Articles tagged Essay
The Lost Tools of Thinking
by Marc
Wednesday, 03 December, 2014
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Wednesday, 03 December, 2014
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Last year, our homeschool community, Classical Conversations, introduced the Lost Tools of Writing program as parts of the seventh and eighth grade curricula. This was a good, good thing. I am no expert in the Lost Tools curriculum or in the application of all it has...
How Blue Book Exams Get at the Heart of Assessment
by Jennifer
Thursday, 06 March, 2014
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Thursday, 06 March, 2014
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Homeschooling parents desire to give their children a better education than the one they received. However, we often fall back on the same methods that were used in our education, particularly in the area of assessment. Instead, let us pause and think about a true...
Homeschooling and the College Question (Part 2)
"Describe the last excellent conversation you had. What triggered it?"
"What is the most important lesson you will take from high school to your next endeavor?"
"Who do you want to be your mentor for the next two to seven years?"
"Where can you find people whose...
True Mythology - "Perfect Myth and Perfect Fact" (Part I: True Mythology Correlates with Absolute Reality)
by Kate
Tuesday, 14 May, 2013
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education
Tuesday, 14 May, 2013
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education
We need stories. Since ancient times, we have turned to stories, tales, and myths in order to articulate our understanding of the cosmos. Not only do these narratives enable us to describe reality, they portray humanity’s place and purpose in the creation. Stories...
I Survived Mock Trial
by Jennifer
Tuesday, 07 May, 2013
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14)
Tuesday, 07 May, 2013
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14)
For the past eight years, I have regarded the coming of Challenge B with fear and trembling because of one thing—Mock Trial. I had never participated in this project or any form of debate during my school years, so it was a vast unknown well, not entirely...