The Classical Teacher - Winter 2021 by Memoria Press

Saving Western civilization one student at a time.

Winter 2021 Education's End by Jon Christianson Becoming Fully Human by Joseph Pearce

W H AT I S EDUC ATION?

by Martin Cothran

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Two Stories by Martin Cothran

hen my wife and I v isit my mother and stepfather, we often duck out to g o for a walk in nearby H olton, a beautiful old town that lies on the prairie in eastern K ansas. We park along the street, walk the neig hborhoods, and then poke around in a few of the shops in the old town square. The town is v ery proud of its heritag e. Established in 1 8 5 7 , it supported the farming community around it, and the antique stores are full of hundred- yearold pictures that detail a thriv ing prairie town full of banks, barber shops, and small g rocery stores. On our last v isit to my mother' s we ag ain went to H olton, and as we walked along we noticed my stepfather' s construction v an parked in front of a block of old two- story building s. One front door standing wide open rev ealed a thin stairway leading up. I called up the stairs and he called back for us to come on up. We climbed up the steep staircase to the top landing , which led to lofts on the left and the rig ht. In one were the making s of a new apartment, newly framed, the kitchen and bathrooms fitted for the installation of modern appliances. The other had yet to be dealt with. The floors were littered with early-twentieth-century debris—pieces of wood, windows, and cornices. My stepfather was working for a friend who had boug ht sev eral of these old building s, helping her restore them to something of their former g lory. While in many places older building s hav e been bulldozed and replaced by uglier and flimsier structures, this was a grueling but worthwhile effort to not only sav e but to restore something old and beautiful. H e showed us the new windows installed on the wall facing the square—windows that had been desig ned to precisely resemble the windows shown in pictures of the building from 1 91 0 . S uch windows are expensiv e now, of course, as is most of the work that has to be done to restore building s like this. H e made a point to show us how much more skillfully made the older fixtures were than those

Letter from the Editor

now av ailable at the local home improv ement store. H e kicked a board at his feet. " Look at this board," he said. " Notice anything about it? " We could only stare blankly. " There are no knots in any of this wood. When they built building s and houses back then, the boards had to be perfect. No knots. B oards with knots were used to build barns." One after another he pointed to the quality of the scrap pieces of wood scattered about, of the arched frame of a door, of the brickwork on the walls. These were not building s for the rich or the priv ileg ed, but for common residents and shopkeepers. H e explained that some of the wood and the cornices had endured and could be reused, ancient as they were, but that other thing s would hav e to be replaced with newer, lower- quality v ersions. Thoug h it would be impossible to remake these structures perfectly, the approximation would still hav e something of its orig inal integ rity. We tend to look down on the past. We priz e all the thing s we hav e now that prev ious g enerations did not have, but we seldom reflect on what they had that we do not or on the thing s we hav e that are not of the quality they once were. We need to ask ourselv es whether education is among those thing s and whether, instead of bulldoz ing the orig inal idea of education and replacing it with some newer, lower- quality v ersion, we need rather to rebuild and restore the ideal of education that once prev ailed—that of helping our students become better human beings. We can nev er fully restore the education of a hundred years ag o, but we can— and should—take some of the materials, refurbish them, and, ev en thoug h we' ll hav e to use a few knotted boards, reconstruct the kind of education that nourishes a child' s soul. MemoriaPress.com

Winter 2021 FEATURED ARTICLES

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Letter from the Editor by Martin Cothran Latin: The Basic Subject by Cheryl Lowe The Surprising Logic of the World by Dr. Dan Sheffler Growing a Healthy Garden by Kathy Becker

Better Than Background by Dr. Carol Reynolds The Pleasure of Becoming Educated by Cheryl Swope Becoming Fully Human by Joseph Pearce What Is Education? by Martin Cothran

Education's End by Jon Christianson

CLASSICAL CORE CURRICULUM

SCIENCE & MATH

4 5 38

31 54

Curriculum Packages and Supplements Read-Aloud Programs Curriculum Map Yearly Outlook

Science & Nature

LATIN, GREEK, & FRENCH

PRIMARY YEARS

57 57 58 62 63

Arithmetic & Math

21 22 24 26 27 28

Primary Enrichment Character Building Alphabet, Phonics, Reading, & Spelling New American Cursive Penmanship

Prima Latina & Latina Christiana Latin Forms Series Latin Supplements Upper School Latin & NLE Prep Guides AP Latin & French Greek

LITERATURE, GRAMMAR, & WRITING

LOGIC & RHETORIC

30 66 71

34 35 35

Classical Composition, IEW, & English Grammar Literature Poetry

Traditional Logic Material Logic Aristotle's Rhetoric

AMERICAN / MODERN STUDIES

ART & MUSIC

42 43 44

American Studies Geography Upper School American Studies & Modern European History

CLASSICAL / CHRISTIAN STUDIES

48 50 75

D'Aulaires' Greek Myths, Famous Men Series, Dorothy Mills Histories

56 57

Art Posters, Art Cards, Creating Art, & Music Appreciation Primary Enrichment

RESOURCES

20 29

Classical Literature

Professor Carol: Discovering Music, Exploring America's Musical Heritage, & Early Sacred Music

Classical Education Resources Memoria Press Online Academy

Christian Studies

NEW

Geog raphy & Timeline R ev iew Worksheets (p. 48)

Practice Map Pad (p. 43)

A H istory of Mediev al Europe (p. 44)

The Mag ician' s Nephew (p. 70)

A H istory of Europe in the Modern World (p. 44)

Wuthering H eig hts (p. 70)

K inderg arten Phonics &

NEW

R eading V ideos (p. 58)

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The Classical Core Curriculum is a complete classical Christian curriculum that emphasizes the traditional liberal arts of language and mathematics and the cultural heritage of the Christian West as expressed in the great works of history and literature. The curriculum has an early focus on the basic skills of reading, writing, and arithmetic, and a special emphasis on Latin. Latin is the best way to gain an academic vocabulary and to learn the formal system of grammar, and is, along with math, the best early critical thinking skills training. The study of the cultures of Athens and Rome, as well as biblical and Church history, is designed to provide a basis for a proper understanding of European and American history.

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PRESCHOOL

$225 Full Set (all books + Curriculum Manual) $30 Curriculum Manual Only

• Preschool Curriculum Manual • Prayers for Children • Jesus Is With Me • Jesus Hears Me • Jesus Knows Me • Big Red Barn • The Best Mouse Cookie • Little Fur Family • Bunny's Noisy Book • From Head to Toe • Goodnight Moon • Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? • Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? • Numbers, Colors, Shapes

• The Very Busy Spider • Good Night, Gorilla • The Tale of Peter Rabbit • Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings • My Very First Book of Shapes • ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book! • Put Me in the Zoo • Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb • Cars and Trucks From A to Z • My First Counting Book • The Animals' Christmas Eve • Big Dog ... Little Dog • Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? • A Children's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes • 1 Is One

Classical Core Curriculum JR. KINDERGARTEN $140 Full Set (all books + 2-Day Curriculum Manual) $45 Consumable Books Set (for additional students) $30 Curriculum Manual Only $368 Supplemental Read-Aloud Program (p. 5) Character Building Supplements: Myself & Others Books I and II Core Sets (p. 57)

• Jr. Kindergarten Curriculum Manual • Counting With Numbers • Numbers & Colors Book • Prayers for Children • Alphabet Books 1 & 2 • Numbers Coloring Book • Alphabet Coloring Book • Alphabet Flashcards • Alphabet Manuscript Wall Charts

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• Richard Scarry's Best Mother Goose Ever • Big Thoughts for Little People (Devotional) • Hailstones and Halibut Bones (Poetry) • The Book of Crafts: Jr. Kindergarten • My Very Own Scissors Book

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READ-ALOUD PROGRAMS Kindergarten Read-Aloud Set pictured. For a complete list of books in each set, visit MemoriaPress.com. Choose from: • Jr. Kindergarten Read-Aloud $368

To complete the Literature & Enrichment portion of the K-2 curriculum, you will need the weekly read-alouds. You may already own many of these classic books, but you can also gather them at the library or purchase them from us. We schedule Literature ReadAlouds and American Studies Read-Alouds for older students in our 3rd-6th grade Curriculum Manuals. These grammar school sets are supplemental as time and interest permit.

Memoria Press Streaming Streaming Audio:

• Prima Latina • Latina Christiana • First Form Latin • Second Form Latin

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• Greek Tragedies • Divine Comedy • Aeneid • Iliad • Odyssey • Algebra I • Algebra II • Biology • First Start Reading

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Kindergarten Read-Aloud $364 Kindergarten Science & Enrichment $345

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First Grade Read-Aloud $355 First Grade Science & Enrichment $255

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Second Grade Read-Aloud $358 Second Grade Science & Enrichment $204

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Third Grade Read-Aloud Novels $185 Third Grade Read-Aloud Picture Books $335 Third Grade American/Modern $139 (p. 43)

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Fourth Grade Read-Aloud $134 Fourth Grade American/Modern $81 (p. 43)

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Fifth Grade Read-Aloud $110 Fifth Grade American/Modern $63 (p. 43)

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Sixth Grade Read-Aloud $78 Sixth Grade American/Modern $57 (p. 43)

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$3.00 - $16.00 per subject Memoria Press' lesson plans by subject allow you to tailor the Classical Core Curriculum to your own needs. These plans retain our week-at-a-glance layout, scheduling the individual subjects of each grade so you can mix and match as you need.

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Kindergarten

$360

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Our highly acclaimed primary program, based on years of research and experience, provides you with all the books and materials you need to give your child the best education possible, including a full-year Curriculum Manual with detailed daily lesson plans. Our focus in kindergarten is phonics-based reading, arithmetic, and printing. In addition, a weekly enrichment program introduces students to classic children's literature and poetry, classical art, and classical music, exposing them to the beautiful and the good at an early age. Let us help you give your child a quality education presented from a Christian perspective. 6

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PHONICS & SPELLING 100 Days of Summer Reading Book I (p. 59); First Start Reading A-D; Kindergarten Phonics & Reading Instructional Videos (p. 58); Classical Phonics; Phonics Flashcards (p. 59); Christian Liberty Nature Reader, Book K; Scamp and Tramp; Soft and White; Fun in the Sun; Animal Alphabet Coloring Book; Core Skills Phonics K & 1

MATH Numbers Book set; Rod & Staff Arithmetic 1 Student (Part 1), Teacher, and Practice Sheets; Arithmetic Flashcards: Addition & Subtraction (p. 31)

Arithmetic is the second major focus of the primary years. Next to the alphabet, arithmetic is the most useful tool students will ever possess. A failure to master basics is the cause of the glass ceiling that most students reach in their mathematics education. In kindergarten students take the first steps in learning to print numbers and master math facts. Rod & Staff texts have concise, clear lessons and lots of practice problems that foster mastery and retention.

Learning to read is what kindergarten is all about. Phonics & Spelling is where the bulk of the kindergarten work is done, building a solid foundation for the following school years. Our traditional approach to phonics has students blending from the beginning and reading immediately—but only words and phonograms they have already been taught! Targeted phonetic stories paired with each lesson will reward and motivate your beginning reader.

PENMANSHIP Copybook I; Composition & Sketchbook I (p. 63)

ENRICHMENT Kindergarten Enrichment; Book of Crafts: Kindergarten (p. 57); Kindergarten Art Cards (p. 56); Animals, Animals; A Child's Book of Poems; Music Enrichment (p. 57)

Enrichment is the classical part of our kindergarten year. The focus of this program is a weekly read-aloud book that we have connected to a piece of classical art, classical music, poetry, and a science and history lesson. The read-aloud books have been chosen for the beauty of their prose and illustrations. Expose students to beauty and they will not be satisfied with anything less.

OPTIONAL Primary Phonics Readers, Set 1

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Neat, legible penmanship is crucial for the development of accuracy in spelling and arithmetic, and is a vital skill that teaches focus, discipline, patience, and attention to detail. Copybook I gives students ample practice to perfect their penmanship through passages from the King James Bible and classic children's poems.

CHRISTIAN The Story Bible; Christian Studies Enrichment (p. 75)

In kindergarten through second grade we read chronologically through the Bible—from Creation to Revelation— for the first time using The Story Bible. The elevated language of the simplified King James text is good preparation for reading the Bible itself in later years, and the illustrations are beautiful, informative, and an invaluable aid to memory. The enrichment guide helps facilitate understanding and discussion.

Classical Core Curriculum

RETAIL

436.78

GRADE 1

PACKAGE PRICE

335

Curriculum Manual Only $30 Consumables Only $165 Supplemental Read-Aloud Sets also available! (p. 5)

LITERATURE StoryTime Treasures set; More StoryTime Treasures set (p. 66); Winter on the Farm; Christmas in the Big Woods; Little House Christmas Treasury; 100 Days of Summer Reading Book II (p. 59)

PHONICS & SPELLING

PENMANSHIP

First Start Reading Book E; Traditional Spelling I set (p. 59)

New American Cursive 1; Copybook II; Composition & Sketchbook II; Cursive Practice Sheets I; Alphabet Wall Poster; Summer Cursive (p. 63); Penmanship Tablet

MATH

OPTIONAL

Rod & Staff Arithmetic 1 Student (Parts 1-2) and Speed Drills (p. 31)

Primary Phonics Readers, Sets 2-6

CURRICULUM MANUAL Lesson Plans for One Year

ENRICHMENT First Grade Book of Crafts; First Grade Enrichment (p. 57); First Grade Art Cards (p. 56)

NEW USER ADD-ON SET $130 New to Memoria Press? You need these items from prior years. Classical Phonics; Phonics Flashcards; A Child's Book of Poems; Animals, Animals; The Story Bible; Christian Studies Enrichment; Rod & Staff Arithmetic 1 Teacher Manual and Practice Sheets; Arithmetic Flashcards: Addition & Subtraction; Music Enrichment

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SCIENCE Rod & Staff Patterns of Nature

GRADE 2

AMERICAN/ MODERN

RETAIL

573.32

PACKAGE PRICE

LATIN

420

Prima Latina complete set (p. 21)

Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans (p. 42)

Prima Latina Streaming Instructional Videos Available! (p. 5)

PENMANSHIP

MATH

GRAMMAR

New American Cursive 2 (p. 62); Copybook Cursive I; Composition & Sketchbook II (p. 63); Prima Latina Copybook (p. 24); Penmanship Tablet

Rod & Staff Arithmetic 2 Student (Units 1-5), Teacher (Parts 1-2), Blacklines; Rod & Staff Arithmetic 1 Speed Drills (p. 31)

English Grammar Practice (p. 30); Core Skills Language Arts 2

LITERATURE

ENRICHMENT

Second Grade Literature set; Second Grade Literature Dictionary (p. 66); 100 Days of Summer Reading Book III (p. 59)

Second Grade Enrichment; Second Grade Book of Crafts (p. 57); Second Grade Art Cards (p. 56)

NEW USER ADD-ON SET $100 OPTIONAL

New to Memoria Press? You need these items from prior years.

Cursive Practice Sheets II (p. 63); Easy Reader Classics (p. 59)

Classical Phonics; Phonics Flashcards; A Child's Book of Poems; Animals, Animals; Music Enrichment; The Story Bible; Christian Studies Enrichment; Arithmetic Flashcards: Addition & Subtraction

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PHONICS & SPELLING Traditional Spelling II set (p. 59)

Classical Core Curriculum

Classical Core Curriculum RETAIL

847.69

GRADE 3

PACKAGE PRICE

505

Curriculum Manual Only $30 Consumables Only $255 Supplemental Read-Aloud Sets also available! (p. 5)

LATIN

SCIENCE

Latina Christiana set (p. 21), LC Review Worksheets set (p. 25); Latina Christiana: Games & Puzzles set (p. 24)

CURRICULUM MANUAL

Mammals set (p. 54)

Lesson Plans for One Year

AMERICAN/MODERN

WRITING

PENMANSHIP

MATH

States & Capitals set; FlashKids States & Capitals Flashcards (p. 45)

All Things Fun & Fascinating (p. 30)

New American Cursive 3 (p. 62)

Rod & Staff Arithmetic 3 Student, Teacher, Supplemental Worksheets and Key, Blacklines, Speed Drills (p. 31); FlashKids Multiplication & Division Flashcards

CLASSICAL

GRAMMAR

SPELLING

D'Aulaires' Greek Myths set; Timeline Program (p. 48)

English Grammar Recitation and English Grammar Recitation Workbook I set and Flashcards (p. 30); Core Skills Language Arts 3

Spelling Workout D set

CHRISTIAN

LITERATURE/POETRY

Christian Studies I set; The Golden Children's Bible; Memory Verse Flashcards; Old Testament Flashcards (p. 75)

Third Grade Literature set (p. 67); Poetry for the Grammar Stage set (p. 71); The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

OPTIONAL

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Cursive Practice Sheets III (p. 63)

Latina Christiana Flashcards $14.95

Latina Christiana Streaming Instructional Videos Available! (p. 5)

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GRADE 4

461.14

PACKAGE PRICE

SPELLING

MATH

Spelling Workout E set

Rod & Staff Arithmetic 4 Student, Teacher (Parts 1-2), Tests, Speed Drills, Speed Drill Packet (p. 68)

Lesson Plans for One Year

RETAIL

355

LITERATURE Fourth Grade Literature set (p. 67); Papa Panov's Special Christmas; Twelve Days of Christmas; A Promise Kept: The Story of Christmas; Good King Wenceslas

WRITING

SCIENCE

PENMANSHIP

GRAMMAR

Classical Composition I: Fable Student, Teacher, DVDs (p. 30)

The Book of Astronomy set (p. 54)

Copybook Cursive II (p. 63)

Core Skills Language Arts 4

Transitioning to the Classical Core Curriculum in Grade 4? In our third grade package, students complete half of D'Aulaires' Greek Myths, Latina Christiana, Christian Studies I, English Grammar Recitation I, and States & Capitals, as well as parts of Poetry for the Grammar Stage, which they will continue to use through seventh grade. The purchase of this package assumes that you have the books that are in our third grade package and have completed the first half of them. If you are starting the Classical Core Curriculum in fourth grade, we have a discounted transitional package for you: $555 Grade 4 for New Users Visit MemoriaPress.com for a complete book list and more information.

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RETAIL

796.15

GRADE 5

PACKAGE PRICE

475

Curriculum Manual Only $30 Consumables Only $180 Supplemental Read-Aloud Sets also available! (p. 5)

LATIN First Form Latin complete set (p. 23); Lingua Angelica I set (p. 24), Latin Grammar Recitation (p. 26)

CURRICULUM MANUAL Lesson Plans for One Year

WRITING

GRAMMAR

MATH

Classical Composition II: Narrative Student, Teacher, DVDs (p. 30)

English Grammar Recitation Workbook II set (p. 30); Core Skills Language Arts 5

Rod & Staff Arithmetic 5 Student, Teacher (Parts 1-2), Tests, Speed Drills (p. 31)

AMERICAN/MODERN

CLASSICAL

CHRISTIAN

Geography I set, including The United States Review set; Geography Flashcards (p. 43)

Famous Men of Rome set (p. 49)

Christian Studies II Student and Teacher (p. 75), Copybook Cursive III (p. 63)

SPELLING

SCIENCE

LITERATURE

Spelling Workout F set

The Book of Insects set (p. 54)

Fifth Grade Literature set (p. 68)

First Form Latin & Classical Composition Streaming Instructional Videos Available! (p. 5)

NEW USER ADD-ON SET $132 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; New to Memoria Press? You need these items from prior years. Timeline Program, Poetry for the Grammar Stage set, English Grammar Recitation, English Grammar Recitation Flashcards, The Golden Children's Bible, Old Testament Flashcards, Memory Verse Flashcards

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GRADE 6

LATIN

AMERICAN/MODERN

Second Form Latin complete set (p. 23)

Geography II set, including Geography I Review set (p. 43)

Lesson Plans for One Year

MATH Rod & Staff Mathematics 6 Student, Teacher (Parts 1-2), Quizzes & Speed Drills, Tests (p. 31)

RETAIL

795.95

PACKAGE PRICE

500

WRITING

CLASSICAL

Classical Composition III: Chreia & Maxim Student, Teacher, DVDs (p. 30)

Famous Men of the Middle Ages set (p. 49)

GRAMMAR

SPELLING

SCIENCE

English Grammar Recitation Workbook III set (p. 30); Core Skills Language Arts 6

Spelling Workout G set

The Book of Birds set (p. 54); Exploring the History of Medicine set (p. 55)

LITERATURE

CHRISTIAN

Sixth Grade Literature set (p. 68)

Christian Studies III Student and Teacher; New Testament Flashcards (p. 75); Copybook Cursive IV (p. 63)

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GRADE 7

RETAIL

890.53

PACKAGE PRICE

550

Curriculum Manual Only $30 Consumables Only $230

LATIN

WRITING

Third Form Latin complete set (p. 23)

Classical Composition IV: Refutation & Confirmation Student, Teacher, DVDs (p. 30)

CURRICULUM MANUAL Lesson Plans for One Year

SPELLING

AMERICAN/MODERN

CLASSICAL

Spelling Workout H set

The Story of the Thirteen Colonies & the Great Republic set; 200 Questions About American History set and Flashcards (p. 42); The Story of the World, Vol. 4

Famous Men of Greece set (p. 49); Horatius at the Bridge (p. 50); The Greek Alphabet set (p. 28)

CHRISTIAN Christian Studies IV Student, Teacher, & Reader (p. 75)

MATH

SCIENCE

College of the Redwoods Prealgebra set (p. 31)

The Book of Trees set (p. 54); Exploring the World of Biology set (p. 55)

GRAMMAR

LITERATURE

English Grammar Recitation Workbook IV set (p. 30); Core Skills Language Arts 7

Seventh Grade Literature set (p. 68)

Classical Composition Streaming Instructional Videos Available! (p. 5)

REVIEW

NEW USER ADD-ON SET $93 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; New to Memoria Press? You need these items from prior years.

Geography & Timeline Review (p. 48)

Timeline Program, Poetry for the Grammar Stage set, English Grammar Recitation, English Grammar Recitation Flashcards

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GRADE 8

Curriculum Manual Only $30 Consumables Only $210 CURRICULUM MANUAL Lesson Plans for One Year

CLASSICAL

GRAMMAR

The Book of the Ancient Greeks set (p. 48); The Iliad set & DVDs; The Odyssey set & DVDs (p. 51)

RETAIL

1,105.23

PACKAGE PRICE

English Grammar Recitation Workbook V set (p. 30); Core Skills Language Arts 8

750

LATIN

WRITING

CHRISTIAN

Fourth Form Latin complete set (p. 23); Henle Latin First Year set (p. 26)

Classical Composition V: Common Topic Student, Teacher, DVDs (p. 30)

The Book of the Ancient World set (p. 48)

MATH

SCIENCE

AMERICAN/MODERN

VideoText Algebra, Year One (Modules A-C)* (p. 31)

Novare Physical Science Text and Resource CD (p. 55)

Geography III Text, Student, Teacher and Classroom Atlas (p. 43)

*only Module A is pictured

LITERATURE/POETRY

OPTIONAL

Eighth Grade Literature set (p. 68); Poetry & Short Stories: American Literature set (p. 71); Bard of Avon

First Form Greek (p. 28)

Fourth Form Latin, First Form Greek, Classical Composition, Iliad, and Odyssey Streaming Instructional Videos Available! (p. 5)

New to Memoria Press? You need these items from prior years. Geography Flashcards $19.95

English Grammar Recitation Flashcards $12.95

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Classical Core Curriculum RETAIL

1,214.23

GRADE 9

PACKAGE PRICE

865

Curriculum Manual Only $30 Consumables Only $200

LATIN

CLASSICAL

Henle Latin Second Year Lesson Plans, Quizzes & Tests, Text, and Key (p. 26); Latin Grammar for the Grammar Stage (p. 24)

The Book of the Ancient Romans set (p. 48); The Aeneid set and DVDs (p. 51)

LOGIC

WRITING

CHRISTIAN

Traditional Logic I & II complete sets (p. 34)

Classical Composition VI: Encomium, Invective, & Comparison Student, Teacher, & Videos (p. 30)

The Story of Christianity set (p. 76)

Lesson Plans for One Year

LITERATURE/POETRY

AMERICAN/MODERN

Ninth Grade Literature set (p. 69); Poetry, Prose, & Drama: Book I set (p. 71); Book of the Middle Ages (p. 48)

Renaissance & Reformation Times set (p. 48)

MATH

SCIENCE

VideoText Algebra, Year Two (Modules D-F)* (p. 31)

Modern Biology Set (p. 54)

NOTE: Modern Biology is a secular textbook that contains a section on evolution not acceptable to many Christians. While we we don't cover that unit in our curriculum, our guides do define related terms. If you do not feel a secular biology text is right for your family, we would recommend Abeka or Apologia as alternates.

*only Module D is pictured

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CURRICULUM MANUAL

Classical Core Curriculum

Aeneid, Traditional Logic I and II, Biology, and Classical Composition Streaming Instructional Videos Available! (p. 5)

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GRADE 10

Curriculum Manual Only $30 Consumables Only $205 CURRICULUM MANUAL Lesson Plans for One Year

RETAIL

1,387.89

PACKAGE PRICE

LATIN

CHRISTIAN

Mueller's Caesar (De Bello Gallico) Text, Teacher's Guide, and Lesson Plans (p. 27)

History of the Early Church set (p. 76)

995

CLASSICAL

AMERICAN/MODERN

Medea & Other Plays set & DVDs; The Three Theban Plays set & DVDs; The Oresteian Trilogy set & DVDs (p. 50)

A History of Medieval Europe set (p. 44)

WRITING

LITERATURE/POETRY

Classical Composition VII: Characterization and Classical Composition VIII: Description (p. 30)

Tenth Grade Literature set (p. 69); Poetry & Prose: Book II set (p. 71)

SCIENCE

LOGIC

MATH

Novare General Chemistry Text, Resource CD, Complete Solutions Manual, Student Lab Report Handbook, and Experiments for High School at Home (p. 55)

Material Logic complete set (p. 35)

VideoText Geometry (Modules A-E)* (p. 31)

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Classical Core Curriculum

LATIN

LATIN: THE BASIC SUBJECT by Cheryl Lowe THE KEY TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE The most practical reason for Latin study is that it also teaches Eng lish. Ov er half of our Eng lish words are deriv ed from Latinâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and it' s not just any half, it' s the difficult half! The common one- and two-syllable words of ev eryday speech are Eng lish, but the big , three- to five-syllable words are usually from Latin. These are the words students start to see in their reading in science, history, and literature beg inning in the third and fourth g rades. Let' s say Johnny has worked hard, learned phonics, and can read and spell the word " father." Is he now prepared to decode the meaning s of all of the words he will encounter that come from the Latin word for father (pater, patris)? H ow will he learn the spelling , pronunciation, and meaning s of words such as patriarch, patriarchy, paternal, paternalistic, patron, patroniz e, paternity, patrimony, etc.? Without Latin, he will probably learn these words mostly on his own, in a hit- or- miss fashion. Most Cheryl Lowe was the founder of Memoria Press and the author of the Latin Forms Series, C lassical Phonics, and many other books. She also founded Highlands Latin School in Louisville, Kentucky, where all Memoria Press materials are developed and tested.

students nev er really dev elop a masterful command of the Eng lish lang uag e because they are not taug ht the Eng lish lang uag e in a systematic way after leav ing phonics. They do not dev elop the v ocabulary necessary to read well in their own lang uag e because they are not given the tools to attack the incredibly larg e number of Eng lish words. The adv antag e of beg inning Latin in the third or fourth g rade is that we g iv e our students the tools to decode these big words just when they beg in to encounter them, instead of fiv e years later. I hav e noticed that young students lov e to learn big words, ev en if they won' t use them often. I teach them words such as " ludicrous" (ridiculous, silly), which comes from the Latin ludus (g ame). Ev en thoug h this is a word they may not encounter immediately, they enjoy saying it and knowing what it means. S tudents beg in to see Latin roots in words ev erywhere and tell their parents about the new words they encounter and where they come from. Parents are thrilled and students dev elop confidence. Students are being given a valuable tool: Latinâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the key that opens up the door to the Eng lish lang uag e. S tudents need this key while they are still young enoug h to be excited about words, and while

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they are rapidly dev eloping v ocabulary throug h their new skill of reading . Another reason to beg in Latin in third g rade is that students at this age still find memorization an enjoyable taskâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;something not usually true of students in hig h school. Much of the v ocabulary and the g rammar forms of Latin can be learned in third throug h sixth g rades.

was the g reatest lesson ev er, only to realiz e three months later that your children swear they hav e nev er heard of the subject? H ow dare they forg et what you were sure they would remember forever! Another reason is the frustration with the proliferation of curriculum. S o much to learn, so many books, so many prog rams, so little time. H ow do you pull all of this knowledg e tog ether and consolidate? ALL THAT GRAMMAR A third reason is frag mentation. If we could only make more connections between all of the Okay, so Latin is g ood for v ocabulary v arious fields of knowledg e, there would be more dev elopment. Why not just study a hundred Latin meaning in our children' s education, and less and Greek roots and be done with it? Wouldn' t that learning for the short term. be a lot quicker and more efficient than studying As my children went throug h their elementary all that g rammar, those awful declensions and years, I felt that there was something missing . There conjug ations that g o on forev er? No, because was no subject rig orous and challeng ing enoug h to there are more reasons to study Latin than just train and discipline their minds, and there was no developing vocabulary and getting higher SAT focus that helped pull ev erything else tog ether. scores. One is contained in the expression I experimented with teaching them " all that g rammar." All that g rammar is Latin and, althoug h I did not hav e exactly what students g et in Latin that the materials I needed for their they don' t g et in F rench or S panish. Studying a age, I found that I had finally W hy do we ev en ca re about discov ered the subject that g r a m m a r a ny way? To r e a l ly disciplined, organized was my heart' s desire. My u nder st a nd t he st r uc t u r e of backg round was in math and l a n g u a g e (a n d t h a t ' s w h a t language like Latin helps science, but I fell in lov e with g ra m m a r i s), st ude nt s mu st students learn to think Latin. The more I worked with study a structured lang uag e. In Latin the more I realiz ed it was Latin, g rammar is the org aniz ing in a more disciplined, an educator' s dream. principle rather than a v estig e as Latin is the mother tong ue it is in most modern lang uag es. organized way. of Western civ iliz ation. B ecause S t ude nt s who s e u nder st a nd i ng it has been the lang uag e that has of Eng lish g rammar comes f rom transmitted our cultural heritage for over a st udy of Lat in g rammar dev elop an two thousand years, it pulls tog ether lang uag e u ndersta ndi ng of la ng uag e far superior to arts, history, g eog raphy, culture, art, architecture, anything that can be achiev ed by the study of modern music, v alues, relig ion, g ov ernment, science, and lang uag es alone. math. Ev erything in the modern world seems to Most parents I know are really concerned about be related to Latin and the ancient and mediev al the poor writing skills of their children and hav e cultures that spoke it. B y examining the roots of our an uneasy feeling that the muddled writing of their culture in its mother lang uag e, knowledg e beg ins to children is ev idence of muddled thinking . S tudying integ rate itself naturally. a disciplined, org aniz ed lang uag e like Latin helps The best way to put it is this: Latin is a Unit Study students learn to think in a more disciplined, where the work is done for you. org aniz ed way. The v ery nature of the lang uag e Latin is the B asic S ubject because it is the B asic affects the way students think and write. Lang uag e; therefore, the way to really g et back SIMPLIFY YOUR CURRICULUM to the basics is to study Latin. This will be a new concept to many parents, but a school looking for a H omeschoolers today hav e a lot of interest in way to integ rate and simplify its curriculumâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or a Unit S tudies. There are a few reasons for this. One is homeschooling mother strug g ling to integ rate and lack of retention. Textbooks often present students simplify her lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;will find in the study of Latin not with mountains of unrelated information year after just a lang uag e but an org aniz ing principle that year, producing precious little retention and much could rev olutioniz e their schools and homeschools. forgetting. Have you ever taught what you thought

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A New Apologia for Greek and Latin

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Prima Latina

An Introduction to Christian Latin by Leigh Lowe | Grades 1-4

$90.90 complete set

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$34.95 basic set (student, teacher, CD)

Student $15.00 | Teacher $15.00 | CD $8.95 Flashcards $14.95 | Instructional Videos: DVDs or Streaming $45.00

Prima Latina is a gentle introduction to Latin specifically designed for students and teachers with no Latin background. It teaches the basic parts of speech while introducing Latin, grounding students in the fundamental concepts of English grammar. Prima Latina transitions seamlessly into Latina Christiana. Each lesson of the Student Workbook includes five Latin vocabulary words and English derivatives, a Latin saying, a Latin prayer, and grammar exercises. The Teacher Guide has a full answer key and unit tests. The Pronunciation CD has a complete recitation of the Latin prayers and vocabulary as well as four songs from Lingua Angelica. About half the vocabulary of Latina Christiana is introduced in Prima Latina, so the Latina Christiana Flashcards are used for both programs. If you are looking for additional support in teaching your student, the author, Leigh Lowe, has recorded detailed Instructional Videos for every lesson that are sure to delight your young students!

Latin Latina Christiana An Introduction to First Form Latin

Begin your Latin study here or continue on from Prima Latina. Each lesson consists of a grammar form, ten vocabulary words, English derivatives to help build vocabulary, and a Latin saying that teaches students about their Christian and classical heritage.

by Cheryl Lowe | Grades 3-6

$98.90 complete set (student, teacher, CD, videos, flashcards)

The Teacher Manual includes a complete copy of the student book with overlaid answers, and provides detailed weekly lesson plans, comprehensive teaching instructions, tests, and weekly quizzes and keys.

$41.95 basic set (student, teacher, CD)

Student $16.00 | Teacher $20.00 | CD $8.95 Videos $55.00 | Flashcards $14.95

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Latin

Latin Forms Series

A grammar-based approach to learning Latin.

The Latin Forms Series is based on decades of teaching experience and use in private schools and homeschools around the world. First Form is the ideal text for all beginners, grades 5 and up, or is a great follow-up to Latina Christiana. The uniqueness of the Forms Series lies in two features: 1) A systematic, grammar-first approach to learning Latin that is suitable for the grammar stage student— and all beginners, regardless of age, are in the grammar stage of learning. 2) Extensive workbook exercises that ensure skill mastery and rapid recognition of inflected forms. Our text and guides help every student (and teacher!) make sense of this difficult subject. The complete set includes: •

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The Pronunciation CD and Flashcards provide constant practice of grammar forms and vocabulary.

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The scripted Teacher Manual and complete Teacher Key give even the most novice Latin teacher the tools to teach with confidence.

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34 two-page lessons in the Student Text are paired with 4-6 pages of Student Workbook exercises, weekly Quizzes, and unit Tests to make sure your students are mastering and retaining what they learn.

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Latin

Latin Forms Series $125 complete set ea. (all 5 books, CD, videos, flashcards)

$65 basic set ea. (all 5 books + CD)

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Second Form Latin Latin Grammar, Year Two

Third Form Latin Latin Grammar, Year Three

by Cheryl Lowe | Grades 6+

by Cheryl Lowe | Grades 7+

Henle Latin First Year (p. 26) is a required supplement for Fourth Form Latin.

First Form Latin Latin Grammar, Year One by Cheryl Lowe Grades 5+ (Grades 4+ if completed Latina Christiana)

$125 complete set

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Fourth Form Latin Latin Grammar, Year Four

$150 Complete Set with Henle

by Cheryl Lowe & Michael Simpson Grades 8+

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Latin

Latin Supplements First & Second Form Latin Review Summer Review Course

Prima Latina Copybook

by Cheryl Lowe Grades 5+

New American Cursive font

Student $12.95 ea. Answer Key $9.95 ea.

Grades 1-4

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Latin Cursive Copybook

This Latin copybook in the New American Cursive font, featuring vocabulary practice and a page to copy each prayer in Prima Latina, is a great way to help your children practice their Latin while developing penmanship skills.

Hymns & Prayers Grades 4-6 $14.95 Practice your cursive with Latin sayings and hymns and prayers from Latina Christiana, First Form Latin, and Lingua Angelica.

Latin Grammar for the Grammar Stage by Cheryl Lowe All Ages $14.95 A compendium of Latin grammar forms and a basic introduction to Latin syntax. Includes all conjugations and declensions, making it an easily accessible reference.

Lingua Angelica I & II Latin Songs & Prayers (Translation Course) by Cheryl Lowe

$39.95 set ea. (Lingua Angelica I or II student & teacher, song book, & CD)

Student $11.95 ea. Teacher $16.95 ea. Song Book* $9.95 Music CD* $11.95 *Used for both LA I and II

Latin Recitation CD/DVD Grades 3+

CD & DVD $14.95 The entire Latin grammar, presented by Cheryl Lowe. CD is audio only; DVD includes visual grammar charts.

Latin

Vocabulary work, interlinear translation exercises, and grammar word study exercises for 28 hymns sung by a six-voice Gregorian chant choir.

Latina Christiana: Games & Puzzles Grades 3-6 Games & Puzzles $12.00 Games & Puzzles Answer Key $4.95 Enrichment activities to help students master Latina Christiana vocabulary and grammar.

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Latina Christiana Review Worksheets

Latin Supplements Roots of English

Review Worksheets $9.95 Review Worksheets Key $5.00 These supplemental review worksheets include two pages of cumulative review for every lesson of Latina Christiana, ensuring your students get weekly reinforcement of concepts both old and new. The Key contains answers for the worksheets as well as a "Latin Olympics" review game.

To be used alongside Latina Christiana.

Latin Forms Series Grammar Charts

Latin & Greek Roots for Beginners by Paul O'Brien Grades 6-8 $19.95 An introduction to English vocabulary through a study of Latin and Greek roots.

The Book of Roots Advanced Vocabulary Building from Latin Roots by Paul O'Brien Grades 8+ Student $24.95 Key $1.95 Your student will learn the definition and etymology of over 1,500 English derivatives, along with prefixes, suffixes, and supplemental Latin vocabulary lists.

Lingua Biblica: Old Testament Stories in Latin by Martin Cothran Grades 9+ Student $19.95 Teacher $19.95

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Translation exercises from the Latin Vulgate. Each lesson includes exercises at three levels of difficulty.

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Henle Latin First Year Advanced Christian Latin by Robert Henle | Grades 8+

Latin Henle Latin First Year Advanced Christian Latin by Robert Henle

Henle Latin First Year Teacher Manual: Units I-V $19.95 Henle Latin First Year Teacher Manual: Units VI-XIV $19.95 Henle Latin First Year Units I-V Quizzes & Tests $9.95 Henle Latin First Year Units VI-XIV Quizzes & Tests $9.95

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Henle Latin Second Year Advanced Christian Latin by Robert Henle Grades 9+

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Henle Latin Third Year Originally published in 1945, the Henle Latin Series teaches Latin the traditional way. Our Teacher Manuals split the work of Henle Latin First Year over two years, scheduling what to do every step of the way. The Manuals include scripted lessons for the teacher, additional explanations and practice for the student, and a full answer key. The Quizzes & Tests help you measure your mastery along the way.

Advanced Christian Latin by Robert Henle Grades 10+

$35.00 set Text $18.50 Note: Though Henle is considered a Catholic text, its superiority as a teaching resource and the outstanding benefits of its Christian perspective also make it appropriate for Protestants.

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Henle Latin Fourth Year Advanced Christian Latin by Robert Henle Grades 11+

$22.00 set Text $18.50 Key $5.50

Latin Grammar Recitation Program Grades 4+

$24.90 set (flashcards and handbook) Flashcards for every grammar form taught and recited in our Latin Forms Series and a handbook with a lesson-by-lesson schedule for coordinating with the recitations in First Form through Fourth Form.

Latin

Memoria Press Guides to the National Latin Exam by Cheryl Lowe | Grades 5+ Intro. $9.95 | Level I $14.95 | Level II $19.95 These guides include the vocabulary, grammar, syntax, Roman history, culture, mythology, and geography commonly found on the National Latin Exam. When paired with previous exams, these guides are perfect preparation for the NLE.

Henle Latin Vocabulary Flashcards Grades 8+ Henle Latin First Year Flashcards $16.95 Henle Latin Second Year Flashcards $14.95 Henle Latin Third Year Flashcards $14.95

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AP Latin

Mueller's Caesar:

Vergil's Aeneid: Selected Readings from Books 1, 2, 4, and 6

Selections from De Bello Gallico

by Barbara Weiden Boyd

by Hans-Friedrich Mueller

Student $43.00

Grades 10+

Teacher $24.00 This course covers all lines of Vergil on the AP Latin Exam. Each page contains the Latin text, key vocabulary, and English summaries.

Excelability in Advanced Latin by Marianthe Colakis Student $29.00

$76.00 set (text, teacher, print lesson plans)

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Teacher $29.00 This course contains over 75 passages drawn from a variety of Latin authors, translation exercises, multiple choice tests, practice sight-reading Latin, and a comprehensive review of Latin grammar.

Caesar and Vergil AP Vocabulary Cards $19.00

Mueller's text and accompanying Teacher's Guide will lead students through Caesar's account of his wars in Gaul. A perfect text for Latin students who are ready to translate, this program includes vocabulary, footnotes, historical background, and other resources, preparing interested students for the Caesar portion of the AP Latin Exam. Memoria Press' Lesson Plans schedule the work and teach, step by step, how to approach Latin translation.

All vocabulary appearing five or more times on the Vergil and Caesar sections of the AP Latin Exam.

French First Start French I Introduction to the French Language

First Start French II Introduction to the French Language

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Grades 5-8

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The Greek Alphabet by Cheryl Lowe | Grades 3+

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Greek Alphabet Charts Wall Charts (left) 22" x 34" (2 charts) $12.95

Elementary Greek

Desk Charts (right) 8.5" x 11" (2 charts) $8.95

by Christine Gatchell

Chart 1: the Greek alphabet Chart 2: diphthongs, accent marks, pronunciation helps, and syllable names

An introduction to Greek grammar for younger students. Grades 4-8

$65 Year One set

First Form Greek

Introduction to Ancient Greek by Cheryl Lowe & Michael Simpson Grades 7+ First Form Greek has the same logical structure and helpful teaching tools of the Latin Forms Series, making even novice Greek teachers feel confident that they can guide students through this challenging material. –Kristin Walukas

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$125 complete set (all 5 books, CD, DVDs, flashcards)

$65 basic set

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Year II Text $13.50 | Year II Workbook $15.00 Year II Tests $5.00 | Year II Teacher Key $14.95 CD $8.95 | Flashcards $12.95

$55 Year Three set (text, workbook, CD, flashcards, tests)

Year III Text $18.95 | Year III Workbook $15.00 Year III Tests $5.00 | CD $8.95 Flashcards $12.95

First Form Greek is written for parents and teachers with or without a Greek background. Its goal is to present the grammar logically and systematically so that anyone can learn it. 6 pages of exercise in the Student · Workbook give you ample practice for

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the 31 two-page lessons of the Student Text. Weekly, reproducible Quizzes & Tests ensure the material is being mastered. The Pronunciation CD and Flashcards provide constant practice of grammar forms and vocabulary. The Teacher Manual and complete Teacher Key equip both the brand new and the veteran Greek instructor with everything needed to teach, including day-by-day lesson plans, oral drills, additional notes, and an answer key for all exercises and quizzes.

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CLASSICAL COMPOSITION STAGES:

Classical Composition

III: Chreia & Maxim

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Classical Composition is our study in the progymnasmata ("the before exercises"), which encompassed the pre-rhetoric study of all the educated West from ancient Greece to the early twentieth century. This combination writing and pre-rhetoric program teaches students the fundamental writing skills of style, arrangement, and invention in clear and systematic lessons. The stages of Classical Composition will not only teach the art of communication, but are designed to produce what Quintilian once called "the good man, speaking well."

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Grammar

Bible Heroes: Writing Lessons in Structure and Style

English Grammar Practice

Grades 1-2

Student $7.95 | Teacher $10.00

$29.00

Designed for the final year of primary school, this program is an oral practice of many basic aspects of language arts, from capitalization and punctuation to language and reading skills.

Get to know the heroes of the Bible while working through writing exercises that include key word outlining, paraphrasing, and summarizing stories. Teacher's Manual eBook is included.

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All Things Fun & Fascinating: Writing Lessons in Structure & Style Grades 3-5 $29.00 Humorous characters and fascinating creatures will help young students enjoy learning to take notes, summarize narrative stories, write from pictures, and compose creative essays. Teacher's Manual eBook is included.

English Grammar Recitation Grades 3-8 English Grammar Recitation $9.95 | Flashcards $12.95

Introduction to Composition Grades 3-4 Student $10.00 | Key $10.00 This introductory program focuses on narration, outlining, dictation, and copywork to help students become more proficient in listening and writing skills, a great preparation for Classical Composition. This year long writing course uses focus passages from Charlotte's Web, Farmer Boy, A Bear Called Paddington, Mr. Popper's Penguins, and The Moffats.

Composition & Grammar

Student $11.95 ea. | Teacher $12.95 ea. Memoria Press' English Grammar Recitation is perfect for the student who needs an English grammar program that coordinates with his study of Latin, from Latina Christiana through the Latin Forms Series. 150 grammar questions with answers and examples, designed to be studied and memorized much like a catechism, are compiled in the English Grammar Recitation reference book. These questions are learned over the course of six years in just thirty minutes a week, and students are given practice in exercises in the Student Workbook, and opportunity to practice immediate recall with the Flashcards. The Teacher Guide provides answers to all exercises.

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Math Rod & Staff Arithmetic Rod & Staff Math books teach your student number facts and arithmetic skills to mastery using clear, uncluttered lessons and plenty of drill practice.

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Grade 6 Mathematics

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Numbers Book Part One & Part Two

Arithmetic Flashcards

College of the Redwoods Prealgebra

by Leigh Lowe

Addition & Subtraction, 0 to 18

Grades 7-8

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Recommended for Kindergarten

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VideoText Algebra: A Complete Course Grades 9-12

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THE SURPRISING LOGIC OF THE WORLD by Dr. Dan Sheffler log ic teacher often encounters the complaint that log ic is not useful, that being so abstract it is detached from the real issues of life. The student must memoriz e names (in Latin, of course) for basic patterns, and the examples of these patterns all seem to inv olv e S ocrates somehow. S tudents are made to work throug h exercises that they feel are repetitiv e, boring , abstruse, inane, pedantic, and, in a word, pointless. S ince readers of this essay are likely to be inv olv ed in the mov ement to renew the classical spirit in education, I can probably rely upon you to feel a certain hardnosed response to all this. The sometimes tedious labor of working through the patterns of various syllogisms produces in the student a v irtuous habit of mind that remains ev en when F ELAPTON and B AR OC O hav e faded from memory in adulthood. While I certainly support this hardnosed response, I want to encourag e an additional, deeper kind of response. S tudents are only bored when they are not filled with wonder. They are not filled with wonder when they study logic because they do not yet seeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;because no one has yet taug ht them to seeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that log ic is a kind of worship.

Dr. Dan Sheffler is a professor of philosophy with Memoria College and has taught philosophy, logic, Latin, and history at the University of Kentucky, Georgetown College, and Asbury College.

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The study of log ic is the study of that which makes sense, the study of those structures that necessarily must be in order for thing s to hang tog ether without contradiction. The Greeks called the intellig ible structure of something its logos, and this is where we g et our word. These necessary structures, these logoi, are not thing s that we make up in our heads or record in our books. They are all around us, ev erywhere, the basic fabric of the world we inhabit. C onsider this example, which, while literary, is neither abstract nor detached from the issues of real life that press upon our teenage students: (Premise)

Whoever would be a good match for Juliet would not ruin her life.

(Premise)

Romeo will ruin her life.

(Conclusion) Therefore, Romeo must not really be a good match for Juliet.

This is an example of the basic log ical structure Modus Tollens, combined with an inference from the g eneral " whoev er" to the particular " R omeo." We can express the basic underlying structure of this scenario, (the logos) in this way: (Premise)

If P, then Q.

(Premise)

Not Q.

(Conclusion) Therefore, not P.

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philosophy beg ins and nowhere else." B y " philosophy" B ut why should this be so? Why can' t Juliet say, S ocrates does not mean a department at the univ ersity. "Well, I admit the first premise in general, and I admit Instead, he means a way of life dev oted to the wholethe second premise as a matter of fact, but because I'm hearted pursuit of wisdom. This pursuit is quickened, a foolish teenag er in lov e I nev ertheless believ e that he tells us, when we pause to g ape in happy g ratitude at R omeo is the One" ? C ertainly she can say such a thing the prev iously ig nored fact that our world is not absurd, and many foolish teenag ers in similar circumstances that all thing s hang tog ether because they are g ov erned hav e said such thing s, but reality has a way of dig g ing by a coherent order. We are especially inspired in our in its heels. We may even define "reality" as that which pursuit when we wonder (as the prev ious examples pushes back against our private fantasy: the cliff, the in the passag e sug g est) at the way that the intellig ible g round, and the laws of g rav ity. system of the world exceeds the little system of concepts Provided that the first and second premises that we hav e hitherto come up with. We long to learn both indicate real facts, the conclusion necessarily more, and in our long ing pursue the priz e of wisdom, represents a real fact too. This happens because reality not because we think we already know but because we itself is internally consistent and the logical patterns know that we do not. This chase inv olv es a kind of faith, that we identify with archaic- sounding Latin names implicit in ev ery kind of science. We must trust that are neither archaic nor Latin—they are simply the real the undiscov ered aspects of the world are nev ertheless texture of the objectiv e world. discov erable, that they are g ov erned by coherent, Perhaps we do not find such thing s surprising intellig ible principles ev en when we hav e not yet because we take for g ranted the consistency and worked it all out. structure of the world. Our whole life long B ut why should we hav e this faith? we hav e based all our actions on the Where did all this orderliness and assumption that the world will not consistency come from? F or us to contradict itself. We fall into the habit Our whole life hav e faith that the univ erse has of this easy familiarity. We simply long we have based a meaning ful structure beyond take for g ranted that, if all fresh the little system of what we eg g s are edible, and this is a fresh all our actions on the hav e already g rasped, we must eg g , then I can eat it for breakfast. assumption that the ultimately hav e faith in the orig in We do not pause to notice the of this meaning . The idea that deep mystery of the world implicit world will not the whole thing hang s tog ether in in such an easy mov e. We simply contradict itself. eleg ant, meaning ful harmony just cook the eg g . We take for g ranted by chance beg g ars belief. Throug h that when we reach for the door knob this line of thinking , we may not g et to our front door will not open out onto all the specific details of Christianity, but an abyss of meaning less absurdity. B ut in we certainly g et to a transcendent div ine source the right frame of mind, we can pause to find it for the meaning of the world, what the Greeks would beautiful that the door should open—ev ery morning — call the Logos with a capital Lambda. The consistency, onto the same, consistent, structured, intellig ible world. univ ersality, and necessity of log ic point to a deep A similar thing is true of mathematics, which mystery, perhaps the deepest, most mysterious truth I of course is but the quantitativ e mode of log ic. Is it know: "In the beginning was the Logos, and the Logos not surprising that we can use this human system was with God, and the Log os was God." of symbols to send men to the moon? That our All this requires a response on our part; only intellig ence has g rasped the objectiv e system of thing s the cold, calculating type of log ician so frequently so nearly that we can put a band of men into a tiny encountered in popular imag ination would look can, hurl them into the v oid, set them just so into an into this mystery without falling to his knees. What orbit around the ev er- chang ing g oddess, and expect— beg ins in philosophical wonder must, in the end, because of our deep faith in the intellig ible orderliness transform into relig ious worship. B ut this worship and consistency of the cosmos—that they will come is not just something we do after log ic class is safely home? Is it not surprising that our mathematical done. The v ery process of conforming our minds representations of orbital mechanics should match so to the orderly patterns of logic is itself a mode of precisely to the actual way of thing s? worshiping God the Log os—or it can be if we let it. In the Theaetetus, S ocrates says that this kind of And when we do, our log ic class may become, by awe-filled surprise is characteristic of the philosopher. the g race of God, a kind of liturg y. H e calls it wondering , and claims that " this is where

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Traditional Logic I presents the four kinds of logical statements, the four ways propositions can be opposed, the three ways which they can be equivalent, and the seven rules for the validity of syllogisms. In Traditional Logic II students will master the use of the nineteen valid categorical argument forms through the memorization of a medieval mnemonic device, and learn the three kinds of hypothetical arguments. Students will study examples of arguments from history and literature. The Texts explain challenging concepts in clear, concise language. The accompanying Student Workbooks include enough exercises to ensure that the student masters the material before moving on. The Teacher Keys include answers to the workbooks, quizzes, and tests. Instructional Videos are also available if you would like a little help from the author teaching the material.

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Growing a Healthy

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by Kathy Becker

hen you reach the end of this year, will you look back with a sense of satisfaction, knowing you did ev erything you could and should to pour all that is true and g ood and beautiful into the hearts and souls of your students? It is a g rand and g lorious priv ileg e you hav e been g iv en. As educators we realiz e the importance of our job (as opposed to the importance of ourselv es). S ev eral years ag o, while taking a prospectiv e parent on a tour of the school where I was administrator, she remarked, " It' s like they' re your flowers and this is a g arden." Ev ery farmer desires to g row a healthy g arden. Just as the preparation of the g round is necessary for g rowing healthy plants, preparation is important when we deal with education. As we minister to our students we wish to instill wisdom and v irtue. We hope to find the best ways to nourish them so that they may g row into healthy plants and bring fruit. As teachers we are inv olv ed in preparing the soil and softening the g round, making it ready for planting . We carefully water each little heart and mind, tending to each and g uiding them as they g row. The role of the teacher is larg e enoug h to be frig htening , but there are a couple of thing s we can do to ensure we hav e prepared our classrooms for success. After enjoying thirty years of administering home education to six children, Kathy then administered a classical Christian school before joining Memoria Press as the school representative in the West.

Growing a Healthy Garden

A Prepared Teacher

Y ou hav e a hug e responsibility and tremendous power. Y ou must be ev er reading , ev er g rowing , ev er taking in—for as we know, you cannot g iv e what you do not hav e. Y our teaching must come from the ov erflow. Adhere to the words of uintilian: "We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide." In order to prepare the g round for your students, you hav e to be prepared yourself. Thus will you be equipped to teach your students how to think so that they will know what to do. Y ou should feel excitement at the opportunity to share all that is true and g ood and beautiful in a world that is often dark and bad and ugly. As Plutarch once said: As farmers put stakes beside their plants, so the rig ht kind of teacher provides firm support for the young in the shape of lessons and admonitions carefully chosen so as to produce an uprig ht g rowth of character.

An Ordered Classroom

If we are to hav e healthy g ardens, we must plant them with purpose and order. I want to share some thoug hts from C hesterton, which will help us to think about the job of teaching: A child kicks his leg s rhythmically throug h excess, not absence, of life. B ecause children hav e abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want thing s repeated and unchang ed. They always say, " Do it ag ain" ; and the g rown- up person does it ag ain until he is nearly dead. F or

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g rown- up people are not strong enoug h to exult in monotony. B ut perhaps God is strong enoug h to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says ev ery morning , " Do it ag ain" to the sun; and ev ery ev ening , " Do it ag ain" to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes ev ery daisy separately, but has nev er g ot tired of making them. It may be that H e has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we hav e sinned and g rown old, and our F ather is young er than we.

" Order" and " monotony" are often used as derog atory terms in the modern day, but when the young student knows his day is structured in a definite way, he is then free to learn without any insecurities about what is to come next. C hildren thriv e with the expected, the repeated, the unchang edâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in other words, they thriv e with order. Imag ine a g arden run amuck, allowed to grow without any order: plants spring ing up ev erywhere, crowded and stifled, so you cannot tell what is a v eg etable, an herb, a weed. The laz y farmer is the one who simply rushes to accomplish the task of planting . The soil is not prepared well. The rows are not straig ht. The seeds are scattered hither and yon. But, ah! Think of the ordered g ardenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;straig ht rows, strong roots, and healthy fruit bursting forth. Order and structure are powerful components. They are the string between stakes, to g uide us in planting a straig ht row. Y our students are sometimes like wild seeds, blowing about in the wind, but it is your job to care for them, to direct them, to help them to dev elop strong roots.

marv el at the chang e and new g rowth you' v e seen in your g arden. Plants g row quickly when they are nurtured well. As you draw closer to the end of the year, you should beg in to contemplate how your litt le plants will soon be ready for the next stage of g rowth, and how best to prepare the soil for them. The preparation of the g round is as crucial to g rowing healthy plants as is the actual planting , and this preparation is just as important when talking about education. A healthy g arden is a joy to behold. Y our classroom is your g arden and you are the g ardener. May you g row your g arden well.

A Healthy Garden

A couple of months into the school year, your planting will beg in to show sig ns of healthy g rowth. A few sprouts will push up out of the soilâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the kinderg artener will start to read small C V C words, the g rammar student will beg in to spout Latin, the ninth- g rader will construct his first syllogism. There will be an atmosphere of expectancy about the place. In F ebruary, you will look back and remember the early sig ns of g rowth and it will seem so long ag o. F or you, like any g ardener, will

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I were tasked with the composition of a Student's Handbook for D isrupting Class, I would not spend too many words on trifling matters like technological distraction or destruction of property; such barbarism has long been the natural prerogative of the academically obtuse, for which no formal instruction is required. A truly Machiavellian plot must overcome the teacher's sovereignty not with force but with discourse. Defeat a teacher with words and you defeat him on his own terms. What words, then, would find their mark? "What," the student should inquire, "is the point of learning this?" This is all too familiar a question for the educator, especially in the classical classroom. No assurance of the inherent value of our academic heritage ever seems to suitably satisfy for the enterprising disruptor the demand that the sacrifice of time and attention yields something tangible and useful. In a sense, the ubiquity of this question could be a good thing; the student's objection speaks to a desire for purposeful growth that shows a right apprehension of education's ends, if not its means. The classical instructor, however, often faces the same question of practicality from the parents, whose perception of the program as worth their while (and their weal) is conditional on the material or circumstantial benefits their students stand to gain from classical scholarship. This question of academic purpose is itself a fundamentally classical one. To explain the point of your instruction you must establish the point of instruction itself: What is the end that education seeks to achieve? We are fortunate to have the answer from the patriarchs of classical antiquity themselves, a s ma ny a mong those concerned with the good of man and the welfare of the state turned

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their styluses to the subject of education with great interest. While Athens was always historically concerned with the upbringing of the youth into good Athenians, it was Plato and Aristotle who most closely scrutinized the means and ends of education. This scrutiny yielded radical and controversial diversions from the educational methods that preceded them—novel notions that, while radical then, have since marked Western civilization with the distinction of a scholastic supremity of which we mustn't be eager to dispose. Any discussion of Plato is tricky, as the dialectic nature of his works elicits a very real conclusion from a fictional discussion. Therefore, while we mustn't take Plato's utopian social order in The R epublic as the necessary civil template for right education, it extends a number of important claims about the fruits of a good education and the things we must do to prosper them. Similar to the modern school, the Platonic formula for education is both mental and physical; the Greeks rarely separated athletics from academics, as both were necessary properties of the ideal citizen. So, too, does Plato consider practical skills necessary to the ideal education—an early form of vocational training, if you will—which seems to negate the classical approach of principle over utility, but this is not so. These means of education are means only. The true key to Plato's school is this: The product of an education is a good person. All physical and practical matters, while essential, are worthless without a cultivation of individual virtue: "The good soul, by her own excellence, improves the body as far as this may be possible." The student must be taught to perceive the good, seek the good, and become good. Failing in this is far more grave a loss than the other Jon Christianson is the Latin director and editor at Memoria Press. He teaches Latin for the Memoria Press O nline A cademy and has taught Latin and classical literature at Highlands Latin School.

way around: A good man with no worldly capability is merely a happy nobody, but a man of great potential and no virtue is a monster in the making. So, whereas Plato would have each student's practical or physical education differ according to his potential, the mental education of a person must be essentially moral and must be given to all. What governs the differences between students in their practical education, therefore, must be their success in their moral education. Those who struggle to succeed in their moral education, who by Plato's estimation are poorly suited for privilege and power, are trained as laborers and craftsmen; those who prove to be exemplary in virtue and goodness are trained as guardians and rulers of the state, as they are the best suited for such responsibilities. While no school of the present day, classical or otherwise, presumes to—or ought to—apply this utopian predetermination of its students' future professions, Plato's view of education necessarily assumes that in the quest for virtue—the primary end of education— some will succeed and some will fail. This presents a somewhat alarming question: Can education be universal if it is classical? Is everybody expected to become what classical education aims to create? No, but anybody can. Or, rather, everybody is called but many will not heed the call or will deliberately reject it. It is the principle of classical thought that excellence of any kind is a quality of virtue, which anyone can attain. Therefore, a right-ordered educational system seeks total excellence from as many students as possible. This is in contrast to modern education, which seeks as much excellence as possible from the totality of students. Classical education adjusts its expected personal outcomes of a perfect goal; modern education admits an imperfect goal in an attempt to realize its collective outcomes. If the cultivation of virtue in the individual is the object of education, what is the object of cultivating virtue? For this we must leave Plato and turn to his

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student, Aristotle, who perceives the good as the excellence of a thing both in potential and actuality. To be good, a thing must be well-suited to accomplish its goal and thereby accomplish it. Aristotle lays this out in some detail in his N icomachean E thics, wherein he characterizes the fullest good as essentially active; a lyre player of great skill who never plays his instrument can hardly be called good at lyre playing. So, says Aristotle, is a man knowledgeable in virtue who does not act in virtue unworthy to be called good: "With regard to virtue, then, it is not enough to know, but we must try to have and use it." Therefore, the best man is one whose good spreads and becomes the good of those around him, and those whom he cannot persuade by private argument he must educate in the public forum. In Athenian terms, he must be a good citizen, and it is this good citizen—whose personal virtue extends beyond his person to the betterment of others— that is education's final object. Now, the "good citizen" born from a classical education and the "good citizen" drawn from modern education are very different creatures. One who is tempted to think that a focus on civic responsibility unifies the two must instead look to the means to determine the ends. The classical citizen is a morally good man whose civic conduct is an outpouring of private virtue into public concerns. The modern citizen is trained in public concerns—how to operate successfully in society. The former student is indeed good in his living, while the latter is merely good at living. The useful modern citizen is himself a means only—a social utility—but is not the end of his own aims. The classical citizen—the end product of an

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education that strives for individual goodness—is an end for his own sake. Classical thought presumes the primacy of the virtuous individual, of whose public actions the virtuous state is a happy consequence; a good state is merely a state full of good men. Only a person shaped in virtue can prosper in the noblest goal of the virtuous man, which is making the state; it is only by this that the state can succeed in prospering the virtuous man. In this state, we are not all supposed to become guardians and kings, though in the quest for virtue any one of us might become worthy of such a privilege. However, the imperfection of man is presupposed in classical thought, and to accept in humility the labors best suited to your excellences is no less good and proper than to accept in wisdom the highest power of a civilization's loftiest thrones. To suppose otherwise, as modern education does, that the outcomes of the whole educated mass must be essentially alike, suggests that virtue is predicated on success, not success on virtue. The goal of education, therefore, in the classical sense is the virtuous man, not the successful one. This virtue, once privately attained, must be publicly practiced according to one's excellences. This virtue and the practice thereof, not social usefulness, is the tangible benefit our aforementioned disruptor is looking for. As elusive as the point of the classical classroom may seem from time to time, it is this quest for private and public good that underpins it all. To that impertinent and perennial question we must answer: The point of learning is to expose our students to the excellent, and teach them to become and ultimately promote the good found therein.

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The journey continues, starting in Crete and ending in the Hellenistic Age ushered in by Alexander the Great. Your student will learn about the development of democracy, the primordial defense of democracy in the Persian Wars, the heyday of Athens (also known as the Golden Age), and that sad self-destruction known as the Peloponnesian Wars. But it is not history aloneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;culture, values, and life lessons are taught.

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Meet Romans like Horatius, Caesar, and Marcus Aurelius— history's great men of action. Younger students especially will be fascinated by the abundant action and drama of the great city of Rome, its trials and tribulations, its rise and eventual fall.

Dive into the lives of the famous Greeks—history's great men of thought. Follow Heracles and Odysseus through journeys of myth, fight with Leonidas and Pericles in legendary wars, deliberate with Aristotle and Socrates. Learn of all those who contributed to the scope of Greek accomplishment that is still known today as "The Greek Miracle."

Wind through the "dark ages" by the lights of Clovis, Charlemagne, Alfred the Great, Joan of Arc, and Gutenberg, among many others, and watch as the world transitions from the end of ancient times to the birth of the modern era.

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Alfred Church's retelling of Virgil's Aeneid is a great introduction to the story of Aeneas, who escaped from the burning city of Troy and founded Rome, the New Troy. Students will gain a good grasp of the characters and story of the Aeneid and be ready to tackle the more difficult writing of Virgil.

This study of Macaulay's 70-stanza ballad includes vocabulary, maps, character and plot synopses, meter, comprehension questions, teaching guidelines, and a test. Send us a recording of your students reciting the poem, and we'll send them a Winston Churchill Award certificate, medal, and lapel pin.

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This faithful retelling of the events of the Trojan War is wonderful preparation for reading the Iliad and Odyssey in later years. Your student will become familiar with the main characters, the gods and goddesses, and the storyline of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, presented in simple but captivating prose. Each lesson in the Student Guide has reading notes, vocabulary, comprehension questions, and an enrichment section with discussion topics, writing, art, and mapwork.

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Aeschylus was the first of the three great tragic playwrights. Join Orestes as he seeks to avenge his father's murder, but discovers, along with us, that revenge only begets revengeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that mercy and litigation are the better ends of justice.

Here is Sophocles' story of Oedipus, fated to unknowingly kill his father and marry his mother. This is the great myth, influencing all subsequent literature. Fate, free will, the quest for knowledge and truthâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the glory and downfall of Western civilization.

Euripides further developed the tragedy, instituting the deus ex machina, a prologue, and greater realism. His heroes are less resolute and more psychological, fraught with internal conflict. In them we see the extremes of human nature: cold reason and maniacal passion, nobility and cruelty, triumph and regret, grief and comfort.

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Student $17.95 Teacher $17.95 Marcus Tullius Cicero, a Roman statesman from the first century B.C., was convinced that the upright moral life was the happier life. The Republic became the blueprint of the U.S. government almost 2,000 years after it was written. In The Laws, Cicero defends his understanding of the upright moral life. His writings became the foundation for the West's philosophical discussion on the natural law.

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The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, Translated by John Ciardi Grades 10+

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Better Than Background by Dr. Carol Reynolds

was recently asked this question at a conference: "What classical music do you recommend I play in the background for my kids?" Answering it is a bit of a delicate dance because I first need to say that any fruitful approach to classical music needs to place it in the foreground. Any serious art needs to engage the senses. There are of course times when background music can be enjoyable, and maybe even useful, but the amount of extraneous musical sound forced on us daily has conditioned us to view music merely as an accompaniment to something else. (Do we really need music blaring at us when we pump our gas?) Children today, as well as many parents, dwell in a world of pre-recorded music. Few youngsters routinely encounter live music-making on the back porch, with D r. Carol R eynolds is a widely acclaimed author, speaker, and educator. She regularly leads arts tours throughout E urope and the Mediterranean, recently in partnership with the Smithsonian Institute.

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neighbors bringing over banjos and accordions. Few children are likely to find themselves sitting midhall during a rehearsal of a good wind ensemble, symphonic choir, or orchestra. And even in church, fewer and fewer children experience the vast power of a pipe organ or the vigorous upsweep of traditional hymns sung by a congregation unafraid to sing. Of course, recorded music provides a wonderful resource for both education and simple enjoyment. And background music seems so "easy" to present, a kind of distraction or automatic atmosphere-creator. But a child's musicality is not well-served by this ease, at least not without an initial, cognitively active exposure to the music presented. In our courses at Professor Carol, we offer concrete steps for students of all ages to move from passive to active listening so that they can get the most out of the music they are encountering. This is not to say that music needs to be approached as though a test is waiting in the wings. Certainly not! So let me offer a few suggestions. MemoriaPress.com

First, have a purpose for picking whatever you choose to play. If students are studying King Arthur's court, it is easy to find recordings of songs from the Middle Ages. Rather than plow through dozens of these admittedly intriguing pieces, pick two or three, and try to offer the child a chance to hear them performed in different ways, by different performers. Just this morning my granddaughter and I spent a little time listening to radically different renditions of a favorite old ballad: "Barbara Allen." We moved from an old-time string band to a mesmerizing French chanteuse from the 1960s (Marie LaforĂŞt, utterly new to me) to John Denver. Similarly, children are better s er ve d by hea r i ng a si ng le movement of a symphony multiple timesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;particularly with different orchestras and conductorsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;than by a drone of symphonic works put on in the background. Thus, a parent might pick the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony N o. 1 (or perhaps the whole work at just under thirty minutes). Here will be an attractive, easily accessible composition that one can find online to watch or listen to in countless performances. Start with two performances. First, perhaps, a performance filmed from a legendary conductor of the early or mid-twentieth century, likely a bit fuzzy and probably in black and white, but now magically available online. Then turn to a recent, slickly filmed performance, with great cutaways to the players so that kids can match the sounds of the oboe, clarinet, or cello to images of actual musicians. Next, you could get bolder and listen to a piano version of this same work made by the nineteenthcentury virtuoso Franz Liszt, who artfully arranged all nine of Beethoven's symphonies into virtuosic tapestries for piano. Exposure to just this one unexpected version opens up transformative ideas that notes can take different forms, that the piano offers a completely different listening experience than an orchestra, and that a single player, with the right arrangement, can play through a complex orchestral or operatic work. Indeed, that is precisely what people used to do in their parlors for entertainment. After these steps, particularly if you concentrate on one movement at a time, you will have given your child a sense of this work's identity and personality. Accordingly, should you then decide to play recorded versions in the "background," Beethoven's Symphony

N o. 1 will have meaning and bear musical and cognitive fruit for your child. Don't be surprised, for example, if you hear the child humming melodies from it or tapping out its rhythms. In a similar fashion, much can be gained by playing the soundtracks of dramatic works (musicals, opera, film scores) in the background, so long as the child knows the works already, and particularly if your child has been lucky enough to experience them live in a theater. And, yes, it is possible to go the other way by creating familiarity with a single song to lead into a new work. So, for example, if you expect that your family will be seeing a performance of The Music Man or Cats or Carmen in the future, then playing the songs (or, better yet, singing through them at the piano or along with a recording) is quite a good idea. But again, this is listening with a purpose. Finally, even if the music is in the background, please try to have good speakers for delivering decent sound. The repertoire we call "classical" uses the full range of pitches (from high to low) and orchestra colors (string, wind, brass, percussion timbres). These musical elements absolutely require decent speakers or they are lost. Alas, people have accepted the inferior sound of music delivered through the speaker in a laptop or the ubiquitous plastic ear buds. That listening experience is neutral at best, and in many ways deleterious. Oh, these tinny sounds would annoy the composers who sweated blood and tears to write their music! Their compositions were designed to resonate against the wooden walls of gilded theaters and concert halls, inside acoustically rich salons, or impressively vaulted cathedrals. Old-style speakers can deliver a semblance of this sound. You can see why answering the original question is a delicate dance. To simply state, "Don't play music unless you are connecting it or making it a focus!" seems harsh, particularly if your family just enjoys having what we used to call the "classical radio station" going twenty-four seven. And if the modern equivalent of that radio station ("Alexa, play some classical music!") does delight you and your family, then have at it! But check your children's eyes occasionally. If they are glazing over (which means their ears have already turned off), then little good is likely to come of it, and it would be good to turn to a more conscious strategy to help them build a musical understanding.

Children are better served by hearing a single movement of a symphony multiple times than by a drone of symphonic works put on in the background.

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Better Than Background

$70 set (text, student, teacher, Peterson Guide, coloring book, flashcards)

Text $17.99 | Student $14.95

The Book of Birds by Sarah Jo Davis and Kalee Miller Grades 5+

Teacher $16.95 | Peterson Guide $8.99

science & nature The Book of Astronomy Grades 3+

$31.90 set

Coloring Book $10.99

(student & teacher)

Student $14.95

Flashcards $9.95

Teacher $16.95 Teach your student the story of the sky! This guide covers stars, constellations, the solar system, and the zodiac.

Mammals Grades 3+

$60.00 set (student, teacher, The World of Mammals, What Is a Mammal?, What Is the Animal Kingdom?)

Have you ever wondered if birds get tired of flying or why they sing? Do you know how fast a Peregrine Falcon can fly or how the Arctic Tern knows when it's time to migrate? The Book of Birds is a thorough introduction to a fascinating avian world, covering everything from anatomy and the physics of flight to social habits and habitats. You'll meet thirty-one of the most common birds in North America, as well as the birds in our Bird Hall of Fame, including the smelliest and smallest birds in the world. The study guide includes comprehension questions, diagrams, and enrichment activities, as well as worksheets for your own field observations. Our Birds Flashcards will help students practice identifying birds on sight.

The World of Mammals $17.99 | What Is a Mammal? $7.95 What Is the Animal Kingdom? $7.95 Student $14.95 | Teacher $16.95 A beginning study of the habitats, behaviors, and classification of mammals. Lessons include comprehension questions and drawing exercises, as well as extra journal observation pages.

The Book of Trees Grades 6+ | by Sean Brooks

$59

(text, student, teacher, field guide, Tree Book)

Text $14.95 | Student $14.95 | Teacher $16.95 | Peterson Guide $8.99 The Tree Book for Kids and Their Grown Ups $15.95 A study of plant morphology and taxonomy, photosynthesis and respiration, and tree identification.

Modern Biology Grades 9+ | $195 set (text, student, teacher, tests, coloring workbook, streaming instructional videos)

Text $108.00 | Student $19.95 | Teacher $22.95 | Tests $5.00

The Book of Insects Grades 4+

$48 set (text, student, teacher, field guide) Text $14.95 | Student $14.95 Teacher $16.95 | eBook $12.00

Coloring Workbook $22.99 | Streaming Instructional Videos $55.00

Peterson Guide $7.95

Spend several weeks each on biochemistry, cell structure, genetics, microbiology, the structure and function of plants, and a study of vertebrate and invertebrate animals.

A narrative approach to the life of insects that takes your student through classification, anatomy, and more!

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John H. Tiner's Science Grades 5-9

Novare Science

Text $14.99 ea. Supplemental Student Questions $5.00 ea. | Teacher Key & Tests $8.00 ea. J. H. Tiner's illustrated science books for middle school students are written from a biblical perspective and have won numerous awards. Each includes review questions and activities for every chapter, and Memoria Press has written supplemental questions, unit reviews, and tests for each book. Choose From: Exploring the History of Medicine

Exploring the World of Physics

Exploring Planet Earth

Exploring the World of Biology

Exploring the World of Mathematics

Exploring the World of Astronomy

Exploring the World of Chemistry

Grades 6+ See full book and price lists on MemoriaPress.com! Novare is committed to a mastery-learning paradigm. Accurate explanations and a thorough treatment of the subject matter characterize these courses from start to finish. The Resource CDs include quizzes and exams, a teacher key, weekly review guides, and more. Choose From: Physical Science

General Chemistry

Earth Science

Accelerated Chemistry

Introductory Physics

Physics: Modeling Nature

Nature's Beautiful Order An Introduction to the Study of Animals Taught by the Classical Naturalists by Christopher O. Blum & John A. Cuddeback Grades 6+

Nature's Beautiful Order instills in the beginning student of biology a love for the beauty, diversity, and order of the animal kingdom through the eyes of the classical naturalists, scientists of the Aristotelian tradition who always kept before them the fundamental truth that is the whole animal. Our thorough guides consist of comprehension questions and additional reading notes, as well as quizzes for each lesson and two tests.

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$45 set (text, student, teacher)

Text $21.95 Student $11.95 Teacher $12.95

Art & Music Discovering Music: 300 Years of Interaction in Western Music, Arts, History, and Culture

Exploring America's Musical Heritage: Through Art, Literature, and Culture

with Dr. Carol Reynolds | Grades 8+

Grades 5+

$149 set (Course Book, DVDs, Teacher Manual CD) Course Book $29.95 | DVDs $106.10 Teacher Manual CD $12.95 This program features videos of Professor Carol as she travels the world using music as the window into the history of thought and culture, along with a unit-by-unit Teacher Manual to walk you through it. Music has always been central to classical education, and by connecting music history to political and cultural history, we make all of history more memorable.

with Dr. Carol Reynolds

$49.95 set (2 DVDs totaling more than 4 hours) In this course, Professor Carolâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;along with 38 other historians, scholars, and artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;takes you on a journey through America's musical history. When we sing the songs our greatgrandparents learned around a campfire, read the poems they recited, and study the paintings or quilts they created, we visit the past in a tangible way.

Early Sacred Music: From the Temple through the Middle Ages $119 set (text, workbook, DVDs)

Creating Art: Lessons & Projects for the Grammar Stage

Text $24.95 | Assignments & Quizzes $22.95 | DVDs $89.00

Grades 3-4 | $19.95

with Dr. Carol Reynolds | Grades 8+

Here you will find a description and explanation of how Christians worshiped God in song for over a millennia. In addition to the sheer beauty of the songs themselves, you will learn how musical notation developed, who the great Christian composers were, and how historical circumstances affected the musical worship of the Church. DVDs include musical performances and Professor Carol's unparalleled commentary.

Students will begin with color theory and basic art techniques. They will create projects that relate to literature, science, Mesopotamian and Egyptian art, portraits, landscapes, still life, and much more!

Music Appreciation Grades 3+ | by Patrick Fata Student Book $14.95 Audio Companion CDs $8.95 This course aims to deepen your student's appreciation of music by grounding the greatest pieces in the canon of Western classical music in their historical context, and by introducing the foundational musical concepts of notation, rhythm, pitch, form, and melody to give a fuller understanding of the inner workings of the pieces and of music in general.

Art Cards & Posters Grades K-2 Art Cards K-2 (5" x 7") $9.95 ea. Art Posters K-2 (11" x 17") $35.00 ea. Enrich your child's primary education with beautiful pieces of art from the most influential artistic movements in history, including the Renaissance, Romanticism, Impressionism, and more! These supplements are coordinated with our primary Classical Core Curriculum sets.

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Primary Enrichment

Enrichment Guides Classical Core Curriculum supplement (Kindergarten, 1st Grade, or 2nd Grade) $19.95 ea. These supplemental guides coordinate with our Classical Core Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade programs. Each guide includes an overview of each read-aloud book, author and illustrator biographies, oral reading questions, and a simple language lesson, as well as resources for the history, culture, and science lessons, biographies of the artists, and poetry lessons.

Music Enrichment Classical Core Curriculum supplement Grades K-2 | $12.95 Music Enrichment goes into more detail about each song studied in our Enrichment Guides, including a short backstory on each song and its composer, as well as a few interesting facts and discussion questions.

The Book of Crafts Classical Core Curriculum supplement

Character Building

Grades Jr. K-2 | $16.95 ea. The creative arts are an essential part of primary school education. These activities reinforce number and letter recognition, strengthen fine-motor skills, and foster creativity and confidence. There is a craft project for each read-aloud in Memoria Press' Jr. K-2 curriculum packages, and additional crafts that focus on art concepts. Enjoy each of your creations and the time spent together making them.

Scissors Books Classical Core Curriculum supplement My Very First Scissors Book $6.00 My Very Own Scissors Book $6.00 Help your student develop hand strength, fine-motor skills, and independence with one or both of these books. In My Very First Scissors Book, your student will learn to open and close scissors and to cut along thick lines that fade, grow wavy, and create shapes as the pages progress. My Very Own Scissors Book coordinates with Simply Classical Level C or may serve as a precursor to Jr. Kindergarten.

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Myself & Others Lessons for Social Understanding, Habits, & Manners by Cheryl Swope | Ages 4-13 Guide Books $19.95 ea. Book One Core Set $56 | Book One Read-Aloud Set $100 Book Two Core Set $22 | Book Two Read-Aloud Set $99 Book Three Core Set $55 | Book Four Core Set $48

Primary Enrichment

Phonics & Reading First Start Reading: Phonics, Reading, & Printing Grade K | by Cheryl Lowe

$45.95 set (Books A-D + Teacher Guide) Student Books (A-D) $7.00 ea. | Teacher Guide for Books A-D $17.95 Your children can begin reading instantly as they progress through 5 simple student books and 34 phonetic stories. The Teacher Guide includes helpful assessments, tips, and more! • consonants • short & long vowels • 57 common words

• manuscript printing • artist-drawn coloring pictures • drawing pages for every letter

FSR is a balanced, age-appropriate approach to phonics and reading, with a serious focus on correct pencil grip and letter formation. Also, while many phonics programs today use the ladder approach (consonant-vowel blending), we prefer the more traditional (vowelconsonant) approach combined with word families. Mastery of short vowels is the sine qua non of phonics programs, but few programs provide adequate practice. The FSR kindergarten program consists of 4 student books with artistdrawn pictures to color, drawing pages for each letter or phonogram, and over 30 stories. The Teacher Guide leads you through the program and provides helpful assessments and teaching tips. *Note: Printing, an important pathway of the learning process, is an integral part of FSR. Some children, however, are reading-ready before their motor skills are developed enough for printing. If this is the case with your child, you may use FSR without the printing component.

Kindergarten Phonics & Reading Set

Kindergarten Phonics & Reading Streaming Instructional Videos

Grade K

$55.00

$18 set

Let primary specialist Michelle Tefertiller teach your students how to read! These streaming videos use all the books in the Kindergarten Phonics & Reading Set.

Everything you need to teach your student to read fluently, including lesson plans!

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Alphabet & Coloring Coloring Books Recommended for Ages 4-5 Numbers $6.00 Alphabet $6.00

Alphabet Book Part One & Part Two by Leigh Lowe

Recommended for Ages 4-5

$30 set (2 books)

$15.00

Recommended for Ages 4-5

Introduces color words and each number through 15.

Teaches letter recognition, letter formation, and pencil grip. This is a gentle introduction to phonics.

Numbers & Colors

Phonics & Reading

Alphabet Flashcards (4¼'' x 5½") $10.00

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First Start Reading, Book E

100 Days of Summer Reading Books I-III

by Michelle Tefertiller

$7.95 ea.

Grades K-2

Grade 1 Student Book E $7.00 Teacher Guide for Book E $9.95 We complete our phonics for reading program at the beginning of first grade with First Start Reading Book E. After students have completed Books A-D in kindergarten, they are ready for the long vowel teams, sounds of soft c and g, and the three sounds of y in Book E. Once the student has mastered the basic phonics in the FSR series, he is ready to continue reading progress with real literature, and continue his phonics studies with Traditional Spelling.

Reading is a subject that should continue through the summer to avoid regression. These summer reading journals are a perfect way to encourage young children to continue working on reading fluency. The font size gets smaller for each journal and each page is divided in half for drawing and writing small summaries. Kindergarten has the unique goal of reading a book a day for 100 days!

Classical Phonics

Phonics Flashcards

by Cheryl Lowe

Grades K-2

(4¼'' x 5½")

$16.95

$24.95

These phonetically arranged word lists require students to rely on their mastery of letter sounds. Coordinates with First Start Reading, or is a good supplement to any phonics program.

Flashcards for the nearly 200 phonograms used to spell the 44 sounds of the English language.

Phonics from A to Z $27.99

A manual for teachers who want to go deeper into the subject of phonics and reading.

Teaching Phonics & Word Study $33.99

Easy Reader Classics

An excellent phonics resource for grammar school teachers.

Grades K-2

$65.00 set (18 books) | $3.95 ea. Classic stories from The Jungle Book, The Wind in the Willows, Tom Sawyer, and Doctor Doolittle have been adapted in these early readers so young children can read good stories on their level. Simple sentences and beautiful illustrations are a perfect fit for primary students who are ready to practice reading fluency.

My child learned to read using [First Start Reading]. It has enjoyable activities as well as assignments that train in discipline and diligence. —M.M.

Spelling Traditional Spelling I & II (Traditional Spelling I shown)

by Cheryl Lowe

Grades 1-2

$48 set ea. (student, teacher, practice sheets, supplemental workbook, supplemental workbook key)

Student $14.95 ea. | Teacher $16.95 ea. Practice Sheets $5.00 ea. Supplemental Workbook $7.95 ea. Supplemental Workbook Key $7.95 ea.

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This comprehensive, phonetic approach to teaching spelling is the culmination of our primary Phonics & Reading program. It is designed to follow completion of the Kindergarten Curriculum Package or First Start Reading Books A-D, which ensure students have mastered reading "consonant-vowel-consonant" words with short vowels. Paired with StoryTime and More StoryTime Treasures in first grade, or with the literature study guides in second grade, Traditional Spelling provides your student with an extensive mastery-based study of phonics for spelling and reading. Each four-page lesson features writing and oral dictation practice, color-coded phonogram activities, and short stories on the student's reading level that utilize that week's spelling words.

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SIMPLY CLASSICAL

THE PLEASURE OF BECOMING EDUCATED by Cheryl Swope

live in the lake community where my husband spent summers as a boy. He and his boyhood friends built forts, acted out The Hobbit with homemade swords, and tested many brave and boyish notions. Once, after reading about regalia wings, the boys hoped to fly winged bicycles by launching them off a big wooden ramp by the lake. Day after day, like woodsy Wright brothers, they worked, securing handcrafted wings, doing test runs across the grass, and repairing broken efforts. One afternoon one of the boys climbed atop his bicycle seat and, before anyone had time to cheer, promptly landed in the murky lake. (Today as grown men they still marvel over their own ingenuity and claim firmly, "If only the wings had been biggerâ&#x20AC;Ś") Undaunted, these young boys challenged themselves in new ways. Next they decided to try and swim the full miles across the lake. Wearing the life jackets their parents insisted upon, the boys splashed and sputtered, gulping as much water as air, and finally circled back to the shore in defeat. After several unsuccessful attempts that year the boys contented themselves with fishing, catching crawdads, and climbing trees. Still, the distant shore beckoned. The boys grew stronger. The next summer they set out for the long swim and, despite the resistant pull of their flotation devices, paddled their arms through whitecap waters until they reached the other side. With surprisingly little fanfare they swam back immediately. They knew the real dream was to swim across without life jackets. They would have to wait. And grow. Cheryl Swope is the author of Simply Classical: A Beautiful Education for Any Child and Memoria Press' Simply Classical Curriculum, as well as editor of the Simply Classical Journal.

The Pleasure of Becoming Educated

Two physically active summers later, as if by magic, the boys had muscles. Eyeing the distant shore they set off with powerful and effective strokes, their flotation devices cast aside. Forward, onward, faster, harder. Arm over arm, breathing and kicking in a splashing rhythm, they pushed. At the middle of the lake where the water reached dark, mysterious depths, they felt themselves grow fearful, but they steeled themselves to press on. As they swam, cognizant of the waters below, they became all the more aware of the shore ahead. Panting, smiling, marveling, they pulled themselves onto the wooded hill. Turning, they looked across, still catching their collective breaths. No one spoke. Now a full mile away, their boyhood homes looked small and surprisingly different. More than merely attaining a measurable "goal," the boys had shared something they would never forget. Over the years that followed they continued to swim together for the sheer joy of it. They became stronger and more agile and turned into teens. Each learned quickly to drive a boat and to water-ski with ease. They spent all their spare change on boat fuel to try new feats along the lake's perimeter. On Saturdays in high school, after midnight when ice time was least expensive, the longtime friends played together in a scrappy indoor ice hockey league. They had started by skating in jeans and tennis shoes on the same frozen lake where they swam. Now they had jobs and hockey equipment. They gathered in the absurdly early hours for the love of the sport and the satisfaction of playing together. They played throughout college. When they all became married men, eventually they taught their own children to swim, ski, and be active. Even when the band of friends watched their own teens surpass

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them in skating ability, the now admiring (and a little envious) fathers found pleasure in the persistent physicality of their shared lives.

Approaching the Shore When a child begins his education, he is like those little boys on safe shores near home. He may have a distant goal, but it is one that cannot be rushed or easily attained. He must build strength, gain wisdom, and retain focus. When he finishes, he may or may not set his sights on new shores or greater distances, but he will have gained something of worth and pleasure that cannot be taken from him. If he shares this with others it will be an experience they will remember for a lifetime. In the realm of education, the worth and pleasure is in coming to understand mathematics, literature, science, Latin, history, art, or music more fully than we ever could have understood on our own. The worth and pleasure is in contemplating ideas and grappling with complex problems such as we all encounter in our daily lives. The worth and pleasure is in conversations with other educated persons, whether these sometimes feel scrappy or become far more elevated. The worth and pleasure of an education is in reading, writing, and thinking more deeply than we could at the start. A true education adds gratification and interest to our lives. We delight in meeting those

who are more educated than we are; this gives us a renewed glimpse of the distant shore. Abigail Adams wrote, "Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence." Abigail, considered one of the most scholarly first ladies in history, was educated entirely at home. She read widely in her father's library full of English and French literature. She listened with interest as intelligent persons came to visit the family. As wife of the second president of the United States and mother of the sixth, she advocated for a strong education for both boys and girls and was a prolific, eloquent letter writer. She seemed to love writing. What are the pleasures of a true education? How shall we give our children what they need to traverse the waters with sufficient courage to arrive at the distant shore? We set our sights clearly, surround ourselves with those who also strive for what we seek, and pursue learning with steadfastness. Perhaps our vision ought to be shaped by the words of Edith Hamilton, another classically educated person and author of The G reek Way. She said: It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thoughtâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that is to be educated.

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REV ISED EDITIO N

Ready to be encouraged? We are now offering this second edition of Simply Classical: A B eautiful E ducation for A ny Child with revised content, updated resources, and new information for classical schools and cottage schools. You will find more tips for teaching all children classically, more stories of real children, and more inspiration for your own journey.

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New American Cursive by Iris Hatfield Grades 1+

$22.95 ea.

Why Learn Cursive? • • • • • • • •

Improved neural connections in the brain Increased ability to read cursive Increased writing speed Improved fine-motor skills Improved reading and spelling ability Increased self-discipline and eye-hand coordination Improved attractiveness, legibility, and fluidity of one's signature Increased self-confidence, continuity, and fluidity when communicating with the written word

The New American Cursive (NAC) penmanship program is an easy-tofollow resource for learning cursive. Simplified letter forms and clear instructions teach your student to write in a fast, legible script. Developed by Iris Hatfield, an educator with 35 years of experience in the handwriting field, the workbooks improve the process of teaching handwriting and allow students to start at a younger age. In NAC 1, learn how to form each letter, step by step, with clear starting dots and direction arrows. Correct pencil grip, paper position, and posture are illustrated throughout. Fifteen minutes of workbook practice a day is all it takes! NAC 2 will continue to teach correct letter forms and how to easily connect each letter. Proper size, spacing, and slant are emphasized in 125 instructional exercises. In NAC 3 you will further enhance cursive skills by practicing your best handwriting while learning about manners and correspondence protocol.

Teach Yourself Cursive by Iris Hatfield Grade 5-Adult $22.95

$22.95 ea. Choose from:

New American Cursive 1 New American Cursive 2: Scripture & Famous Quotations New American Cursive 2: Quotations from Famous Americans New American Cursive 3: Scripture & Lessons on Manners New American Cursive 3: Famous Quotes & Lessons on Manners

New American Cursive

Whether you are a beginning older student or are fine-tuning your penmanship later in life, these self-guided lessons make learning cursive a pleasure. Practice just 15 minutes a day to get remarkable results. The workbook includes a step-by-step lesson plan, practical tips for working on the size, spacing, and slant of your letters, and writing tips for left-handers. These handwriting improvement techniques will help you develop a legible, attractive, individual writing style.

Startwrite CD $29.95 (also available as downloadable software) Use this New American Cursive supplemental software to create customizable worksheets to integrate handwriting practice with any subject. (Windows only)

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Penmanship Copybooks I-III by Cheryl & Leigh Lowe Grades K-2

$39.95 set (Copybooks I-III) $14.95 ea. Copybooks include memory passages, copybook exercises, and drawing pages, incorporating Scripture from the King James Bible and classic children's poems.

Composition & Sketchbooks I-III Grades K-6

Ages 6-12 (chronological age or skill level)

II: 1/2" Ruled for 1st-2nd Grade Students

Copybook Cursive I-IV

III: College-Ruled for Older Students

(New American Cursive font)

Our Composition & Sketchbooks allow each student to write and illustrate compositions.

Copybook Cursive I is perfect for second graders alongside NAC 2 or older students needing more practice. Copybook Cursive II includes Scripture passages from Christian Studies I, the 15 brightest stars from Astronomy, and the major gods from D'Aulaires' Greek Myths. In Copybook Cursive III, students practice their penmanship with beautiful memory passages from Christian Studies II. The college-ruled lines of Copybook Cursive IV are perfect for older students honing their penmanship with the Scripture passages from Christian Studies III.

(New American Cursive font) by Cheryl Swope

$8.50 ea. I: 5/8" Ruled for Younger Students

Grades 1-6 | $14.95 ea.

My Thankfulness Journals

Beginner or Intermediate $8.50 ea. These journals let students practice cursive while thinking about God's daily blessings in their lives. The Intermediate Journal has a smaller font size and less tracing.

My Nature Journal

Summer Cursive

by Cheryl Swope

Grades 1-2

Ages 4-11

$14.95 This workbook is designed as summer practice for rising second graders who have completed New American Cursive 1. It is arranged in lessons to be completed three times a week during the summer.

$8.95 Savor small moments of wonder with your child as he learns the simple beauty of nature. This book can stand alone as a delightful supplement to any program.

Cursive Practice Sheets I-III (New American Cursive font)

Aesop Copybook

Ages 6+

by Cheryl Swope

$14.95 ea.

Ages 9+

Our Cursive Practice Sheets include pages for practicing each cursive letter, Scripture copywork, and blank practice sheets. Book I is a good companion to NAC 1, Book II is extra practice for NAC 2, and Book III is wide-ruled for any older student who needs more practice.

$20 set (Fables and copybook) Aesop Copybook $8.95 Aesop's Fables $14.99 The Aesop Copybook is a lovely companion to Aesopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fables. It will strengthen your student's writing and composition skills while giving the opportunity to contemplate the timeless wisdom of Aesop's fables and learn from the gentle moral instruction they provide.

Penmanship Supplements Alphabet Wall Charts Available in Manuscript (blue) or Cursive (green)

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Alphabet Wall Poster

(11'' x 17'') | $14.95 ea.

Manuscript and New American Cursive

These visual aids reinforce each letter of the alphabet while young students learn to read and write or practice their penmanship. Each illustration is hand-drawn. The cursive charts use the New American Cursive font.

This poster lists the entire alphabet in manuscript and cursive. It is the perfect resource if you don't have the space for our alphabet wall charts.

(22'' x 34'') | $7.00

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Becoming Fully Human by Joseph Pearce

any years ago the English w riter G. K. Chesterton claimed that the " coming peril" f acing civilization w as " standardization b y a low standard." Today, almost a century later, Chesterton's w ords have something of the mark of prophecy ab out them. s du n do n s e e p ed n er ca s w oef ully b eleaguered education system. Standards of literacy and numeracy, to say nothing of standards of morality, are not so much declining as plummeting. The prob lem is that the architects of our education system consider Pontius Pilate's f amous q uestion, "Quid est veritas? " to b e intrinsically unansw erab le. In contradistinction, the mark of an authentic education is the asking of Pilate's ax iomatic q uestion w ith the aim of seeking an answ er to it. The f irst step in answ ering the q uestion, " What is truth? " is to ask the preparatory q uestions: H ow do w e know w hat is truth? What are the means necessary to achieve the end? We discover truth through the use of reason and only through the use of reason. There is no irrational path to truth. The so- called mystical paths to truth, such as the ex perience of the kiss of b eauty or the goodness of love, are merely rational paths b y another name, and b y any other name reason smells as sw eet. The good, the true, and the b eautif ul are nothing b ut the triune splendour of truth itself , each of w hich conf orms to, and is an ex pression of , the rational f oundations of reality. The great pagan philosophers, Socrates, Plato, and r s o e arr ed a e con c on o e e s ence o the Divine through the use of reason. The great pagan r ers o er esc y us op oc es and r

Joseph Pearce is the series editor of the Ignatius Critical E ditions, the Tolkien and Lewis Chair in Literary Studies at Holy A postles College and Seminary, and the author of several biographies of Christian literary figures.

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arrived at the same conclusion through the rational ob servation of the f ollies, f oib les, virtues, and vices of humanity and their respective conseq uences. These great pagans came to an understanding of the natural law through the rational ob servation of humanity's place w ithin nature, and saw it as a logical and ultimately theological ex pression of the Divine law . ou reason eads us o an accep ance o e ex istence of the Divine, and also to a rudimentary understanding of the Divine attrib utes of omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, j ustice, goodness, b eauty, truth, and love, it cannot tell us much more. In order f or our reason to grasp the reality of the Divine on any deeper level, it needs the Divine to reveal itself . God's revelation of Himself in Scripture is the means b y w hich our reason comes to understand Him more f ully. U ltimately, it is God's revelation of Himself in the person of Jesus Christ w hich opens our minds to the f ullness of truth and ensures that our f aith is rooted in reason. Pilate's q uestion is answ ered b y Christ in the latter's assertion ( to His disciples) that He is " the w ay, the truth, and the lif e." In this revelation of Himself , God show s us that He is not only the Truth b ut the Reason. He is, f urthermore, not only reason as a noun b ut reason as a verb . He is the reason Who is the end of our q uest f or truth, and He is also the rational means, the Way, b y w hich the reason is discovered. In this sense, He is not only the Word b ut b oth senses of the w ord! In an apparent tautology that contains the totality of truth, He show s us that w e have to reason to b elieve the reason to b elieve. Having asked and answ ered Pilate's q uestion, thereb y estab lishing the truth to w hich an authentic education should b e directed, the other q uestion that needs to b e asked and answ ered concerns w ho w e are as human b eings: W ho is Man? For the Christian, in contradistinction to the materialist, man is not simply homo sapiens. He is not simply the most intelligent of the primates. He is a creature made in the image of God in a manner that distinguishes him radically f rom the rest of the an a s e er na e or an s a en o b y the Greeks, w ho called man anthropos. It is a w ord w hich, according to Plato in his Cratylus, implies that man alone among animals ref lects or turns upw ards. U nlike the other animals that, governed b y instinct, are unab le to do so, man looks up at the heavens, seeking a purpose and meaning to lif e b eyond the mere creature comf orts of everyday lif e. Reminding ourselves of O scar Wilde's epigram, " We are all in the gutter, b ut some of us are looking at the stars," w e

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might view the gutter as the symb ol of natural instinct and the stars as the symb ol of supernatural desire. Man looks up; the lesser creatures do not. Man gazes; the animal grazes! What w e see ref lected b ack to us in the magic mirror of the heavens is not homo sapiensâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;w ho is ultimately as enslaved b y instinct as are the rest of the animalsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; b ut anthropos w ho seeks solace in the sun and the stars, seeing in the heavenly b odies and the music of the spheres the signif iers of the light of grace. It is in this w ay that Samw ise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings speaks f or all of humanity w hen he af f irms in the darkest hour that " ab ove all shadow s rides the sun." no er unders and n o an re a ed o the Greek anthropos, is that of homo viator, the traveling man, or the man on the j ourney of lif e, the man w hose purpose is to get Home b y taking the adventure that lif e throw s at him. The archetypal homo viator in Western culture is perhaps O dysseus, b ut in Christian terms the archetype is the medieval character Everyman, w ho is travelling on the road to heaven. For the Christian, every man is homo viator, w hose sole purpose ( and soul's purpose) is to travel through the adventure of lif e w ith the goal of getting to heaven, his ultimate and only true Home, f acing many perils and temptations along the w ay. The enemy of homo viator is homo superbus ( " proud man" ) , w ho ref uses the self - sacrif ice that the adventure of lif e demands and seeks to b uild a home f or himself w ithin his " self ." Such a man b ecomes addicted to the sins that b ind him, shriveling and shrinking to the pathetic size of his Gollumized self . The drama of lif e revolves around this b attle w ithin each of us b etw een the homo viator w e are called to b e and the homo superbus w e are tempted to b ecome. This drama is mirrored in the perennial personal struggle in the heart of every man b etw een self lessness ( love) and self ishness ( pride) . Who is Man? U ltimately He is Jesus Christ, the Perf ect Man w ho show s us w ho w e are meant to b e. In b ecoming more like Christ w e are ipso facto b ecoming more f ully human. Who is Man? The answ er w as given unw ittingly b y Pontius Pilate as he show ed the scourged Christ to the people. Ecce Homo. Behold, Man! In a nutshell, theref ore, an authentic education is that w hich teaches us that truth is real and is present most f ully in the Real Presence of Christ in the cosmos, and, f ollow ing logically and theologically f rom this Reality, it is an education that teaches us to b e more f ully human, more f ully the person w e are meant to b e, b y b ecoming more like Christ w ho is the Way, the Truth, and the Lif e.

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WHAT IS EDUCATION? by Martin Cothran

ne of the problems in discussing and debating the right way to educate our children is a confusion about what education actually consists of. We talk about education when we mean training; we talk about the importance of STEM subjects like mathematics as if math has nothing to do with the liberal arts; we talk about the liberal arts as if we were referring to the humanities. And the humanities? We hardly talk about them at all. So the first matter of business in talking about education is getting our terms straight. The best way to do this is to go back to the two terms that most fundamentally constitute the work of education: arts and sciences. We know these terms if for no other reason than that we have seen them on the sides of buildings while walking across a college campus. The words, having quite literally been etched in stone, have a sort of Delphic quality: They seem to embody a noble meaning and yet they are ambiguous, at least to us. They sound oracular, and yet the respectable oracle would be so unclear. The entryway to the Oracle at Delphi was not nearly so inscrutable: "Know Thyself," it said. It may be hard to do, but we know what it means. And yet these words—arts and sciences—do mean something, and understanding their meaning will tell us what we need to know about what education is. The mystery they constitute to us is not the fault of the words, but the fault of successively more ignorant generations who have left them to the wind and weather. When we modern people hear the word "art," we think only of a painting or a sculpture or a piece of music. But art is also the activity practiced by artists, those people who wield a brush or a chisel or an instrument. The word "art" comes from the Latin word ars, which is closer in meaning to what we would call a "skill." An art in the context of education is the developed form of some human capacity or ability. In this respect, we would call the ability to read an art, or the ability to write, or even the ability to calculate. But even when the term is being used this way in the context of education it is often misused. The vast majority of references to the "liberal arts" are actually

Martin Cothran is the editor of The Classical Teacher and author of Traditional Logic Books I & II, Material Logic, and Classical Rhetoric.

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references to the moral or human sciences (the "humanities")—literature, history, philosophy—rather than to the linguistic and mathematical arts or skills of the traditional liberal arts. Similarly, the term "science" is now wedded almost inextricably to the idea of the natural sciences. When we hear the word today, the idea conjured in our minds is of biology, chemistry, and physics. What is a "scientist," after all, but a person with a laboratory smock peering at cell structures through a microscope, or at the stars through a telescope? The term "science" also comes from Latin. The Latin word scire means "to know or understand." Rather than referring to the natural sciences in particular, older writers like St. Thomas Aquinas used the word to mean an organized body of knowledge. Used this way, the study of history and literature are just as much sciences as biology or chemistry.

THE THREE ARTS The arts and sciences, properly defined, constitute the two primary divisions of the educational curriculum. There are three categories of basic arts and three categories of basic sciences. The three arts are the manual arts, the fine arts, and the liberal arts.

1. The Manual Arts The manual arts would include cooking, sewing, typing, woodworking, and machine repair—all arts that have to do with the use of one's hands (the word "manual" comes from the Latin word for "hand," manus). To say that the manual arts should serve a very minor role in education is not to say that they are inferior to the fine and the liberal arts but simply that they are not essential to the main purpose of formal education, which is the development of the minds and souls of students.

2. The Fine Arts The fine arts have a stronger claim for inclusion in the educational curriculum. They called "fine" because they are the arts which involve activities performed for their own sake. The word "fine" comes from the Latin finis, which means end (as opposed to means) . The fine arts are ends in themselves. We do not sing or act or paint or dance for any other reason than the satisfaction of doing so. These are not done in order to have or do anything MemoriaPress.com

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else. Unlike all the other arts, they are their own end. And, unlike the manual arts, they have direct relevance to the development of the human soul.

3. The Liberal Arts In the traditional accounting, there are seven liberal arts—grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. The first three, which constitute what we now call the "trivium," are the basic language arts: grammar, the skill of the proper expression of language; logic, the skill of language and its use in argument; and rhetoric, the use of language for the purpose of persuasion. The last four, which constitute what we now call the "quadrivium," are the basic mathematical arts: arithmetic, the study of discrete number; geometry, the study of continuous number; music, the application of discrete number; and astronomy, the application of continuous number. Along with the sciences, the liberal arts form the core of a classical Christian education.

THE THREE SCIENCES While the first of the two major divisions of education is called "arts," the second is called "sciences." With the exception of the fine arts, the arts are directed toward the exercise of a human faculty for some further purpose. But the sciences, as bodies of knowledge, are primarily ultimate or final in the sense that knowledge is valuable for its own sake, although some kinds of more basic knowledge can be viewed as instrumental in relation to other kinds of more ultimate knowledge. The three categories of basic sciences are the moral sciences, the natural sciences, and the theological sciences.

1. The Moral Sciences The moral sciences (also called the "human sciences" or "humanities") are those bodies of organized, systematic knowledge having to do with human concerns, ideals, and aspirations. The three most basic studies included under the human sciences are literature, history, and philosophy. Literature consists of a study of the exemplary texts of Western culture—those works that best represent the main lines of thought about the true, the good, and the beautiful. By calling it "Western" culture, we do not mean to exclude the texts of other cultures which have also been accounted great, since one of the unique features of Western culture is its inquisitiveness concerning other cultures. Over the centuries, other works have made their way into the Western consciousness and have been valued and studied as works that can give us insight into the nature of God, man, and the world.

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History is a knowledge of the people and events that constitute our past. Younger children develop from these an idea of the general course and structure of history—the shape of history—so that they can more easily relate one event to another. A study of history includes not just the study of our chronological past, but an analysis of the actions of its most exemplary figures, their motivations, and their influence on later events consequent on what they thought and did. This provides for us a solid basis for making judgments about the thoughts and actions of those living today. Philosophy takes the ideas expressed in history and literature and considers them solely as ideas. Speculative or theoretical philosophy studies things according to their quantity (the philosophy of mathematics), according to their sensible properties (the philosophy of nature), and according to their being (metaphysics). Practical philosophy studies man according to his ability to create (the philosophy of art) and according to the absolute good of man (moral philosophy). In all of the moral sciences, the focus is on man viewed in his proper nature, viewed as he is governed by moral laws, and viewed as he relates to those around him in society.

2. The Natural Sciences The natural sciences are the bodies of knowledge having to do with different aspects of the natural world. The two main divisions include the life sciences—biology, including zoology and botany—and the physical sciences—physics, the study of nature according to the nature and properties of matter and energy; chemistry, the study of the chemical composition of natural objects; earth science, including geology, hydrology, and atmospheric sciences; and astronomy, the study of the heavens.

3. The Theological Sciences The theological sciences are the bodies of knowledge that relate to God and the supernatural. The traditional divisions of theology are three: dogmatics, the study of Christian belief; ethics, the study of Christian morality; and apologetics, the study and practice of the intellectual defenses of the faith. The modern curriculum has become a welter of random subjects. Our culture has abandoned the classical Christian conception of learning—that of a curriculum divided between the arts and sciences, the skills and the content, the how and the what—and replaced it with a hodgepodge of subjects that constitute little more than psychological and utilitarian enthusiasms. Just a little dose of order and clarity would go a long way toward solving this problem.

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The Classical Teacher - Winter 2021

Articles inside

Poetry

What Is Education? by Martin Cothran

Becoming Fully Human by Joseph Pearce

Professor Carol: Discovering Music, Exploring America's Musical Heritage, & Early Sacred Music

Penmanship

e Pleasure of Becoming Educated by Cheryl Swope

Primary Enrichment

Education's End by Jon Christianson

New American Cursive

Classical Literature

American Studies

Growing a Healthy Garden by Kathy Becker

e Surprising Logic of the World by Dr. Dan Sheffler

Greek

Traditional Logic

Curriculum Packages and Supplements

Letter from the Editor by Martin Cothran

Memoria Press Online Academy

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