The Classical Teacher - Spring 2018 by Memoria Press

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Spring 2018

CLASSICAL EDUCATION IS MORE THAN

A METHOD

The Secondary Place of Dorothy Sayers' Trivium

BY MARTIN COTHRAN

The Four Causes of Classical Education by Paul Schaeffer A Homeschool Is Still a School by Kathy Becker

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

VILLA OF THE PAPYRI by Martin Cothran

n 79 A.D., the catastrophic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in eastern Italy covered nearby towns in ash and completely buried many of them. Accounts of the ancient eruption paint a horrific scene: Volcanic pumice ra i ne d f r om t he sk ie s a nd waves of searing hot gas and debris swept over the nearby la ndscape. T housa nds died where they stood, and others fell while in flight. One of the towns that was buried i n t he er upt ion was Herc ulaneum, which at t he time was a popular vacation s p o t f or we a lt hy Ro m a n s . According to some historical a c c o u n t s , J u l i u s C a e s a r 's father-in-law, Calpurnius Piso, owned an elaborate seaside villa in the town. He is reputed to have had one of the great libraries of ancient times. For almost seventeen centuries the ancient town lay in darkness underground. Excavations of Herculaneum were conducted in the mid-eighteenth century, and Calpurnius Piso's villa was located. But nearby landowners put a stop to the excavation, and the location was forgotten. Then in the 1980s excavations were begun again, and special attention was given to Calpurnius' villa. When excavators began their work they discovered numerous statues and other works of art, many of them in pristine condition. Then they began to discover something else— scrolls, some of them in the boxes in which they had been placed for transportation during the panic, others littered on the floor. The scrolls were carbonized by the intense heat of the gas from the volcano and solidified into stone. They began to call Calpurnius' Villa the Villa of the Papyri. With the development of modern multi-spectral imaging, the burnt scrolls are just beginning to be 2

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deciphered. Some scholars are holding their breath over the works of philosophy and literature that might come to light, many of them unknown or lost. We only possess a small fraction of the works of ancient times. St. Augustine cites Cicero's Hortensius as a formative book in his thinking, but all we know of it is what he and a few others quoted in their works. The vast majority of the works of the Greek tragic poets— Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides—were lost long ago. Could these works lie hidden in ash in the library of Calpurnius Piso? It is exciting to think that they might. But while we yearn for the discovery of heretofore lost works, what are we doing to learn the ones that have been preserved, and which we have yet to read? Are they not as much lost to us as the works in the Villa of the Papyri? Shouldn't we wonder as much at the works we have but do not know as at the prospect of the discovery of others? The treasury of our culture may be missing important things, but it is rich nevertheless. And in many ways, too, this treasury has been covered up by time and neglect. It has been buried in disinterest and distraction and hidden by layer upon layer of modern educational fads and gimmicks. The work of classical education is to excavate the deep and rich tradition of wisdom and virtue that lies at our very feet, and to decipher the scrolls we have had all along. We don't need a spade or multi-spectral imaging. We don't even need to go to Italy. The works are here at our fingertips. All we need to do is take the trouble to read them. MemoriaPress.com

Spring 2018 FEATURED ARTICLES

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AMERICAN / MODERN

38 American Studies & Modern European History 39 Geography

Letter from the Editor by Martin Cothran Sodalitas and Teacher Training Conferences Caveat Emptor: What to Look for in a Latin Program by Leigh Lowe The Four Questions You Can Ask About Anything by Martin Cothran A Homeschool Is Still a School by Kathy Becker Classical Education is More Than a Method by Martin Cothran

63 Science & Nature 68 Arithmetic & Math 20 21 22 24

Three Blind Mice by Carol Reynolds The Four Causes of Classical Education by Paul Schaeffer

Preschool - Grade 10 JK - Grade 6 JK - Grade 10

43 Alphabet, Numbers, & Enrichment 44 Reading & Phonics 45 Spelling 46 New American Cursive 47 Copybooks & Journals

Ages 4+ Ages 5+ Grades 1-2 Grades 1-Adult Grades K-6

LITERATURE, GRAMMAR, & WRITING

27 Classical Composition, IEW,

Grades 1-12

56 Literature 58 Poetry

Grades 1-12

English Grammar

CLASSICAL/CHRISTIAN STUDIES D'Aulaires' Greek Myths & Famous Men Series

Grades 3-8

Dorothy Mills Histories

Grades 6+

NEW!

Grades 1-4

Latina Christiana & Supplements

Grades 3-6

First Form Latin Series & Supplements

Grades 5-12

Upper School Latin, NLE Prep Guides, & French

Grades 5-12

25 Grammar School Greek & Supplements 26 First Form Greek

Grades 4+ Grades 7+

30 Traditional Logic & Supplements 31 Classical Rhetoric & Supplements 31 Aristotle's Material Logic

Grades 7-12 Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12

ART & MUSIC

62 Art Posters, Art Cards, Creating Art,

Grades K+

Music Appreciation, Exploring America's Musical Heritage, Early Sacred Music, Discovering Music

RESOURCES Grades K-12

Christian Studies

Prima Latina & Supplements

LOGIC & RHETORIC

PRIMARY YEARS

Classical Literature & Supplements

Grades 3+ Grades K+

LATIN, GREEK, & FRENCH

A Long Day's Journey Into Paradise by David M. Wright

CLASSICAL CORE CURRICULUM

50 51 52 59

SCIENCE & MATH

Spelling: The Meticulous Twin by Cheryl Swope

4 Curriculum Packages & Supplements 5 Read-Aloud Programs 34 Curriculum Map Yearly Outlook

Grades 1+ Grades 3+

Grades 6+ Grades K-12

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The Very Busy Spider Good Night, Gorilla The Tale of Peter Rabbit Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings My Very First Book of Shapes ABC: 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? My First Real Mother Goose 1 Is One

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Character Building Supplement: Myself & Others Book I Core Set $52.00 (p. 44) Supplemental Read-Aloud Program $340.00 A set of 34 classic picture books chosen for their beauty in prose and illustration. A great addition to any children's library, one book is read aloud and discussed each week in Jr. Kindergarten.

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Jr. Kindergarten Read-Aloud $340 Kindergarten Read-Aloud $285 Kindergarten Science & Enrichment $325 First Grade Read-Aloud $290 First Grade Science & Enrichment Complete $350 Second Grade Read-Aloud $290 Second Grade Science & Enrichment Complete $350 Third Grade Read-Aloud Novels $150 Third Grade Read-Aloud Picture Books $300 Third Grade American/Modern $120 (p. 38) Fourth Grade Read-Aloud $120 Fourth Grade American/Modern $80 (p. 38) Fifth Grade Read-Aloud $100 Fifth Grade American/Modern $55 (p. 38) Sixth Grade Read-Aloud $50 Sixth Grade American/Modern $50 (p. 38)

Curriculum Manual Only $30 Consumables Only $105 CURRICULUM MANUAL Lesson Plans for One Year

Classical Core Curriculum

KINDERGARTEN PHONICS & SPELLING 100 Days of Summer Reading Book I (p. 44), First Start Reading A-D; Classical Phonics (p. 44); Phonics Flashcards (p. 45); 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

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Numbers Book set; Rod & Staff Arithmetic 1 Student (Part 1), Teacher, and Practice Sheets (p. 68); FlashKids Addition & Subtraction Flashcards

PENMANSHIP Copybook I; Composition & Sketchbook I (p. 47)

OPTIONAL Primary Phonics Readers, Sets 1-4

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LITERATURE StoryTime Treasures set; More StoryTime Treasures set (p. 56); Winter on the Farm; Christmas in the Big Woods; Little House Christmas Treasury; 100 Days of Summer Reading Book II (p. 44)

PHONICS & SPELLING

PENMANSHIP

Core Skills Phonics 2; First Start Reading Book E (p. 44); Traditional Spelling I, Spelling Practice Sheets (p. 45)

Copybook II; Composition & Sketchbook II; New American Cursive 1; Cursive Practice Sheets; Alphabet Wall Poster (p. 47); Penmanship Tablet

MATH

OPTIONAL

Rod & Staff Arithmetic 1 Student (Parts 1-2) and Speed Drills (p. 68)

Primary Phonics Readers, Sets 5 & 6

CURRICULUM MANUAL Lesson Plans for One Year

ENRICHMENT First Grade Enrichment (p. 43); First Grade Book of Crafts (p. 43); First Grade Art Cards (p. 62)

NEW USER ADD-ON SET $128 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; FlashKids Addition & Subtraction Flashcards; Music Enrichment

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GRADE 2

LATIN

SCIENCE

Prima Latina complete set (p. 20)

Rod & Staff Patterns of Nature

Lesson Plans for One Year

AMERICAN/ MODERN Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans (p. 38)

RETAIL

523.48

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395

PENMANSHIP

MATH

New American Cursive 2 (p. 46); Copybook Cursive I; Composition & Sketchbook II (p. 47); Prima Latina Copybook (p. 20); Penmanship Tablet

Rod & Staff Arithmetic 2 Student (Units 1-5), Teacher (Parts 1-2), Blacklines; Rod & Staff Arithmetic 1 Speed Drills (p. 68)

LITERATURE

ENRICHMENT

Second Grade Literature set (p. 56); Second Grade Literature Dictionary (p. 56); 100 Days of Summer Reading Book III (p. 44)

Second Grade Enrichment (p. 43); Second Grade Art Cards (p. 62); Second Grade Book of Crafts (p. 43)

NEW USER ADD-ON SET $98 New to Memoria Press? You need these items from prior years. Classical Phonics; Phonics Flashcards; A Child's Book of Poems; Animals, Animals; Music Enrichment; The Story Bible; Christian Studies Enrichment; FlashKids Addition & Subtraction Flashcards

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PHONICS & SPELLING Traditional Spelling II, Spelling Practice Sheets (p. 45)

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RETAIL

835.20

GRADE 3

PACKAGE PRICE

505

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LATIN

SCIENCE

Latina Christiana set, LC Review Worksheets set (p. 21); Ludere Latine set (p. 20)

Mammals set (p. 63)

CURRICULUM MANUAL Lesson Plans for One Year

AMERICAN/MODERN

WRITING

PENMANSHIP

MATH

States & Capitals set; FlashKids States & Capitals Flashcards (p. 39)

All Things Fun & Fascinating (p. 27)

New American Cursive 3 (p. 46)

Rod & Staff Arithmetic 3 Student, Teacher, Supplemental Worksheets and Key, Blacklines, Speed Drills; FlashKids Multiplication & Division Flashcards (p. 68)

CLASSICAL

GRAMMAR

SPELLING

D'Aulaires' Greek Myths set (p. 50); Timeline set (p. 53)

English Grammar Recitation and English Grammar RecitationWorkbook I set (p. 27); 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. 59)

Third Grade Literature set (p. 56); Poetry for the Grammar Stage set (p. 58); The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

New to Memoria Press? You need this item from Second Grade. Latina Christiana Flashcards $14.95

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GRADE 4

Curriculum Manual Only $30 Consumables Only $115 CURRICULUM MANUAL

459.69

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. 56); Papa Panov's Special Day; 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. 27)

The Book of Astronomy set (p. 63)

Copybook Cursive II (p. 47)

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 contintue 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 www.MemoriaPress.com for a complete book list and more information.

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RETAIL

771.75

GRADE 5

PACKAGE PRICE

Curriculum Manual Only $30 Consumables Only $165

LATIN

455

CURRICULUM MANUAL

First Form Latin complete set (p. 22); Lingua Angelica I set (p. 20)

Lesson Plans for One Year

WRITING

GRAMMAR

MATH

Classical Composition II: Narrative Student, Teacher, DVDs (p. 27)

English Grammar Recitation Workbook II set (p. 27); Core Skills Language Arts 5

Rod & Staff Arithmetic 5 Student, Teacher (Parts 1-2), Tests, Speed Drills (p. 68)

AMERICAN/MODERN

CLASSICAL

CHRISTIAN

Geography I set, including The United States Review set; Geography Flashcards (p. 39)

Famous Men of Rome set (p. 50)

Christian Studies II Student and Teacher (p. 59), Copybook Cursive III (p. 47)

SPELLING

SCIENCE

LITERATURE

Spelling Workout F set

The Book of Insects set (p. 63)

Fifth Grade Literature set (p. 56)

First Form Latin Streaming Instructional Videos Available! (p. 4)

NEW USER ADD-ON SET $120 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, The Golden Children's Bible, Old Testament Flashcards, Memory Verse Flashcards

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GRADE 6

Curriculum Manual Only $30 Consumables Only $190 CURRICULUM MANUAL

LATIN

AMERICAN/MODERN

Second Form Latin complete set (p. 22)

Geography II set, including Geography I Review set (p. 39)

Lesson Plans for One Year

MATH Rod & Staff Arithmetic 6 Student, Teacher (Parts 1-2), Quizzes & Speed Drills, Tests (p. 68)

RETAIL

766.38

PACKAGE PRICE

495

WRITING

CLASSICAL

Classical Composition III: Chreia/Maxim Student, Teacher, DVDs (p. 27)

Famous Men of the Middle Ages set (p. 50)

GRAMMAR

SPELLING

SCIENCE

English Grammar Recitation Workbook III set (p. 27); Core Skills Language Arts 6

Spelling Workout G set

What's That Bird? set; Exploring the History of Medicine set (p. 63)

LITERATURE

CHRISTIAN

Sixth Grade Literature set (p. 56)

Christian Studies III Student and Teacher; New Testament Flashcards (p. 59)

NEW USER ADD-ON SET $125 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, The Golden Children's Bible, Memory Verse Flashcards, Geography Flashcards

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RETAIL

873.63

GRADE 7

PACKAGE PRICE

550

Curriculum Manual Only $30 Consumables Only $200

LATIN

WRITING

Third Form Latin complete set (p. 23)

Classical Composition IV: Refutation & Confirmation Student, Teacher, DVDs (p. 27)

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 (p. 38); 200 Questions About American History set and Flashcards (p. 38); The Story of the World, Vol. 4 (p. 17)

Famous Men of Greece set (p. 50); Horatius at the Bridge (p. 52); The Greek Alphabet set (p. 25)

CHRISTIAN Christian Studies IV Student, Teacher, & Reader (p. 59)

MATH

SCIENCE

College of the Redwoods Pre-Algebra set (p. 68)

The Book of Trees set; Exploring the World of Biology set (p. 63)

GRAMMAR

LITERATURE

English Grammar Recitation Workbook IV set (p. 27); Core Skills Language Arts 7

Seventh Grade Literature set (p. 57)

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Curriculum Manual Only $30 Consumables Only $185 CURRICULUM MANUAL Lesson Plans for One Year

CLASSICAL

GRAMMAR

The Book of the Ancient Greeks set (p. 51); The Iliad set & DVDs; The Odyssey set & DVDs (p. 52)

RETAIL

996.07

PACKAGE PRICE

English Grammar Recitation Workbook V set (p. 27); Core Skills Language Arts 8

620

LATIN

WRITING

CHRISTIAN

Fourth Form Latin complete set (p. 23); Henle Latin I set (p. 24)

Classical Composition V: Common Topic Student, Teacher, DVDs (p. 27)

The Book of the Ancient World set (p. 51)

Prentice Hall Classics Algebra 1 set (p. 68)

SCIENCE

AMERICAN/MODERN

Exploring Planet Earth set (p. 63)

Geography III Text, Student, Teacher and Classroom Atlas (p. 39)

LITERATURE/POETRY

OPTIONAL

Eighth Grade Literature set (p. 57); Poetry & Short Stories: American Literature set (p. 58); Bard of Avon

First Form Greek (p. 26)

First Form Greek, Algebra I, Iliad, and Odyssey Streaming Instructional Videos Available! (p. 4)

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RETAIL

1144.18

GRADE 9

PACKAGE PRICE

825

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LATIN

CHRISTIAN

Henle Latin II Lesson Plans, Quizzes & Tests, Text, and Key (p. 24); Latin Grammar for the Grammar Stage (p. 25)

The Story of Christianity set (p. 59)

CURRICULUM MANUAL Lesson Plans for One Year

LOGIC

WRITING

SCIENCE

Traditional Logic I & II complete sets (p. 30)

Classical Composition VI: Encomium, Invective, & Comparison Student & Teacher (p. 27)

Novare Physical Science Text and Resource CD (p. 63)

CLASSICAL

MATH

AMERICAN/MODERN

The Book of the Ancient Romans set (p. 51); The Aeneid set and DVDs (p. 52)

Prentice Hall Classics Algebra II set (p. 68)

A Concise History of the American Republic and Year I Student and Teacher (p. 38)

LITERATURE/POETRY Ninth Grade Literature set (p. 57); Poetry, Prose, & Drama: Book I set (p. 58); The Book of the Middle Ages text (p. 51)

Aeneid, Algebra II, and Traditional Logic I Streaming Instructional Videos Available! (p. 4)

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GRADE 10

Curriculum Manual Only $30 Consumables Only $170 CURRICULUM MANUAL Lesson Plans for One Year

RETAIL

1266.54

PACKAGE PRICE

LATIN

CHRISTIAN

WRITING

Mueller's Caesar (De Bello Gallico) Text, Teacher's Guide, and Lesson Plans (p. 24)

History of the Early Church set (p. 59)

Classical Composition VII: Characterization Student, Teacher (p. 27)

875

CLASSICAL

LOGIC

MATH

Medea & the Other Plays set & DVDs; The Three Theban Plays set & DVDs; The Oresteian Trilogy set & DVDs (p. 52)

Material Logic complete set (p. 31)

McDougal Littell Geometry set (p. 68)

AMERICAN/MODERN

LITERATURE/POETRY

A Concise History of the American Republic, Year II Student and Teacher (p. 38)

Tenth Grade Literature set (p. 57); Poetry & Prose: Book II Set (p. 58)

Science Recommendations: Modern Biology is an extremely well-designed text and is the one used at Highlands Latin School, where, because the text contains a section on evolution not acceptable to many Christians, a teacher can treat issues of human origins and development separately. But we also have a high regard for the specifically creation-oriented A Beka text (designed for Christian schools) and Apologia (for homeschools). We have removed science from the 10th grade package in order to give you the opportunity to choose the right course for your family. Apologia Exploring Modern Biology Creation with Biology A Beka Biology

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MEMORIA PRESS IS NOW AT WORK ON ITS BACK-TO-BACK 2018 CONFERENCES Memoria Press is now at work on its back-to-back 2018 conferences, to be held July 9-13 at Highlands Latin School in Louisville, KY. This year's Sodalitas Gathering for homeschool parents, July 9-10, will feature Jessica Phillips, founder of Sodalitas and co-director of Highlands Latin Nashville, homeschool mother and author Sarah Kaye, Andrew Pudewa of the Institute for Excellence in Writing, and Martin Cothran, editor of The Classical Teacher. The Memoria Press Teacher Training Conference, July 11-13, will feature Andrew Pudewa, Martin Cothran, Tracy Lee Simmons, author of Climbing Parnassus, Chad Lawrence, headmaster at Holy Trinity Classical Christian School, Jessica Phillips, and Cheryl Swope, author of Simply Classical: A Beautiful Education for Any Child. Last year's conferences were productive and enriching, a fruitful blend of fellowship and practical training that prepared attendees for the work of their upcoming school year, whether in a classroom full of students, in an administrative office, or at a dining room table that does double-duty as a student desk. "I left Louisville feeling inspired to undertake this great task of educating my children with this rich, Godly, Classical, beautiful curriculum," said one homeschool mother. "Loved the information presented. Confirmed the reason why I do this!" said a kindergarten teacher. Another attendee commented, "As a newbie to classical education, this conference was so beneficial, supportive, helpful, and informative. I am leaving very excited and eager to be in the classroom. This should be required for all new and old teachers! Well done! All praise!" Like last year, Wednesday's Pre-Conference sessions (post-conference for homeschoolers) will again feature in-depth content intensive sessions on literature, cursive penmanship, Latin, composition, and science. Presentations observe the three great classical principles—ethos, logos, and pathos. That simply means that our speakers have the knowledge and experience needed to talk about their subjects with authority, that their points are presented convincingly, and that the way they say what they say will encourage you in what you are doing. A continental breakfast and full lunch will be provided for all attendees so that our friends from across the country can experience the joys of traditional Kentucky hospitality. If you are a homeschooler, an administrator, or a teacher, you will benefit from learning from experienced classical teachers, sharing trials, triumphs, and tips, and discussing and comparing notes with others who do what you do. And, of course, come hear our inspiring speakers who will motivate you for the coming school year. Come and join us! Register for Sodalitas: MemoriaPress.com/SG18 | $125 Register for Teacher Training: MemoriaPress.com/TT18 | $210

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Classical Core Curriculum

SUPPLEMENTS Don't need an entire package? Lesson Plans by Subject $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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Grades 1-8

The Story of the World by Susan Wise Bauer VOL. 1: Ancient Times (before 5th)

VOL. 3: Early Modern Times (before 7th)

$17.95 paperback $39.95 audiobook

$17.95 paperback $49.95 audiobook

VOL. 2: The Middle Ages (before 6th)

VOL. 4: The Modern Age (before 8th)

$17.95 paperback $44.95 audiobook

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Susan Wise Bauer's The Story of the World fits perfectly as an overview to the time periods students study in our Classical Core Curriculum packages (pp. 4-14). They make great supplemental summer reading!

Classical Education Resources

Orthodoxy

Climbing Parnassus:

by G. K. Chesteron Introduction by Martin Cothran

A New Apologia for Greek and Latin

$12.99

$15.00

The Well-Trained Mind:

A Guide to Classical Education at Home, 4th Edition by Susan Wise Bauer & Jessie Wise

by Tracy Lee Simmons

The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had by Susan Wise Bauer $35.00

$39.95

Why Knowledge Matters: Rescuing Our Children from Failed Educational Theories E. D. Hirsch, Jr. $31.00

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A Preface to Paradise Lost by C. S. Lewis $29.95

The Great Books: A

Journey Through 2,500 Years of the West's Classic Literature by Anthony O'Hear

From Achilles to Christ: Why Christians Should Read the Pagan Classics

by Louis Markos $24.00

The Great Tradition:

Classic Readings in What It Means to Be an Educated Human Being edited by Richard M. Gamble $20.00

$22.00

The Schools We Need:

Why Freshmen Fail

Simply Classical:

by E. D. Hirsch, Jr.

and how to avoid it! by Carol Reynolds, Ph.D.

A Beautiful Education for Any Child by Cheryl Swope

$17.95

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And Why We Don't Have Them

Classical Core Curriculum

LATIN

CAVEAT EMPTOR

What to Look for in a Latin Program by Leigh Lowe

ith the rise in popularity of classical education, more and more parents are considering adding Latin to their curriculum. But many times parents are too quick to pick up any Latin program that promises easy results or to improve SAT scores. Here are a few considerations in choosing a Latin program for your student.

1. IS THE PROGRAM AGE-APPROPRIATE? On the one hand, there is no need to rush a student's Latin study. On the other hand, there are advantages to starting early. More important than reading Virgil by age nine is that foundational Latin skills are mastered and that students feel confident enough to continue. Latin's benefits do not come in crash courses—they are earned through continuity, consistency, and time. Start with a program designed for young students, one that includes sufficient grammar instruction, age-appropriate vocabulary, and plenty of support. Beware of Latin programs that confront the student with an avalanche of information. A good program is discerning about the quantity and sequence of the information presented. And remember this: If students fail in their attempt to learn Latin, it is usually a result of trying to do too much too soon; it is almost never because the approach was too slow or methodical. 18

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2. DOES THE PROGRAM UTILIZE A “PARTSTO-WHOLE” APPROACH? Be wary of a program that overwhelms a student with the whole picture before he has time to learn and apply the parts. You would never teach a child long division before teaching addition and subtraction, would you? Dissecting a complicated whole is significantly more difficult without first learning and analyzing the smaller parts. Many modern English reading programs throw children into reading and expect them to learn the phonetic rules by osmosis. This approach serves mostly to confuse children. The best way to teach children to read is to introduce them to the letter-sound correspondences first. With the phonics foundation in place, students are considerably better prepared for dealing with the language as a whole later. The approach to teaching Latin should mirror the parts-to-whole approach taken in phonics. Latin is an inflected language, with endings performing almost all grammatical functions. A student should learn one rule or system at a time (a set of declension endings, for example) which can be applied to all nouns of its class—instead of prematurely tackling a complex whole (a sentence, for example) and being required to grammatically parse words. You want to avoid whole-to-parts approaches, which de-emphasize the system of the language MemoriaPress.com

and the breadth of service individual skills provide. Beware of programs that introduce advanced ideas prematurely, or stress translation over grammar.

3. IS THE PROGRAM GRAMMAR-BASED AS OPPOSED TO CONVERSATIONAL? People don't rush oﬀ and learn Latin in order to converse with each other. Why, then, use a conversational Latin program that prioritizes the least important thing about Latin study? Don't get bogged down worrying about pronunciation or conversation. Latin is rigorous, systematic, finite, and cumulative. This is its great worth. It oﬀers a clear, regular opportunity to really study language. Because it heavily influenced English and is the base for all Romance languages— with the grammar, syntax, structure, and all the subtleties—students of Latin become masters of words, precise in spoken and written discourse. A grammarbased Latin program retains these intrinsic rewards. Taught in this way, Latin is the best thinkingskills course a grammar school student can take.

4. IS IT A LATIN PROGRAM OR A DERIVATIVES PROGRAM?

6. IS THE PROGRAM VISUALLY APPEALING? Aesthetics are not unimportant. When you look at a Latin program, take into account its appearance—does it overwhelm you or your student with a busy page or bright colors? Does it trivialize the subject with trite pictures? Does it provide enough space to write answers? Does it have margins for notes? Does it arrange lesson content in easily accessible styles? Basically, do you want to open this book? Do you like it? Latin itself is challenging—there's no need to let the organization of the lesson provide unnecessary distractions!

A good Latin program is discerning about the quantity and sequence of the information presented.

Many Latin programs stress the relationship between English and Latin vocabulary, and exalt derivatives as the main reason to pursue Latin. In fact, many programs focus exclusively on Latin derivatives. The popularity of this approach is probably due to the mistaken belief that the greatest benefit of Latin is the knowledge of Latin root words. This is one benefit of Latin, to be sure. But the greatest benefits of Latin, as we said before, come from the grammar study that involves an aspect of the language that would be completely missed if a student studied only derivatives. And not only that, but the best way to learn Latin derivatives is a direct study of the language itself. In other words, a child will learn Latin derivatives better if he studies the entire Latin language than if he studies the derivatives independently. This is because he is learning the words in some kind of context, making it easier for him to remember them.

5. DOES THE PROGRAM OVERBURDEN THE STUDENT WITH VOCABULARY? It is very easy to inundate a child with more words than he can genuinely master. Though it can be exciting for a parent to recognize Latin as a source for new 1-877-862-1097

and challenging words, it should be remembered that grammar school students are increasing their vocabularies at every turn, in every course. A limited vocabulary base of 200-400 Latin words (5-10 a week) should serve as the vocabulary spine for the year. Introducing too many words at too fast a pace will take the student's attention away from the grammar that must be mastered early in order to understand the language properly.

7. DOES THE PROGRAM FOCUS ON CHRISTIAN OR CLASSICAL LATIN?

This is not necessarily an either/ or question. But, one of the things you will want to notice about a program is whether it includes Christian Latin content. Latin was the international language of Christians for over a thousand years. Acknowledging both Latin's Christian and classical heritage oﬀers the more historically accurate cultural background for the language. In addition, Christian Latin programs usually encourage Christian pronunciation (also called "ecclesiastical") as opposed to the classical pronunciation. Remember, no culture speaks Latin nowadays, so pronunciation shouldn't be your priority. While the two pronunciations are similar, Christian Latin pronunciation is closer to English in many ways, and thus a little easier to learn. Furthermore, Christian pronunciation is the pronunciation you will hear in the Latin music sung by great choirs today—to us, a terrific incentive for Christian Latin. These seven considerations are taken into account in Memoria Press' Latin programs—Prima Latina, Latina Christiana, and the Forms Series. See more information and a complete listing on pp. 20-23. Leigh Lowe is the Curriculum Director at Highlands Latin School.

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Prima Latina

An Introduction to Christian Latin by Leigh Lowe | Grades 1-4 Are you looking for a gentle introduction to Latin and a course that prepares your young student for a more advanced study of the language? Prima Latina is specifically designed for students and teachers with no Latin background. This course was developed for children in 1st-4th grades who are still becoming familiar with English grammar and wish to learn Latin at a slower pace and learn English grammar in the process. Its goal is to teach and reinforce an understanding of the basic parts of speech while introducing Latin. It benefits the student by teaching him half of the vocabulary in Latina Christiana and grounding him in the fundamental concepts of English grammar, the key to Latin study.

Prima Latina $90.90 complete set (student, teacher, CD, DVDs, flashcards)

$34.95 basic set (student, teacher, CD)

Student $15.00 Teacher $15.00 CD $8.95 DVDs $45.00 Flashcards $14.95

Student Book • 25 lessons + 5 review lessons • Latin vocabulary words with corresponding English derivatives • Latin prayers • Grammar skills appropriate for primary grades • Consistent review

Teacher Manual • Student book w/ answers keyed • Tests

The grammar lessons are set forth in a form appropriate for primary grades. The review lessons that follow each unit provide the consistent review needed to master Latin. With clear explanations and easy-to-read lessons in a two-color format, Prima Latina is perfect for those teachers and parents who would like to start their students on an early study of Christian Latin. Prima Latina is also the perfect preparation for Latina Christiana. "Prima Latina is particularly well suited to Latin-fearful parents. The simple layout of the lessons allows for easy implementation with little to no preparation, and the material is at a level that any willing parent can easily learn." —Martha Robinson, homeschoolchristian.com "Order Leigh Lowe’s Prima Latina, along with the accompanying teacher’s guide and supplementary CD." —Susan Wise Bauer & Jessie Wise "If you are beginning Latin and have no Latin background, this is the curriculum for you." —Julie A., www.homeschoolreviews.com

Pronunciation CD • Complete verbal pronunciation • Four Lingua Angelica songs

DVDs • 3 discs, 9 hours (~40 min./lesson) • Comprehensive teaching by Leigh Lowe • Recitation & review, vocabulary practice, and explanation of derivatives • On-screen notes, diagrams, & examples • Self-instructive format

"We are into our fifth week of Prima Latina and loving every minute of it. My young daughters like feeling that they are getting smarter than their peers." —Alice Helmuth Christopher View samples online: MemoriaPress.com

Flashcards • Vocabulary with derivatives • Latin sayings • Conjugations & declensions

Supplements Grades 1-4

For All Ages!

Grades 3+

$14.95

(Full program on p. 23)

Ludere Latine $12.00 Ludere Answer Key $4.95

Song Book $9.95 Music CD $11.95

Prima Latina Copybook

Lingua Angelica

Ludere Latine

Help your children practice their Latin while developing their penmanship skills.

Latin prayers and hymns, beautifully sung by a six-voice Gregorian chant choir.

Enrichment activities to help students master Latina Christiana vocabulary & grammar.

New American Cursive font

Latin

Latin Songs & Prayers

for Latina Christiana

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Move straight to First Form Latin after Latina Christiana (see p. 22).

Latina Christiana

Introduction to First Form Latin by Cheryl Lowe | Grades 3-6 Latina Christiana is, quite simply, the best grammar-based Latin course available for beginning students. Cheryl Lowe’s clear explanations, easy instructions, and step-by-step approach have led thousands of teachers and students to declare, “I love Latin!” 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. Five review lessons help ensure that your student has mastered the material.

Latina Christiana $98.90 complete set (student, teacher, CD, DVDs, flashcards)

$41.95 basic set (student, teacher, CD)

Student $16.00 Teacher $20.00 CD $8.95 DVDs $55.00 Flashcards $14.95

Online Class (p. 26)

Exercises reinforce memory work and teach grammar in incremental steps through simple translation. Grammar coverage includes 1st-2nd declension nouns, 1st-2nd conjugation verbs (in three tenses), 1st-2nd declension adjectives and the irregular verb to be. The Teacher Manual includes a complete copy of the student book with overlaid answers and provides detailed weekly lesson plans, comprehensive teaching instructions, tests, weekly quizzes, and keys. The thirty lessons can be completed in a year for young students or in less time for older students. "I have taught my own children using your LC books and Henle, and yours is the best curriculum available." —V.B., Latin teacher "My daughter said, 'Mom, this is the first one that makes sense and explains things so you can understand what's going on.'" —D.S., parent

Student Book • 25 lessons + 5 review lessons • 10 vocabulary words per lesson w/ corresponding English derivatives • Latin sayings, songs, and prayers

Teacher Manual • • • •

Student book w/ answers keyed Weekly lesson plans Tests, quizzes, & keys Comprehensive teaching instructions

Pronunciation CD • Complete verbal pronunciation • Latin prayers & songs

DVDs • 3 discs, 5.5 hours (avg. 15 min./lesson) • Comprehensive teaching by Jessica Watson • Recitation & review, vocabulary practice, and explanation of derivatives • On-screen notes, diagrams, & examples • Self-instructive format

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Flashcards • Vocabulary with derivatives • Latin sayings • Conjugations & declensions

Worksheets $9.95 Answer Key $5.00

8.5" x 11"

Grades 3+

(4 charts total)

CD & DVD $14.95

$12.95

Latina Christiana Review Worksheets

Contains 2 cumulative review pages for each Latina Christiana lesson to promote mastery.

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Grammar Desk Charts

Latin Recitation CD/DVD

Grammar forms on convenient, compact charts help students see the organization of the Latin grammar at a quick glance.

This CD/DVD combination includes a recitation of the entire Latin grammar. The DVD has visual charts with the grammar as Cheryl Lowe pronounces it.

for Latina Christiana

Latin

"This is the best-structured course on any subject I have ever seen." Andrew Pudewa, Institute for Excellence in Writing

First Form Latin

Second Form Latin

Latin Grammar Year One

Latin Grammar Year Two

$125 complete set (all 5 books, CD, DVDs, flashcards) $65 basic set (all 5 books + CD)

by Cheryl Lowe Grades 5+ (4+ if completed Latina Christiana)

by Cheryl Lowe Grades 6+

Text $13.50 Workbook $15.00 Teacher Manual $12.00 Teacher Key $14.95 Quizzes & Tests $5.00 CD $8.95 DVDs $55.00 Flashcards $14.95

Online Class (p. 26)

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5 noun declensions 1st-2nd declension adjectives 1st-2nd conjugations in 6 tenses (active voice) Sum in 6 tenses Syntax: nominative and accusative cases; complementary infinitive; subject-verb agreement; noun-adjective agreement; predicate nouns and adjectives First Form Latin Review - see p. 24

Text $13.50 Workbook $15.00 Teacher Manual $12.00 Teacher Key $14.95 Quizzes & Tests $5.00 CD $8.95 DVDs $55.00 Flashcards $14.95

2nd declension -er, -ir nouns and adjectives 3rd declension i-stem nouns 3rd declension adjectives of two terminations 1st and 2nd person pronouns and possessive pronoun adjectives Prepositions with ablative and accusative Adverbs and questions 3rd, 3rd -io, and 4th conjugations in 6 tenses (active voice) Present system passive of 1st-4th conjugations and -io verbs Syntax: genitive of possession; dative of indirect object; ablative of means and agent Second Form Latin Review - see p. 24

First Form's grammar-based approach is perfect for the grammar stage student. It is also the best approach for any age because every student is in the grammar stage when he begins a subject. The syntax knowledge required in translation-based programs is a logic or rhetoric stage skill, which can easily overwhelm a beginning student unless he has first learned the grammar at a slow and gentle pace and is taught for mastery. Based on 20 years of teaching experience, the Forms series, beginning with First Form, has been used sucessfully by countless home and private schools because it helps the student make sense of what many consider a diﬃcult subject. First Form is the ideal text for all beginners, grades 5 and up, or is a great follow-up to Latina Christiana. View samples online: MemoriaPress.com

Latin

Student Text • 34 two-page lessons on facing pages • Small, concise, unintimidating text in an attractive two-color format • Systematic presentation of grammar in five logical units • Appendices with English grammar, prayers, conversational Latin, vocab, index, & more!

Student Workbook • 4-6 pages of exercises for each lesson • Exercises for practice and mastery • Grammar catechism for daily rapid-fire review

Teacher Manuals • Key to workbook & quizzes/tests • Copy of student book inset with comprehensive teaching instructions • Recitation schedule • Chalk Talk scripted lessons • FYI notes for teachers with limited background

Quizzes & Tests • Reproducible weekly quizzes & unit tests

Pronunciation CD • Includes the pronunciation of all vocabulary, sayings, and grammar forms for each lesson

DVDs • 3 discs, 9 hours (15-20 min./lesson) • Superb explanations • On-screen notes, illustrations, & diagrams • Recitations, Latin parties, & more!

Flashcards • • • •

Vocabulary with derivatives Latin sayings Conjugations Declensions

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Third Form Latin

Fourth Form Latin

Latin Grammar Year Three

Latin Grammar Year Four

$125 complete set (all 5 books, CD, DVDs, flashcards) $65 basic set (all 5 books + CD)

$150 complete set (all 5 books, CD, DVDs, flashcards + Henle I text, key, & grammar) $90 basic set (all 5 books, CD + Henle I text, key, & grammar)

by Cheryl Lowe Grades 7+

by Cheryl Lowe & Michael Simpson Grades 8+

Text $13.50 Workbook $15.00 Teacher Manual $12.00 Teacher Key $14.95 Quizzes & Tests $5.00 CD $8.95 DVDs $55.00 Flashcards $14.95

Online Class (p. 26)

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Perfect system passive of 1st-4th conjugations and -io verbs 4th declension neuter nouns 3rd declension adjectives of one and three terminations Imperative mood, vocative case Nine irregular adjectives Regular and irregular comparison of adjectives and adverbs Pronouns: 3rd person, demonstrative, intensive, reflexive Active and passive subjunctive of 1st-4th conjugations and -io verbs Syntax: apposition; adjectives used as nouns; objective and partitive genitive; subjunctive in purpose clauses; exhortations; deliberative questions

Participles, infinitives, gerunds, and gerundives Deponent verbs Irregular verbs, including eo, fero, and volo Plural nouns Locative case Pronouns: relative and interrogative Syntax: double accusative; relative clauses; sequence of tenses and indirect questions; impersonal verbs; indirect statements (accusative with infinitive construction); gerundive of obligation

Fourth Form sets without Henle I:

$125 complete set (all 5 books, CD, DVDs, flashcards) $65 basic set (all 5 books + CD) *Henle Latin is required for Fourth Form. "This is a wonderful course and a FAVORITE under this apple tree! Very well constructed and organized. You need no previous Latin instruction to teach this course. How great is that?" —Richelle, Under the Apple Tree

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

Lingua Angelica I & II

Latin Songs & Prayers (Translation Course) by Cheryl Lowe

$39.95 set (Lingua Angelica I or II student & teacher, Song Book, & CD) Lingua Angelica covers 28 beautiful hymns sung by a six-voice Gregorian chant choir. Because hymns have shorter, simpler sentences and clearer word structure than most Latin literature, the Christian Latin in this course is ideal when beginning Latin translation. The workbooks provide vocabulary work, space for interlinear translation, and grammar word study exercises.

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Wall Charts (33" x 17") First Form (4 charts) $20.00 Second Form (3 charts) $20.00

Desk Charts (8.5" x 11") First & Second Form (6 charts) $12.95 Third & Fourth Form (20 charts) $15.95

Latin Grammar Charts Seeing grammar forms organized on charts is a great visual aid for Latin grammar students. They are also a helpful reference for teachers during Latin recitations. Our grammar charts are available in a large and small easy-toread format that help students see the organization of the Latin grammar at a quick glance.

Latin

Henle Latin I

Grades 8+

Grades 9+

Henle Latin I Text $16.95 Henle Latin I Key $5.00 *Henle Grammar $9.50 Henle Latin I Teacher Manual for Units 1-5 $19.95 Units 1-2 Quizzes & Test $9.95 Units 3-5 Quizzes & Test $9.95 Units 6-14 Study Guide $14.95 Units 6-14 Quizzes & Test $9.95

Text $43.00 Teacher $24.00 Lesson Plans $14.95

Advanced Christian Latin by Robert Henle

*used all 4 years

$28.45 Henle Latin I Text Set (text, grammar, & key) $65.00 Henle Latin I Units I-V Guide Set (text, grammar, key, Units 1-2 & 3-5 quizzes & tests,

Units 1-5 Teacher Manual)

In the First Year text, a limited vocabulary of 500 words allows students to master grammar without being overwhelmed with large vocabulary lists. Repetitious Latin phrases and copious exercises produce mastery rather than frustration. Our guides will tell the student what to do at every step of the way. For Units 1-5, the newly-revised Teacher Manual also includes scripted lessons and additional explanations and practice. Detailed, thorough, and well-organized, with check-off boxes for completed work, both guides will ease your transition into Henle.

Mueller's Caesar

Selections from De Bello Gallico by Hans-Friedrich Mueller

$76.00 set

(text, teacher, print lesson plans)

Mueller's text and accompanying Teacher Guide will lead students through Caesar's fascinating account of his wars in Gaul. Perfect first texts for Latin students who are ready to translate, the books include vocabulary, footnotes, historical background, and other resources, preparing interested students for the Caesar portion of the AP Latin Exam. Memoria Press' Lesson Plans (strongly recommended) schedule the work and teach, step by step, how to approach Latin translation.

Supplements: The Book of Roots, Roots of English, Lingua Angelica, and Lingua Biblica 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.

Grades 5+ Introduction $9.95 Level I $14.95 Level II $19.95

Grades 9+ Text $15.95 Key $5.00 Lesson Plans $14.95 Quizzes & Tests $9.95

$42.85 set

Henle Latin II

(Henle II text, key, lesson plans, quizzes & tests)

Advanced Christian Latin by Robert Henle These detailed lesson plans will guide you through the advanced grammar and syntax lessons in Henle II. We recommend completing this year of translation practice before attempting to read Caesar.

Henle Latin III-IV: $17.95 set (Henle III text & key) Henle Latin III Text $15.95 Henle Latin III Key $5.00

$17.95 set (Henle IV text & key) Henle Latin IV Text $15.95 Henle Latin IV Key $5.00

First & Second Form Latin Review

Memoria Press Guides to the National Latin Exam by Cheryl Lowe

The National Latin Exam provides an opportunity for students to compare their Latin knowledge with students across the nation. Nearly 150,000 students take this exam annually. Our Guides to the National Latin Exam include the vocabulary, grammar, and syntax, as well as the Roman culture, history, mythology, and geography commonly found on these exams. These guides, paired with previous exams you can download from the NLE website, make a great preparation for student success.

French

by Cheryl Lowe

Grades 5-8

Grades 5+

Student $17.50 ea. Teacher $17.50 ea. CD $8.95 ea.

Student Book $12.95 ea. Answer Key $9.95 ea.

Students are prone to forget what they have learned from year to year. This loss is especially detrimental to the Latin student, who must remember vocabulary words, inflected forms, and grammar from previous years. To ensure that students carry over what they have learned, Memoria Press has developed the Form Series Review, summer courses which feature vocab review, form drills, and other exercises, including newlydevised translation workshops, all designed to foster mastery and retention.

Latin and French

$43.95 set

First Start French I-II

(French I or French II student, teacher, CD)

Introduction to the French Language by Danielle Schultz View samples online at MemoriaPress.com

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Latin & Greek Supplements Grades 4+

All Ages

Grades 6-8

$14.95

$19.95

Latin Cursive Copybook

Latin Grammar for the Grammar Stage

Hymns & Prayers

Handwriting practice and Latin practice are combined in this copybook. While improving handwriting, students memorize Latin sayings and beautiful hymns from Latina Christiana and First Form Latin.

Roots of English

This compendium of grammar forms and syntax is a systematic, concise, and easily accessible reference. It includes all conjugations and declensions, plus a very basic introduction to Latin syntax.

Grades 8+

Grades 9+

Student $24.95 Key $1.95

Student $19.95 Teacher $19.95

The Book of Roots

Advanced Vocabulary Building From Latin Roots More advanced than Roots of English, this book offers a comprehensive listing of derivatives for Latina Christiana, along with Latin definitions, English derivatives, and etymology.

Latin and Greek Roots for Beginners Roots of English presents careful analysis of Latin and Greek word elements. Students learn not only the modern meanings of the words, but also their underlying, ancient meanings. This course corresponds to the Latina Christiana Latin vocabulary set.

by Cheryl Lowe

Wall Charts (22" x 34") (2 charts) $12.95 Desk Charts (8.5" x 11") (2 charts) $8.95

Lingua Biblica:

Greek Alphabet Charts

Old Testament Stories in Latin by Martin Cothran

This set of two charts makes a great visual aid for the teacher, classroom, and home. One chart has the upper- and lowercase letters of the Greek alphabet with their names in English and Greek. The second chart lists diphthongs, accent marks, pronunciation helps, and syllable names.

$39.90 set (student & teacher) This translation program based on the Vulgate Bible is a great companion to the Henle series.

Greek Grades 4+

Grades 4+

Student $15.00 Key $10.00

Year I Text $13.50 Year I Workbook $15.00 Year I Tests $5.00 Year I Teacher Key $14.95

The Greek Alphabet by Cheryl Lowe

The Greek alphabet is different enough from our own to be a major impediment to the study of Greek. The Greek Alphabet is a tour of the Greek letters, their formation, and sounds. A page is devoted to each letter and includes a letter diagram with arrows showing proper formation, printing lines showing placement of letters above and below the lines, letters to trace and copy, interesting facts and hints, and questions.

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Elementary Greek Program by Christine Gatchell

$65.00 Year I set (text, workbook, CD, flashcards, tests, teacher key) $65.00 Year II set (text, workbook, CD, flashcards, tests, teacher key) $50.00 Year III set (text, workbook, CD, flashcards)

Year II Text $13.50 Year II Workbook $15.00 Year II Tests $5.00 Year II Teacher Key $14.95 Year III Text $18.95 Year III Workbook $12.95

Finally, a Greek text thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s both simple and substantial! Years I, II, or III: Designed to be used as a full course for teaching children as young as fourth Audio CD $8.95 ea. grade, Elementary Greek may also serve as a self-teaching program for teens Flashcards $12.95 per set and adults. No previous knowledge is necessary. Thirty weeks of daily lessons ensure a complete school year of brief, incremental lessons. Year One of this course introduces the Greek alphabet, basic vocabulary, grammar, and translation. The accompanying workbook is a vital resource that provides practice and application for each step of the way. An audio companion CD is available to aid in pronunciation of individual letters, words, grammar paradigms, and passages. The set also includes flashcards that cover every vocabulary word used in the text.

Latin & Greek Supplements and Greek

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Courses:

Memoria Press Online Academy serves grades 3-12 and features the Memoria Press curriculum.

Enroll Today at MemoriaPressAcademy.com. First Form Greek Introduction to Ancient Greek by Cheryl Lowe & Michael Simpson Grades 7+

$125 complete set (all 5 books, CD, DVDs, flashcards) $65 basic set (all 5 books + CD)

Text $13.50 Workbook $15.00 Teacher Manual $12.00 Teacher Key $14.95 Quizzes & Tests $5.00 CD $8.95 DVDs $55.00 Flashcards $14.95

Based on the revolutionary First Form Latin series, First Form Greek is written for parents and teachers with or without a Greek background. Its goal is to present the grammar so logically and so systematically that anyone can learn it. At the same time, we have adapted the Latin Forms series to account for the differences between Greek and Latin, such as the new alphabet, overlapping sounds, more variation within paradigms, and less regularity. First Form Greek overcomes these challenges with the addition of weekly vocabulary reviews, more frequent recitation, and an "expanded" dictionary entry for Greek verbs.

First Form Greek

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6 indicative active tenses of the omega verb Present tense of the to be verb First and second declensions, including 4 subtypes of the first The definite article First & second declension adjectives Personal & demonstrative pronouns Approximately 130 vocabulary words

Recommended Prerequisites: At least two years of Latin grammar and the Greek Alphabet Book. However, students who are new to Greek may spend additional time in Lesson 1 and learn the Greek alphabet that way.

"First Form Greek has the same logical structure and helpful teaching tools of the Latin Forms series. The complete recitation list and Greek Sayings Analysis references in the Teacher Guide make even the novice Greek teacher feel confident that they can guide the student through this challenging material." — Kristin Walukas MemoriaPress.com

Composition Take Classical Composition online! Online Academy p. 26.

Classical Composition by James A. Selby

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Ancient writers invented a way of teaching writing known as the progymnasmata, which provided a method of teaching composition that not only taught budding writers a disciplined way to approach communication, but also helped them appeal to the hearts and minds of their audience. The 14 exercises, organized from the simplest and most basic to the most complex and sophisticated, were the core education of a classical speaker, designed to produce what Quintilian once called "the good man, speaking well."

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Introduction to Composition This introductory program focuses on narration, outlining, dictation, and copywork. The goal is 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.

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LOGIC

THE FOUR QUESTIONS YOU CAN ASK ABOUT ANYTHING by Martin Cothran

he most basic thing we can ask about anything is "What is it?" Young children explicitly ask this question all the time. But even adults do it, although they may not do it explicitly, or even think about doing it at all. We ask this about words we don't know, and things we encounter for the first time. We even engage in definition when we write a mission statement for an organization—or for ourselves. It is something that all of us do, and yet few of us can explain the right way to do it. Maybe we need … a definition of definition. We can find this in the old discipline of material logic that goes back to Aristotle. When we think about "definition," we can be thinking about one of two kinds: nominal definitions and real definitions.

NOMINAL DEFINITION A nominal definition expresses the meaning of a term by indicating what it refers to. It "points to" the thing it signifies: What is a bird? A bird is all of the ducks and geese and chickens and pelicans and storks and ostriches and horn bills, etc. that ever were, are, or will be flying or walking around in the world. This is a kind of nominal definition called connotative definition. Etymological definitions are another kind of nominal definition. If I want a definition of the word 28

The Four Questions You Can Ask About Anything

"philosophy," for example, I could simply point out that the word is made up of two Greek words—philia and sophia, "love" and "wisdom." Etymologically (in other words, according to the derivative meaning of the word's elements), the word "philosophy" means "the love of wisdom." But nominal definition, whether connotative or etymological, doesn't really get to the underlying nature of the word or thing it attempts to define. We need another kind of definition for this purpose. Although nominal definitions are important, real definitions are more important. Nominal definitions are important because they identify the object of the definition. Many times it is helpful to know what a term refers to before we can state its nature, and what we are essentially doing when we use nominal definitions is naming things (from nomen, nominis: "to name").

REAL DEFINITION While nominal definition approaches the question of what a thing is in an extrinsic way—from the outside, so to speak—real definition tries to get to the intrinsic or inner meaning of a thing. It attempts to express something's inner meaning. In the act of real definition we lay bare the nature of the object we are defining. According to Aristotle and many of the great ancient and Medieval philosophers, the best way MemoriaPress.com

to define the nature of the thing is to ask four basic questions about the thing you are trying to define. These are called the "four causes."  Formal Cause  Material Cause  Eﬃcient Cause  Final Cause Let's talk about what these four causes are and then give a couple of examples so we can see how they manifest themselves. Formal Cause: We say that formal cause involves asking what kind of thing something is. The formal cause, in other words, determines the form or shape of a thing. Let us now reconsider our original question. The formal cause of a thing is that thing's nature or essence, the metaphysical pattern of a thing. It is that element of a thing that determines most fundamentally what it is. Material Cause: The physical stuﬀ of which a thing is made up we call "matter." Now, we said that the formal cause of a thing is determinate. This means that a thing's form or shape is determined by its formal cause. But what is it that the formal cause determines? What is it that is shaped into the thing that we apprehend? The answer is: matter. Matter is the underlying physical substratum of things, and it changes from one form to another depending on which formal cause is determining or shaping the matter. Efficient Cause: The efficient cause is the external agent that brings about this unity between material and formal cause, or that which sustains it in existence.

Final Cause: The fourth and last cause is related to why the agent brings the thing about in the first place. There must be a reason, or purpose, for the unity of form and matter that is brought about by the efficient cause. This reason or purpose for a thing is what we call its final cause. The final cause is the purpose or end served by the thing, and that for which it exists. It is what a thing is for. We could summarize the four causes—formal, material, efficient, and final—by saying that they constitute the wherefore, the wherewith, the whence, and the why, respectively. They answer all the fundamental questions involved in fully saying what a thing is. Consider a few examples. If we consider a house, we would say that the plan or blueprint for the house is its formal cause; the materials used to build it (wood, nails, steel reinforcement) are the material cause; the architect and the builder are the efficient cause; and the purpose of the building (for a dwelling, for office space, for worship) is the final cause. My mother used to sew dresses for my sister. She would go to the store and buy a pattern (formal cause) and some cloth (material cause), and then she herself (efficient cause) would cut the cloth according to the pattern in order to provide clothing for my sister (final cause). We could even ask, "What are the four causes of the world?" For which the answer is to simply look at Genesis, which is all about God (efficient cause) forming and filling the world (formal and material causation) in order to bring about the world—a world in which dwells a being made in His image and likeness (final cause). With these four questions we can define the world and everything in it.

Division of Definition Definition Nominal Definition

Real Deﬁnition (House)

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Formal Cause Etymological Deﬁnition

(Philosophy means “love of wisdom.”)

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Material Cause

(wood, nails, steel reinforcement)

Eﬃcient Cause (architect, builder)

Final Cause (to live in)

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The Traditional Logic program is an in-depth study of the classical syllogism. In Book I, students will gain a basic understanding of terms, statements, and simple categorical arguments.

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Classical Rhetoric is a guided tour through the first part of the greatest single book on communication ever written: Aristotle's Rhetoric. With questions that will help the student unlock every important aspect of the book, along with fill-in-the-blank charts and analyses of great speeches, this companion text to Aristotle's great work will send the student on a voyage of discovery from which he will return with a competent knowledge of the basic classical principles of speech and writing. This is more than just a course in English or public speaking. It involves a study of the fundamental principles of political philosophy, ethics, and traditional psychology. A student learns not only the elements of a political speech, but also the elements of good character; not only how to give a legal speech, but also the seven reasons people act; not only how to give a ceremonial speech, but what elicits specific emotions under particular circumstances and why.

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Logic & Rhetoric

BY KATHY BECKER

A HOMESCHOOL IS STILL A SCHOOL Taking Advantage of the Benefits of the Traditional Classroom in Your Home

recently conducted a webinar for administrators of classical schools, in which the guidelines for the classical classroom were addressed. Having been involved in home education for a number of years educating our own six children prior to entering the classical school arena, first as a teacher and then as an administrator, I find myself now observing both home education and traditional classroom education through a classical lens. While a school situation requires an objective review in order to ascertain certain prerequisites we desire for our classrooms, the homeschool is a different paradigm, offering no objective evaluation regarding teaching other than the eventual result observed in the students' knowledge and understanding of their studies. Homeschool parents rejoice in the choice and freedom of educating their children at home. Often we refer to the Scriptures in Deuteronomy, which speak of placing God's directives in our children's hearts by training them in His Word as we conduct ourselves in our daily lives. This is all well and good and something to be admired. However, as is often stated, with freedom comes responsibility. While we enjoy the privilege of educating our children in our homes, we must also realize that for

those of us who love classical education, we are to embrace all of it. Might it be that the directives used in a school situation, at least in part, may benefit a homeschool? And might it also be said that the very detriments we see in public education may be present in a homeschool situation? Human failings are not relegated to the public arena. Homeschoolers, beware. In your quest for truth, beauty, and goodness, there are some definite standards to observe that will go a long way toward helping your child grow in wisdom and virtue. The present educational system, the one in which most of us have been educated, promotes a "childcentered" education. This is in direct contrast to a classical education in which it is understood that children learn best in an orderly environment directed by a teacher. As classical educators, we understand that God is a God of order. From the beginning, it has always been. The world was created perfectly and with order. The stars are set in the sky in a definite order. The seasons progress in a prescribed order. The family was established with order, each member given specific responsibilities. Classical education implements God's design of order, and in so doing develops in the learner a well-trained mind. This applies not only to the schoolroom in a traditional sense, but also to the homeschool endeavor. Parents must be the directors of the homeschooled student, and in doing so they must understand that theirs is a grave responsibility, not to be taken lightly. The idea of letting children choose what they will study and when has no place in the the parent-directed classroom, and just as we address this issue in the environment of a traditional classroom, so should we do the same in the homeschool learning environment. While in a classroom we may address desk arrangement; in the home, we understand that it is imperative that a student

be seated in a welllit, uncluttered space set aside for learning. What is the environment of your homeschool classroom? Have you created a place of order that is clean and neat, beautiful, and inviting to your learner? Is it simple and uncluttered, with perhaps some lovely works of art displayed? How about scheduling? Do your children know what studies they will be participating in daily, or does each day simply happen as life presents it? We are training great minds to do great things and think great thoughts. This requires preparation and organization. Chaos is the enemy of an ordered mind. Quintilian, the great Roman teacher of rhetoric, states in his directives to teachers: "Let [the teacher] be strict, but not austere, genial but not too familiar; for austerity will make him unpopular and familiarity breeds contempt. Let his discourse continually turn on what is good and honorable; the more he admonishes, the less he will have to punish. He must control his temper without however shutting his eyes to faults requiring correction." Oh, how t he homesc hool classroom would be affected if we would but heed t hese few admonitions! It is easy for parents, in becoming too familiar with their children, to relax the disciplines of learning and so prevent the child from achieving all that God would desire for him. How wonderful it is to observe parents leading and directing their children, avoiding the trap of becoming haphazard, lacking in discipline, or becoming a little too relaxed, which leads to unfinished assignments and a disregard for excellence and disrespect for order. Behavioral routines are not just for those who attend to learning outside of the home. The homeschool parent bears a solemn responsibility, albeit gladly accepted, when he commits to "training a child in the way he should go." And again, looking to the wisdom of Quintilian on the subject of moral education: "It is held that schools corrupt the morals. It is true that this is sometimes the case. But morals may be corrupted at home as well" (The Institutes Book II, The Great Tradition). Where there is a lack of order it can corrupt our respect for

others, for society, and most importantly, for God. Educating our children in the home gives no divine guarantee that our children will be free of moral corruption. It is imperative that not only our studies are chosen with care, but also our daily behavior. Virgil also speaks to this when he writes, "So long is custom formed in early years." These are the "early years" in which habits are formed and orderly thinking is developed. We do our children no favor when we shy away from teaching them to get up, wash up, eat up, and sit up â&#x20AC;Ś and to do their schoolwork. When we embrace God's view of order and direction, when excellence in all things is stressed, classical education in the home becomes a feast of sublime delight. Our children thrive as they are free to experience truly liberal learning overflowing with all that is true and good and beautiful. In introducing order in our children's lives, we make it possible for them to truly appreciate "whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report." And they will "think on these things."

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Literature, Phonics, & Spelling

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Alphabet Books; Alphabet Coloring Book; My Very Own Scissors Book; Alphabet Flashcards (p. 43); Manuscript Charts (p. 47)

Core Skills Phonics K-1; Classical Phonics; Phonics Flashcards; First Start Reading A-D; 100 Days of Summer Reading I (p. 44); Animal Alphabet Coloring Book; American Language Readers; Nature Reader K

Core Skills Phonics 2; Traditional Spelling I (p. 45); StoryTime Treasures Literature Set (p. 56); 100 Days of Summer Reading II; First Start Reading Book E (p. 44)

Traditional Spelling II (p. 45); 100 Days of Summer Reading III (p. 44); Second Grade Literature Set (p. 56)

Latin & Greek

Jr. K

Prayers for Children; Big Thoughts for Little People

The Story Bible; Christian Studies Enrichment (p. 59)

Numbers Books (p. 43); Rod & Staff Arithmetic 1, Part 1 (p. 68)

Rod & Staff Arithmetic 1, Parts 1-2 (p. 68)

Rod & Staff Arithmetic 2 (p. 68)

Math

Classical & Christian

Prima Latina (p. 20)

The Alphabet Books and Numbers & Colors are used for Penmanship practice. Copybook I; Composition & Sketchbook I (p. 47)

Book of Crafts, Jr. K (p. 43); Richard Scarry's Mother Goose; Hailstones and Halibut Bones

Kindergarten Art Cards (p. 62); Kindergarten Enrichment (p. 43); Book of Crafts, K (p. 43); Music Enrichment (p. 43); Animals, Animals; A Child's Book of Poems

Copybook II; Composition & Sketchbook II; New American Cursive 1; Penmanship Tablet; Alphabet Wall Poster; Cursive Practice Sheets (pp. 46-47)

First Grade Art Cards (p. 62); First Grade Enrichment (p. 43); First Grade Book of Crafts (p. 43); Music Enrichment (p. 43); Animals, Animals; A Child's Book of Poems

Modern Studies

Grammar & Logic

Science & Enrichment

Penmanship & Writing

Counting With Numbers; Numbers Coloring Book; Numbers & Colors (p. 43)

New American Cursive 2 (p. 46); Copybook Cursive I; Composition & Sketchbook II (p. 47); Prima Latina Copybook (p. 20); Penmanship Tablet

Second Grade Enrichment; Second Grade Book of Crafts; Music Enrichment (p. 43); Second Grade Art Cards (p. 62); Patterns of Nature; Animals, Animals; A Child's Book of Poems

Prima Latina is used for grammar.

Kindergarten Enrichment is used for History and Modern Studies.

First Grade Enrichment is used for History and Modern Studies. Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans (p. 38)

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4th

5th

6th

Spelling Workout D; Third Grade Literature Set (p. 56); Poetry for the Grammar Stage (p. 58)

Spelling Workout E; Fourth Grade Literature Set (p. 56); Poetry for the Grammar Stage (p. 58)

Spelling Workout F; Fifth Grade Literature Set (p. 56); Poetry for the Grammar Stage (p. 58)

Spelling Workout G; Sixth Grade Literature Set (p. 56); Poetry for the Grammar Stage (p. 58)

Second Form Latin (p. 22)

Latina Christiana (p. 21); Ludere Latine (p. 20)

First Form Latin (p. 22); Lingua Angelica I (p. 20)

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths (p. 50); Timeline Set (p. 53); Golden Children's Bible; Christian Studies I (p. 59)

Famous Men of Rome (p. 50); Golden Children's Bible; Christian Studies II (p. 59)

Famous Men of the Middle Ages (p. 50); Golden Children's Bible; Christian Studies III (p. 59)

Rod & Staff Arithmetic 3 (p. 68)

Rod & Staff Arithmetic 4 (p. 68)

Rod & Staff Arithmetic 5 (p. 68)

Rod & Staff Mathematics 6 (p. 68)

All Things Fun & Fascinating (p. 27); New American Cursive 3 (p. 46)

Classical Composition: Fable (p. 27); Copybook Cursive II (p. 47)

Classical Composition: Narrative (p. 27); Copybook Cursive III (p. 47)

Classical Composition: Chreia & Maxim (p. 27)

Mammals (p. 63)

Book of Astronomy (p. 63)

Book of Insects (p. 63)

What's That Bird?; Exploring the History of Medicine (p. 63)

English Grammar Recitation II (p. 27); Core Skills Language Arts 5

English Grammar Recitation III (p. 27); Core Skills Language Arts 6

Geography I & United States Review (p. 39)

Geography II & Geography I Review (p. 39)

Core Skills Language Arts 3

English Grammar Recitation I (p. 27)

States & Capitals (p. 39)

Core Skills Language Arts 4

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8th

9th

10th

Spelling Workout H; Seventh Grade Literature Set (p. 57); Poetry for the Grammar Stage (p. 58)

Eighth Grade Literature Set (p. 57); Poetry & Short Stories Set (p. 58)

Ninth Grade Literature Set (p. 57); Poetry, Prose, & Drama Book I (p. 58); Book of the Middle Ages (p. 51)

Tenth Grade Literature Set (p. 57); Poetry & Prose Book II (p. 58)

Henle Latin II (p. 24); Latin Grammar for the Grammar Stage (p. 25)

Mueller's Caesar (De Bello Gallico) (p. 24)

Third Form Latin; Greek Alphabet (pp. 23, 25)

Fourth Form Latin (p. 23); Henle I (p. 24); First Form Greek (p. 26) (optional)

Famous Men of Greece (p. 50); Horatius at the Bridge (p. 52); Christian Studies IV (p. 59)

Book of the Ancient World & Ancient Greeks (p. 51); Iliad & Odyssey (p. 52)

Book of the Ancient Romans (p. 51); Aeneid (p. 52); Story of Christianity (p. 59)

Greek Tragedies (p. 52); History of the Early Church (p. 59)

Algebra I (p. 68)

Algebra II (p. 68)

Geometry (p. 68)

Classical Composition: Common Topic (p. 27)

Classical Composition: Encomium, Invective, & Comparison (p. 27)

Classical Composition: Characterization (p. 27)

Pre-Algebra (p. 68)

Classical Composition: Refutation & Confirmation (p. 27)

Biology: Your choice of Biology program (p. 15) (Biology is currently not included in the Classical Core Curriculum.) Book of Trees; Exploring the World of Biology (p. 63)

Exploring Planet Earth (p. 63)

Physical Science (p. 63)

English Grammar Recitation IV (p. 27); Core Skills Language Arts 7

English Grammar Recitation V (p. 27); Core Skills Language Arts 8

Traditional Logic I & II (p. 30)

Material Logic (p. 31)

200 Questions About American History; 13 Colonies (p. 38); Story of the World Vol. 4 (p. 17)

Geography III (p. 39)

Concise History of the American Republic, Year 1 (p. 38)

Concise History of the American Republic, Year 2 (p. 38)

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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, to learn the formal system of grammar, and is, along with math, the best early critical thinking skills training. The curriculumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 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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A Concise History of the American Republic Year I: $175.90 set (text, student, teacher) | Year II: $35.90 set (student, teacher) This two-year American history course for high school addresses social, economic, and political issues using the excellent Concise History of the American Republic text. Our study guides provide reading notes for each chapter, as well as comprehension questions that help students focus on the most important information from each chapter. The Teacher Guide for each year includes three tests. Year I: Pre-1615 life in North America through the Reconstruction years, ending in 1877. Year II: End of Reconstruction (1877) to the Reagan years (1980s).

Grades 10+ Text $150.00 ea. Student $17.95 ea. Teacher $17.95 ea.

Discussion Questions for American Studies Supplemental Sets Third Grade $12.95 Fourth Grade $12.95 Fifth Grade $12.95

These little teacher books facilitate oral discussion of the books in our 3rd-5th grade American History Sets, aiding teachers in talking with their students about what they have read and increasing student comprehension, retention, and enjoyment.

A History of Europe in the Modern World Year One: Volume I (to 1815) | Year Two: Volume II (since 1815) A historical study of the greatest minds and cultures of preceding generations is an essential pillar of classical education. The three components of this course include the history of ideas, biography, and key cultural developments, particularly in Western European and American societies. The texts include helpful maps, timelines, and illustrations. Our study guides provide comprehension questions that help students focus on the most important information from each chapter. The Teacher Guide for each year includes three tests.

Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans by Edward Eggleston Grades 1-3 $12.95

Eggleston says in his preface that "the primary aim of this book is to furnish the little learner reading matter that will excite his attention and give him pleasure" and "to make the mind of the pupil familiar with some of the leading figures in the history of our country by means of personal anecdote." We have included Eggleston's original illustrations in addition to our own.

American/Modern Studies

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Geography Grades 3-6

Grades 5+

Text $7.99 Student $12.95 Teacher $12.95 Flashcards $3.95

Geography II Text $14.95 Geography II Student $12.95 Geography II Teacher $14.95 Geography I Review Workbook $5.00 Geography I Review Teacher $7.95

Geography II: Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Oceania, & the Americas

States & Capitals $35.00 set (text, student, teacher, flashcards) In this study guide, each state is given a two-page spread that includes a map with room to write the state capital, nickname, abbreviation, and fun facts about the state. By the end of this year-long course, students will be able to map all 50 states and capitals. We recommend that this guide be used with Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Know Much About the 50 States. Flashcards: This set includes 50 cards, with the name of each state and a map of the state's location within the United States on one side of the card, and the capital and detailed shape of the state on the other. Also included are 34 country cards that introduce key world countries and their capitals. Helpful teaching hints and suggested activities are also included.

$48.00 set

(text, workbook, teacher + Geography I Review workbook & teacher)

After studying Geography I, students are ready to cover areas of the world outside the ancient Roman Empire. Each lesson includes physical features, history, and culture. Students will continue to deepen their understanding of past and present as they learn about ancient and modern countries. Geography I Review: This study guide will help students retain the knowledge they gained in their study of Geography I. The review takes very little time and makes a great companion to Geography II.

Grades 4+

Grades 7+

Geography I Text $14.95 Geography Student $12.95 Geography Teacher $14.95 U.S. Review Workbook $5.00 U.S. Review Teacher $7.95 Geography Flashcards $19.95

Text $16.95 Student $17.95 Teacher $17.95 Classroom Atlas $12.00 Geography Flashcards $19.95

Geography I: The Middle East, North Africa, & Europe $65.00 set (text, workbook, teacher + U.S. Review workbook, teacher, and flashcards)

A unique geography program designed for students pursuing a classical education, Geography of the Middle East, North Africa, & Europe covers the area that constituted the ancient Roman Empire. Each region is explored in its historical context in "Historyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Headlines" as well as in the present in "Tour of Today." The United States Review: Help students retain the knowledge they gained in their study of States & Capitals. This review takes very little time and makes a great companion to Geography I. Geography I-III Flashcards: We have a big fan club for our geography books. Our customers like the basic maps that give you just the essentials of world geography in a straightforward manner. Now we have the flashcards to go with it. Covering the material from Geography I, II, and III, these flashcards will help your student master the physical and cultural geography of the world.

Geography III:

Exploring and Mapping the World

$76.00 set (text, workbook, teacher, classroom atlas, flashcards*)

Students learn to map the world in our Geography I and Geography II programs. Geography III solidifies these mapping skills and requires students to label major landforms and topography. Students will study the climate, recent and current history, culture, and religion of every continent. This text has many illustrations of famous landmarks, architecture, and people from around the world, and the workbook requires students to practice mapwork weekly. In addition to labeling maps, students will learn to draw each continent using the Robinson Map Project. This is a thorough world geography course that is perfect for middle school students before their advanced European and American history courses in high school. Classroom Atlas: Detailed political, economic, environmental, and topographical maps of global regions. This is a recommended supplement for Geography III. *same as flashcards in Geography I set

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Geography

CLASSICAL EDUCATION IS MORE THAN

A METHOD The Secondary Place of Dorothy Sayers' Trivium BY MARTIN COTHRAN

f you were to ask most classical educators what classical education is, you would find them hard-pressed to give a short, coherent answer. That is the way with a lot of movements: It's easy to get swept up in the enthusiasm, but when asked to formulate what it is that excites you, it's hard to articulate. But when you can get an answer to the question, "What is classical education?," it is almost always in terms of Dorothy Sayers' trivium, her three "states of development"â&#x20AC;&#x201D;the grammar stage, the dialectic stage, and the rhetoric stage. These together, we are told, are what constitute a classical education. The origin of this conception of classical education can be found in a speech Sayers gave to students at Oxford University during a vacation term in 1947, titled "The Lost Tools of Learning." Despite the lack of attention paid to it at the time or in the succeeding decades, its republication in Douglas Wilson's 1991 book, Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning, made it a rallying cry for thousands of classical home and private schools across the country.

SAYERS' TRIVIUM In her speech, Sayers discussed three "states of development" every child proceeds through in the course of his education. There is the "Poll-Parrot," or grammar stage, which roughly approximates what we would consider grammar school, and emphasizes observation and memorization. The second, "Pert," or dialectic stage, begins when children start to contest and argue. Martin Cothran is the Editor of The Classical Teacher and author of Traditional Logic Books I & II, Material Logic, and Classical Rhetoric.

Then comes the rhetoric, or "Poetic" stage. Whereas had traditionally been seen as a simple listing of the memorization is the dominant mode in the grammar first three liberal arts (those intellectual arts related to stage, and analysis in the dialectic stage, synthesis is the language), which, along with the mathematical arts of the quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy) dominant mode in the rhetoric stage. made up the seven classical liberal arts. There is no doubt that Sayers' simple and easy-toThe classical trivium—grammar, logic, and rhetoric— remember formula was the key factor in the rise of the was a taxonomy of intellectual skills, proceeding from modern classical education movement. But classical the simple and most basic language skills to the more educators who employ this formula should be careful complex and sophisticated. Grammar taught students how they use it in any explanation of what classical how language was structured, logic how to use language education actually is. in the construction of valid arguments, and rhetoric how The first thing to say is this: Classical education is language could be used for the purpose of persuasion. not defined by Dorothy Sayers' trivium, and no one Sayers' trivium uses the terminology of the classical prior to the very end of the twentieth century ever trivium, but produces something entirely said (or would have thought to say) that it different. Hers is a developmental trivium: was. Nor did Sayers herself ever explicitly The classical trivium is a taxonomy of identify her states of development as skills subjects, but hers is a taxonomy of classical education—in her speech learning. It is focused on the intrinsic or anywhere else. In fact, the term The first thing to developmental psychology of "classical education" does not even say is this: Classical students, not the extrinsic content appear in her essay. education is not of an educational program. Sayers' trivium is only about Sayers' move constitutes seventy years old, while the defined by Dorothy a Copernican shift in the origin and practice of classical Sayers' trivium and no understanding of education education goes back well one prior to the very end by making the subject of her over two millennia. Sayers' of the twentieth century taxonomy not knowledge, but the developmental trivium was process of learning—not what, but never consciously put into ever said (or would how children learn. And what is, practice until the 1990s, well have thought to say) if not non-classical, then at least after classical education had been that it was. somewhat new and unique, is the knocked from its long-held position position her taxonomy occupies in her as the primary understanding of overall philosophy of education. what education is. Hers, she says, is "a modern trivium THE PSYCHOLOGICAL [my emphasis] with modifications." Her NATURE OF SAYERS' TRIVIUM curriculum was not the Medieval but the "neoMedieval" curriculum. We should consider what is Sayers' approach to education was very much in line "modern" about her modern trivium and what is "neo" in with the psychological emphasis of the later nineteenth her neo-Medieval curriculum. And we should ask what and early twentieth centuries as it was manifested in is the nature of the relationship between Sayers' trivium John Dewey's psychological educational emphasis. and classical education as it has always been known and Like Dewey, Sayers' educational philosophy is "childas it is properly understood. centered." Her trivium is framed, as she herself states, in terms of modern "child psychology." This is one of the EDUCATIONAL TAXONOMIES huge shifts in emphasis that marks off modern thinking Sayers does not try to explain what classical from distinctively classical thinking. No educator before education is in her speech. That is not even remotely the nineteenth century would have thought to even her purpose. And her audience would have associated frame education in this way. classical education, not with anything new she Historically, the developmental psychology Sayers was proposing in her speech, but primarily with assumes simply played little or no role in the classical the reading of the Great Books in their original concepts that dominated education thinking prior to languages, and secondarily with the mastery of the the mid-nineteenth century. Classical educators were liberal arts. Her audience also would have understood focused more on the content they were teaching the that the trivium she was proposing was something child, and the purpose for which they were teaching different from the classical trivium. The classical trivium it, than on the developmental state of the child. 1-877-862-1097

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WHAT CLASSICAL EDUCATION IS

Sayers, like Dewey, places the process of education Classical education is the inculcation of wisdom above its content and purpose. We moderns are and virtue through a facility with the liberal arts obsessed with methodology. We think that the way and a familiarity with the Great Books. St. Thomas we do something is just as—if not more—important Aquinas defines wisdom as "ordering things rightly." than what we are doing—or why we are doing it. If we grant this, then the relation between Sayers' "[T]he ordinary pupil, whose formal education trivium and classical education as it has always been ends at 16," she says, "will take the trivium only." conceived comes into better focus. In other words, Sayers is advocating an education Process and content are not mutually exclusive. in which the process of learning constitutes its What is needed is a proper balance between the two, entirety. In the grammar stage, she says that the but a balance that places an unambiguous emphasis material studied, "is only of secondary importance." on the content that forms the student's soul. We cannot She goes on to say that subjects "are all to be exclude method altogether—that would not be regarded as mere grist for the mental mill wise. But neither can we exalt the process of to work upon." education above its purpose. If we She is taxonomical when it comes How many times do we invoke articulate to how children learn, but anarchical Dorothy Sayers in contrast to the classical education when it comes to what they should number of times we appeal to as merely a method learn. For Sayers, the tools of Shakespeare, Dante, Aristotle, learning are not just the tools, St. Paul, and Homer? We have and fail to cast the but the totality. "For the sole little justification to claim we are vision of the Christian true end of education," she says, better than modern educators if West as it has manifested "is simply this: to teach men all we do is replace an emphasis itself in our literature, our how to learn for themselves." on Dewey with an emphasis Are we really to believe on Dorothy Sayers. Make no science, and our history, that the tools of learning are mistake: Dorothy is better than then we will have the only things that matter Dewey. But neither one should replaced one modern in an education? In classical trump the tradition. Neither one, mistake with a education, the old liberal arts were however right or wrong, stands similar one no less important, but they were merely the taller than the giants on whose "handmaids" of learning. They played shoulders we all stand. modern. only one role, and a subordinate one, in If we articulate classical education the drama of learning. They constituted its as merely a method and fail to cast means, not its end. Sayers confuses the means the vision of the Christian West as it has of education with its end, or perhaps more accurately, manifested itself in our literature, our science, and she considers the means the end itself. our history, then we will have replaced one modern mistake with a similar one no less modern. THE ILLUSION OF TECHNIQUE As we strive to find the right words to describe In the modern educational world, where technique what we are doing—to our fellow educators, to trumps teaching, Sayers' trivium provides classical parents at our schools, and to ourselves—we need to educators with a method we can call our own. Instead properly balance the appeal of a sound method with of repudiating the Modern Madness of Method we an articulation of what that method is designed to settle for saying, "My method is better than your achieve. We think that parents are going to respond method." This is not a classical impulse. The classical to our Dorothy Sayers "three stages of learning" impulse is to focus primarily on the ideal person we presentation, when, in fact, they will respond are trying to form and the models by which this may even more hungrily to our call for them to enroll be done, and only secondarily on the process by which themselves and their children in the fateful defense of this is accomplished. Western Christian culture. It is not that Sayers' insights are not valuable We live in the cultural twilight of a great civilization (they are) or that they should not be considered in which a growing darkness is increasingly blinding useful (they should). But we must realize that us to the wonders of creation and the nature of who we her insights are secondary, not primary, to the are as beings created in the image of God. It is a battle educational enterprise. that will require far more than a mere method. 42

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Primary Enrichment Classical Core Curriculum supplement

Classical Core Curriculum supplement

$16.95 ea.

$19.95 ea.

(Jr. Kindergarten, Kindergarten, First Grade, or Second Grade)

(Kindergarten, 1st Grade, or 2nd Grade)

My Very First Scissors Book $6.00 My Very Own Scissors Book $6.00

The Book of Crafts 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' K-2 curriculum packages, and additional crafts that focus on art concepts. Enjoy each of your creations and the time spent together making them.

Enrichment Guides These supplemental guides are organized by week, matching 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. These activities will help bring each read-aloud book alive for your student. Also included are resources for the history, culture, and science lessons, biographies of the artists, and poetry lessons.

Classical Core Curriculum supplement

Music Enrichment

$12.95 (Used in Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd Grades)

Music Enrichment goes into more detail on each song presented in our Enrichment Guides, including a short backstory on each of the songs and its composer, as well as a few interesting facts and discussion questions about the song being studied.

Scissors Books Help your child develop hand strength, fine-motor skills, and independence with one or both books in this set. In My Very First Scissors Book, the child learns to open and close his scissors to cut along thick lines which fade, grow wavy, and create shapes as the pages progress. In My Very Own Scissors Book, the activities coordinate with alphabet lessons in Simply Classical Curriculum Level C or may serve as a useful precursor to the Jr. Kindergarten Book of Crafts. Both books feature perforated pages and large "cutting boxes" to promote the child's success.

Alphabet & Numbers Recommended for Ages 4-5

Recommended for Kindergarten

$30.00 (2-book set)

Alphabet Books (Part I & Part II)

Numbers Books (Part I & Part II)

by Leigh Lowe

Learning the alphabet is the critical first step in learning how to read. The Alphabet Book teaches letter recognition, letter formation, and pencil grip through repetition and tracing. Activities, created with the younger student in mind, make learning each letter simple and fun. This book also introduces initial and ending sounds, providing a gentle introduction to phonics. The Alphabet Book acts as a great supplement to any primary program or fullyear preschool/kindergarten program.

The Numbers Book is the perfect introduction to numbers, counting, and patterns. Ample tracing practice also makes this book ideal for the slightly older student who has already mastered counting, but still needs extra practice writing numbers. The activities (mazes, coloring, pattern recognition, connect the dots, and more!) are so much fun that your student won't be able to wait for the next lesson!

Alphabet Flashcards (4Âź'' x 5Â˝") $10.00

These flashcards are modeled after our manuscript Alphabet Wall Charts. Letters are on one side of the card and the image beginning with that letter is on the flip side. These are perfect for reinforcing your child's letter recognition and beginning sounds.

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Coloring Books

Recommended for Ages 4-5 Numbers $6.00 Alphabet $6.00

These coloring books have simple line drawings on uncluttered pages. The Alphabet Coloring Book has a 2-page spread for each letter, and the Numbers Coloring Book has two sets of 2-page spreads for numbers 0-12. The perfect supplement to any Jr. K program.

Numbers & Colors

This book is ideal for a student who is just beginning to work with numbers. Along with introducing each number through 15, color words are taught. Plenty of practice is Recommended given with both numbers for Ages 4-5 and color words through $15.00 activities such as counting, connect the dots, coloring, number tracing, pattern recognition, and more! Additional skills of left and right, above and below, and grouping are also introduced.

Primary Education

Reading & Phonics

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First Start Reading:

Grade 1

Phonics, Reading, and Printing by Cheryl Lowe Grade K Student Books (A-D)

Student Book E

$7.00

Teacher Guide for Book E $9.95

$7.00 ea. $14.95

Teacher Guide for Books A-D

$42.95 set (Books A-D + Teacher Guide) 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 (vowel-consonant) 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 artist-drawn 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.

First Start Reading, Book E

by Michelle Tefertiller 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.

*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.

Classical Phonics

Grades K-2 A Child's Guide to Word Mastery $16.95 by Cheryl Lowe Classical Phonics consists of phonetically arranged word lists for students to practice their growing word recognition skills. In a word list there are no context clues, so the learner must rely on his mastery of letter sounds. Classical Phonics is the most effective tool we know of to address the repetition that young ones need when learning to read. It can be used as a supplement to any phonics program, and covers nearly all English phonograms and sounds taught through second grade.

Grade K

$150.00 set

100 Days of Summer Reading Books I-III

Grades K-2 $7.95 ea. 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!

Kindergarten Phonics & Spelling Set Our outstanding Classical Core Curriculum phonics program is now available as a complete set, including lesson plans. Completion of this program will help your child learn to read fluently and smoothly transition to our First Grade Curriculum Package.

Character Building Myself & Others:

Lessons for Social Understanding, Habits, and Manners by Cheryl Swope These 14-week sets provide simple, standalone lessons in common courtesy, character, and compassion that often seem neglected today. With easy-to-teach instructions, each book provides 4-day lessons that can be taught in as little as 30-60 minutes per day over a single semester or summer. Myself & Others has five components: Rules, Health, Safety, Manners, and Listening. To view guide samples and full book set lists, visit MemoriaPress.com.

Reading & Phonics

Ages 4-13 Guide Books $19.95 ea. Book One Core Set $52 Book One Read-Aloud Set $95 Book Two Core Set $22 Book Two Read-Aloud Set $92 Book Three Core Set $55 Book Four Core Set $48

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Spelling

N ew ! P honics -B ased S pelling

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Traditional Spelling I & II by Cheryl Lowe Student $14.95 ea. | Teacher $16.95 ea. Spelling Practice Sheets $5.00

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Memoria Press is proud to introduce the Traditional Spelling series. It is a comprehensive, phonetic approach to teaching spelling, and is the culmination of our primary Reading & Phonics 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. The Traditional Spelling program incorporates reading, writing, and dictation of spelling words. Each lesson has a four-page spread of written activities in the student book, vocabulary definitions, and teacher-directed classroom activities and educational games. Students will enjoy the consistent format of the lessons. Teachers and parents will appreciate the ease of use. View more samples at MemoriaPress.com. What is special about Traditional Spelling? • No incorrect words. Students are never given a list of incorrect spelling words and asked to choose the one that is spelled correctly. Incorrect words tend to confuse spellers who are working to master and remember correct spelling, and the visual of an incorrectly spelled word can stick with young readers. • Color-coded phonograms. The main focus of each lesson is on the phonograms being taught, but all aspects of each word are addressed. In each lesson, students identify consonants and consonant teams/blends with one colored pencil, and vowels and vowel teams with another. This aids in visualization of each word and its phonetic chunks, and makes students better decoders as they begin to see patterns in words. • Words in context. In addition to workbook activities, each lesson features a short story on the student's reading level that utilizes that week's spelling words. • Sound dictation. Through oral dictation, students practice writing phonograms in isolation, words by themselves, and writing complete sentences containing select list words. These activities auditorily train students to hear phonetic differences and to visually highlight phonetic chunks. • Vocabulary building. Students get practice through workbook activities and scheduled skill-building activities with the various meanings of list words.

Grades K-2

Perfect for any phonics program! Phonics From A to Z $25.99

$24.95

Phonics Flashcards

(5.5"x 4.25")

Phonograms are letters or letter teams that represent sounds. There are nearly 200 phonograms used to spell the 44 sounds used in the English language. In our Phonics Flashcards we have organized these phonograms into nine categories to give some rational order to the irregularities of English spelling. Phonogram cards can be combined and recombined to help students see the multiple ways a sound can be spelled, and the multiple sounds for a particular phonogram.

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Teaching Phonics & Word Study

$33.99

Phonics From A-Z A manual for parents and teachers who want to go deeper into the subject of phonics and reading. It includes information on every aspect of how children best learn to read as well as reliable, accurate, and common-sense advice, and extensive lists of resources.

Teaching Phonics & Word Study This book is an excellent resource for Grammar School teachers who desire additional help with phonics concepts in order to become better spelling teachers.

Phonics & Spelling

Cursive • vw The New American Cursive (NAC) penmanship program is an easy-to-follow resource for learning cursive at any age. It presents simplified letter forms using multisensory methods to aid in learning the motor skills necessary to write well. 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.

New American Cursive 1 by Iris Hatfield $22.95 NAC 1 is for the first grader or older beginning cursive student. The character Mr. Meerkat is the book's guide; he makes learning cursive a pleasure as he shows how to form each letter step by step with clear starting dots and directional arrows. Emphasis on correct pencil grip, paper position, and posture are illustrated throughout this delightful workbook. A threepage teaching guide is included, as well as 105 instructional lessons and fun artwork exercises to help build fine-motor skills. Fifteen minutes of workbook practice a day is all it takes!

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New American Cursive 2

New American Cursive 3

$22.95 ea.

Choose from: Famous Quotations & Scripture Quotations from Famous Americans

Choose from: Scripture & Lessons on Manners Famous Quotes & Lessons on Manners

In NAC 2, Mr. Meerkat continues the process of teaching correct letter forms and how to easily connect each letter. Proper size, spacing, and slant are emphasized in this enjoyable workbook. A seven-page teaching guide is included, along with 125 instructional exercises, lessons to develop creative writing skills, and reproducible practice pages.

In NAC 3, students build on the skills they developed with workbooks 1 and 2. To further enhance cursive skills, they practice writing in their best cursive while learning about manners and correspondence protocol. NAC 3 combines proven teaching methods with the needs of the contemporary student for a fast, legible script. Includes a seven-page teaching guide, 100 instructional lessons, journaling pages, and progress evaluations.

by Iris Hatfield

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 stepby-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.

Teach Yourself Cursive Grade 5-Adult

by Iris Hatfield $22.95

"Iris Hatfield has done it again! Teach Yourself Cursive makes practice easy and interesting, with plenty of guides and incentives to keep us improving in handwriting that is consistent, legible, and, yes, faster than printing. Above all, New American Cursive is proven to be based on positive psychological principles." — Willa W. Smith, Ed. D.

New American 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

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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Copybooks Grades K-2

Grades 1-5

Grades K-6

$14.95 ea.

$8.50 ea.

Copybooks I-III

Copybook Cursive Books I-III

by Cheryl & Leigh Lowe

Copybook Cursive I is our original Copybook III formatted in the New American Cursive font— perfect for second graders alongside NAC 2 or an older student needing more practice.

Our Composition & Sketchbooks allow each student to write and illustrate compositions. They are great resources for all subjects and become a journal of your child's work for each year.

Copybook Cursive II includes Scripture passages from Christian Studies I, the 15 brightest stars from Astronomy, the major Greek gods from D'Aulaires' Greek Myths, and more!

Composition & Sketchbook I: 5/8" Ruled for Younger Students Composition & Sketchbook II: 1/2" Ruled for 1st-2nd Grade Students

In Copybook Cursive III, students practice their penmanship with beautiful memory passages from Christian Studies II.

Composition & Sketchbook III: College-Ruled for Older Students

(New American Cursive font)

$39.95 set (Copybooks I-III) These three-in-one wonders include memory passages, copybook exercises, and drawing pages. We have selected Scripture from the King James Bible and classic children’s poems, which describe the world in charming detail. Our copybooks introduce basic strokes and margin/spacing guidelines, along with alphabet practice pages with traceable characters and instructions for difficult letters.

Composition & Sketchbooks I-III

Ages 4-11, chronological age or skill level

Ages 6-12, chronological age or skill level

Ages 6-8, chronological age or skill level

$8.95

Beginner Journal $8.50 Intermediate Journal $8.50

$14.95

My Nature Journal

My Thankfulness Journals

by Cheryl Swope

Savor small moments of wonder with your child as he learns the simple beauty of nature. Create a keepsake for your child as you witness improvement in his knowledge, attention to detail, and writing skills through the exercises. Help your child make essential connections between oral language and written language, even as you assist his ability to observe and enjoy the wonders of nature. This book can stand alone as a delightful supplement to any program.

(New American Cursive font) by Cheryl Swope

These journals let students practice their cursive writing while thinking about God's daily blessings in their lives. Each page begins "Dear Heavenly Father," and closes, "Your child," with space for the child's signature. In between is room for students to list their blessings each day. The Intermediate Journal is a smaller font size and has less tracing as students progress.

Cursive Practice Sheets (New American Cursive font)

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SPELLING The Meticulous Twin by Cheryl Swope

pelling is the meticulous twin sister of Reading. Reading may receive all the adulation, but Spelling accomplishes the work. Spelling is where students of Reading come to master their lessons.

The Role of Spelling Hard-working, durable, and orderly, Spelling holds a respected role in education. Early in the first century, Quintilian wrote: As regards syllables, no short cut is possible: they must all be learned, and there is no good in putting off learning the most difficult; this is the general practice, but the sole result is bad spelling. We must beware of placing a blind confidence in a child's memory. It is better to repeat syllables and impress them on the memory and, when he is reading, not to press him to read continuously or with greater speed, unless indeed the clear and obvious sequence of letters can suggest itself without its being necessary for the child to stop and think.1

Spelling teaches the sequences of letters that students can recognize, remember, and reproduce. Spelling enhances Reading, just as Reading enhances Spelling.

Spelling is Orderly Distracted, self-absorbed, and unbridled, children need order imposed gently upon their minds. If we deny, forget, or romanticize the innately disheveled nature of children, we omit not only the disciplined methods needed to bring order to learning, such as recitations, practice, and predictable lessons, but we also omit disciplined subjects that are needed to bring order to young students' minds, namely arithmetic, Latin, and spelling. Consider Spelling's threefold embodiment of good order: Phonology: the order and study of speech sounds in phonemes. Linguistic sounds (phonemes) must make sense in the child's mind. If they do not, spelling errors will reveal this weakness. Examples: "bet" for "bit," "sike" for "silk." He may not hear the sounds in the words. We instruct through meticulously explicit phoneme lessons with detailed dictations to emphasize individual sounds and the letters that represent them. Orthography: the order of written patterns within words. Phonology alone is not enough. If we fail to teach the visual letters and teams of letters (graphemes) that represent sounds (phonemes), the student's understanding of visual orthography will be weak, and the student may exhibit an over-reliance on aural phonetic cues. Examples: "coyn" for "coin," "grean" for "green." He may not see the proper graphemes. We instruct through careful visual lessons in vowel and consonant teams, and irregular forms, and we correct spelling errors so students can see accurate depictions of words. Morphology: the order and study of units of meaning within words. Spelling teaches roots, prefixes, suffixes, homonyms, and other forms of words with meaning (morphemes). If we fail to teach morphology, the student must memorize all word forms, lest he continually spell all -tion words as "shun." Latin vocabulary markedly and expertly streamlines the teaching of morphology. Porto (I carry) creates a semantic link to "portable," "portal," "portability." Ex (out of, away from) leads the student to decode and write "export" with confidence. Spelling does the same.

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Especially when teaching students prone to spelling difficulties, spelling lessons will be "enhanced when instruction is provided in all three systems."2 Far more than assigning and testing a weekly word list, as many assume, spelling leads to more orderly, observant, meaningful thinking through attention to visible and auditory detail. "Spelling teaches students how to think about spelling, not just how to spell individual words."3 Spelling helps students "make sense of the writing system of their language."4

What About Spell Checkers? Pragmatists, ready to abrogate arithmetic to the calculator, will be tempted to abandon spelling in favor of electronic spell checkers. Admittedly, such tools can be useful for an older student to proofread his work; however, students with dyslexia warn us not to think that reactive spell checkers could ever replace the more dutifully attentive, proactive handmaiden Spelling. Consider this: [A student] must first be able to produce a spelling close enough to be recognized by the computer program. In addition, when asked to select the correct spelling, an individual with dyslexia often has trouble distinguishing among words that are very similar in appearance (e.g., "though," "thought," "through," "thorough").5

Spelling will improve a student's reading, writing, and thinking in layered and lasting ways. Electronic spell checkers, no matter how sophisticated, lack such transformative powers.

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A Beautiful Education for Any Child by Cheryl Swope Text $24.95 | eBook $22.00 This revolutionary book guides parents and teachers in implementing the beauty of a classical education with special-needs and struggling students. The love of history, music, literature, and Latin instilled in her own children by a classical education created in Cheryl the desire to share the message that classical education offers benefits to any child.

Teach Spelling Mastering phonology, orthography, and morphology will not come naturally to most students. Rather, we must faithfully allot the time to teach. We teach Reading; so we must teach her underappreciated but influential sister Spelling. Reading and Spelling yield linguistic prowess. Let the educative and aesthetic value of a wellread story, a beautifully-crafted sentence, and a perfectly-spelled word spur us on to give Spelling the respect she has earned. As we order sounds, letters, and meanings in our children's spelling exercises, so these lessons will order the very thoughts in their minds. Over time both Reading and Spelling grow in complexity. Students trained beneath the tutelage of both sisters will grow in confidence and competence, as their own written musings become more pleasing to themselves and to others.

1 Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1., quoted in The Great Tradition: Classic Readings on What It Means to Be an Educated Human Being, 112. 2 Mather, Nancy and Wendling, Barbara J. Essentials of Dyslexia Assessment and Intervention, (New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2012), 166. 3 Mather and Wendling, 167. 4 Mather and Wendling, 167. 5 Mather and Wendling, 167.

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Like any good Roman course, this one begins with the she-wolf who nurses in infancy the legendary founders of Rome: Romulus and Remus. The rise and fall of a monarchy, the embrace of a republic with the simultaneous dislike for kings, and finally the rise of the Roman Empire teach unforgettable principles about human nature and society.

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This retelling of the Trojan War is the best preparation for reading Homer. Each lesson has reading notes, vocabulary, comprehension questions, and an enrichment section with discussion topics, writing, art, and mapwork. Your student will know the main characters, the gods and goddesses, and the storyline of the Iliad and Odyssey.

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Sophocles, "famous for wisdom," won the playwright competition at the Festival of Dionysus many times. Here is the 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 truth—the glory and downfall of Western civilization.

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

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The Divine Comedy is one of the crown jewels of both Western and Christian literature. This epic, allegorical poem illustrates Dante's spiritual journey of redemption that takes him through the pit of Hell (the Inferno) to the Beatific Vision of God (the Paradiso). The Student Guide contains helpful study questions, and reading notes for difficult lines.

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 and his writings become the foundation for the West's philosophical discussion on the natural law.

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A LONG DAY'S by David M. Wright JOURNEY INTO PARADISE

n the Winter 2018 issue of The Classical Teacher, I wrote about the notion of the journey, suggesting that how we get to any worthy destination may in fact be the most important part of the experience. The journey is not always about the future destination; sometimes it is about the inner growth that takes place in our souls and minds when we live life in the active present. Let's consider the journeys of two key pilgrims in Western thought and culture: Oedipus and Dante. Let me begin by introducing a useful image. In the poem "Winter Rain," Wendell Berry wades methodically across a creek, pausing to hear the rain striking the river: having waded all the way across, I look back and see there on the water the still sky.

Notice that after he reaches the other side of the river he looks back and sees the entire radiant sky reflected on the river. This lovely image can symbolize David Wright is the Director and author of the upper-school literature curriculum at Memoria Press.

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the journeys of Oedipus and Dante. The protagonist (or author) in each epic undergoes an arduous pilgrimage that ultimately results in redemption. Importantly, each character struggles along for a purpose greater than himselfâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for his own spiritual growth and to bring healing or a blessing to others. Along the way, each does not know whether he will make it across the river, but one day he is able to look back and see the luminous sky of new life there upon the water. In The Three Theban Plays, Sophocles satisfies the demands of his culture's turn toward humanism by giving them a new kind of hero: Oedipus, a rational, truth-seeking king fueled by his (supposed) free will and intellect. But the struggle of his journey eventually transforms this unadulterated rationalism into a wiser, more enlightened perspective. Oedipus flees his home attempting to outrun a prophecy that says he will kill his father and marry his mother. In the beginning, Oedipus trusts in his reason rather than in the gods, as when he is seeking to discover the cause of Thebes' plague. After all, MemoriaPress.com

his celebrated reason has rewarded him in the past, most notably when he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, causing him to be elected king of Thebes. Yet each free, presumably intelligent action that Oedipus takes in order to evade the prophecy actually fulfills it and brings him closer to his downfall. Through his persistently Sophistic reasoning, Oedipus eventually discovers the horrifying truth about himself: that he has fulfilled the Delphic prophecy. He has killed the king of Thebes in a dispute during his travels, not knowing the king was really his father and married the widowed queen of Thebes, not knowing she was his mother. Oedipus' reason leads him to a profound truth: Man is not the measure of all things. Oedipus' humanistic journey leads to his self-blinding and exile. From that point, he must wander life's road without sight and without a home. Yet this harrowing, painful process will ultimately reward him with an enlightened, spiritual perspective—a wiser view in which he situates his humanism within a broader theological framework, and that results in his redemption. In discourse with Ismene, Oedipus says, "So, when I am nothing—then am I a man? Ismene responds, "Yes! The gods are about to raise you to your feet—/ till now they were bent on your destruction." Oedipus' spiritual growth and wisdom are especially revealed when he says:

Though Dante himself was in an arranged marriage with Gemma Donati, he often expressed a kind of poetic and courtly love to his ideal woman, Beatrice Portinari, who had come to symbolize for him spiritual goodness and female beauty. Beatrice's death at age twenty-five plunged Dante into despair. Dante's broken heart and banishment from Florence for political reasons led him to a profound understanding of his own sin and separation from God. He wrote The Divine Comedy while in exile, wandering from town to town in search of safety for his family. The writing of the epic became a spiritual balm for him—the character Dante goes through spiritual (and actual) hell in search of God and redemption. But Dante also wrote in order to bring healing to others—to invoke, with the power of verse, a cosmology that could unify the disjointed world of Medieval Italy into a coherent world of heaven and earth. He wanted to help move his culture from this:

Travel with faithful courage and hope for the redemption that awaits the long journey into paradise.

Oh Theseus, dear friend, only the gods can never age, the gods can never die. All else in the world almighty Time obliterates, crushes all to nothing.1

Furthermore, Oedipus' redemptive journey enriches the lives of others. Apollo's original prophecy stated that Oedipus would be a blessing to the city in which he is buried. Now with spiritual insight instead of worldly reason, Oedipus can interpret the sign from Zeus that his own death is near. So Oedipus offers Athens the blessing of being his burial place, ensuring victory for the city in any future conflicts. In The Divine Comedy, Dante's journey is inward, toward union with God. But it is also twofold. Near his middle age, Dante finds himself "astray from the straight road" and wakes to "find himself in a dark wood." Dante the protagonist will undertake an epic journey through Hell and Purgatory so that he can enter Paradise. And Dante the author will write the epic poem, in need of spiritual transformation after a broken heart, and from being mired in political division and strife. 1-877-862-1097

We never meant that men of Christian life should sit part on the right, part on the left of our successors, steeled for bloody strife.2

To this: The order of the universe, whose nature holds firm the center and spins all else around it, takes from this heaven its first point of departure. This heaven does not exist in any place but in God's mind, where burns the love that turns it and the power that rains to it from all space.3

The journeys of these indelible figures of Western literature involved physical suffering, persistence, and faith. From worldly reason and success, they came to a realization that something more was needed—a purpose and connection so great and immeasurable, a destiny so powerful and vast, that each figure would wander through hell and blindness, love and death, laboring to attain for himself and for his culture a new home in the cosmic arms of "the Primal Source from which it emanates." May their journeys inspire us to travel with faithful courage and hope for the redemption that awaits the long journey into paradise.

1 2 3

Sophocles. The Three Theban Plays. Translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin, 1984. “Oedipus at Colonus,” 685-688. Alighieri, Dante. The Divine Comedy. Translated by John Ciardi. New American Library, 2003. Paradiso 27:46-48. Ibid. Paradiso 27:106-111.

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Continue on from a historical study of the Hebrew people to an investigation of the history of the church. This was so evidently necessary to Christians of the 4th century that one of their own, Eusebius, the bishop of Caesarea, wrote the first book to recount the struggles and victories of the first followers of Christ. In this year-long course, Chadwick's The Early Church is used as the main text, and students are directed to Eusebius' The History of the Church when ancient testimony is appropriate.

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by St. Augustine, Vernon J. Bourke ed. The City of God, arguably Augustine's greatest book, is the source of some of Western society's greatest and most cherished beliefs. The book serves as the cultural fountainhead of all that followed, and it is unlikely that it will ever be equaled. The Teacher Guide contains helpful chapter summaries as well as a thorough introduction to teaching this course effectively.

Acts of the Apostles (King James Version) The history of Christianity, particularly that of the early Church, is something every Christian should know. But when we talk about what books about the history of the Church we should read, we often forget the most important and informative book: The Book of the Acts of the Apostles. Here is the exciting story of the travels, the teachings, andâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in many casesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the martrydoms of the apostles themselves, as told by the author of the Gospel of Luke. Christian history starts here.

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THREE BLIND MICE They all went after the farmer's wife, Who cut off their tails with a carving knife â&#x20AC;Ś

ot any more, it seems. Apparently, in today's politically correct world, toddlers aren't supposed to hear about tails being cut off with carving knives. (At least so it appears, based on a doctored rendition of "Three Blind Mice" I found on an otherwise delightful CD borrowed from the library.) Recorded children's music is still a new field for me. We didn't have all this stuff when I was growing upâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; just Golden Books and a couple of kids' 78s. Instead, we learned reams of songs by hearing adults sing them, and through our daily school music classes. Our own kids (adopted at ages six and nearly fourteen) came to us chock full of traditional songs, poems, and outdoor games learned during their years in rural Russia. So we were able immediately to launch them into the broader musical culture: opera, symphony, Broadway musicals, and American

Three Blind Mice

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classic songs. Consequently, plowing through today's recordings of little-kid music has been unnerving. Unnerving? Yes, because so much of it is so bad! My best example is a CD bought en route to a conference when we first began traveling with our two-year-old granddaughter. I presumed (wrongly) that a major-label recording would have high-quality children's songs. Maybe some do, but certainly not this one! Our ears recoiled in protest before the first sixteen bars were over. We didn't know what was worse: the mind-numbing back beat, the sanitized arrangement, or the annoying, electrified "voices" of the children's choir. My husband Hank and I scrolled through and could not find a single track we could tolerate or put before our granddaughter's untutored ear in good conscience. The whole thing nearly drove us into a ditch. At the next gas station, I wanted to throw it out. Hank said: "Keep it. Maybe you can use it in a lecture as an illustration of bad music." And I have. MemoriaPress.com

So, back to "Three Blind Mice." I was actually enjoying this library CD, finding most of it well done in terms of style. But then we got to the culprit. We all know the words: Three blind mice, Three blind mice. See how they run, See how they run. They all ran after the farmer's wife, Who cut off their tails with a carving knife. Did you ever see such a sight in your life as Three blind mice?

quatrain open with an ascending interval (They all; Who cut; Did you e-). The linking word "as" brings us back to a repeat of the opening melodic shape—three descending pitches on the last iteration of "three blind mice." That's a structure Mozart would have approved of! For that matter, he did turn occasionally to nursery and folk tunes for his material, not that he ever needed much outside help with melody. Here's what really matters about such nursery songs: A child who hears and sings them repeatedly will assimilate important lessons in Western melodic

A child who hears nursery rhymes repeatedly will assimilate important lessons in Western melodic structure, harmonic patterns, and poetic design. Everything about the text and music is in perfect balance. Unless, of course, someone decides to erase an entire line from the song: They all ran after the farmer's wife, Did you ever see such a sight in your life as Three blind mice?

Yep. I had to listen to it twice to make sure I wasn't losing my mind. The whole "carving-knife" line was skipped over. Well, we can't have someone whack off the mice's tails, can we? There are so many problems here, but let's take an analytical perspective. "Three Blind Mice," like so many nursery songs, has a classical structure. It opens with two sets of two lines (two couplets) that are matched by a set of four lines (quatrain). The last line of the quatrain repeats the poem's first line, nicely emphasizing the classical "roundness" of the verse. (1st couplet, 1st musical phrase) Three blind mice, Three blind mice.

structure, harmonic patterns, and poetic design. So, let's not mess with perfection—unless you object to perfection, which someone clearly did on this CD. But that tail business—can we have something so untoward enter our children's ears? I might be sympathetic if the same parties raising the alarm (someone must be) weren't handing their kids iPads. Or, if the NRC (Nursery-Rhyme Censors) instructed us to shy away from today's hypermarketed "kid movies" saturated with vile monsters, bathroom humor, and mindless violence. So, let this be known: In our household, the poetic and musical forms of our cultural heritage will stay intact. The real offense lies not in whacking off a tail, but in the insidious deed of whacking a song to shreds, destroying its symmetry and balance due to a shallow fear it might offend. Dr. Carol Reynolds is a widely acclaimed author, speaker, and educator. She regularly leads arts tours throughout Europe and the Mediterranean, recently in partnership with the Smithsonian Institute. This article was originally published on ProfessorCarol.com.

(2nd couplet, 2nd musical phrase) See how they run, See how they run. (quatrain, 3rd musical phrase) They all ran after the farmer's wife, Who cut off their tails with a carving knife. Did you ever see such a sight in your life as Three blind mice?

Furthermore, in terms of pitch structure, all four lines of the first two couplets are built on descending, conjunct pitches (mi, re, do). The next three lines in the 1-877-862-1097

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Creating Art

Lessons & Projects for the Grammar Stage This curriculum is designed to challenge students and to develop an appreciation for art. 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!

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From the Temple through the Middle Ages with Dr. Carol Reynolds

Through Art, Literature, and Culture with Dr. Carol Reynolds In this course, Professor Carol—along with 38 other historians, scholars, and artists—takes you on a journey through America's musical history. The arts give us a valuable way to connect with the past. When we sing the songs our great-grandparents 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. We connect with our legacy.

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Supplementary articles, interviews, and notes are available on Professor Carol's website.

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 circumstance affected the musical worship of the Church. Along with the texts, you get DVDs of musical performances and Professor Carol's unparalleled commentary.

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(Complete Curriculum + Teacher Manual CD) III. MUSICAL CONCEPT

CHAPTER 9

Leopold Mozart, 1719-1787 I. LISTEN II. A LITTLE HISTORY

Music Appreciation

this is the second piece we are studying by the composer who is more known because of his children than because of his own compositions! As we learned in chapter 7, Leopold Mozart dedicated his life to furthering the musical gifts and careers of his boy, Wolfgang, and his girl, nannerl. Besides teaching them the piano, the violin, and musical composition, and organizing concert tours throughout Europe, he also composed music specifically for them to play during their lessons. These compositions were always matched to their musical level. on nannerl’s eighth birthday, Leopold gave her a music notebook with 48 blank pages in it. Over the next four years, he filled it little by little with pieces that both he and his son, Wolfgang, composed for nannerl to play. the minuet we are studying in this chapter comes from this notebook.

IV. ABOUT THE PIECE The first movement of this Bach concerto starts very boldly, with both the orchestra and soloist playing the opening theme. this theme is the ritornello, and will be heard again through the movement. it is a moody, energetic theme; some people even say it sounds like Bach was letting off some steam in the midst of his busyness!

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Western classical music is as orderly and logical as mathematics, and yet capable of expressing and connecting with the whole range of human emotions. It consists most often of only twelve notes, a few simple rhythms, and a variety of aural textures that manifest in thousands of complex and distinctive styles and forms. It follows a system of rules set in place long ago, but these rules are flexible enough that new music is always being created, building on what previous generations composed, ever expanding. III. MUSICAL CONCEPT

In Chapter 6, we learned that there are 12 different notes that can be repeated over and over to make up the music we hear. Seven of these notes have the letter names A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. To learn how these notes fit together, it is helpful to see how they are placed on a piano keyboard.

The pattern of white and black keys makes it easy to see how the notes repeat. For example, the note D is always found between in the middle of the group of two black keys. every time the note D repeats, it is always in the same place in relation to the black keys. in chapter 7, we learned that the distance between two notes is called an interval. the interval between two notes of the same name is called an octave. it is, for example, the distance between a G and the very next G either above or below it. this word derives from the Latin word octo, describing the fact that it is the distance between a note and the eighth note from it.

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This course aims to deepen the 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. Students will listen to each piece of music and then read each chapter and listen to the corresponding tracks on the Audio Companion CDs, which will demonstrate the concepts discussed. The pieces are ordered mostly chronologically to illustrate the place each one holds in history and in the evolution of music.

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When we studied the Vivaldi spring concerto, we learned that a concerto is a musical interaction between a solo instrument and an orchestra. in this case, the soloist plays a keyboard instrument. Bach first performed it on a harpsichord, but today it can be heard on a harpsichord or piano, depending on the preference of the musicians. Like we saw with Vivaldi, this interaction between musicians in a concerto is always well organized, following a specific form. The most popular form for a concerto in Bach’s time was the ritornello form, in which the orchestra—or tutti—plays a recurring section which alternates with the solo section. Tutti, in italian, means “all,” and is the name for the orchestra when everyone is playing during a piece. When the main instrument plays alone, it is the solo; when the whole orchestra, it is the tutti.

Minuet in F Major

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THE FOUR CAUSES OF

CLASSICAL EDUCATION BY PAUL SCHAEFFER Aristotle states in his book, the Physics, that you know what something is when you know its four causes: the formal cause, the material cause, the efficient cause, and the final cause.

Paul Schaeffer is a consultant for schools and homeschoolers and works as the Assistant Director of the Classical Latin School Association.

hen do you really know what something is?" When your philosophy teacher asks this, your gut reaction is to roll your eyes and say, "Here we go again." Or you get up and walk out. Or— and this is the best option—you say, "Hmm. I've never thought about that." Thinking deeply about thinking is what philosophers do. Our pragmatic American society may look down on philosophy, but it is important to ask questions about fundamental things—things that most intimately affect our actions. If someone were to ask you what classical education is, could you give a clear, succinct answer? For if we are to defend or engage in classical education, shouldn't we be able to define it? When do you really know what something is? Maybe it is when your senses perceive it: I see a table, therefore I know what a table is. But that isn't how daily life works—if I see a wedge for splitting wood but I've never cut wood in my life, do I really know what it is? Maybe you know what a wedge is when you see the second or the third splitting wedge. After all, when a child sees his first table he doesn't know that it is a table, but after he sees a few, he begins to equate "table" with that tall thing with a flat surface. But he doesn't know that the table can be made of wood, metal, or some other substance; that it is for eating on and was made by a table maker. So does he really know what it is—or does he just know how to describe it? Aristotle states in his book, the Physics, that you know what something is when you know its four causes: the formal cause, the material cause, the efficient cause (also called "agent cause"), and the final cause. The formal cause is the thing's shape or soul. The material cause is what it is made of. The efficient cause is who or what makes it, and the final cause is what its purpose is. The traditional example for showing the four causes is a sculpture of a man: The material is the clay, the form is of a man, the efficient cause is the sculptor, and the final cause is to be looked at. As students of the classics and classical heritage, we ought to look at the four causes of classical education as we seek to know what it is. This will help us come to a full definition of classical education that includes all its essential aspects. A definition should lead us to some clarity. Let us first examine the material cause, as we might assume it to be the most evident. So what is education made up of? Books? Facts? Knowledge? Students? Whichever we choose, it will have far-reaching

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effects. If we choose books, the whole process becomes abstract and impersonal. If we choose facts, will we then be seeking to simply form informational robots? Though books and knowledge are crucial, they are a means to shape the material. The material we are working with is the child himself. Any assertion that the material cause is something other than the child reduces education to a set of formulaic rules or a "method" to follow. What is the point if we don't aim to form the child? Before getting to the formal cause (what we aim to form the child into), let's first examine who or what is effecting the change in the studentâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the efficient cause. 1-877-862-1097

We could propose that the information presented or the exercises worked are educating the child, but the easy answer is the teacher. Asserting that the teacher is the efficient cause is in accord with what St. Augustine says in his work, De Catechizandis Rudibus (On Instructing the Unlearned). He is writing to a deacon who finds himself often recommended as a teacher to those wanting to learn the faith and become Christians. Augustine's entire work centers around how the teacher ought to make his discourse interesting, and how the teacher should intimately know his students to customize the lesson for them. Clearly the teacher is the efficient cause of the education of the child. The Four Causes of Classical Education

The formal cause then is the ideal the teacher has in his mind of what he wants the unformed student to become. For every teacher the goal could be different. Some teachers may want their students to get good jobs, or to be replicas of Medieval scholastics, Renaissance men, or the orators of Roman times. Which of these is the best option? Or is there a different form that is best to mold a child into? Chapter Eight of De Catechizandis Rudibus sheds some light on this. In it, St. Augustine answers how someone who has been liberally educated should be taught the faith. He says:

teacher who contends that children learn from their peers is breaking the chain of tradition, of which the teacher is an essential link. While the best version of this is in a person-to-person relationship, you could argue that those who have been largely self-taught (think Abraham Lincoln) had lengthy conversations with the greatest minds by reading their books again and again. By thinking through the ideas and arguments presented in a book, the reader dialogues with the author. "Skilled in the liberal arts." The liberal arts are domain-specific skills. You don't learn grammar in a vacuum; you learn grammar in the context of a language (preferably Latin). You don't learn out-of-context "critical It can scarcely fail to be the fact that a person of this thinking skills"; you learn the rules of logic in the context character has already acquired a considerable knowledge of real argument. You don't learn oratory through of our Scriptures and literature; and, furnished with this, he may have come now simply with the view of being abstraction; you learn the means of made a partaker in the sacraments. persuasion and how to apply them Therefore, classical education in an actual speech or article. You Augustine saw a liberal education don't learn mathematical functions as the best way to prepare someone is a teacher forming a child without numbers; you learn the to embrace the Christian faith. Then into someone skilled in the theory and application of discreet we can say the form a teacher should intend to mold the student into is liberal arts and steeped in the and continuous number. Grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, that of a liberally educated personâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a Great Books in order to instill music, and astronomy (understood person skilled in the liberal arts and in the Medieval sense) are the sine steeped in the Great Books, which wisdom and virtue. qua non of education. This statement is fertile soil for the Gospel. would require its own defense, and you can read more And finally the final cause: To what end is a classical about this in Martin Cothran's article "The Critical education oriented? Why should we seek to attempt Thinking Skills Hoax" published in the Winter 2018 issue to mold a child into a liberally educated person? For of The Classical Teacher. the same reason for which we were created: To be in "Steeped in the Great Books." Civilization, for the image and likeness of God, He who is the Way, the thousands of years, has been inspired by great ideals. Truth, and the Life. The parallel to goodness, truth, Those ideals are passed on in the best novels, histories, and beauty is unmistakable. What better way to bring dialogues, plays, speeches, and essays of mankind. To ourselves into correspondence with our nature than to be ignorant of those works is to be ignorant of those be able to recognize the truth (wisdom)? What better ideals. And how is the child to live in a society that way than to faithfully walk in the Way (virtue)? It esteems those ideals if he doesn't know them? seems that to lead a full, beautiful life, wisdom and "To instill wisdom and virtue." We should be able virtue are the two essential components. By saying the to look at any classically educated person and say, final cause of classical education is wisdom and virtue, "There is a person full of good character who knows what we are really asserting is that we want the child how to distinguish right from wrong, good from evil, to live fully according to how he was created: in God's and truth from falsity." To be virtuous is to be of good image and likeness. We recognize that God is the one character. To be wise is to be able to make distinctions bringing about that final goal (He is the prime mover (in modern parlance, "to think critically"). Every behind the teacher and working directly in the child) classical school and homeschool should have the and we do everything we can to "prepare the soil." acquisition of wisdom and virtue as their goal. Therefore, classical education is a teacher forming Classical education is a teacher forming a child a child into someone skilled in the liberal arts and into someone skilled in the liberal arts and steeped steeped in the Great Books in order to instill wisdom in the Great Books in order to instill wisdom and and virtue. virtue. This is our essential definition of a classical That, folks, is a definition. Now that we have come education arrived at by classical means. Now you to it, let's examine it. have a response when someone asks you what "A teacher forming a child." There is a mentorclassical education is. mentored aspect of education that is essential. The 66

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