion of the book consists of extra activity pages for each chapter, including the review chapters. ong School Latin Book 2 DVD Set The 24 episodes feature a lively magistra and magister who narrate the S vocabulary practice, simple grammar lessons, and derivative training. Simeon the Monkey makes appearances in each episode, delighting students with his animated story, which features numerous vocabulary words. There is also an animated derivative “river,” which highlights the way in which Latin words have come into various languages, including English, Spanish, and French. atin Monkey Match 2 Flashcard Game A fun supplement, Latin Monkey Match 2 Flashcard Game features all the L vocabulary from Song School Latin Book 2. In groups or individually, students can play games such as Memory or Go Fish by collecting Latin and English matches. The cards can also be used as flash cards for extra practice. Each card lists the corresponding chapter number from Song School Latin Book 2. 377 full-color cards are included.
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Latin for Children
by Aaron Larsen, DA & Christopher Perrin, PhD
Designed, revised, and continually sharpened since 2001, the award-winning Latin for Children curriculum continues to be a strong, inviting, and creative program designed to introduce students as young as 3rd or 4th graders to Latin. It incorporates elements that will engage students of every learning style. As a step beyond just an exposure to the language, when used as a whole, this series trains students in Latin grammar and vocabulary, as well as English derivatives, in a lively, interactive way that is perfectly suited to students in the grammar stage. The Latin for Children series is taught directly to the child and is a perfect choice for teachers and parents, including those who will be learning along with their students.
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Latin • Grades 4–5
Latin for Children Primer A Program by Aaron Larsen, DA & Christopher Perrin, PhD
Full program includes: L atin for Children Primer A (student edition) Each workbook is easy to use, incremental, and filled with clear grammatical explanations written expressly for the student. Exercises, tests, and a useful reference section are also included. Lessons teach mnemonic aids (songs, chants) that enable students to learn vocabulary and grammar with ease and delight. The workbook includes clear explanations of grammar in every chapter, written at the student’s level. Guidance is given for both classical and ecclesiastical pronunciations. atin for Children Primer A Answer Key This teacher’s tool features actual, full-size pages from the primer, with L answers to quizzes, exercises, and worksheets in bold print. L atin for Children Primer A DVD & CD Set Imagine having an experienced Latin teacher walk right into your home or classroom and sit down to teach your students. With this 3-DVD, 2-chant-CD set, your students will be receiving just that kind of one-on-one learning experience with Dr. Perrin—chapter by chapter! This is an incredible tool! Lessons average approximately 15 minutes. Latin for Children Primer A Activity Book! With more than 100 pages of games, puzzles, and fun, these books make mastery of a classical language anything but boring! Students will love learning Latin and will look forward to class. Latin for Children Primer A History Reader Young Latin scholars can begin to translate and read at their own level a selection of simple Latin stories. The stories, featuring Ancient Greece and Rome, are integrated with the grammar and vocabulary of the primer. The History Reader contains glosses for new words in each chapter and a full glossary at the end of the book.
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Latin • Grades 5–6
Latin for Children Primer B Program by Aaron Larsen, DA & Christopher Perrin, PhD
Full program includes: atin for Children Primer B (student edition) In this workbook, students will learn new grammar concepts, L Latin numbers, and much new vocabulary. Exercises, tests, and a useful reference section are also included. Lessons include a plethora of mnemonic aids (songs, chants) that enable students to learn vocabulary and grammar with ease and delight. Guidance is given for both classical and ecclesiastical pronunciations. atin for Children Primer B Answer Key This teacher’s tool features actual, full-size pages from the primer, L with answers to quizzes, exercises, and worksheets in bold print. atin for Children Primer B DVD & CD Set This 2-DVD, 2-chant-CD set offers valuable training by author L Dr. Christopher Perrin (lessons 15 min. average) corresponding to the weekly chapter and features the chanting and singing of vocabulary, including noun declensions and verb conjugations, and clear grammatical explanations. The text from the book appears on the screen as the material is presented, making it easy to follow along. atin for Children Primer B Activity Book! Following Primer B chapters, students explore a mad scientist’s lab, L help little Billy find his way home, drill for oil, solve puzzles, aid the Three Musketeers, go pearl diving, fish for stars, hunt for submarine wolf packs, search for pirate treasure, and much more—all while learning Latin! atin for Children Primer B History Reader Young Latin students can begin to translate and read at their own L level a selection of simple Latin stories. The stories are integrated with the grammar and vocabulary of Primer B and feature stories of the Middle Ages. The History Reader contains glosses for new words in each chapter and a full glossary at the end of the book.
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Latin • Grades 6–7
Latin for Children Primer C Program by Aaron Larsen, DA & Christopher Perrin, PhD
Full program includes: Latin for Children Primer C (student edition) This workbook is the third and final level in the Latin for Children series. In it, grammar training continues, and students are encouraged to do more reading in Latin by following along with a story that runs throughout the text. Exercises, tests, and a sizable and useful reference section are included. atin for Children Primer C Answer Key This teacher’s tool features actual, full-size pages from the primer, L with answers to quizzes, exercises, and worksheets in bold print. Latin for Children Primer C DVD & CD Set Students will continue to enjoy learning Latin with author Dr. Christopher Perrin in this 3-DVD, 2-chant-CD Set. The clear grammar lessons and chanting of the memory page make comprehension and pronunciation a breeze for students. L atin for Children Primer C Activity Book! With more than 100 pages of games, puzzles, and fun, this book makes mastery of a classical language a blast! Students will experience a Latin meteor strike and a shattering earthquake, have a backyard BBQ, enter into a water fight, play the tuba, investigate a crime scene, execute Hollywood special effects, charm snakes, help find stolen museum artwork, and more—all while studying Latin! L atin for Children Primer C History Reader Latin students continue to translate and read at their own level a selection of simple Latin stories. The stories are integrated with the grammar and vocabulary of Primer C and feature stories of the New World explorers and early American history. The History Reader contains glosses for new words in each chapter and a full glossary at the end of the book.
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•3 2 weekly activities, matching your lessons: Activities that reinforce vocab, grammar, and derivatives include Vocab Invasion, 2D platformers, endless crossword puzzles, reveal hidden pictures, readers, and a secret spy section! • Videos: Fun videos for students to watch and enjoy as they use their language skills.
• Online games: Games such as FlashDash, Chart Challenge, and Octavian help students practice their vocab, endings, conjugation charts, and more. • Lapbooks: Weekly lapbook activities draw students into special “top secret” missions involving cracking codes and solving puzzles.
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Latin Necessities Latin for Teachers DVD Course: How to Teach the Latin for Children Series
This course provides 16 hours of professional Latin training for new and intermediate Latin teachers in schools or homeschools. Karen Moore, coauthor of the Latin Alive! series and author of the Latin for Children History Readers, provides a bird’s-eye view of the Latin language to educators, covering the contents of all 3 Latin for Children primers. If you are looking for guidance and fresh ideas for teaching upper-grammar students, you will be delighted by Karen’s clear instruction. Includes course notebook. Latin for Teachers DVD Course $275.00 Extra Course Notebooks $29.95
Cassell’s Latin & English Dictionary
For fast, easy reference and comprehensive listings, Cassell’s Latin & English Dictionary is unbeatable. Thousands of words, phrases, and idioms in scholarly and academic usage are included for maximum reference, along with tables of regular and irregular verbs. A special section on Roman culture includes historic dates, the ancient calendar, weights and measures, and currency exchange. With more than 35,000 entries, this handy, pocket-sized dictionary is all you need while studying, translating, or tracking down word meanings. Cassell’s Latin & English Dictionary $7.99
Latin for Children Test Packets
These sets of comprehensive, standardized tests supplement Latin for Children Primers A, B, and C, and are excellent and helpful resources for teachers and parents. These downloadable packets include weekly chapter tests, unit tests, and even unit study guides. A complete answer key for each test is also included. Choose from among 3 licenses (1–3, 4–9, or 10+ students). Latin for Children A, B, or C Test Packet starting at $9.95
Clash Cards, Latin Levels 1 and 2
Clash Cards are helpful, easy-to-use flash cards, and are also a card game that makes reinforcing vocabulary words challenging and entertaining. The words used in the Level 1 deck match with the vocabulary used in Latin for Children Primer A and the words used in the Level 2 deck match with the vocabulary used in Latin for Children Primer B. The cards can be used by any student wishing to practice the most common Latin words, regardless of curriculum or course of study. An online instructional video makes learning the game simple and easy! Clash Cards, Latin Level 1 (LFC A words) or Level 2 (LFC B words) $26.95 each
Veni Emmanuel CD or MP3
Veni Emmanuel is a collection of hauntingly beautiful ancient and traditional carols, written centuries ago for the celebration of Christmas. All in Latin and laced with theology and beautiful poetry, these songs will help students and teachers to rediscover the rich heritage of sacred Christmas music. The album contains 12 songs, with 40 minutes of music as well as a 16-page booklet of full Latin lyrics along with literal and poetic English translations to share with your family. Veni Emmanuel CD $15.95 • Veni Emmanuel MP3 $11.95
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Latin Alive! by Karen Moore & Gaylan DuBose
The Latin Alive! series is a relevant, rigorous, yet engaging introduction to Latin for upper-middle and high school students. This Latin curriculum will truly make the Latin language come alive both for students who have studied Latin (such as students who have completed the Latin for Children curriculum) and for those who have not been introduced to Latin.
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The Latin Alive! series also encourages student enjoyment by illustrating the relevance of Latin in history, ancient and contemporary culture, the Romance languages, English derivatives, and the grammatical structure of English. Students will see multiple benefits in the study of Latin. By providing training in Roman culture, myths, and history (as well as robust Latin instruction), the series also prepares students well for the National Latin Exam and the Latin Advanced Placement Exam.
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Latin • Grades 7–8+
Latin Alive! Book 1 Program by Karen Moore & Gaylan DuBose
Full program includes: atin Alive! Book 1 (student edition) No longer will Latin teachers need to pull in extra resource material in L order to teach Latin well and to give students an appreciation of Roman life and history. It’s all right here! Latin Alive! is thorough, challenging, and pedagogically sound, with clear explanations of all 5 noun declensions and cases, all verb conjugations, irregular verbs, and various pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs. Each chapter begins with the Latin motto of a United States state seal and includes extensive study of Latin derivatives. Historical contributions are by Dr. Christopher Schlect, historian and a director at New Saint Andrews College. atin Alive! Book 1 Teacher’s Edition This edition includes the entire student text, extensive explanations, an L answer key, and translations, as well as additional student exercises and unit tests. atin Alive! Book 1 DVD & CD Set We’ve provided the teacher for you! Author Karen Moore brings two L decades of careful and engaging Latin classroom teaching experience to your classroom. Each of the 36 weekly lessons, including 7 review weeks, is 30 minutes long. This set is also recommended as review for Latin teachers.
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Latin Alive! Test Packets
Often requested, these sets of comprehensive, standardized tests supplement either Latin Alive! Book 1 or Book 2 and are excellent and helpful resources for teachers and parents. The downloadable packets include a weekly test for each chapter, a complete answer key, and suggested scoring based on a 100-point system. Choose from among 3 licenses (1–3, 4–9, or 10+ students). Latin Alive! Book 1 Test Packet Latin Alive! Book 2 Test Packet
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Latin • Grades 8–9+
Latin Alive! Book 2 Program by Karen Moore & Gaylan DuBose
As the second text in a three-year series, Latin Alive! Book 2 continues the clear, relevant, and incremental Latin instruction begun in Latin Alive! Book 1. The Latin Alive! series features original Latin writings, giving students access to the works of great Latin authors.
Full program includes: atin Alive! Book 2 (student edition) Latin Alive! Book 2 reviews the grammar of Latin Alive! Book 1 and L introduces the passive voice in all tenses; past, present, and future participles; deponent and irregular verbs; and comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs. Each chapter begins with a country’s Latin motto strategically chosen to introduce or review a grammatical concept. Extensive study of Latin derivatives and stories of Roman culture, myths, and history make Latin come alive, even in our modern world. Substantial Latin readings and translation exercises adapted from Latin literature continue to delight and prepare students for the National Latin Exam and the Latin Advanced Placement Exam. This 33-chapter student edition includes historical and literary contributions by historian Dr. Christopher Schlect and classical scholars Karl Galinsky and Timothy Moore. atin Alive! Book 2 Teacher’s Edition This edition includes the entire student text, extensive explanations, an L answer key, and translations, as well as teacher tips, additional student exercises, and unit tests. atin Alive! Book 2 DVD & CD Set Author and teacher Karen Moore continues her excellent Latin instruction L in the Latin Alive! Book 2 DVD & CD Set. There are 27 lessons on the DVD, each of which is an average of 40 minutes. This brings the total length of video to nearly 18 hours of instruction, all taught by an enthusiastic and delightful teacher! The set also features an audio CD of the unit review Latin readings masterfully read by Nicholas Martin and Gaylan DuBose.
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Latin • Grades 9–10+
Latin Alive! Book 3 Program by Karen Moore & Gaylan DuBose
Latin Alive! Book 3 includes lessons on Roman culture, myths, and history, as well as Latin readings and exercises that will prepare students for the National Latin Exam and the Latin Advanced Placement Exam.
Full program includes: atin Alive! Book 3 (student edition) Students will master Latin through a more in-depth study of the L subjunctive mood, irregular nouns, noun and verb reviews, the gerund and gerundive, impersonal verbs, conditional statements, and a study of different kinds of clauses (purpose, result, doubting, fearing). The clear, easy-to-use layout of 3 units totals 16 biweekly chapters, each of which begins with the Latin motto of a college or university and includes at least 1 Latin reading. Each unit ends with a longer reading and includes some history on the piece, information on Latin literature, and a multiple-choice question section to check comprehension. Each original Latin reading includes an explanation of difficult phrases in the reading, a glossary, and comprehension questions. The last unit includes readings and lessons on original Latin poetry and historical information about Latin poets. atin Alive! Book 3 Teacher’s Edition This edition includes the full content of the Latin Alive! Book 3 student L edition, extensive explanations, an answer key, and translations, as well as teacher’s tips, additional student exercises, and unit tests. atin Alive! Book 3 DVD & CD Set Author and veteran Latin teacher Karen Moore continues her excellent L and clear chapter-by-chapter instruction. Each lesson is an average of 40 minutes, bringing the total length of video to nearly 11 hours of instruction. The set also features an audio CD of the unit review Latin readings.
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Latin • Grades 10–Adult
Latin Alive! Reader:
Latin Literature from Cicero to Newton by Karen Moore & Gaylan DuBose with Steven L. Jones
This Latin reader features 31 original Latin readings that span from 50 BC (Cicero’s Marci Tullii Ciceronis Pro Archia Poeta Oratio) to AD 1687 (Newton’s Principia Mathematica). This unique reader can be used with any Latin curriculum and will acquaint students with classical, medieval, and late Latin writers and writing styles. The Latin readings are fully annotated, guiding students through new and challenging grammatical constructions. Three Latin scholars and veteran educators contributed to the book: Karen Moore, Gaylan DuBose, and Steven Jones. Students and adults will thoroughly enjoy: eading selections featuring authors from the days of R Cicero to Newton, varying in length and complexity as much as they do in style and content
S egments such as About the Author and Culture Corner, which tell students more about the authors, their times, and the events surrounding the readings
rare reading from Queen Elizabeth I, Oratio A Reginae (The Queen’s Speech), which took author Karen Moore more than a year to find!
A thorough review of the most common uses of grammar and syntax in Latin as well as an appendix that lists all grammar paradigms
umerous literary genres, such as poetry, science, N philosophy, theology, biography, myth, and fable
dditional appendices on classical pronunciation, A Medieval spelling changes, and an overview of Latin poetry (including dactylic hexameter)
rammatical notes and a variety of readingG comprehension questions and writing prompts to further the study and discussion of the literature
Addendum readings that include passages from the AP Latin syllabus (Vergil and Caesar), useful for a pre-AP course
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On the Sublime by Andrew Kern
“If we are not great, it does not matter what we do.” —Alfred North Whitehead, The Aims of Education My shelf holds a book called The Limits of Art, a thesaurus of some of the greatest passages in literature, each accompanied by comments from critics who perceived and were moved by their greatness. Naturally, Homer, Vergil, and Shakespeare populate its pages. I love this book because of the great passages, but also because of the (often extreme) personal responses—records of critics humbled by their objects. In one of my favorites, W.H.D. Rouse recalls his own boyhood with the Poet and his friends: I noticed in the happy days when we used to read Homer together in Greek, without translating at all, that the general mood of the company was the schoolboy’s high spirits, with continual banter and jest, but whenever one of these great things came in, a sudden silence fell. They never failed to feel them, although a schoolboy cannot understand them as a man of wider experience can. Rouse is remembering a youthful encounter with the sublime, a state Edmund Burke called “the strongest emotion which the mind is capable of feeling” (A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, part I, section vii). In the classical world, whole books of criticism were devoted to this idea; the best known is surely On the Sublime, which profoundly influenced English literature. The sublime, however, once a weighty matter among educators, seems to have fallen from its lofty threshold. Perhaps its definition caused its fall. The online English dictionary defines sublimity as “expressing lofty ideas in an elevated manner.” In a world where no idea arises above others, where elevation is undemocratic, we should not expect the sublime to be looked up to. But affairs grow worse when we look back to the days when sublimity was honored. The author of On the Sublime called it “man’s ability, through feeling and words, to reach beyond the realm of the human condition into greater mystery.” How do you teach things that are beyond the realm of the human condition? These reflections drive me to that most humane book on education, Institutio Oratoria, by that most humane of educators, Quintilian, in which he wrote: It is therefore an admirable practice which now prevails, to begin by reading Homer and Vergil, although the intelligence needs to be further developed for the full appreciation of their merits; but there is plenty of time for that since the boy will read them more than once. In the meantime let his mind be lifted [animus adsurgat] by the sublimity of heroic verse, inspired by the greatness of its theme [magnitudine rerum spiritum ducat] and imbued with the loftiest sentiments. I’m tempted to turn analyst and write a commentary on this passage, noting, for example, how Quintilian points out that the practice of beginning (!) with Homer and Vergil “now prevails,” in contrast with the progressive reader approach that prevails today; or how he recognizes that the child’s intelligence needs to be developed before he or she can really appreciate the authors’ merits (a development of the intelligence that becomes more or less the goal of Quintilian’s curriculum in the ensuing volumes); or how the goal of intellectual development (i.e., education) might well be nothing other than appreciation of greatness; or how the children will be reading these books again, so they don’t need to master them now.
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But withstanding that temptation, I attend instead to those three wondrous charges with which Quintilian commissions the teacher: 1. Let his mind be lifted up. 2. Let his mind be inspired. 3. Let his mind be imbued with the loftiest sentiments. Here we find the tone, the ethos, even the spirit of a classical education. Lacking these, the child is not receiving a classical or a Christian education, no matter the content we pour into the jugs atop their heads. Further, here we find the student’s three greatest hungers: sublimity, inspiration, and lofty sentiments. Lacking these, he or she becomes small-minded, lowly in sentiment, uninspired—but never resting, always hungering. Souls wither if they do not encounter the sublime. Nevertheless, something is lost in translation. The word for mind is not mens, which refers to our reason or judgment, but animus, which can and does mean “mind” or “intellect,” but also echoes the thought of the soul, the heart, courage, and character. Following Plato, C.S. Lewis might call it the chest, as in “men without chests” (The Abolition of Man). Adsurgat also resonates. It can refer to rising from bed in the morning or even to soaring like an eagle. The sound of an army rising to its feet, bracing for battle, as in Henry V at Agincourt, is not far from what Quintilian seeks. When he calls for the animus to be adsurgat, he calls for us to be challenged to noble deeds, to endure hardship and frustration and to conquer them through courage and virtue. For fun, you might amplify his words: “Let his soul swell at the heroic verse he reads and hears, let him rise up for action, let him soar above the fields of battle! Let him play the man!” In Quintilian’s mind, this call precedes and is more foundational than an intellectual or even a poetic appreciation for the merits of the poetry of Vergil or Homer. The chest must be ennobled before the mind is informed. Perhaps we are paying a greater price than we realize for the lack of sublimity in our curriculum. Is it necessary to quote here the opening sentence from C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man: “I doubt whether we are sufficiently attentive to the importance of elementary [i.e., upper school] text books”? We are passing through a cultural transition—literally, a crisis (Greek for “point of decision”)—and this crisis is nothing other than the diminished soul. Everywhere we see marks of disordered, unfed, discouraged souls. The child flies from the sources of his own enlargement, having no appetite for them. He has experienced them, if at all, only in false modes. He despairs that virtue can be sought with hope of reward. How is it permissible for the Christian to not inspire to greatness when the Christian life is a contemplation of the sublime love of God in Christ? In On the Sublime, the author gives a rather sublime description of his students, with which I will end: . . . Nature has distinguished man, as a creature of no mean or ignoble quality. As if she were inviting us rather to some great gathering, she has called us into life, into the whole universe, there to be spectators of all that she has made and eager competitors for honour; and she therefore from the first breathed into our hearts an unconquerable passion for whatever is great and more divine than ourselves. Thus within the scope of human enterprise there lie such powers of contemplation and thought that even the whole universe cannot satisfy them, but our ideas often pass beyond the limits that enring us. Look at life from all sides and see how in all things the extraordinary, the great, the beautiful stand supreme, and you will soon realize the object of our creation. (On the Sublime, chapter xxxv, emphasis mine)
Imagine a world that thought this way about the children they taught! Now make it.
Andrew Kern is founder and president of the CiRCE Institute, the founding author of The Lost Tools of Writing, and a coauthor of the best-selling book Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America, which he wrote with Dr. Gene Edward Veith. Since establishing CiRCE as a research and consulting service to classical educators, Andrew has trained teachers, led board retreats, and assisted with institutional development and start-up in over 100 schools since 1996.
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Writing & Rhetoric
by Paul Kortepeter A Classical Approach to the Progymnasmata What are the progymnasmata (progym)? Derived from the same root for gymnasium and gymnastics, the word means “preliminary exercises.” It is a writing system so dynamic, so effective, that it outlasted the Roman Empire, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. It even survived into early modern times and is extraordinarily relevant today. The progym will prepare your students to enjoy transforming that blank sheet of paper into a spectacular view from atop the pinnacle of their own imagination.
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I just want to say THANK YOU for the Writing & Rhetoric program. After dabbling for years in [four other writing programs], I have never been satisfied with how I was approaching writing (and I’m a writing instructor for high school and college students by trade!). Other programs were too boring or dry or complicated; they took the life out of the subject and my kids were bored. They now LOVE our time in these books each day. The tone is conversational, but the information is complex; the exercises are creative, yet rigorous. I love how the books are introducing cultural literacy and logic while teaching writing. —Kristin Knight
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Book 10 Thesis Part 1
Writing & Rhetoric
Grades 7–8
Book 6
Commonplace Grades 5–6
Book 1 Fable
Grades 3–4
Book 3
Narrative II Grades 4–5
Grades 8–9
Book 8
Comparison
Grades 6–7
Grades 3–4
Attack/Defend a Law
Grades 8–9
Book 7 Encomium & Vituperation
Book 2 Narrative I
Book 12 Mock Trial
Book 11 Thesis Part 2
Grades 6–7
Book 9 Impersonation & Description Grades 7–8
Book 4 Chreia & Proverb Grades 4–5
Book 5 Refutation & Confirmation Grade 5–6
The goal of the progym is to prepare students for the art of writing well and speaking persuasively. In this series, you can expect your students to grow in all forms of modern composition—narrative, expository, descriptive, and persuasive— while at the same time developing unique rhetorical muscle. Each exercise is intended to impart a skill (or tool) that can be employed in all kinds of writing and speaking. The exercises are arranged from simple to more complex, and what’s more, the exercises are cumulative, meaning that later exercises incorporate the skills acquired in preceding exercises.
Writing & Rhetoric Teacher’s Editions include the complete student text, as well as answer keys, teacher’s notes, and explanations. For every writing assignment, this edition also supplies descriptions and examples of what excellent student writing should look like, providing the teacher with meaningful and concrete guidance. Writing & Rhetoric Audio Files allow students to engage their sense of hearing and their listening intelligence as the fables, parables, myths, tales, and historical narratives that correspond with each book are delivered aloud in a thoughtful manner by Dr. Christopher Perrin; his wife, author and poet Christine Perrin; or CAP President Greg Lowe. Students will enjoy and internalize the stories before they enter them more deeply.
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Writing & Rhetoric • Grades 3–4 Writing & Rhetoric Book 1: Fable by Paul Kortepeter
This one-semester book uses fables to teach students the practice of close reading and comprehension, summary (aloud and in writing), and amplification. Students will learn: • Narration/telling it back—creating a natural sense of outline/sequence • Analogy—learning how a story is like/different from other stories • Comprehension—understanding the parts and whole • Sentence play and word play—how we learn copiousness • Rewriting—gaining a sense of internal structure of a piece of writing • Summary—how to compress material elegantly and accurately • Amplification—how to expand a story • Speak It—experiencing the story orally with an audience
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Writing & Rhetoric Book 2: Narrative I by Paul Kortepeter
This one-semester book uses a variety of longer stories that expand the skill set acquired in Fable. This book also includes longer writing assignments as well as more writing assignments from which teachers can choose. The book covers: • Longer stories sustained over a greater period • Beginning, middle, and end—the parts of a story and what happens when the order of the story is changed • Written narration as well as oral—learning to outline • Main idea—finding the central idea in the story • Conflict—the relationship between the problem and the middle of the story • Amplification—how dialogue contributes to expanding a story • Rewriting—how point of view works in a longer story • Speak It—oral encounter with the rewritten story
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Writing & Rhetoric • Grades 4–5 Writing & Rhetoric Book 3: Narrative II by Paul Kortepeter
Using a variety of culturally important examples, this one-semester book exposes students to new genres of story, including historical narrative and legend. All of the skills practiced in Narrative I are extended and new skill sets are introduced, including identifying the difference between fact and opinion and learning to ask the 5 Ws of a historical narrative: who, what, when, where, and why. Students will learn: • Types of narrative—how to define and identify • Outlining—how to do this orally and in writing for more lengthy stories • Developing beginnings—the hallmarks of story beginnings • Main/opposing character—how a story is constructed by these two characters • Historical narrative and legend—the difference between fact and opinion • The 5 Ws of a historical narrative—who, what, when, where, why • Summary—how to summarize a longer narrative with less support • Rewriting—effects of changing the point of view and protagonist • Creating narrative—how to apply all skills learned up to this point • Speak It—oral encounter with audience and rewritten story
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Writing & Rhetoric Book 4: Chreia & Proverb by Paul Kortepeter
This one-semester book employs all the skills of the preceding books in the series and teaches students how to write a 6-paragraph essay on the basis of a saying or an action. The word chreia (cray-ă) comes from the Greek word chreiodes (cray-o-dees), which means “useful.” It is a short essay or remembrance that praises the author of a saying or proverb and shows why the saying is useful. In this book, the thinking and exercises occur within the framework of stories about historical figures such as King Arthur, Lady Godiva, King Canute, Omar Khayyam, and more. The 6-paragraph essay using the five Ws is arranged this way: • Praise the author of the saying of your chreia or proverb • Restate the saying in your own words • Explain why the saying is useful • Contrast your example with another person in history • Compare your example with another similar example in history • Epilogue—conclude your essay
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Writing & Rhetoric • Grades 5–6 Writing & Rhetoric Book 5: Refutation & Confirmation by Paul Kortepeter
This one-semester book introduces students to persuasive writing and speech. A refutation is a short essay that attacks certain parts of a narrative. In this book, students will learn to identify and refute, or criticize, parts of a narrative that are unbelievable, improbable, unclear, or improper. A confirmation is a short essay that defends certain parts of a narrative. When students see parts of a narrative that are believable, probable, clear, or proper, they will confirm them. After learning to identify the parts of a story that can be attacked or defended, students will practice writing refutations or confirmations using sound arguments to explain their opinions. This exercise is also designed to help students love truly good stories because they will think about them more deeply. As students practice refutation and confirmation in this book, they will learn to form arguments and express their opinions, and also to find delight in the stories they read. Students will learn to: • Write 4-paragraph essays • Refute or confirm parts of stories • Understand comparison & contrast • Introduce and conclude an essay
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• Use narrative to further the purpose of exposition • Use supporting direct quotes • Deliver writing orally • Revise writing
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Writing & Rhetoric Book 6: Commonplace by Paul Kortepeter
In this one-semester book, students will continue the development of the art of persuasive writing and oration. They will learn to create 6-paragraph essays that are arguments against the common vices of people or in favor of common virtues. For example, cowardice and boasting are criticized while courage and humility are commended. In addition to practicing skills they learned in earlier books, students will learn to: • Write 6-paragraph essays • Support a thesis statement • Argue against certain vices • Argue for certain virtues • Use comparison and contrast • Introduce and conclude an essay
• Use a rhetorical device known as “the contrary” • Invent soliloquies to support an argument • Deliver writing orally • Revise writing
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Writing & Rhetoric • Grades 6–7 Writing & Rhetoric Book 7: Encomium & Vituperation by Paul Kortepeter
This one-semester book continues the development of persuasive writing and oration. An encomium is a short essay in praise of someone or something; a vituperation is an essay in which one criticizes something to show its faults. An encomium praises virtue, and a vituperation blames vice. In this book, students will learn how to craft essays of praise and blame and also learn to:
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• Discern the main idea • Utilize hyperbole and thesis • Incorporate background and supportive detail, biography, and autobiography • Note the good and poor qualities present in a person or event • Contrast virtuous behavior with vice • Craft effective conclusions that encourage readers either to emulate virtue or eschew vice
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Writing & Rhetoric Book 8: Comparison by Paul Kortepeter
Building on the skills learned in previous levels and specifically studying encomium and vituperation (Book 7), in this one-semester book students will be writing well-crafted 6-paragraph essays and develop the art of comparison, learning how to craft a comparative composition that sets two persons, events, ideas, texts, or objects side by side for assessment. In learning this art of comparison, students will use a range of writing skills, including the ability to inform, to describe, to narrate, and to analyze. Students will learn to:
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• Compare subjects of American history from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression of the 1930s • Use topic sentences for organizing paragraphs • Create analogies for powerful appeals to emotion • Incorporate supportive facts, details, and quotations • Annotate texts and write brief narrative overviews • Craft effective conclusions that encourage future study • Speak publicly—volume, pacing, and inflection • Build copiousness through sentence variety and rhetorical devices, including analogy, simile, metaphor, chiasma, hypophora, parallelism, and anastrophe • Engage in group discussions that foster critical thinking • Improve essays using oration as an aid to revision
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Writing & Rhetoric • Grades 7 & up In Production
Writing & Rhetoric Book 9: Impersonation & Description Writing & Rhetoric Book 10: Thesis Part 1 Writing & Rhetoric Book 11: Thesis Part 2 Writing & Rhetoric Book 12: Mock Trial: Attack & Defend a Law
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The slightest knowledge of a great book is better than the greatest knowledge of a slight book . —Aquinas
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he Classical Reader is a veritable cave of dragon loot, an embarrassment of riches that will provide years of instruction and delight and help to instill a lifelong love of reading. When you are choosing what books your children will read, the stakes are especially high. In this information age, it’s sometimes hard to know how to choose from the sea of options and resources that present themselves at every turn. That is why we have put years of research into The Classical Reader, collecting and analyzing the K–12 reading recommendations of classical educators from around the country, seeking those readings that have been important and pleasurable to generations of students. This book includes recommendations for reading at each grade level, noting each selection’s level of difficulty and genre. The Classical Reader provides a way to keep a record of what your student has read and will also help you to plan future reading—a valuable resource for every school and homeschool family for everything from book reports to reading for pleasure. Printed Book $7.95
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Well-Ordered Language by Tammy Peters and Daniel Coupland, PhD
Students will not merely learn the mechanics of grammar, but will see components of language (the parts of speech) unfolding before them as this series helps them to gather and arrange words to express their thoughts clearly and accurately.
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This program was what I needed for grammar. It is thorough, has excellent review, encourages memorization, and contains poems and fables for reading, analysis, and discussion. It’s a wonderful mix of Charlotte Mason/classical education that is perfect for our homeschool. —Lexi Henegar
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What if the study of grammar could harness a child’s natural curiosity? What if it could be a source of delight to children? What if students could apply their grammar skills in later years and not just recite them? The WellOrdered Language (WOL) series presents the study of language in a way that appeals to a child’s inborn curiosity and desire to collect, gather, and order. It presents grammar in a clear, orderly way, while simultaneously seeking to cultivate a child’s wonder of language by presenting instruction in the context of narrative and language, attractive illustrations, and samples taken from classic children’s literature and poetry.
WOL is a very interactive curriculum that involves reading, writing, speaking, and listening along with choral recitation and some hands-on activities and games. While parts of the lessons are tightly structured, many lesson activities allow for discussion or open-ended responses. —Cathy Duffy
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Grammar • Grades 3–4 The robust teacher’s editions include: • Pedagogical guidance and tips embedded in the text • Extensive explanation of and guidance in WOL’s unique analytic approach to grammar • Suggested activities and games for review • Answers for all student exercises • Suggested schedules
The Well-Ordered Language series is designed so that teachers and students actively engage with each other and with the grammatical concepts in each lesson, using language skills— reading, writing, speaking, and listening—along with physical movement, songs, and chants. Through the unique, creative, and orderly method of analyzing the grammatical functions of the parts of speech, students will find the mastery of grammar achievable, meaningful, and delightful. Schools and homeschool educators may adjust the number of exercises and assessments according to their needs. Each level is a full year of grammar covered in two books (A & B). Each book is one semester long. Two more levels are currently in production for a full, four-year grammar program. We will release Level 3 in 2018 and Level 4 in 2019.
Well-Ordered Language Level 1A by Tammy Peters and Daniel Coupland, PhD This one-semester book introduces students to: • Four kinds of sentences • Subject and predicate • Verbs • Adverbs
• Adjectives • Direct objects • Subject pronouns • Helping verbs
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Well-Ordered Language Level 1B by Tammy Peters and Daniel Coupland, PhD This one-semester book introduces students to: • Object pronouns • Prepositional phrases—adverbial • Introductory prepositional phrases
• Compound subjects • Compound verbs • Compound direct objects
Students will also do a comprehensive pronoun review in chapter 2.
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Grammar • Grades 4–5 Well-Ordered Language Level 2A by Tammy Peters and Daniel Coupland, PhD
This one-semester book covers: • Four kinds of sentences (declarative, interrogatory, imperative, exclamatory) and principal elements • Adverbs • Adjectives
• Predicate verbs and direct objects • Predicate nominatives • Predicate adjectives • Predicate review • Possessive nouns
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Well-Ordered Language Level 2B by Tammy Peters and Daniel Coupland, PhD
This one-semester book covers: • Sentence diagramming • Four kinds of sentences and principal elements • Prepositional phrases • Compound elements
• Subject pronouns • Object pronouns • Possessive pronouns • Interrogative pronouns • Compound sentences • Relative pronouns & relative clauses
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Digital Screen Technology and
the Challenge of Spiritual Solitude by Dr. David Diener
Digital screen technology is ubiquitous in our lives today. While this is a fact that probably isn’t going to change anytime soon, this technology, like any technology, affects us in ways we cannot always predict or control. Thus, if we accept Socrates’s claim that “the unexamined life is not worth living,” it is valuable to consider how digital screen technology is influencing our lives and accordingly make intentional decisions about how we use it. One area that faces significant challenges from digital screen technology is the cultivation of spirituality. More specifically, the practice of spiritual solitude is an important aspect of a healthy spiritual life that faces unprecedented challenges from digital screen technology. Throughout the history of the Christian tradition, solitude has been understood to be an important component of a healthy spiritual life. The importance of solitude is seen in the life of Jesus, who consistently withdrew from the business of his ministry to spend time alone in prayer. According to the gospel of Mark, for example, after a post-sunset evening of healing the sick and driving out demons, “Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed” (Mark 1:35). Luke also tells us that in fact “Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed” (Luke 5:16). We are commanded in Scripture to “Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10), and many have found that this stillness can be experienced only in solitude. A person’s ability to enter into solitude is thus an important characteristic of spiritual maturity, and according to Søren Kierkegaard, “The urge for solitude is a sign that there is after all spirit in a person and the measure of what spirit there is.” In solitude we are forced to face ourselves, and God, without the distractions that so often provide a superficial veneer over the deepest parts of our souls. Solitude thus involves a kind of desolation and sense of abandonment, and because of this the practice of solitude is not easy. It can be lonely and uncomfortable. According to Douglas Burton-Christie, however, these challenges are precisely what make solitude so valuable: “Without an honest reckoning with the desolation of solitude, with the real sense of abandonment that so often colors this experience, we risk losing who and what God can become for the one who ventures into this lonely place.” While the practice of solitude always has been difficult, digital screen technology poses an unprecedented challenge by offering us the ability to be perpetually connected to a digital universe even when we are physically alone. Studies abound on how much time Americans spend in front of their screens, but on average the figure comes back somewhere between six and nine hours each day. These numbers are predictably higher among teenagers who live as digital natives and have difficulty imagining life without the ubiquitous presence of their screens. At least 80 percent of teenagers never shut off their cell phones, while 84 percent report taking their cell phones to bed with them. The average teen sends more than 3,000 text messages a month—in other words, more than 100 texts every single day. Taken together, these statistics demonstrate the degree to which digital screen technology is inhibiting us from the practice of solitude.
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Through our screens we are never alone but are instead engaged in what Mark Bauerlein refers to in his book The Dumbest Generation as “nonstop peer contact.” Digital screens not only make the cultivation of solitude more difficult but also, by their very nature, are inimical to it. They continually remind us of their presence through vibrations, alerts, and various noises, and Cory Doctorow thus writes of the world we enter through digital screens as an “ecosystem of interruption technologies.” As users become accustomed to the perpetual presence of interruptions, attention spans are shortened and the brain becomes chemically addicted to constant stimuli. These physiological changes are at least part of the reason why those conditioned by their screens often report feeling lost, naked, or exposed without their devices, cut off from the constant digital feedback on which they have become dependent. This constant digital feedback further militates against solitude in that the practice of solitude requires persistent effort. Digital screen technology, however, cultivates an expectation of instantaneity and immediacy that precludes such discipline. As educational psychologist Jane Healy observes, those “weaned on a media culture tend to have trouble taking responsibility and exercising persistence. If they can’t push something and make it happen, they don’t want any part of it.” By their very presence, digital screens thus not only prevent us from experiencing solitude but also cultivate in us an aversion to it. In a world where instant access, constant connectivity, and perpetual feedback are the norm, the cultivation of solitude becomes not only exponentially more difficult but also undesirable and even anathema. The assault of digital screen technology on solitude thus constitutes a formidable challenge for cultivating spirituality that should not be overlooked or underestimated. How then, should we respond? Given that digital screen technology is changing us in ways we cannot control and as a medium is itself communicating a message, it seems incumbent on us to critically examine the effects such technology is having on our lives. This critical examination should not, I think, lead to a wholesale, neo-Luddite rejection of such technology. That response would be imprudent and maybe even impossible. I do not think it is an exaggeration, however, to assert that digital screen technology poses one of the most significant and potentially undermining challenges to the cultivation of spirituality ever faced by believers. As such, we should take very seriously the effects that it is having on our spiritual lives, be willing to challenge our culture’s uncritical (even maniacal) embracing of its unquestioned benefits, and, based on a thoughtful analysis, make considered decisions about how we allow our lives and spiritual journeys to be shaped by digital screen technology.
Dr. David Diener graduated Summa Cum Laude with an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Ancient Languages. He has taught at The Stony Brook School on Long Island, served as Head of Upper School at Covenant Classical School in Fort Worth, TX, and currently is the Head of School at Grace Academy in Georgetown, TX. David also teaches philosophy courses for Taylor University as an Adjunct Professor and is the author of Plato: The Great PhilosopherEducator.
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Teaching with an
Open Hand By Sarah Mackenzie
As a homeschooling mom, I have a tendency to live in my ideals. I picture myself reading The Wind in the Willows with my children scattered around me, listening contentedly. Or they’re drawing amazing pictures of specimens they found in nature. Or they’re embarking on an awe-inspiring, self-directed project that will impress both my mother-in-law and the schoolteacher living next door. I have a vision of what our days should look like, and I cling ruthlessly to it, feeling disappointed because it never becomes our reality. I could call it being a visionary, but I actually think it’s an indication of pride and a lack of humility. It’s being tight-fisted. It’s failing to see that God is glorified even when the day looks nothing like it did when I mapped it out on paper. I’m so intent on having things go my way that I don’t leave room for Him to turn the whole thing on its head and do with it what He wills. How do we open our fists? How do we teach from rest, willing to receive anything He hands us? I love what Jennifer Fulwiler says in Something Other than God: “The secret to being humble is to be so focused on how you can make other people’s lives better that you don’t care who’s right or wrong.” In our case, one might say the key to being humble is to be so focused on pleasing God that we don’t care how closely our actual day aligns with our ideals. He takes enormous pleasure in bringing order from chaos, from taking our measly efforts and spinning them into something beautiful for His delight, and it’s our job to let Him do just that. Diligence matters. Faithfulness over little things matters, too. But the outcome? That is not ours to dictate, though we fall into the trap now and again of thinking otherwise. We would do well as homeschooling mothers to make “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done” a motto we live by day by day, moment by moment, math meltdown by math meltdown. When we bring our best, let go of control, and refuse to assess our success by how closely our reality matches our initial vision, we homeschool from humility. We don’t care if we are right or wrong or whether our egos are stroked by the brilliance of our teaching—we are focused on how we can serve God alone by serving our families. We can’t really rest in God’s care until we trust that He will indeed care for us. And that means we can’t teach from rest unless we trust Him with our kids’ education, too. I am not meant to take on this task of teaching and raising my children in my own strength, and neither are you. We are, however, meant to recognize every facet of our day as coming from the hand of God. It all passes through His fingers first, and He uses it to make sure that we lean hard on Him. Surrender your idea of what the ideal homeschool day is supposed to look like, and take on, with both hands, the day that it is. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done. In our homeschools, every day, all over the world.
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An Introduction to Classical Education – This 45-page booklet is an ideal introduction
to classical education that traces its history and describes its modern renaissance. The booklet also highlights the distinctive elements of the movement, including its emphasis on teaching grammar, logic, and rhetoric (the trivium); the role and benefit of classical language study; and the extraordinary achievements of students who are receiving a classical education. This engaging and conversational booklet includes anecdotes, diagrams, and charts, and is especially recommended to parents just beginning their examination of classical education. An Introduction to Classical Education Printed Book $3.95 • Bulk pricing available for schools An Introduction to Classical Education MP3 audio book $3.95 • An Introduction to Classical Education CD $3.95
The Liberal Arts Tradition – See page 47 for a full description. A Student’s Guide to Classical Education – This is an excellent guide for parents, students, and educators as you try to understand what to expect in a classical school. Read about one student’s journey through classical education. Follow Zoë as she travels from kindergarten to twelfth grade, studying grammar, Latin, logic, and rhetoric. Zoë describes the embodiment of this education in assignments, relationships, and classrooms. This narrative will help bring the classical school experience to life. Teachers and administrators will also benefit from hearing the voice of a student who has completed this pilgrimage. A Student’s Guide Printed Book $7.95 • A Student’s Guide iBook $6.99 • A Student’s Guide Kindle $3.95
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The Liberal Arts Tradition: A Philosophy of Christian Classical Education by Kevin Clark, DLS and Ravi Scott Jain, MA This must-read book for classical educators introduces readers to a paradigm for understanding classical education that transcends the familiar three-stage pattern of grammar, logic, and rhetoric. Instead, this book describes the liberal arts as a central part of a larger and more robust paradigm of classical education that should consist of piety, gymnastic, music, liberal arts, philosophy, and theology. The book also recovers the means by which classical educators developed more than just intellectual virtue (by means of the 7 liberal arts) but holistically cultivated the mind, body, will, and affections. Educators wanting to take a second big step toward recovering the tradition of classical education should have this book. The Liberal Arts Tradition $14.95
“We needed this book and now it’s here. . . . Once you’ve read a book or two to introduce you to classical education and have started to ask the deeper questions about its history and nature, get this book and use it as a permanent reference.” —Andrew Kern, CiRCE Institute “The Liberal Arts Tradition is a great gift to classical homeschooling mothers. Beautifully written, heartstopping truth graces each page. An antidote to my own progressive education, this book has reordered my thoughts and priorities. It is an irresistible call back to humanity, wholeness, and wonder.“ —Leslie Richards, co-founder of The Homegrown Preschooler
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Awakening Wonder:
A Classical Guide to Truth, Goodness & Beauty Stephen Turley, PhD Truth, Goodness, and Beauty are celebrated as those objective values that are essential for cultivating students as flourishing human beings. In these pages, you will discover the history and development of these transcendent values and how they redeem our senses and sanctify our imaginations. Teachers will also learn how to incorporate these values into their teaching to awaken awe and wonder in both themselves and their students. Awakening Wonder $9.95
Discover Classical Christian Education: The Essential Guide for Parents Newly redesigned and updated, this 20-page, full-color magazine is an engaging and persuasive overview of the worldview and value of a classical Christian education. It clearly contrasts the goals and results of classical education with the current modern education system, provides an introduction to the stages of the trivium and a timeline of the recent growth of the movement, and discusses the importance of teaching the liberal arts and integrating all subjects with a biblical worldview. Discover Classical Christian Education  $3.50 each Bulk discounts available as low as $2.50 each
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John Milton: Classical Learning and the Progress of Virtue Grant Horner, PhD
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Plato: The Great PhilosopherEducator David Diener, PhD
John Milton – The Puritan poet John Milton is most famous for his massive theological epic Paradise Lost.
He was also known as perhaps the greatest genius of the English Renaissance—possibly the best-educated man of his day—and also a major theorist of classical learning for Christians. In this book, Milton scholar Professor Grant Horner from The Master’s College examines the poet’s powerful vision of a Christian and classical education. This book will serve as a thorough and readable introduction to the complex thought of this Puritan intellectual giant.
C.S. Lewis – In this book, Lewis scholar Dr. Louis Markos surveys Lewis’s thoughts on education as
represented in books such as The Abolition of Man, An Experiment in Criticism, The Discarded Image, Collected Letters, and numerous other essays and publications. What emerges is a timely call to renew a radical liberal arts education that assumes a meaningful, purposeful cosmos and that will awaken students “from the slumber of cold vulgarity” and cultivate their affections for truth, goodness, and beauty.
Plato – Plato is one of the principal founders of the Western intellectual tradition, and it is nearly impossible to examine the historical development of any academic topic without, knowingly or unknowingly, addressing Plato’s views. Regardless of our final assessment of Plato’s educational thought, it is unquestionable that his understanding of education has had a profound impact on the development of educational theory and practice around the world for nearly two-and-a-half millennia. The study of his views is thus of great benefit, both as a means of examining fundamental questions about the nature of education addressed in his work, and also as a means of better understanding the historical roots of the Western educational tradition.
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Classical Education Resources The Lost Tools of Learning–Audio In 1947, British scholar, playwright, and novelist Dorothy Sayers stood in an Oxford hall and delivered a speech that would become a catalyst of the current classical education movement. The Lost Tools of Learning presentation delivers the tools that were given to students in the Middle Ages via the trivium—the study of grammar, logic, and rhetoric. For perhaps the first time, these trivium subjects were applied by Sayers to students’ developmental stages. She also advocates the integration of subjects, and explains that training students to learn on their own is the chief goal of education. Dr. Christopher Perrin delivers the audio of this flagship address. The Lost Tools of Learning MP3 Download $4.95 The Lost Tools of Learning CD $8.95
Latin for Teachers DVD Course: How to Teach Latin This course consists of more than 16 hours of professional Latin training for new and intermediate Latin teachers in schools or homeschools. Karen Moore, coauthor of the Latin Alive! series and author of the Latin for Children History Readers, provides a bird’s-eye view of the Latin language and covers the contents of all three Latin for Children primers. This course also can be beneficial if you are using a different Latin grammar program. If you are looking for Latin teaching guidance and fresh ideas for teaching upper-grammar students, you will be delighted by Karen’s clear instruction. Latin for Teachers DVD Course $275.00 • Extra Course Notebooks $29.95
Essential Theater: A Page-to-Stage, K–12Guide for Schools and Homeschools by Bettyann Henderson
Essential Theater is a K–12 plan for schools or homeschool co-ops developing or strengthening a theater program that simultaneously cultivates the rhetorical skills of a classical school or homeschool environment. You will find this text incredibly helpful for starting a program, developing an existing program, or organizing a single event. Each chapter deals with specific aspects of working from page to stage. The blend of brass-tacks curricular goals and high-minded fun will delight you and your students. Essential Theater, a wealth of resources, includes: • An overview of a theater and rhetoric curriculum for each stage of the classical trivium • Chapters about the practical needs of a theatrical production • Handouts, illustrations, examples of forms and charts • Recommended scripts and additional resources Essential Theater $26.95
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Downloadable Document PDF This book includes parent-student forms and photographs, calendars, character worksheets, scheduling suggestions, and instructions for compiling the production script. When you buy the book you have free access to a PDF download that will enable you to print these documents for your school or homeschool co-op.
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Classical Education:
Rigorous or Vigorous?
by Dr. Christopher Perrin
Some say that classical education is rigorous. My response to this is both yes and no. In one sense, we want rigorous education for our children, but in another sense we do not want it at all. The words rigor and rigorous are used in different ways, so we need to be clear about how we are employing rigor in reference to the cultivation and education of our children. Here is my yes and no.
Yes to Rigor In our modern moment, we have greatly lowered our expectations for what children can do and achieve. If by rigor we mean raising expectations and standards for what children can achieve, then we want a more rigorous education in comparison with the paltry standards and expectations for student learning we so often see in contemporary education. We might also employ the word rigor as a virtue that contrasts with student laziness. We want our students to be industrious, attentive, disciplined, and engaged, and we might use the word rigor to include these student virtues. In this case, we certainly want our students to be rigorous. Finally, we might want rigor in the sense of displaying precision and care in student work. Students should employ careful, focused attention while doing such things as math exercises or translating Latin sentences.
No to Rigor Sometimes rigor connotes both “working hard” and rigidly severe and harsh adherence to rules and conduct. While we do want our students to “work hard” in the sense of being diligent and industrious, we do not want them to only work, or to work beyond their capacity, or to work to excess and exhaustion. In other words, we want temperance to inform the academic work of our children so that they are neither lazy nor excessively ambitious. Both laziness and excess are forms of intemperance, a lack of proper proportion and balance in one’s studies. While we could call upon Aristotle or Aquinas to make this point, why not cite the preacher in Ecclesiastes: My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh. (Eccl. 12:12, ESV) I think using the traditional language of the academic or intellectual virtues is best for describing an engaged, faithful student. If you look up the word rigor, you will see that our dictionaries retain connotations of harshness, severity, austerity, and strictness. The classical tradition typically has not used rigor as the characteristic word for describing student activity, but rather has used the common virtue vocabulary of diligence, constancy, industry, and discipline. Because of the ways we can easily misapply the word rigor to classical education, I suggest we use it with qualification or not at all.
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Rigor in Latin means “stiffness, hardness; numbness, cold; strictness, severity” (Collins Latin Dictionary). We all recognize the phrase rigor mortis as the condition of death; it literally means “the rigidity of death.” There are some poor examples of the classical tradition, say, during the Victorian era, when crusty and severe schoolmasters beat children with canes and conducted forced, sterile recitations. We might call those distorted examples of classical education “rigorous”—they certainly were hard and severe. A second Latin word comes to mind that sounds much like rigor. Vigor is another loan word that has come directly into our language. In Latin, vigor means “energy,” “force,” “strength,” and, well, “vigor.” Our word vigorous means “strong, active, robust.” What if we substituted vigor for rigor? Whereas rigor suggests rigidity and austerity, vigor suggests academic strength and vitality. Whereas rigor may call to mind rigor mortis, a word like vigor suggests something like vigor vitae—the vigor of life. Perhaps we can continue the tradition of speaking about the academic virtues of diligence (from dilegere, “to love, esteem,” and diligentia, “carefulness, attentiveness”), constancy (from constare, “to stand firm, remain constant”), industry (from industria, “energetic, devoted activity”), and discipline (from disciplina, “training and exercise to learn skill”). If we did this, we could dispense with rigor and all of its confusing connotations of severity and harshness. Finally, we must remember there are several other student virtues that we seek besides this focused attention and tempered industry. We also seek to cultivate wonder in our students’ souls, an unquenchable spirit of curiosity and inquiry. Wonder is cultivated by leading students into the world as a cosmos (something adorned, ornamented), that is, a living museum that must be contemplated, pondered, and savored. This means the student’s life is a harmony of industry and play, discipline and contemplation. Sometimes, therefore, a student’s activity should be slow, leisurely, and contemplative—the opposite of rigorous as the adjective is commonly understood. It means, in fact, that the student’s life is a melody with some variations in rhythm and tempo. There is a time for vigorous, energetic activity. There is also a time for restful reflection, contemplation, and conversation. To quote the preacher of Ecclesiastes again, there is a time for everything under the heavens (see Eccl. 3:1).
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We use logic every day, often employing it to distinguish logical arguments from those that are unreasonable. However, few of us have been trained in logic so that we can quickly detect bad reasoning, attach names to fallacies we encounter, and articulately form our own reasoned arguments. By studying informal and formal logic, as well as rhetoric, students will gain and learn to apply these vital skills. Studying informal logic and the informal fallacies (everyday arguments gone wrong) will aid students in recognizing bad reasoning and identifying fallacies. Studying formal logic will also further train and hone students’ minds, enabling them to determine the form that arguments take. The study of rhetoric will teach students how to create, find, and arrange content in order to craft their own persuasive arguments.
Logic • Grades 7–12
The Art of Argument Program Informal Logic by Aaron Larsen, DA & Joelle Hodge with Christopher Perrin, PhD Middle and high school students will argue (and sometimes quarrel), but they won’t argue well without good training. The Art of Argument is designed to teach the argumentative adolescent how to reason with clarity, relevance, and purpose. The mastery of informal logic (the logical fallacies) is a foundational subject by which other subjects are evaluated, assessed, and learned. The Art of Argument can be used as a semester- or yearlong course. See our website for schedule recommendations.
Full program includes: e Art of Argument (student edition) This book teaches 28 informal fallacies (such as begging the question, Th the straw man, ad hominem, etc.). Clear explanations and illustrations, along with dialogues, worksheets, and dialectic discussion questions, make this text easy to follow and make the fallacies fun to learn. The fallacies become relevant with practical applications through an analysis of current social, commercial, and political issues, as well as more than 60 comical and clever phony advertisements. Fun extras are included, such as a humorous skit for students to perform and the famous short story “Love Is a Fallacy” by Max Shulman. e Art of Argument Teacher’s Edition This edition features the entire student text, along with answer keys, Th teaching tips, and invaluable chapter and unit tests. e Art of Argument DVD Set This DVD video series features 3 experienced logic teachers and 4 capable, Th enthusiastic students discussing the 28 fallacies presented in The Art of Argument. This video series is a valuable resource for every student using The Art of Argument. Each video segment features 1 fallacy, which is presented, defined, and then discussed and explored using a blend of enthusiasm, contemplation, and humor. Each discussion seeks to make a practical application of the fallacy to student life, advertisements, political speech, or various kinds of ethical and philosophical debates.
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Logic • Grades 8–12 The Discovery of Deduction Formal Logic
by Aaron Larsen, DA & Joelle Hodge with Shelly Johnson, PhD The Discovery of Deduction: An Introduction to Formal Logic will welcome your students into the fascinating realm of formal, deductive logic. Formal logic studies how an argument is put together—the form or structure of an argument. The Discovery of Deduction is geared directly toward students as young as 8th grade, making a subject usually reserved for study in college accessible and relevant to middle and high school, logic-stage students. The book emphasizes the practical and real-world application of soundly structured deductive logic. Using methods such as Socratic dialogue, ample discussion, and integration of other subjects, the book teaches formal logic in the best way for dialectic students. The Discovery of Deduction Teacher’s Edition is also available. It features the entire student text, along with an answer key, teaching tips, sample essays, dialogues, and arguments. Student Edition Teacher’s Edition Assessments, Quizzes & Extra Practice (PDF Download)
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The Argument Builder Logic/Pre-Rhetoric
by Shelly Johnson, PhD The Argument Builder focuses on enabling students to actually build compelling and persuasive arguments of their own. The Argument Builder is a blend of logic and rhetoric. Students first study the logical structure of good arguments and then study how to use several lines of argument (a.k.a. the common topics), such as examples, analogy, comparison, testimony, and statistics. The text comes in a workbook format with plenty of exercises to ensure students learn to become skilled argument makers! The Argument Builder can be used as a semester- or yearlong course. See our website for schedule recommendations. The Argument Builder Teacher’s Edition is also available. It features the entire student text, along with an answer key, teaching tips, additional exercises, and information for further study. Student Edition Teacher’s Edition
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Everyday Debate & Discussion: A Guide to Socratic Conversation, Informal Discussion, and Formal Debate not only shows students how to conduct informal and formal debates, but also how to develop good arguments by using solid logic and the resources available in their own thinking as well as in the world around them. Students will employ the techniques of logic and rhetoric, such as the common topics of definition, comparison, relationship, circumstance, and testimony. Additional study of ethos, pathos, and style is also included, as well as a study of debate arrangement. This book will give students debating confidence and open their eyes to the benefit of debate, disagreement, and discussion in their day-to-day life or in a formal debate setting. This book is the result of Dr. Johnson’s ten years of experience leading Socratic discussion and debates in her classes. She has collaborated with other classical educators who have either used debate in their classrooms or coached debate teams. She writes, “Over the years, we have experimented, researched, practiced, and refined, and this book represents the ideas and practices we have discovered and perfected along the way. We are excited to share them with you.” This new book is designed for three types of people: 1. those leading a debate team or class at a school or co-op 2. logic or upper-school teachers who want to create a truly dialectical environment 3. teachers who wish to enhance their teaching by including more robust discussion and debate Everyday Debate & Discussion can be used over the course of one semester or for a full year. See our website for suggested schedules and free samples.
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Reasoning & Reading • Grades 3–8
Reasoning & Reading by Joanne Carlisle
The Reading & Reasoning workbooks develop basic language and thinking skills that build the foundation for reading comprehension. Exercises reinforce reading as a critical reasoning activity. Many exercises encourage students to come up with their own responses in instances in which there is no single correct answer. In other cases, exercises lend themselves to students working collaboratively to see how many different answers satisfy a question. Reasoning & Reading is an excellent supplement to any grammar program and is best used 1 or 2 days per week. All the books in the series share the following: • Unit I, Word Meaning: comparing, contrasting, and classifying words, and discriminating between good and vague definitions • Unit II, Sentence Meaning: complete sentences, recognizing the main thought, as well as time order, cause and effect, comparison, generalizations, and examples • Unit III, Paragraph Meaning: topic sentences, signal words, unity, examples, and support for the main idea • Unit IV, Reasoning Skills: fact and opinion, relevance, syllogisms, and inferences
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Reasoning & Reading has been an important and valuable part of our curriculum for 2nd–5th grade. I highly recommend it. —Dawn Swartz, Grammar School Dean Covenant Christian Academy
Rhetoric • Grades 10–12
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Rhetoric Alive! Book 1 by Alyssan Barnes, PhD
Rhetoric is traditionally the last trivium art to be studied, following grammar and logic. While grammar focuses on the structure of language (for accurate interpretation and expression), and logic focuses on the right use of reason and the construction of logical arguments, rhetoric focuses on making speech and writing compelling, pleasing, and persuasive. Rhetoric Alive! Book 1: Principles of Persuasion is authored by Dr. Alyssan Barnes, an experienced rhetoric teacher from Live Oak Classical School. Alyssan is a clear, engaging writer with a PhD in . . . rhetoric. Have you ever won an argument but “lost the person”? Without the skillful use of rhetoric, we may still leave our hearers unchanged and unconvinced. This is because humans are not mere “logic machines” who make decisions solely by reasoned argument (logos). Aristotle recognized this, therefore exhorting us also to appeal to human emotion (pathos) and to establish our own credibility (ethos) as speakers and writers. These 3 appeals are studied and applied in Rhetoric Alive!, along with the 3 types of speech and the 5 canons of rhetoric: Three appeals Ethos (speaker’s credibility) Pathos (audience’s emotion) Logos (argument’s reasoning)
Three types of speech Deliberative (exhort or dissuade) Ceremonial (praise or blame) Judicial (accuse or defend)
Five canons (rules or standards) Invention Organization Style Memory Delivery
Dr. Barnes takes high school students through these elements of rhetoric using her own compelling and delightful style, clearly presenting rhetorical theory, but also including many exercises of imitation and practice. As students learn rhetorical theory, they will also begin putting rhetoric into practice, starting with short speech assignments and gradually building to longer ones.
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The Dialectic Stage: How are Teens Thinking??
by Joelle Hodge It’s the burning question every parent of a teenager wants an answer to: “What is my kid thinking?” There’s a quote by Winston Churchill that I feel applies here. Speaking in October 1939 (at the beginning of World War II), the prime minister said: “I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma . . . ” Many parents consider the internal goings-on of their teenagers in much the same way Churchill did trying to predict the internal goings-on of Russia. Teenagers can be tough nuts to crack. Kids don’t always accurately display what’s happening inside, and the adults in their lives don’t always accurately diagnose what they see happening on the outside. I’ll relieve you of the suspense: I honestly can’t predict with any certainty what your teenager is thinking at any given moment. But I can offer you some suggestions to help you guide them through their studies in the upper grades. For the last several years, I have been one of several teachers asked to help respond to e-mails received by Classical Academic Press and Scholé Academy. Folks write in to “Ask the Magister” with questions regarding classical education, and some of these e-mails are forwarded to me. One area that generates a lot of discussion involves parents wondering whether or not their student is prepared to tackle a dialectic-level class. This is such an important question: How do we determine readiness—and success—in the dialectic and rhetoric stages of classical education? And it’s directly tied to what your student is thinking. Talk about riddles, mysteries, and enigmas. Delving into the dialectic and rhetoric stages can be such nebulous territory for so many—especially for those who really appreciated the concrete, linear constructs of the grammar stage. So, how can we know when a child is thinking dialectically? As abstract a notion as this question is, we must answer it to approach the dialectic and rhetoric stages differently than we do the grammar stage. But where do we begin? When most of us started the exploration of classical ed, we were taught the basics: In the grammar stage, students ask the Who? What? When? and Where? questions; in the dialectic stage, students ask the How? and Why? questions. Those can be helpful conceptualized ideas, but that vague direction doesn’t help an awful lot when we’re trying to identify who’s ready for dialectic and who isn’t, making lesson plans, conducting our classes, or evaluating our students differently than we did in the lower grades. It’s not enough to merely change a test question from “Who invaded England during the Battle of Hastings?” to “Why did William the Conqueror invade England during the Battle of Hastings?” That’s not “dialectic.” Dialectic is what happens before you ask that question. Equally, non-dialectic is a perfunctory decision to require your student to read more books or write longer papers. I often remind parents and teachers that dialectic- and rhetoric-stage courses are not merely about more reading and more challenge. “More work” and “more challenging” aren’t the next classical stages. Reaching the upper grades and carving out a curriculum is one of the first places parents consider throwing in the classical ed towel because they don’t know what makes it different. When parents think the only way to pursue classical ed at higher academic levels involves more, more, more, they quickly begin to lose their focus on scholé. And they’re right! Where’s the rest in that kind of learning? So, if merely revamping our questions or giving our kids more work and tougher assignments isn’t the recipe for scholé, and if they aren’t the defining differences between the grammar stage and the other two stages, then what should we do differently? Part of the answer lies in shifting gears to understand what is being assessed in the dialectic
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and rhetoric stages. Unlike in the grammar stage, upper-grade assessments and tests shouldn’t be solely concerned with evaluating fact-based answers. The real test of student success for the dialectic student shouldn’t only be about getting the right answer. Instead, we should be wondering, “Did my student go through the right thinking processes in approaching the answer?” Assessment in the dialectic stage becomes a function of judging a student’s thinking processes, not merely their answers. Let’s look at an example. For many years I’ve taught pre-algebra to students in the 7th–8th grades, the sweet spot for what we consider the dialectic stage. My pre-algebra students are shown early on that the primary focus of math at this level and beyond should never be about getting the correct answer. That may sound odd—why wouldn’t correct answers be the goal of mathematics courses?—but in pre-algebra, students should be exposed to many new rules and laws governing mathematical concepts. It’s crucial that they don’t resort to basic arithmetic when solving these problems. A student in pre-algebra could find they arrived at all the same answers that the answer key provides, but haven’t actually learned a thing about pre-algebra. A true course in pre-algebra requires a student to learn a new way to think through their problems using the new mathematical concepts, applied through many varied problem constructions. In teaching my pre-algebra students, I expect them to apply and demonstrate the new processes to their problem solutions. And if they haven’t approached the problem correctly, the answer is marked incorrect, despite the answer matching the answer key. That is dialectic. That is how to stretch and engage students on this level—and it’s not limited in application to just mathematics instruction. Across the disciplines, upper-grade courses must provide more than right answers. Students need teachers to demonstrate how they are reasoning their way through the labyrinth of facts, fallacies, statistics, expert authorities, circumstantial evidences, primary sources, and arguments of all varieties.* So what does this look like in the classroom? Where do we start shifting gears and approaching our upper-grade courses in this new way? Classical pedagogy should include the following paradigm: theory, imitation, and practice. At the dialectic and rhetoric stages, it’s no different. • Students should understand what’s expected of them. This means clearly explaining the theory of the new thinking processes. Consider here some application of the Three Acts of the Mind, or identification of the terms, propositions, and arguments presented in any discourse. (Most logic and rhetoric texts can provide some guidance and training in these areas.) • They need you to model your thinking for them. Break down your thinking processes into pieces they can see, explore, and understand; this allows them to imitate the process. Be mindful of which questions you asked of yourself as you engaged with a particular subject. Go through the exercise of recording your internal dialogue. Show your students how you do it. • Students need to be required to practice the new processes through a variety of guided exercises, discussion questions, and response opportunities. Provide places for them to apply the newly imitated skills. Consider directed class discussions, response papers, debates, counterarguments, thesis statement development, outlines, syllogism construction, etc. When I was a kid, my piano teacher had a sign hanging in her studio: Practice Makes Perfect . . . But Only If You Practice Correctly. How true! Correct practicing is the root of excellence. In the coming academic year, I encourage you to shift your focus to help your upper-grade students correctly practice and develop how they are thinking. *As a quick aside, I’d like to suggest here that if your student is a self-taught student making his way through his mathematics text, checking his answers with the answer key, please consider finding a good math teacher—one who requires your student to learn the new mathematical concepts and who doesn’t just check the student’s answers. Joelle Hodge, one of the original founding members of Classical Academic Press, is an author, a consultant/speaker, and a teacher of logic and rhetoric at Scholé Academy online. She is the coauthor of two top-selling logic books, The Art of Argument and The Discovery of Deduction, both published by Classical Academic Press.
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British Literature Guides • Grades 7–12 Walking to Wisdom Literature Guides: The Inklings Collection Stories give us an experience of certain knowledge, which is why how we feel about a book is part of what a book is teaching us. We have kept these things in heart and mind while making The Inklings Collection of literature guides to be used in conjunction with the work of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Dorothy Sayers.* We named these guides “Walking to Wisdom” because acquiring wisdom happens at the pace of a walk and with a mentor. We have sought to guide students through these marvelous books as well as in the skill of reading these particular texts. Tolkien, Sayers, and Lewis all expressed their ideas in both fiction and nonfiction. The fiction includes dramatic literature, short fiction, long fiction, epistolary satire, and allegory. To shed light on their fiction, we have incorporated some nonfiction essays of Lewis and Sayers in the guides that cover their works. We strongly encourage students to take a full year and use all 8 guides as a twentieth-century British literature course, though working through even one guide will be beneficial. Each literature guide both stands on its own and interacts with the others, with sidebar comments and thematic continuity. These books will change students’ lives and, in the meantime, teach them how to read with delight, depth, and skill, as well as prepare them to write well. These substantial literature guides thoughtfully instruct students with the following habits: • taking notes in their books • keeping notes book-wide on the great ideas that animate the book • orally telling back the story • summarizing • creating their own questions • answering life questions that apply the material • reading sample student writing • memorizing important quotations • writing a strong essay at book’s end • participating in creative enrichment activities related to the books • engaging with questions that stimulate discussion about thematic material • answering different types of questions, such as reading questions, which develop close-reading skills *Sayers was not technically a member of the Inklings literary group, but rather was a close associate of Lewis and Williams, and her work shares the same concerns. Thus, we have included her in this series, considering her an Inkling “in spirit.”
A note on the teacher’s edition: This essential companion to the student guide supplies substantial answers for every question in the book. Students learn by comparing their answers to those provided in the teacher’s edition, reading and discussing the answers as a significant part of their experience. This practice will instruct students in the processes of reading, writing, and critical thinking.
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British Literature Guides • Grades 7–12
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
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Till We Have Faces (C.S. Lewis)
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The Man Born to Be King Classical Academic Press is pleased to bring Dorothy Sayers’s masterpiece The Man Born to Be King back into print. In this 12-play cycle, Sayers dramatizes her conviction that God is both the victim and the hero of this classic work of art, and what He does in it is perpetually surprising. C.S. Lewis read this book each year during Lent. The Man Born to Be King
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Poetry • Grades 7 & up
The Art of Poetry Program by Christine Perrin, MFA
“I dwell in Possibility— A fairer House than Prose—” While we think of poetry as the best words in the best order, we sometimes forget how important its poetic or metaphoric thinking is to various subjects, such as writing, speaking, business, and science. The Art of Poetry is an excellent upper-middle or high school curriculum that teaches the practice of reading a poem closely and absorbing its beauty.
Full program includes: e Art of Poetry (student edition) This book contains 16 chapters and more than 100 poems. Chapters 1–8 Th cover the elements of poetry (such as images, metaphor, rhythm, and tone); the final chapters cover the forms of poetry (such as ode, villanelle, and open verse). Each chapter includes an extensive explication of 1 poem, along with exercises and discussion questions on additional poems. Included in the text are biographies of 51 poets, a glossary of terms, and an index of all the poems and authors. A free downloadable MP3 file with readings of most of the poems from this book is available online at ClassicalAcademicPress.com. e Art of Poetry Teacher’s Edition This edition is a valuable resource for teachers that includes the entire Th student edition and an answer key, as well as detailed and fascinating explications of 39 poems. The introduction for the teacher offers teaching tips and suggestions. Thorough appendices include a poetry timeline, quizzes for each chapter, and a cumulative book quiz. e Art of Poetry DVD Set This DVD set features more than 15 hours of The Art of Poetry author teaching 4 Th thoughtful 8th-grade students through the entire The Art of Poetry text. Many of the discussions, which proceed chapter by chapter, capture the magic of a Socratic teacher encountering strong students and timeless works of literature.
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The Bible tells us God’s story. It has many parts, but from beginning to end it is one story with a promise throughout: “I will be your God, and you will be My people.” Through this story, we learn who God is, who mankind is, how the world came to be, and how God worked through history to bring redemption to His people. The covenant of grace promised in the Old Testament is beautifully fulfilled in the New Testament in Christ. The God’s Great Covenant series narrates this story for your student in an engaging and unique way.
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Covenantal Bible • Grades 3 & up
God’s Great Covenant Old Testament 1 Program by Claire A. Larsen
God’s Great Covenant Old Testament 1: A Bible Course for Children (GGCOT1) teaches the biblical narrative from Genesis to Ruth, including the book of Job, at a third-grade and higher level. The Old Testament themes of the promises and power of God are presented in simple weekly stories. Students will follow God’s people, see how He leads them and keeps His promises, and learn how the stories point to the coming Savior, Jesus Christ.
Full program includes: G od’s Great Covenant Old Testament 1 (student edition) This book contains 32 weekly chapters divided into 5 themed units. Each chapter contains: 1) a memory page that includes a weekly memory verse, key facts chart, and vocabulary to memorize; 2) a thought-provoking “Who is God?” question that encourages students to consider how to relate to God in their own lives; 3) a worksheet; and 4) a quiz. Each week also contains the story of that week’s Bible verses, presented at a clear, elementary reading level. od’s Great Covenant Old Testament 1 Teacher’s Edition This edition contains a full copy of the student G edition, and also provides answer keys and additional factual information to expand upon the historical, geographical, cultural, and theological concepts introduced in the student edition. od’s Great Covenant Old Testament 1 Audio Files Students can listen to and experience the G story of God’s work through the Bible, learning how He leads and cares for His people. This audio file contains the readings featured in the God’s Great Covenant Old Testament 1 text, engagingly read by Dr. Christopher Perrin. The downloadable audio files are in MP3 format so you can take them anywhere you go. od’s Great Covenant Old Testament Timeline & Map Set This colorful poster set includes a timeline of the events G of the Old Testament and a collection of 6 maps, all of which integrate the history and geography of the ancient Near East and ancient Egypt. The set covers the entire Old Testament, corresponding with both God’s Great Covenant Old Testament 1 and God’s Great Covenant Old Testament 2.
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Covenantal Bible • Grades 3 & up
God’s Great Covenant Old Testament 2 Program by Claire A. Larsen
God’s Great Covenant Old Testament 2: A Bible Course for Children continues to follow the journey of God’s people as they become the nation of Israel. By chronologically studying the second half of the Old Testament from 1 Samuel to Malachi, students will see how the God of Israel keeps and renews His covenant with His people. Students will also learn the ways in which the Old Testament forecasts the coming kingdom of Jesus Christ in the New Testament. Various prophets are studied in their contexts, so their lives and words can be understood in relation to their own times as well as times to come.
Full program includes: od’s Great Covenant Old Testament 2 (student edition) This book contains 32 weekly chapters divided into G 5 themed units. Each chapter contains: 1) a memory page that includes a weekly memory verse, key facts chart, and vocabulary to memorize; 2) a thought-provoking “Message from the King” that encourages students to consider how to relate to God in their own lives; 3) a worksheet; and 4) a quiz. Each week also contains the story of that week’s Bible verses, presented at a clear, elementary reading level. od’s Great Covenant Old Testament 2 Teacher’s Edition This edition contains a full copy of the student G edition, and also provides answer keys and additional factual information to expand upon the historical, geographical, cultural, and theological concepts introduced in the text. od’s Great Covenant Old Testament 2 Audio Files Students can listen to and experience the story of God’s G work through the Bible, learning how He leads and cares for His people. This audio file contains the readings featured in the God’s Great Covenant Old Testament 2 text, engagingly read by Dr. Christopher Perrin. The downloadable audio files are in MP3 format so you can take them anywhere you go.
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Covenantal Bible • Grades 4 & up
God’s Great Covenant New Testament 1 Program by Claire A. Larsen
In God’s Great Covenant New Testament 1: A Bible Course for Children (GGCNT1), students follow the story of Jesus, the Messiah and King, as He is born and fulfills all of God’s promises. Each of the 4 units in this text emphasizes one of these names of Jesus: the Son of Man, God’s Servant, the Messiah, and the Son of God. This book is a most comprehensive and heartfelt study of the Gospels, and many parents and teachers will find themselves learning along with their students.
Full program includes: od’s Great Covenant New Testament 1 (student edition) This book contains 36 weekly chapters divided G into 4 themed units. Each chapter contains: 1) a memory page that includes a weekly memory verse, key facts chart, fulfillment of prophecy section, and a story; 2) a thought-provoking “Think About It” question that encourages students to consider how to relate to God in their own lives; 3) a worksheet; and 4) a quiz. Each week also contains the story of that week’s Bible verses, presented at a clear, elementary reading level. Extensive introductions cover the historical, political, chronological, geographical, and religious settings of the New Testament world. Unit reviews contain a memory verse worksheet, devotional guide, and a fun short story of life during New Testament times. od’s Great Covenant New Testament 1 Teacher’s Edition This edition contains a full copy of the student G edition, and also provides an answer key and extensive teacher’s notes with additional factual information to expand upon the historical, geographical, cultural, and theological concepts introduced in the text. od’s Great Covenant New Testament 1 Audio Files Students can listen to and experience the G story of God’s work through the Bible, learning how He leads and cares for His people. This audio file contains the readings featured in the God’s Great Covenant New Testament 1 text, engagingly read by Dr. Christopher Perrin. The downloadable audio files are in MP3 format so you can take them anywhere you go.
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Covenantal Bible • Grades 4 & up
God’s Great Covenant New Testament 2 Program by Claire A. Larsen
In God’s Great Covenant New Testament 2: A Bible Course for Children, we follow the book of Acts as the gospel spreads from Jerusalem into all of Judea to the territory of Samaria and finally into the whole world. It’s a story of adventure, misfortune, mighty miracles, and God’s marvelous grace.
Full program includes: od’s Great Covenant New Testament 2 (student edition) Following the same chapter formats as GGCNT1, G God’s Great Covenant New Testament 2 teaches children in 4th grade and up how God completed His covenant promise to Abraham that “all peoples on earth will be blessed through you” (Genesis 12:3). The textbook has 5 units. An introductory unit that gives the purpose of the book of Acts, short biographies of Acts’ leading men (Luke, Peter, and Paul), and a description of the New Testament world precedes 4 units that trace the gospel’s spread into the world. The book of Acts continues the story of Jesus’s ministry through the acts of His apostles. It is the bridge that connects the gospels, which tell the story of Jesus’s ministry, to the epistles, which explain and apply the gospel story. Though the epistles are not studied in detail, this text has chapters on the nature of Paul’s letters, problems in the early churches, and a concise description of Paul’s theology. The book of Acts is an exciting adventure story, but even more it is the culmination of a beautiful redemption story that began many, many years ago in the Garden of Eden. The book of Acts is not only a page-turning adventure story, but also a testament to the faithfulness of our God, who makes promises to His people and keeps them. od’s Great Covenant New Testament 2 Teacher’s Edition This edition contains a full copy of the student G edition, and also provides an answer key and extensive teacher’s notes with additional factual information to expand upon the historical, geographical, cultural, and theological concepts introduced in the text. od’s Great Covenant New Testament 2 Audio Files Students can listen to and experience the G story of God’s work through the Bible, learning how He leads and cares for His people. This audio file contains the readings featured in the God’s Great Covenant New Testament 2 text, engagingly read by Dr. Christopher Perrin.
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Covenantal Bible & Greek • Grades 3 & up God’s Great Covenant OT 1 Teaching Videos When teaching your students Bible, have you ever wished you had more training or wanted to dig deeper into the Bible’s history and teachings? Now you can have a theologically trained teacher instruct both you and your students at the same time! Dr. Christopher Perrin (MDiv, PhD) is skilled at bringing biblical instruction to the level of younger children while also deepening the Bible knowledge of parents and teachers. In this new video series, Dr. Perrin’s practical, intergenerational teaching will guide you through the first half of the Old Testament. Free samples online! More than 15 hours of video instruction from Genesis through Judges Additional video of biblical passages accompanied by scrolling text GGCOT1 Teaching Videos DVD Set New Price $69.95
God’s Great Covenant Bible Audio Storybook: Genesis to Acts
Have you been looking for a storybook of the Bible geared toward younger students, but one that also clearly unfolds the story of the grace of God for all people as it is reflected in God’s marvelous covenant? In this audio storybook, students will enjoy more than 15 hours of narrative from the Old and New Testaments up through the book of Acts that do just that. This audio book is comprised of the narrative sections of the God’s Great Covenant Bible series books Old Testament 1–New Testament 2. Audio Book MP3 Download
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Greek Alphabet Code Cracker by Christopher Perrin, PhD —1st grade and up
In Greek Alphabet Code Cracker, understanding the Greek alphabet is the key to decoding clues and recovering the stolen Urn of Achilles! Students will learn all of the Greek letters from alpha to omega, along with their phonetic pronunciations. Students will practice writing the letters, and in the process, they will gather clues from witnesses and trace the path of the thief! Full-color workbook text 8 chapters, to be completed approximately 1 chapter per week, depending on student age Students will learn all of the consonant and vowel sounds, as well as consonant blends and diphthongs (vowel blends or combinations), through systematic, phonetic lessons An excellent preparation for Song School Greek or Greek for Children Greek Alphabet Code Cracker
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Greek • Grades 1–3
Song School Greek Program by Michelle Hahne
The Song School Greek Program is a lively and gentle introduction to Koine Greek—the language of the New Testament. One of the mother tongues of the English language, Greek is also a perfectly orderly language, ideal for helping us understand the structure of any language and learning how a language works. This program is an excellent prequel to our grammar-based, upper-grammar Greek for Children series.
Full program includes: ong School Greek (student edition) Each of the 32 weekly lessons includes songs, fun vocabulary, illustrations, S handwriting practice, stories, games, and activities. Enjoyable, everyday vocabulary is introduced in weekly lessons to encourage and engage young students. A lively musical CD is included with the book and features the vocabulary from each chapter. ong School Greek Teacher’s Edition Are you concerned about teaching Greek? In addition to the entire S student text, Song School Greek Teacher’s Edition includes answer keys, teaching suggestions, and a special DVD for parents and teachers that will teach you the basics of the language. You can do it! Greek Beak Match Flashcard Game With these cards, students can search for Greek and English matches, collect pairs, test their memory, play in groups, or play by themselves! This fun card game will sharpen their Greek skills. With more than 135 Greek words, these cards contain all the vocabulary from Song School Greek. Greek Beak Match Flashcard Game can be used to play matching games such as Memory and Go Fish, and can also be used as flash cards for extra practice.
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Greek • Grades 4 & up
Greek for Children Primer A Program by Christopher Perrin, PhD
Understandable, engaging, creative, and in-depth, the Greek for Children Primer A Program will introduce your students to Koine Greek. Why Greek? Like Latin, Koine Greek will aid students in critical thinking skills and help them to develop a strong understanding of grammar. Many English words are derived from ancient Greek, and students will especially see the benefits of learning Greek when studying science and medicine. Last, but hardly least, Koine Greek is the language of the New Testament, and the study of the original language will gradually unveil the richness, depth, and beauty of the New Testament message.
Full program includes: reek for Children Primer A (student edition) This book contains 32 weekly chapters, including 4 chapters G on the Greek alphabet and 5 review chapters. Each chapter begins with a memory page, presenting the chant and vocabulary for the week’s lesson. Clear explanations of grammar, written at the student’s reading level, are integrated into every chapter. Weekly worksheets and quizzes help students practice and retain vocabulary and grammar concepts. Free pronunciation audio files are available online at ClassicalAcademicPress.com. reek for Children Primer A Answer Key This teacher’s tool features the actual, full-size pages from the primer, G with answers to quizzes, exercises, and worksheets in bold print. reek for Children Primer A DVD & CD Set With this DVD set, your students will receive a one-on-one G learning experience. They will enjoy learning with author Dr. Christopher Perrin as he teaches each chapter from Greek for Children Primer A, presenting clear, whiteboard grammar lessons. Each lesson (average 20 min.) corresponds to the weekly chapter in the student edition and features the chanting and singing of vocabulary and paradigms, along with clear grammatical explanations by Dr. Perrin. The actual text from the book appears on the screen as the material is presented, making it easy for students to follow along. This smooth, clear introduction to Greek will set your students on their way to learning Greek and reading the Greek New Testament.
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French for Children by Joshua Kraut
A classical, beautiful, and widely spoken language, French will be a treasure for children to learn. There is a distinction, however, between just learning common words and phrases, which is the approach of many French programs, and knowing the language well enough to communicate fluently and accurately. The French for Children series teaches elementary students in grade 4 and up this dynamic language, both classically and creatively, at a time when students soak up language like sponges. This book employs the pedagogy and structure of our popular Latin for Children series combined with immersionstyle dialogues and vocabulary so that the French language will be taught well and enjoyed thoroughly.
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French • Grades 4 & up
French for Children Primer A Program by Joshua Kraut
rench for Children Primer A, using a pedagogy and structure similar to that of our popular Latin for Children F series, teaches upper-grammar students this compelling language. Each chapter features immersion-style dialogues and vocabulary along with a strong emphasis on grammar and the parts of speech as vital tools for the correct speaking and understanding of French. The text also uses lively chants to aid memorization of both grammar and vocabulary.
Full program includes: rench for Children Primer A (student edition) Students will learn 153 commonly used vocabulary words F and 43 conversational words and phrases, along with grammatical concepts such as verb conjugation, tense, and noun gender. Each workbook is easy to use, incremental, and filled with clear grammatical explanations written expressly for the student. Lessons teach mnemonic aids (chants) that enable students to learn vocabulary and grammar with ease and delight. rench for Children Primer A Answer Key This teacher’s tool features actual, full-size pages from the primer, F with answers to quizzes, exercises, and worksheets in bold print. rench for Children Primer A DVD & CD Set This set features master French teacher and author Joshua F Kraut. Bring this valuable resource into your classroom to teach your students directly or use it to privately prepare yourself to teach the lessons. Each 40–50 minute lesson corresponds to the weekly chapter of French for Children Primer A and has 3 segments: vocabulary, grammar, and conversational French. The audio chant CD features all of the pronunciations from the Pronunciation Wizard as well as the dialogues, grammar chart chants, complete vocabulary, conversation journal words and phrases, Say It Aloud exercises, dicteés, and more! The set includes 7 DVDs and 1 CD.
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French • Grades 4 & up
New!
French for Children Primer B Program by Joshua Kraut
Don’t stop now! French for Children Primer B, the second book in the French for Children series, is just as engaging, incremental, and creative as French for Children Primer A. Students are on their way to mastering new grammar concepts and much new vocabulary.
Full program includes: rench for Children Primer B (student edition) Students will learn more than 130 commonly used vocabulary F words and more than 40 conversational words and phrases along with grammatical concepts, such as negation, stressed pronouns, pronominal verbs, verb conjugation, tense, and noun gender. All the teaching and explanations are written in the student book, at the student’s level. There are 17 engaging and conversational chapters, including 3 review chapters, weekly worksheets and quizzes, and an end-of-book review. rench for Children Primer B Answer Key This teacher’s tool features actual, full-size pages from the primer, F with answers to quizzes, exercises, and worksheets in bold print. rench for Children Primer B DVD & CD Set This set continues to feature master French teacher and author F Joshua Kraut. Bring this valuable resource into your classroom to teach your students directly or use it to privately prepare yourself to teach the lessons. Each 40–50 minute lesson corresponds to the weekly chapter of French for Children Primer B and has 3 segments: vocabulary, grammar, and conversational French. The audio chant CD features the dialogues, grammar chart chants, complete vocabulary, conversation journal words and phrases, Say It Aloud exercises, dicteés, and more! The set includes 6 DVDs and 1 CD.
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Spanish for Children Our elementary Spanish curriculum is unlike any other. How so? It is the only elementary curriculum on the market that seeks to teach students how to speak Spanish correctly by teaching the principles of Spanish grammar. Why is this? Well, many modern educators are hesitant to teach grammar to young students, and they want students to start speaking the language right away without the distraction of learning grammar. Idea: Isn’t it really because educators want to see the immediate benefit of students being able to say a few phrases? Learning correct Spanish is well within the reach of elementary students who will learn and enjoy it as they see the language “power” it imparts.
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My 2nd grader really enjoyed the activities, the worksheets, the songs . . . pretty much everything about this program! There was so much to like about this program. So much is done right!
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Spanish • Grades 1–3
Song School Spanish Program by Julia Kraut
Now there is a Spanish program suited to the energy, developmental level, and fun-loving nature of your lowergrammar (1st–3rd grade) students! Song School Spanish is patterned after our best-selling Song School Latin curriculum and features weekly lessons peppered with songs/chants, enjoyable vocabulary, illustrations, handwriting practice, stories, games, and activities. A small amount of grammar is introduced mildly throughout the book, with the focus on engaging young students with relevant, everyday vocabulary. The book contains a lively musical CD featuring 42 songs/chants—a delightful part of the program that reinforces the Spanish taught in the book.
Full program includes: Song School Spanish (student edition) Your students will learn more than 100 enjoyable, everyday vocabulary words and receive a very gentle introduction to Spanish grammar. This workbook contains 30 weekly chapters and a musical CD featuring the vocabulary from each chapter. The captivating and creative chapters include songs, illustrations, handwriting practice, stories, games, and activities. Song School Spanish Teacher’s Edition This edition contains a full copy of the student edition, and also provides an answer key and additional teacher’s notes. The latter portion of the book consists of extra activity pages for each chapter, including the review chapters. ong School Spanish DVD Set The 24 episodes feature a lively, native Spanish maestra who teaches students with S engaging vocabulary, skits, and grammar lessons. Students will also enjoy following Ellen in the Little Moments stories. (Note: there are no episodes for the review chapters.) panish Amigo Match Flashcard Game This reinforcing game features all the vocabulary from Song School S Spanish. In groups or individually, students can play games such as Memory or Go Fish by collecting Spanish and English matches. The cards can also be used as flash cards for extra practice. Each card lists the corresponding chapter number from Song School Spanish.
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Spanish • Grades 4 & up
Spanish for Children Primer A Program by Julia Kraut & Sarah Foose with Grant Durrell
The Spanish for Children Primer A Program teaches upper-grammar students this dynamic language using the pedagogy and structure of our popular Latin for Children series combined with immersion-style dialogues and vocabulary. The Spanish for Children series emphasizes grammar and the parts of speech as vital tools for the correct speaking and understanding of Spanish. The texts also use lively chants to aid memorization of both grammar and vocabulary.
Full program includes: Spanish for Children Primer A (student edition) In this engaging and conversational text, students will learn more than 290 commonly used vocabulary words as well as grammar concepts, such as verb conjugation, tenses, and noun genders. Students will learn to construct Spanish sentences well. This book contains 37 weekly chapters, including 8 review chapters. Each chapter contains a memory page, a grammar page, a delightful worksheet, and a quiz. All teaching and explanations provided in the student edition are written at the student’s reading level. panish for Children Primer A Answer Key This teacher’s tool contains copies of the actual worksheets and S quizzes from the primer with answers filled in with a large, bold font. panish for Children Primer A DVD & Chant CD Set Using Spanish for Children Primer A DVD & Chant CD S Set is like having an experienced, energetic, and passionate Spanish teacher sit down and teach your students. Each 15-minute lesson corresponds to the weekly chapter in the primer and features author Julia Kraut chanting the weekly grammar charts and vocabulary and thoroughly explaining the Spanish grammar. The audio chant CD includes grammar chart chants and complete vocabulary. The set includes 4 DVDs and 1 CD. in Bot Presented primarily in English, this story uses common words from Spanish intermixed into each T sentence. Students will help solve the mysterious case of the dognapped canine in this bilingual robot story. This 64-page reader is tied to the vocabulary from Spanish for Children Primer A. Spanish doesn’t have to be dry and boring and it will certainly come alive in Tin Bot !
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Student Edition Answer Key DVD & Chant CD Set Tin Bot (Spanish Language Reader)
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Spanish • Grades 4 & up
Spanish for Children Primer B Program by Julia Kraut with Grant Durrell
There is a distinction between just learning common words and phrases, which is the approach of many Spanish programs, and knowing the language well enough to communicate correctly, fluently, and accurately. The Spanish for Children Primer B Program is the second in the series and emphasizes grammar and the parts of speech as vital tools for correctly speaking and understanding Spanish. This program also includes expanded dialogues, stories, songs, and chants.
Full program includes: panish for Children Primer B (student edition) This book contains 32 weekly chapters, including 6 review S chapters and an end-of-book review. Students will learn 290 commonly used Spanish vocabulary words in addition to weekly review of vocabulary from Spanish for Children Primer A. All teaching and explanations in this student edition are written at the student’s reading level and emphasize a continued mastery of grammatical concepts. Dialogues, stories, and a puzzle search for a Mayan treasure keep the workbook format of this book lively and entertaining. panish for Children Primer B Answer Key This teacher’s tool contains copies of the actual worksheets and S quizzes from the primer with answers filled in with a large, bold font. panish for Children Primer B DVD & CD Set In the Spanish for Children Primer B DVD & Chant CD Set, S the delightful instruction by author Julia Kraut continues. Students will hear pronunciation, learn chants, and enjoy Julia’s clear teaching and explanation of Spanish grammar.
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Veritas History • Grades 2–6
Flashcards Each set of flashcards has 32 5" x 8" cards, printed in full color. A reproduction of a well-known piece of artwork or, occasionally, a photograph depicts the key event or person discussed on each card. On the reverse are the date and a brief summary of the event or topic.
Memory Song CDs Memory Song CDs supplement the large flashcards. The lyrics help students remember key events and people in chronological order. CDs for each level feature a lilting recitation of the key names, dates, and events set to music; this presentation enhances learning for many students. The song on each CD is about 10 minutes long.
School Teacher’s Manuals School Teacher’s Manuals are the classroom school version of the homeschool teacher’s manuals, which provide all teacher and student resource pages. They contain the same content in a three-ring binder for easy copying for the classroom—and copyright permission to do so.
Pricing
Flashcards Memory Song CD School Teacher’s Manual Homeschool Teacher’s Manual School Enhanced CD Homeschool Enhanced CD
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Homeschool Teacher’s Manuals Homeschool Teacher’s Manuals are designed to work with each series. They contain worksheets, at least one project, and a test for each flashcard. In addition, throughout the manuals you will find primary source readings and illustrations, games, art projects, theatrical scripts, maps, and more resources. (fully reproducible and consumable)
School Enhanced CDs School Enhanced CDs have the entire school teacher’s manual in digital format, providing the ability to print all worksheets right from your computer, thus eliminating the need for a copier and a physical book to carry around. Also includes Memory Song CD audio files. (fully reproducible and consumable)
Homeschool Enhanced CDs Homeschool Enhanced CDs have the entire homeschool teacher’s manual in digital format, providing the ability to print all worksheets right from your computer, thus eliminating the need for a copier and a physical book to carry around. Also includes Memory Song CD audio files. (fully reproducible and consumable)
Grade Levels
2nd Grade– OT & Ancient Egypt 3rd Grade – NT & Ancient Greece/Rome 4th Grade – Middle Ages & Renaissance 5th Grade – Explorers–1815 6th Grade – 1815–Present
Singapore Math • Grades K–6
Singapore Primary Mathematics U.S. Edition 1A–6B is ideal for both classroom and home use for 1st–7th grades. 1A is suitable for 1st–2nd grades. Singapore Math is the most popular primary math series used by schools and homeschoolers in the U.S. and Canada. The series is recommended for those who want a solid, basic math program and an emphasis on concept development, mental techniques, and problem solving. e Primary Mathematics U.S. Edition series of elementary math textbooks and workbooks is meant to Th be part of a system of learning in which adult supervision and independent practice go hand in hand. The main feature of this series is the use of the Concrete > Pictorial > Abstract approach. The students are provided with the necessary learning experiences, beginning with the concrete and pictorial stages, followed by the abstract stage to enable them to learn mathematics meaningfully. This approach encourages active thinking processes, communication of mathematical ideas, and problem solving. This helps develop the foundation students will need for more advanced mathematics. e Home Instructor’s Guide will help you to understand the important concepts of the Primary Mathematics Th curriculum and how these concepts fit in with the program as a whole. It will provide suggestions to help you introduce each new concept concretely and use the textbook effectively. It also includes additional activities for reinforcement and practice and a suggested weekly schedule. rimary Mathematics U.S. Teacher’s Guides P provide, in both flexibility and detail, a clear framework for the Primary Mathematics textbooks. Each lesson is accompanied by numerous activities that expand and reinforce the concepts for that lesson and that are designed to fit both teachers who wish to adapt lessons to their own classroom situation, and teachers who desire easy-to-follow, effective teaching strategies. Through the notes to the teacher and the detailed objectives for each learning task in the text and activity in the guide, these teacher’s guides help teachers to fully understand the purpose and concept behind each set of problems, both within the context of the unit and the context of the overall curriculum. rimary Mathematics Extra Practice is a P series of 6 supplementary books that will prove invaluable to students in their understanding of mathematical concepts. The exercises are short and specific, so instructors may assign only those topics in which students need more practice.
Kindergarten
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Early Bird Math Textbook A Early Bird Math Textbook B EB Activity Book A EB Activity Book B EB Teacher’s Guide A EB Teacher’s Guide B
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Grade 1–6 U.S. Editions Primary Mathematics Textbook 1–6A Primary Mathematics Textbook 1–6B PM Workbook 1–6A PM Workbook 1–6B PM Teacher’s Guide 1–6A PM Teacher’s Guide 1–6B PM Home Instructor’s Guide 1–6A PM Home Instructor’s Guide 1–6B PM Answer Key 1–3, 4–6*
$13.20–$13.50 $13.20–$13.50 $12.00–$13.20 $12.00–$13.20 $24.00–$31.00 $24.00–$32.00 $17.50–$18.50 $17.50–$18.50 $7.50
*Note: Answers or answer keys are found in the teacher’s guides and home instructor’s guides. If you are purchasing these guides, you do not need the answer key booklets.
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Why Reading
Dostoyevsky
Has Changed Me
by Emily Price
The spring before I left for college, my family experienced a trauma that has deeply affected our lives ever since. My ongoing response to this experience—the way in which I allow it to shape and affect me—still weighs heavily on my mind, and the road toward healthy relationships with certain family members has been hard and riddled with obstacles. In five years, I have worked with counselors, pastors, mentors, and friends who have walked with me on this road, helping me forward. The time and love these individuals have poured into me is a gift I treasure deeply. Yet, without discounting the impact of counseling, I can say in earnest that reading the work of the Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky over the last six months has changed the way I understand my life more drastically than anything else has. I do not mean that it has been a comforting experience, or that it has necessarily simplified my circumstances or decisions, or that I have come to any particularly satisfying conclusions. In truth, it has often been the opposite. How, then, has it brought me closer to healing? I will try to articulate it, though my description will certainly be incomplete (how can one sum up Dostoyevsky neatly?). In September, I joined a small group of friends setting out to read and discuss three Dostoyevsky novels: Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov. Initially I was intimidated and a little skeptical. I felt my own lack of knowledge and was concerned that I could not do these great works of literature justice. Despite my own lack, reading these novels communally has changed me. In Dostoyevsky’s work, I encountered narratives charged with fundamental ethical questions. The stories he weaves bring us to the very crux of certain moral issues as he compels us to consider: How are we morally responsible for our actions, or for the actions of our fellow men? How does our environment affect our decisions? Do circumstances out of our control—abuse, neglect, poverty, insanity—relieve us of our responsibility? When is redemption possible or impossible? How is good poisoned when it communes with evil, and how can it be preserved? These questions are specifically relevant to the situation my family faced, and asking them, really grappling with them, has changed the way I understand my past. Admittedly, I had asked or been asked forms of these questions in counseling, but in that context I lacked the tools with which to approach them. My emotions were so raw and the situation so immediately real that I could not approach them without prejudice or fear. Somehow, in the context of Dostoyevsky’s novels, I could access these questions. Have I found answers? Only hazy and incomplete ones. But through the process of wrestling with these questions, I have grown. Dostoyevsky shows us the complexities of human nature. He shows us the depravity of man. Without excusing it, he helps us see it closely and see that we are close with it. At first, as I read, I judged his characters quickly. But Dostoyevsky would not let me. Just when I believed I had diagnosed a character, he complicated my judgment by showing the character in a new light. This happened over and over. And yet, the solution was not to withhold judgment altogether or to excuse wrong by calling it some other name. I do not
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think I could have done this even if I had wanted to. The result was a tension that encapsulated the fundamental questions being asked. This tension, experienced over hundreds of pages, has grown my compassion. I not only feel it, but I see legitimate reason for it. And yet, at the same time, my aversion to evil and sin has not faded away but rather grown stronger. I cannot help but feel this same change in my understanding of my own life. Resentment has begun to give way to this mix of compassion and insistence upon what is right. This is not a change I could have mustered on my own. I had tried many times. It was the act of reading—the conceptualizing of these great questions within masterfully woven stories—that brought me to a place I could not have found on my own. No doubt I owe the special brilliance of Dostoyevsky credit for my experience. But it alone did not change me. The experience of reading would not have been as powerful if I had read alone. If I could have mustered enough resolve, I probably could have read these novels on my own. I could perhaps have even made some thoughtful observations here and there and identified elements of my own life within the novels. But reading and discussing these novels in a community of friends was absolutely essential to their effect on me. What you notice about a novel, which characters earn your sympathy, and which parts enrage you depends entirely on your own personality and past experiences. In a group of thoughtful individuals, whose perspectives I deeply respect, I could not ignore interpretations that challenged my own. This had a great effect on me because the questions the novels raise, as I have noted, had great bearing on my personal life. It would have been easier and more comfortable to jump to conclusions based on my own tendencies and experiences. But because I was reading with others, I was forced to consider angles and implications I would not have recognized on my own. And finally, there is something to be said for discussing out loud. Perhaps one of the most memorable insights I have gained from Dostoyevsky is that naming a thing—calling it what it is, out loud, in front of others—is extremely powerful. To discuss a novel among others, to speak out loud the impression it has made on you, is to acknowledge it more deeply. To grapple with fundamental questions of morality out loud, not to give up but to dare to examine them in the open, is powerful. It was essential for me to consider them truly and was a key element in helping me find renewal through reading. My experience of finding refreshment through reading great books with good friends is one that is, I am sure, shared by many others. It is perhaps an essential experience for educators in particular. As we pour ourselves into our students, we must also reach further in our own education to replenish our souls. Have you found this to be true in your own life? We would be delighted to hear how. If you, on the other hand, find yourself running dry and yearning for refreshment, consider joining with others and diving into good literature together. Gather a small group of thoughtful readers who will challenge and sharpen your thoughts and insights, choose great books, place yourself in a restful setting, and move slowly through the texts, giving yourselves the opportunity to take deep dives into the literature and feast on it together. The effect will likely change the way you see yourself and the world around you, as it certainly has for me.
Emily Price is the eLearning Coordinator at Classical Academic Press and also a lower-school writing instructor online at Scholé Academy. Emily earned her BA in philosophy and English literature from Messiah College and spent a semester studying abroad at the University of Oxford. As a young adult, she delights in pursuing a truly classical education and finds joy in the beauty of great books and thoughtful friends.
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Consulting & Speaking Engagements
David Diener
Author, consultant, teacher
Expertise:
Expertise:
All aspects of classical pedagogy—boards, administrators, teachers, and educators in private, public, charter, university-model schools, co-ops, and conventions
Logic & rhetoric consulting for teachers, all classical educators, and business professionals
Jason Ulbrich
Christine Perrin, MFA
Expertise:
Expertise:
Strategic planning, vision and mission setting, board and school leader relationships, teacher evaluation and observation program, aligning teacher professional development with teacher evaluation, organizational leadership, assessments in classical education, developing benchmarks of success
Literature, writing & rhetoric, poetry consulting and speaking engagement for administrators, teachers, and classical educators and students in charter schools, private schools, university-model schools, homeschool co-ops, and conventions
Charter school consultant
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Joelle Hodge
Author, consultant, head of school
Author, consultant, professor
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Consulting & Speaking Engagements Consulting with Dr. Christopher Perrin, PhD Christopher consults with those starting or seeking to grow classical schools and co-ops. He served for 10 years as the founding headmaster of a classical school. He is especially adept at guiding schools through the establishment of an effective K–12 program and consults with administrators, boards, and teachers on all aspects of developing a thriving classical school. Christopher also provides staff training on a variety of topics, such as: • Staff and leadership development • Developing student/intellectual virtue
• Establishing a positive culture among lower- and upper-school faculty
• How to mentor and train new teachers
• Integrating logic throughout the upper-school curriculum
• Lower-school planning and development
• Integrating rhetoric throughout the upper-school curriculum
• Upper-school planning and development
• Classical curriculum development
• Classical philosophy of education
• K–12 classical pedagogy
• Origin and purpose of classical education
• Importance and value of Latin
• History of progressive education
• Importance and value of logic
• Problem solving with frustrated parents
• Importance and value of rhetoric
• Enhancing communication among teachers, parents, and students
• Informal logic for every teacher • Board consulting
• Building partnerships among teachers and parents • Parent and graduation events • Building and keeping staff camaraderie and unity • Custom consulting needs
Speaking Engagements by Dr. Christopher Perrin, PhD Christopher speaks in a variety of settings, ranging from training events and banquets to keynotes at conferences or conventions. He is passionate about imparting the virtues of classical education to those contemplating the classical approach and about taking veteran classical educators to the next level. His background in academia, school leadership, and publishing make him an informed and inspiring speaker. Christopher frequently speaks on such topics as: • Putting Scholé Back into School and Homeschool: Finding Restful Education in a Frenetic World
• Embodied Learning: How to Help Students Love What Is Lovely
• Learning from Rest: Cultivating Your Student’s Habits and Virtues to Become Lifelong Learners
• Classical Education and the Common Core
• Why Children Must Play to Learn • The Recovery of Memory—Before We Have Forgotten that We Have Forgotten
• A Concise History of Progressive Education: What Was Generally Wrong, but Occasionally Right, about Progressive Education • Learning to Love What Must Be Done
• The Liturgical Classroom: How to Make Your Class a Space for Tradition, Celebration, and Community
• Putting Together the Puzzle Pieces of Classical Education
• A New (But Old) Paradigm for Describing Classical, Christian Education: Piety, Gymnastic, Music, the Arts, Philosophy, and Theology
• Teaching Is . . . an Art
• RetroACTIVE Education: Reaching Back to Go Forward • The Recovery of Contemplation • Revolutionary Latin: Why Latin Will Do Far More than Increase Your Vocabulary • Revolutionary Logic: Why Logic Is Needed to Renew the Church and Culture
• How to Be a Teacher; How to Be a Student • The Lighter Side of Education: How to Relax, Enjoy, and Laugh and Still Be an Educator • G.K. Chesterton: The Man Who Laughed • From Philosophy to Practice in Classical Education: Multum Non Multa (Much Not Many) • The Intellectual Virtues • Classical Christian Education 101
• How to Teach Latin in Grades 3–6 • Classical Education and the Common Core: The Latest Attempt to Make Technical, Bureaucratic Education Sound Good • Recovering the Classical Tradition of Education
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