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The Classical Education of the Founding Fathers by Martin Cothran
Winged Words in the Arena by Tracy Lee Simmons
A Democratic Education by Mitchell L. Holley
Dancing with Washington by Dr. Carol Reynolds
by Martin Cothran
Recently I was asked by an influential national figure whether Highlands Latin School taught about the American founding and the men who had helped shape it—Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Franklin, the Adamses, and the rest. He said that, in his opinion, one of the chief priorities of a school should be to teach our children to be like these men.
I told him that we did teach about the Founding Fathers and that I agreed with him that the prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance they practiced are great examples for students to imitate.
One of the chief purposes of teaching history is a moral one. We read history not just to learn the chronological facts of what happened but to exemplify for ourselves and our students how people should act (and to warn against how they should not).
When you want to learn how to do something, the best way to do it is to see if someone else has already done it well and then do what he did. This rule applies to almost anything, from how to behave to how to write: If you want to learn how to do something well you need a good exemplar.
History, in other words, is not only descriptive, it is prescriptive.
But as we talked, I thought of an interview I had heard a number of years ago with the legendary guitarist Eric Clapton. In the course of the interview the question came up about what he told aspiring guitarists who would ask him how they could learn how to play like he did. Clapton said that when this happens he always tells people not to copy the way he, Clapton, plays, but rather to copy the people he himself copied when he was learning to play.
I related this story during my conversation and pointed out that learning about the Founding Fathers was beneficial, but that there was something even more important than that. We certainly, I told him, want our students to imitate the Founding Fathers, but, more importantly, we want them to imitate the people the Founding Fathers imitated.
Whom did the men who shaped the American Republic imitate? They modeled themselves after the great historical and literary figures of classical history: Aeneas, Hector, Cato, Cicero, Justinian, Vergil, Tacitus, Caesar, Plutarch, Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plato. And the influence of the Bible in the founding period was omnipresent, and its characters—Moses, Joshua, Abraham, and Isaac, as well as the Apostles, not to mention Jesus Himself—were well-known and widely emulated. Almost without exception the Founders were well-read in the Bible (even the ones, like Jefferson and Thomas Paine, much influenced by the secular Enlightenment, who were skeptical about many Christian beliefs, such as the divinity of Christ).
If we want our students to be more like the men who helped bring our fledgling nation into existence we should give them the education that the Founding Fathers had.
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by Leigh Lowe | Grades
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Prima Latina is a gentle introduction to Latin speci cally designed for students and teachers with no Latin background. It teaches the basic parts of speech while introducing Latin, grounding students in the fundamental concepts of English grammar. Each lesson includes ve Latin vocabulary words and English derivatives, a Latin saying, a Latin prayer, and grammar exercises. If you are looking for additional support in teaching your student, the author, Leigh Lowe, has recorded detailed Instructional Videos for every lesson that are sure to delight your young students! Prima Latina transitions seamlessly into Latina Christiana
by Cheryl Lowe | Grades
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Begin your Latin study here or continue on from Prima Latina. Each lesson consists of a grammar form, ten vocabulary words, English derivatives to help build vocabulary, and a Latin saying that teaches students about their Christian and classical heritage. e Teacher Manual includes a complete copy of the student book with overlaid answers, and provides detailed weekly lesson plans, comprehensive teaching instructions, tests, and weekly quizzes and keys.
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We highly recommend Latina Christiana Review Worksheets as a companion to Latina Christiana Two pages of cumulative review for every lesson of Latina Christiana will ensure your students get weekly reinforcement of old and new concepts.
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Vocabulary work, interlinear translation exercises, and grammar word study exercises for 28 hymns sung by a six-voice Gregorian chant choir.
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Your student will learn the de nition and etymology of over 1,500 English derivatives, along with pre xes, su xes, and supplemental Latin vocabulary lists.
by Martin Cothran
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Lingua Biblica is a supplementary Latin program that uses exercises based on the Vulgate to complement the study of any Latin grammar course. Each lesson includes three levels of study that will fortify a student's knowledge of Latin vocabulary and grammar. Level I includes the easiest sentence translations, Level II includes more advanced sentence translations, and Level III includes the entire translation with advanced exercises.
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A compendium of Latin grammar forms and a basic introduction to Latin syntax. Includes all conjugations and declensions, making it an easily accessible reference.
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St. Jerome translated the Bible into "common Latin" from the original languages, striving not only for accuracy, but simplicity. e resulting Latin Vulgate was a version of the Bible that could be read and understood by people of the time, which also makes it excellent translation practice for Latin students today who have completed a study of the Latin grammar. is course contains ninety passages taken from the original translation by St. Jerome, both prose and poetry, from the creation of the world in Genesis to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Each reading is accompanied by vocabulary and grammar notes, as well as parsing and analysis exercises to practice a close grammatical reading of each passage of Scripture.
Originally published in 1945, the Henle Latin Series teaches Latin the traditional way. Our Teacher Manuals split the work of Henle Latin First Year over two years, scheduling what to do every step of the way. e Manuals include scripted lessons for the teacher, additional explanations and practice for the student, and a full answer key. e Quizzes & Tests help you measure your mastery along the way.
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After the completion of Henle Latin First Year or Memoria Press' Latin Forms Series, the next step for Latin students is Henle Latin Second Year , which rounds out the Latin grammar and introduces students to the text of Caesar's De Bello Gallico Memoria Press offers a Student Guide with comprehensive guidance for each lesson as well as Quizzes & Tests to assess progress and mastery. These resources contain everything needed to succeed in the course and conquer the first step into the world of authentic Latin texts.
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Henle Latin Fourth Year leads students through Cicero's Defense of Archias and the rst six books of the culmination of Latin poetry, Virgil's Aeneid.
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Henle Latin ird Year teaches students to reach beyond grammar and grasp the rudiments of rhetoric with the help of Cicero, perhaps Rome's most illustrious orator. Memoria Press' Student Guide, Teacher Manual, and Quizzes & Tests are sources of invaluable support in learning and mastering rhetorical Latin, even without the guidance of an experienced teacher. ese texts organize the course into a sensible schedule, o er a wealth of insight to assist students in their exercises, and provide levelappropriate assessments to determine mastery of Latin.
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Pliny: 20 Letters and Suggested Companion Texts
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Designed for the new 2026 AP Latin syllabus, this volume includes all required letters by Pliny the Younger as well as ten additional epistles and companion texts from Eutropius, Rafael Landivar, Seneca, Augustus, and Cicero.
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Designed for the new 2026 AP Latin syllabus, this volume includes all required passages from Vergil's Aeneid, as well as an additional fteen lines and companion texts from Catullus, Horace, Ovid, Sulpicia, and Petrarch.
Mysister is a private college counselor. When my high school-aged children began thinking about college she told me frankly: "Colleges used to want well-rounded students. Now they want well-rounded incoming classes." This means that at selective schools, accepted applicants must serve the class in very specific ways, like little puzzle pieces in the picture the school is trying to create. Apparently, in addition to having good grades and test scores, students aiming for admission to competitive schools must now cultivate identities around what are called "passion projects"—highly focused endeavors that reflect unique (if narrow) gifts, talents, and interests. (You should know my own children probably lack the requisite "passions" that top schools desire.)
This shift toward narrow foci in the college admissions process reflects broader cultural trends. In everything from education to career training to youth sports, the world seems to demand that we specialize—and that we do so as early as possible. These days, in this culture of specialization that reigns supreme, people are directed to choose a lane, put on blinders, and stay on the narrow track. But that's not always been the case. You may remember, as I do, a very short time ago when being "well-rounded" was considered a worthy and common goal.
The urgency to make limiting choices didn't dictate our lives.
One used to be able to join a team or learn an instrument well after puberty; it was okay to "dabble." No one expected high school kids to cure cancer or take a business public. We used to appreciate those with broad exposures and the curiosity, flexibility, and capability to take advantage of opportunities and circumstances as they arrive. Ah, the good ole days!
I preferred that way of life. I'm quite struck by those who know so confidently— and so early—what they are good at, what they expect to do in the future, how best they can serve, but I have only been able to see my callings in retrospect. Only by looking behind me have I been able to see how God has prepared me for some role or another. I could never have predicted or specifically prepared for the twists, turns, and surprises of my life. The old
adage, "If you want to make God laugh tell Him your plans" resonates perfectly with me.
The unpredictability of life makes me a fan of preparing broadly for unexpected callings, for being well-rounded. Perhaps I am attracted to this approach partly because it was the one that prevailed as I was coming up. But it also seems to me that a less narrow attitude toward life reflects the necessary humility of the Christian walk and encourages an openness to an unknown future.
When we prepare consistently and broadly we are more likely to be ready for what Winston Churchill called "… a special moment when [we] are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to [us] and fitted to [our] talents."
Obviously, it must be acknowledged that we all have interests, desires, abilities, and predilections. I know that we do, ultimately, have to identify what we enjoy, what we are capable of doing; we must, eventually, choose and plan and prepare. A college major must be declared. A career must be pursued. But can we at least consider postponing these decisions until after grammar school or high school—maybe even until after sampling a few college classes? Can we agree that there are broad foundational skills and fundamental knowledge requirements for every life?
This is how classical Christian education serves us: Instead of focusing only on important vocational or skills training, classical education offers a broad education that seeks to develop a whole, thoughtful human being— with a developed heart, mind, and soul—willing to act and serve. It has a long view. Classical education leaves space for God's providence by allowing us to honor His ongoing callings throughout the whole of life.
When modern education tells us to narrow our focus and specialize too early, it does so at the expense of broad foundations. This educational approach is restrictive. Early specialization restricts how others see us, but more importantly it restricts how we see ourselves. Emphasis on job training instead of soulformation is limiting. What I mean is that it typecasts unnecessarily. Over-emphasis on "what I do" versus "who I am" makes us think that there are only narrow lanes where our opinions and abilities apply. It makes us hesitant to accept invitations to serve where we don't "belong." It nags us with doubt, eternally asking, "Are you really qualified for that?" In some cases, the answer might truly be "No." But in his Ethics Aristotle reminds us to find appropriate courage where either rashness or cowardice might otherwise exist. How many opportunities for service and growth will be missed because we refused to embrace breadth? "What a tragedy," as Churchill says, "if that moment finds
[us] unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been [our] finest hour."
Refusing to cultivate our gifts, blessings, and opportunities has very real consequences. When we place restrictions on ourselves our confidence in making decisions is affected. If we see ourselves as narrowly prepared specialists, we are more likely to delegate responsibilities and rights that we should retain.
This negatively affects us as humans and as obedient Christians, but also as citizens in a democracy who are called to freedom, and who are expected to understand the world broadly. In his preface to An Introduction to the Great Books and to a Liberal Education, Robert Hutchins says that
citizenship requires that you understand the world in which you live and that you do not leave your duties to be performed by others, living vicariously and vacuously on their virtue and intelligence. … To be free you have to be educated for freedom. This means that you have to think; for the free man is one who thinks for himself.
If thinking for ourselves is not optional, we should strive to learn from those who have been exalted by the generations for thinking well. We should humbly accept the books and subjects by which accumulated wisdom has been cultivated. We should yield time in our curriculum to subjects like Latin, logic, rhetoric, literature, and classical studies—subjects that are eternally valuable and surprisingly practical.
Classical education offers a broad knowledge base that leads to highly transferable skills: the ability to read well and write clearly and speak articulately, and to think deeply about the most important ideas. Classical education doesn't give us a specialty. Instead, it gives us the confidence and discipline to specialize over and over again. In this way, classical education is the more practical education because it is an education that enables us to be flexible, responsive, and thinking individuals. And, of course, the more thinking participants we have in the world the better.
I believe we are returning to an age when the world (or at least the college admissions officers) might once again appreciate well-rounded, classically educated citizens. I hope so. Because we risk not seizing important opportunities if we see ourselves only as pieces in a puzzle, stagnant and stuck. Only when we humbly embrace breadth, flexibility, and an unexpected future do we truly demonstrate a "passion" for the most important things.
Leigh Lowe writes curriculum, trains teachers, and speaks publicly about classical education and the vision of Memoria Press and Highlands Latin School. Leigh is the daughter-in-law of Cheryl Lowe, founder of Memoria Press and Highlands Latin School. Leigh worked closely with Cheryl for years as a teacher, editor, and writer.
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Revisit the Old World elegance of Irving's prose and the range of Poe's romanticism. Enjoy the Fireside Poets—Longfellow, Whittier, and Holmes. Rediscover the rich, varied authenticity of American literature with this anthology and study guide.
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by Angelina Stanford
The modern age struggles with knowing how to approach a literary education due to some incorrect assumptions about the nature of literature itself. We imagine that works of literature appear from the minds of authors—like Athena sprouting from the head of Zeus—fully independent and disconnected from anything outside of themselves. Even if we do consider that a work has any connection to anything else, we typically think of it as only being connected to the mind of the author—a work of self-expression—and that the key to uncovering the meaning of the work lies in the mind of the author. But literature is not a collection of separate closed universes; each work is part of the world of literature—a cohesive and interconnected universe.
Aristotle tells us in his Poetics that literature is an art, akin to music and painting. It is not a sermon or a work of history, theology, or philosophy. Literature is an art. And it is created in a similar way to other arts. For example, every work of music is built upon the exact same musical tones. From Mozart to Motown, every composer starts with the same sounds. Through human creativity those sounds are arranged in an infinite variety to produce the full range of musical expression. Likewise painters are all limited to the same number of primary colors, from which come all the paintings adorning the walls of museums and the doors of refrigerators. No one invents new musical tones or new primary colors. Art is not created via originality but via creative innovation.
L iterature works the same way. Authors have a set of "musical tones" and "primary colors" from which to create stories—I call these the Building Blocks of Stories: Bible stories, myths, fairy tales, fables, and legends (nursery rhymes and folk songs get an honorable mention as well). Authors rearrange and play with these building blocks to create new stories. There is no work of literature that does not have as its foundation all or part of these building blocks, but this does not necessarily happen on a conscious level. J. R. R. Tolkien calls this collection of building blocks the Soup of Stories. Since the beginning, all of these building blocks have been added to the Soup of Stories, which has been simmering away, and each new story pulls from this plentiful stock. Each author ladles up what he needs and adds his own spices and seasonings, but the foundation always comes from the Soup of Stories.
To demonstrate, let us turn to The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. We'll start with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which is built upon several fairy tales. The story presents a brother and a sister lost in the woods and a wicked witch who lures a
boy with candy and then imprisons him—just like Hansel and Gretel. There are also echoes of Snow White, including dwarves and a Wicked Queen chasing children in order to destroy them, as well as echoes of the Snow Queen ruling an icy kingdom. Further, Jadis turns people into stone like the mythological Medusa.
In the Stone Table scene, Lewis not only mirrors the Bible story of the resurrection of Christ, he combines it with one of Aesop's fables, "The Lion and the Mouse." As you can see, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe contains many layers of the Building Blocks of Stories.
All of the Chronicles share this same kind of rich and complex foundation. The myth of Orpheus provides the scaffolding for The Silver Chair, a story about a descent into the underworld to rescue someone. Prince Caspian is built upon the legends of King Arthur and Robin Hood: The Pevensie children return to Narnia when Narnia really needs them, echoing the King Arthur legend (and they even allude to said legend in feeling like "Ancient Britons or someone coming back to modern England"), and Caspian and his band of merry outlaws hide in a forest while preparing an attack on the usurper Miraz (like Prince John of legend). Voyage of the Dawn Treader pulls from the myth of Odysseus—complete with (another) descent to the underworld in "The Dark Island" chapter—as well as the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, when the three missing lords have fallen under a sleeping enchantment that needs to be broken by the true Prince. In The Magician’s Nephew Lewis plays with the story of the Garden of Eden, and The Last Battle makes free use of Aesop's fable "The Lion in the Donkey Skin." Interestingly, The Horse and His Boy pulls from the Persian folk tale and legend tradition, demonstrating that the Building Blocks of Stories are not limited only to the Western tradition but truly include the entire world of stories. These are only a few examples—and it goes without saying that many other Bible stories shine through the entire Chronicles as well. Lewis created an entire fictional world by dipping liberally into the Soup of Stories and building, layer upon layer.
I should note that the foundation of literary building blocks is not limited to being utilized in fantasy novels alone. Even in a realistic novel like Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, we see that the fairy tale Cinderella undergirds the entire novel. Fanny Price overcomes two wicked stepsisters and a wicked aunt (a variation of the wicked stepmother) to get her Prince Charming. Nor are the Building Blocks of Stories missing from modern works. The popular modern series The Hunger Games is built fundamentally upon the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. In the myth, Athenian boys and girls are regularly sent to Thebes to play games and be sacrificed to the Minotaur in the games as a memorial to a previous uprising that had been quelled. One day Theseus, like Katniss Everdeen, volunteers to be sent to the games, where he defeats the Minotaur and saves the Athenian youths.
As literary scholar Northrop Frye says,
If we don't know the Bible and the central stories of Greek and Roman literature, we can still read books and see plays, but our knowledge of literature cannot grow, just as our knowledge of mathematics can't grow if we don't learn the multiplication table.
These Building Blocks of Stories are the grammar of literature, and should therefore be the foundation of a child's literary education. Immerse your students in Bible stories, myths, fairy tales, fables, and legends—from all over the world. Nurture their imaginations in the same soil in which all of the great works of literature have grown.
A child well acquainted with the Building Blocks of Stories will begin to see the scaffolding and patterns and universal images that make up all of literature. And, by recognizing these repeated patterns, a child will grow in his understanding of literature and fully enter the Universe of Literature to discover that it is a consistent and coherent world, one that will not only be enjoyed but also understood.
Angelina Stanford is a podcaster, teacher, and author who lives in North Carolina with her husband Thomas Banks. She also wrote the foreword for Rallying the Really Human Things by Vigen Guroian, available now from Memoria College Press.
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Modern society will not maintain democracy—that oft-bandied but seldom-understood idea—at the ballot box but in the classroom. As a moral and intellectual achievement, democracy still demands that the polity do more than vote: People must be taught to think deeply, patiently, and well. At the height of the Republic, Roman politicians encouraged citizens to cast votes and advocate for important social issues, but they also understood that democracy first required individual virtue and reason, developed in that long labor of self-governance. Democracy is not sustained by the machinery of elections but by the formation of free-thinking souls—that is, by education.
A truly democratic education must form free people—not in the sense of untethered or untraditioned individuals, but in the classical sense of persons capable of self-government. This type of education trains students in reason, virtue, and prudence. If it is to mean more than the tyranny of popular whims, democracy must be founded on the ability of each citizen to first govern himself before he seeks to govern others.
And here lies the great irony of our age: While modern education waves the banner of democracy, it often produces the very opposite of what it proclaims. Children are untutored in logic, unmoored from history, and increasingly ruled by emotion rather than reason. Modern education flatters their autonomy but fails to furnish the inner architecture of freedom. As it turns out, the most democratic education is not the most modern, but the most classical. It is an education in liberty, rightly understood as the freedom to do what one ought, not as the freedom to do what one wants. In the end, democracy is not sustained by procedures but by free persons.
Rather than starting with standardized benchmarks or marketable skills, classical education begins with the human person. It asks, first, what kind of soul must a child possess to live in liberty and serve the common good? And then, what kind of mind is needed to discern truth from error or mere opinion? And what kind of heart must be cultivated to desire what is noble, even when it is difficult?
To answer these questions, a democratic education turns not to trends but to the rich tradition of learning found in the trivium and quadrivium, in which students move naturally from the beauty of language (grammar) to the clarity of thought (logic) to the power of expression (rhetoric). They memorize poetry, read and discuss great literature, parse Latin verbs, study formal logic, and learn to speak and write with precision and grace. Students encounter the idea of quantity in its pure and applied forms when they study arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. Through these disciplines they see the order and wonder of the world extending throughout the cosmos. This type of education is not ornamental, nor is it a luxury; it orders the mind, shapes the soul, and orients the heart toward wisdom. It's an education that both informs the intellect and forms the person.
Students who study Latin gain more than vocabulary—they learn precision, patience, and endurance. They also encounter a civilization whose words and ideas still shape law, science, politics, theology, and every other domain of Western civilization. Students who read ancient classics like Homer's Iliad or
Vergil's Aeneid are doing more than simply gathering historical facts; they are witnessing virtue and vice acted out on the stage of history. In wrestling with Euclid they learn the discipline of reason. In reading Shakespeare and the superlative classics of Western society they are challenged and transformed by the moral imagination of the ages.
Students who have been shaped by this kind of democratic education are unlikely to be deceived by false agendas and punditry because they have studied the fallacies of logic. They are hard to manipulate because they have trained their memory and attention on enduring truths and truly good things. They judge difficult issues fairly, write clearly, and speak graciously. After long dialogues with Cicero, Sophocles, Augustine, and others, students understand what human greatness has looked like in the past, and they desire to meet that standard themselves in the present. Classical education creates this kind of student, and democracy relies upon this type of citizen.
The American Founders could imagine our democratic Republic precisely because they were educated in the ideas that undergird it. They read the works of Roman orators like Cato, studied Roman law and Greek philosophy, and were steeped in the language of virtue and liberty. Thomas Jefferson could quote Horace from memory and was a student of Epicurus. John Adams loved the political work of Cicero and was rumored to have carried Plutarch's Lives in his saddlebags. Alexander Hamilton often quoted admiringly from the Greek historians in the Federalist Papers. And when James Madison discussed the necessity of a strong central government during the Constitutional Convention, he cited the Greek federations from the fourth century B.C. as examples. Like the Amphictyonic Leagues, Madison warned, the American project might also fail without a strong and unified federal system. These were not mere academic ostentations to the Founding Fathers. The classical authors provided the trellis on which the vines of American democracy are grown.
today is not a nostalgic enterprise but a necessary one. Schools across the country are rekindling this vision. They offer not just an alternative to modern education but a recovery of what education once was and what our Republic still needs.
Democracy depends on more than mass participation. It depends on the moral and intellectual virtues of its participants. A society that forgets this principle, as Rome did many years ago, will find that the forms of freedom have outlived their substance.
Rome still held sham elections long after the Republic was dead, and the emperors still minted coins bearing the word "libertas" even as liberty itself vanished into oblivion. Like Rome, a nation may still hold elections and praise liberty while its people, untrained in reason and unformed in virtue, are tossed about by impulse, susceptible to demagogues, and weary of the responsibilities that freedom entails.
The classical tradition offers a vision of education rooted in Truth, Goodness, and Beauty; in logic and language; in memory and imagination. This ancient, perennially relevant tradition dares to believe that children are not problems to be managed or consumers to be placated but incarnate souls to be formed. And a classical education does not reserve the best things for a few—indeed, it makes the best things accessible to any child. And by doing so it prepares people to be citizens, men and women capable of liberty because they have been trained in self-rule.
This type of training does not begin in the halls of Congress but around the kitchen table, in the schoolroom, and in the quiet labor of teachers and parents. It begins with a return to the classical tradition out of which our Republic grew. In short, it begins with a democratic education.
This traditional model of education—the same one the Founders received—has not vanished completely, and the revival of classical education
Mitchell L. Holley holds advanced degrees in philosophy and theology and spent over a decade in classical education as a teacher and administrator. He now brings this background to the business world, where he applies classical principles to leadership, strategy, and enterprise.
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ristotle, whom no less than Dante dubbed il maestro di color che sanno, "the master of those who know," told us that of all the powers human beings possess, the capacity to use speech is the prime faculty distinguishing us from animals. Human beings and animals may all be sentient, armed with instincts for survival and propagation, but only the man and woman, boy and girl, can grasp the meaning of an idea or the quiddity of an impression as it speeds by the consciousness, either bringing it down like a pheasant in autumn, bagged and secure in an ordered, capacious mind, or watching helplessly as it wings past to alight on another mind better able and eager to crack its code. That is not a bad way to think about words: They shoot out of the dark and break into the sunlight, sometimes elusive, often stubborn, but bestow enlightenment on those who have consented to pay the disciples' dues to master them. Words make us fully human; they enable us to live better lives—though their misuse and willful abuse can also degrade an otherwise worthy life and deprive it of its latent promise. Any honest struggle to use words well sets us all on a path not only to the intelligent life but to the decorous life, one graced with dignity and élan
Yet how many have pondered the primordial aptness of the term "winged words," when words seem to be set in stone, unmoving, dead? How can words "fly" in any but a poetic sense so fanciful that it begs credulity? To most habitués of classrooms, words are those fixed emblems that we memorize, look up in dictionaries, get quizzed on, and later often forget. And yet their lives begin in flight. "Winged words" is a formulaic idiom we find in Homer, one of his idea-epithets—epea pteroenta—that has over millennia worked its way into the bloodstream of every language touched by the lithe genius of the Greeks. Words are not those pesky alphabet characters we find on pages; most essentially, they are vibrations in the air until they are transformed and committed to paper as written signs and symbols that allow them to be deciphered by anybody of passably literate ability. But first they are sounds, audible articulations of ideas, and as sounds, they fly. They move in the marketplace. Words make civilized life possible and, at their highest reaches, they mark Man's participation in the eternal Logos. They touch the sacred.
But it is also that capacity to use language that enables and invites us to be political in the fullest sense. We become denizens of the polis. For we are social creatures and—as Aristotle also told us—as human beings we seek to know, understand, and contemplate. This is true even when we have no say in
the rulers who hold sway over us, as in a tyranny or autocracy. But when we do, as in a nascent democracy or in a sophisticated republic, words get vested with even grander power. When subjects become citizens, would-be rulers and leaders must practice the arts of persuasion so that they might move audiences to embrace their purposes, be those purposes high or low. "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears," Shakespeare's Antony beseeches at the funeral of Caesar. To do what? To see the world as he does, in the light of his own reason and surging sentiment—and to act. In the end, the art of persuasion, in all its noble and ignoble forms, has been intricately tied to and coterminous with the art of citizenship for well over two thousand years. It helps to build commonality.
America inherited those political traditions of the Greco-Roman and European civilizations before her, but to those traditions she added a robust dollop of religiosity that arose out of her pilgrim and Puritan origins where the words and rhythms of Scripture echoed in every clapboard house and last week's Sunday sermon figured in communal conversations. Together these two strains, one secular and one sacred, engendered an American culture at once vigorous, idealistic—and exceptionally verbal. Language saturated American life in a peculiarly heady way from its colonial beginnings. Early American culture was not only oral, as every culture is, but, where home tuition for children was stringent and schools flourished, it was a highly literate one as well.
Consequently, when unrest over British rule over the American colonies grew in the s and pamphlets of protest began to circulate, those pamphlets found a ready public appreciative of close reasoning matched to lofty rhetoric and appeals to the public interest.
In a young nation where the "media" consisted of little beyond those irregularly-printed pamphlets and partyaffiliated newspapers of dubious accuracy and reliability, political orations could be heard by very few people— especially in the days before electric amplification— among those who were physically present for political events but had to crane their necks to hear inevitably dropped words and phrases. So speeches had to be read. Avidly. Even during the Colonial and Federal periods, speeches constituted primary reading for generations of Americans who collected bound anthologies on their shelves, just as they had collected bound volumes of sermons earlier; and not only were the most momentous speeches read, whether in newspapers or books, but portions were memorized and quoted off the cuff by the politically and literarily inclined both, and it did not take long for them to percolate into schools and become
not only required reading but required recitation. For this reason, politicians had to be on their verbal best behavior when they spoke formally, knowing that their words would be disseminated far and wide, either in full or in part by reporters, which is why so many of those speeches read so well now. This also explains why so many speeches during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were scripted word-for-word instead of delivered spontaneously: They had to be made fit to cast out into the world in written form. They were targeted most certainly toward a literate culture, but they were also directed toward an ever more literary culture in days when anybody who had attended a good school could recite heaps of poetry. The speeches had to sound good, not only when shouted out to sweating multitudes but when read aloud, quietly and at leisure, beside fireplaces or in small public gatherings. For America had become a bookish society, and public figures were expected to demonstrate a bit of polish.
And so we can see why America has generated such an abundance of riches when we add up the oratorical gems that her history has fashioned and shaped, and those orations and speeches reveal the American character almost as well as her deeds of daring and sacrifice.
Any reader will notice that many of the selections in Finding Our Words: The Words That Made America are perfectly predictable, for there are certain speeches Americans ought to know—and once did. There was a time when everyone could have identified the man who had said, "Give me Liberty or give me Death"; ask anybody now and it's a roll of the dice. So we give a few of the standards: Patrick Henry's famous words, Lincoln's short, solemn message at Gettysburg, and John F. Kennedy's memorable address delivered on a cold day. But we also bring back to light some forgotten words forgotten undeservedly: Frederick Douglass' enduring belief in the meaning of America despite his being born into slavery, Robert E. Lee's moving farewell to his defeated and starving troops, and Theodore Roosevelt's long reflection on the idea of citizenship in a Republic. Together they form a
remarkable chronicle of selfless devotion that could have emerged only from a great nation.
Finding Our Words should be read not with the eyes alone but with the vocal cords. The pages should be springboards for aural adventures. They should help us to find our own voices echoing with those who went before with the hope that those voices of ours might harmonize with theirs. Their words should become ours. Reading these speeches silently is a delight and an elevating reminder of what American culture once gave the world, but our culture suffers by depriving itself of the sounds of the language of other times. No, the words here must be reanimated, must be revivified, with the voice. The tongue must become friends, or at least acquaintances, with every sentence. And as this happens the speaker—of any age—begins to take a kind of proprietorship over these speeches, both as words to know and as ideas to cherish.
How many of our ancestors, even the perceptive and perspicacious ones, could have foreseen that American culture, verbally and otherwise, would one day devolve so depressingly and crassly that the day would arrive when, say, their grandchildren in high school would be unable to read what they themselves might have read for pleasure in elementary school? The new illiteracy seemed to happen slowly at first—and then all at once. First went hard and high reading, then spelling tests, then phonics with the advent of "wholistic reading," and now we are lucky if those children's teachers can spell without a spellcheck. Whatever else this may be, it is not "progress."
Our straits are indeed dire. But commerce with these words offers us one path back to citizenship, decency, and good sense. What has been lost can be found, though only with ardent, laborious effort. But the result will shine.
Tracy Lee Simmons holds a master's degree in classics from Oxford and is the best-selling author of Climbing Parnassus and On Being Civilized, available now from Memoria College Press. This article is taken from the introduction of Finding Our Words: The Words That Made America, published by Mount Titano Media.
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A unique geography program designed for students pursuing a classical Christian education, this course covers the area that constituted the ancient Roman Empire and the geography relevant to the Bible. Each region is explored in its historical context, providing interesting and thoughtprovoking facts, but the main goal of this course is for students to learn to map the countries and their capitals.
Grades 7+
$87.27 set
(text, student, teacher, classroom atlas, digital flashcards*)
Text $20.05 | Student $20.95
Teacher $20.95 | Atlas $15.00
*Geography Flashcards: Digital $20.00 | Physical $25.00
*same as flashcards in Geography I set
Asia, Oceania, & the Americas
Grades 5+
$60.58 set
(text, student, teacher +
Geography I Review student & teacher)
Geography II Text $18.35
Geography II Student $16.20
Geography II Teacher $17.30
Geography I Review Student $6.20
Geography I Review Teacher $9.25
is more advanced geography course solidi es the mapping skills learned in Geography I-II but adds a study of the landforms, topography, famous landmarks, climate, culture, and religion of each continent. is is a perfect prelude to high school history.
Students continue to deepen their understanding of past and present as they learn to map the rest of the countries and capitals not covered in Geography I. At the end of this course, students will have mapped the entire world.
Practice Map Pad: United States notepad of 50 two-sided sheets (11" x 17") | $11.85
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by Dr. Carol Reynolds
"Virginians
are of genuine blood—They will Dance or Die!" —diary of Philip Fithian, August 25, 1775
Face buffeted by the icy blast off the Delaware River; eyes cast solemnly across a field of fallen soldiers; figure crisp and trim on a prancing steed: These images arise instantly when we imagine our Founding Father and first president, George Washington.
Are we ready, though, to imagine this same man stepping onto the soft boards of a colonial dance floor, stretching his hand to his hostess and, with her, executing the vigorous sequences of the minuet? For it is precisely here that we meet the George Washington whom contemporaries called the "best dancer of the Colonial era."
While Washington's chosen art was dance, he also valued music highly, particularly when played or sung in domestic settings. Archival documents show the care Washington took throughout his life with every purchase or decision regarding music in his household. His stepchildren (the son and daughter of wife Martha Custis Washington) benefited from the best musical training available. For six-yearold Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis, he bought a fine harpsichord and set of spare strings in from Roger Plenius of London. For stepson Jack Parke Custis, he purchased a German silver flute in , as well as a violin that, while not exceptional, was beautifully turned by London luthier James Lewer. Washington himself, though, was not a musician. More than once he confessed this, including in a letter of February , , to Francis Hopkinson, who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, a member of the Pennsylvania Convention that ratified the United States Constitution, and an enthusiastic composer. Complimenting Hopkinson on a newly published volume of songs, Washington regretted that he was unable to sing or play them, as he could not "raise a single note on any instrument."
But Washington could raise the eyebrows of all those who witnessed his stately virtuosity and beaming confidence on the dance floor. The importance of social dance in Virginia—indeed, throughout the Colonies—is hard to grasp in our modern-day world. The choreography and melodies that shaped the French court of Louis IV came with the colonists to America, and here, as there, the ability to execute the complex patterns of Baroque and Enlightenment-era dances affected one's social and professional status. To be an outstanding dancer proclaimed inborn grace, physical endurance, and mental prowess; to fail as a dancer proclaimed the opposite.
The minuet dominated social dance in both Europe and America during the Colonial and Federal periods. Washington danced it flawlessly, famously eliciting a compliment from French officers who said his skill could not be improved, even by a Parisian education. Other testimonies regularly corroborate his skill. In , Judge Francis T. Brooke noted that Washington "attended the ball of the nd of February; opened it by dancing a minuet with some lady, and then danced cotillions and country dances; was very gallant." Still other sources relay the excitement felt by the lucky ladies who shared the dance floor with our first president.
The popularity of the minuet led to the introduction of other complex dances from the eighteenth-century European dance suite—including the allemande, sarabande, bourr e, and gigue— though increasingly guests on this side of the Atlantic would breathe a sigh of relief when the opening minuets concluded and the fiddler signaled one of two more relaxed formations: the cotillion and the country dance.
Today the word "cotillion" brings to mind a type of formal training in etiquette offered to students of, perhaps, upper elementary or middle school ages. In Washington's era, however, a cotillion was a figure-dance or chorusdance for four couples that had been brought from England and Paris around . Energetic but not as exacting as a minuet or gigue, the cotillion is the direct ancestor of modern square dancing.
that rings with gaiety and can still be enjoyed in contradance societies across the United States. Because dancing was so important—and Washington so prominent—it is not surprising that titles of new dances frequently reflected events in his life. Rich examples appear in a wonderful volume entitled George Washington: A Biography in Social Dance, published in by Kate Van Winkle Keller and Charles Cyril Hendrickson. Popular dances that Washington certainly knew and likely danced include Dorchester’s March, The Brandywine, Burgoyne’s Defeat, Saw You My Hero, n ress M n et La a ette re er British Sorrow, and The New York Assembly. Taken together, these tunes reflect not just Washington's biography but the history of the United States in a critical era.
The country dances were the most fun. They were performed in two lines, with men on one side and women on the other. The patterns included hands across, clapping across or to the side, changing places, falling back, and other steps requiring simpler skills than, say, a minuet. Importantly, the higheststatus lady and man would open the country dance (clearly Washington, if in attendance). This couple would then continue to move down the line as each of the other couples had its turn in the lead. Country dances equate today to "contradances"—a highly enjoyable form of social dance requiring modest skill
Still, the question remains: Were the arts simply ancillary elements of pleasure for George Washington? Or could there be a deeper reason to probe his artistic talents and the artistic convictions of so many of our Founding Fathers? Whether the subject is Washington as a superstar of dance, Thomas Jefferson as a violinist and avid collector of musical scores, or Benjamin Franklin as a student of acoustics and instrument-building, each of these Founding Fathers had more than simply a passion for a specific art form. They shared a classical understanding that the arts are central to the complete life of a human being. These heroes—whom we celebrate for establishing our fledgling democratic country—also laid the groundwork for America's unique artistic legacy. They embodied a sentiment confirmed years later by another president, John F. Kennedy: "The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is very close to the center of a nation's purpose."
Let the dance begin, Mr. Washington!
Dr. Carol Reynolds is a widely acclaimed author and speaker, as well as a professor at Memoria College. She regularly leads arts tours throughout Europe and the Mediterranean, recently in partnership with the Smithsonian Institute.
with Dr. Carol Reynolds | Grades 8+
$170 set (textbook, student workbook, DVDs, teacher manual download)
Textbook $39.95 | Student Workbook $29.95 | DVDs $106.10
Join Professor Carol as she travels the world using music as the window into political and cultural history. e expanded second edition includes a separate Textbook—now including art and additional information—and a Student Workbook—with more activities, questions, and timelines—which both still correspond perfectly to the rst edition DVDs.
with Dr. Carol Reynolds Grades 5+
$49.95 set (2 DVDs totaling more than 4 hours)
In this course, Professor Carol—along with 38 other historians, scholars, and artists—takes you on a journey through America's musical history. When we sing the songs our greatgrandparents learned around a camp re, read the poems they recited, and study the paintings or quilts they created, we visit the past in a tangible way.
with Dr. Carol Reynolds | Grades 8+
$119 set (text, workbook, DVDs)
Text $24.95 | Assignments & Quizzes $22.95
Here you will nd a description and explanation of how Christians have worshiped God in song for over a millennium. In addition to the sheer beauty of the songs themselves, you will learn how musical notation developed, who the great Christian composers were, and how historical circumstances a ected the musical worship of the Church. DVDs include musical performances and Professor Carol's unparalleled commentary.
by Patrick Fata | Grades
2+
Text $17.50 | Student $17.50
Teacher $18.50 | Audio $10.00
Open the door for your students into a new, melodic world. is course introduces the concepts of rhythm, meter, and musical notation in short, straightforward lessons in the Student Text and ample practice of concepts in the Student Workbook. e streaming audio tracks provide short clips of all concepts and examples, and the two-color Teacher Guide provides answers and tests.
Grades K-2
Art Cards K-2 (5" x 7")
$11.85 ea.
Art Posters K-2 (11" x 17")
$36.05 ea.
by Patrick Fata | Grades
3+
Student Book $17.90
Audio $10.00
Enrich your child's primary education with beautiful pieces of art from the most in uential artistic movements in history, including the Renaissance, Romanticism, Impressionism, and more! ese supplements are coordinated with our primary Classical Core Curriculum sets.
by Kyle M. Janke
Grades 9+
$97.61 set
(student, teacher, digital flashcards, videos)
Student $20.50 | Teacher $20.50
Digital Flashcards $12.45 | Physical Flashcards $17.45
Videos $55.00
In A Classical History of Art, the timeless qualities of Greek expression inform a succinct and cohesive survey of 5,000 years of Western art. From the prehistoric period to the beginning of modern art, this study demonstrates the signi cance of classical values in the development of the sculpture, architecture, and painting of the West. Focused on cultivating fruitful and revelatory discussion, this curriculum presents the features, terms, and pertinent discussion questions of each major period, supplemented by close analysis of major works, lessons in visual composition, master copy drawing assignments, and 80 color ashcards. In the Instructional Videos, Kyle Janke walks your student through the course in twelve lessons, with lectures and thoughtful discussion points that complement and supplement the student text. For the educator, student, or curious individual, this course will produce the ardent and enlightening dialogue necessary to direct your interactions with great art.
Grades 3-4
$23.75
is course aims to deepen your student's appreciation of music by grounding the greatest pieces in the canon of Western classical music in their historical context, and by introducing the foundational musical concepts of notation, rhythm, pitch, form, and melody to give a fuller understanding of the inner workings of the pieces and of music in general.
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!
Classical Core Curriculum supplement
Grades K-2
$22.70 ea.
ese supplemental guides coordinate with our Classical Core Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade programs. Each guide includes an overview of each read-aloud book, author and illustrator biographies, oral reading questions, and a simple language lesson, as well as resources for the history, culture, and science lessons, biographies of the artists, and poetry lessons. Lessons from Music Enrichment are scheduled here as well.
Classical Core Curriculum supplement
Grades Jr. K-2 | $20.05 ea.
e creative arts are an essential part of primary school education. ese activities reinforce number and letter recognition, strengthen ne-motor skills, and foster creativity and con dence. ere is a craft project for each read-aloud in Memoria Press' Jr. K-2 curriculum packages, and additional crafts that focus on art concepts. Enjoy each of your creations and the time spent together making them.
Classical Core Curriculum supplement
Grades K-2
$15.10
Music Enrichment goes into more detail about each song studied in our Enrichment Guides, including a short backstory on each song and its composer, as well as a few interesting facts and discussion questions. Purchase of this book also includes links to playlists so you can listen to good recordings of each piece.
Consider your words before you
Grades K+
Wall Charts (11" x 8 ½") $17.90
Digital Flashcards $9.85
Be respectful, listen carefully, look for opportunities to include others, chew with your mouth closed—these simple, thoughtful guidelines for good manners are a great aid for your classroom or homeschool. ere are 36 manners, one for each week of your school year. Each week, hang up the wall chart as a helpful visual aid and use the short explanations and examples on the ashcards to discuss proper behavior at the dinner table, around the home, and out in public.
Grade K
$17.35
Kindergarten Morning Work is designed to practice quick recall of concepts already taught in the Kindergarten Curriculum. It purposefully does not introduce new concepts, but allows young students to build con dence and gives teachers the opportunity to gauge mastery. Two days a week students will review penmanship, phonics, color words, number awareness, and the manner of the week.
Grade K
$7.10
Fine-motor skills are critical for primary students to master. We have paired this Cut & Paste Book with our kindergarten phonics and reading program so that students can practice their scissors skills, using glue, and tracing letters while working on mastery of beginning phonics sounds. e pages are in the same order that students study the alphabet in First Start Reading, with additional pages for the h-consonant teams of sh, th, ch, and wh as they are introduced.
Recommended for Ages 3-5
My Very First Scissors Book $7.10
My Very Own Scissors Book $7.10
Help your student develop hand strength, ne-motor skills, and independence with one or both of these books.
Start Reading: Phonics, Reading,
Printing by Cheryl Lowe | Grade K
$54.20 set (Books A-D + Teacher Guide)
Student Books (A-D) $8.15 ea.
Teacher Guide for Books A-D $21.60
FSR is a balanced, age-appropriate approach to phonics and reading, with a serious focus on correct pencil grip and letter formation. e program uses the traditional (vowel-consonant) approach to phonics combined with word families. e FSR kindergarten program consists of 4 student books with artist-drawn pictures to color, drawing pages for each letter or phonogram, and over 40 stories. e Teacher Guide leads you through the program and provides helpful assessments and teaching tips.
Grade K | $274.30 set
Everything you need to teach your student to read uently, including lesson plans!
by Cheryl Lowe
Grades K-2 | $20.05
ese phonetically arranged word lists require students to rely on their mastery of letter sounds. Coordinates with First Start Reading, or is a good supplement to any phonics program.
Supplemental
by Amber Wheat | Grade K | $17.35
Designed to be used in conjunction with First Start Reading to reinforce the phonetic concepts learned each week.
by Amber Wheat | Grade K | $16.80
Provides the extra practice needed to master manuscript printing. Correlates with the letter students are working on in First Start Reading.
$55.00
Let primary specialist Michelle Tefertiller teach your students how to read! ese streaming videos use all the books in the Kindergarten Phonics & Reading Set.
by Cheryl Lowe
Grades K-1
$8.15-$10.85 ea.
ese Storybooks feature the same targeted phonetic stories found in First Start Reading, with beautifully illustrated black and white pictures to help students stay engaged as they read.
First Start Reading, Book E by Michelle Tefertiller | Grade 1
Student Book E $8.15
Teacher Guide for Book E $11.85
We complete our phonics for reading program at the beginning of rst grade with First Start Reading Book E, which includes long vowel teams, sounds of soft c and g, and the three sounds of y
Grades K-2
(4¼'' x 5½")
$27.00
Flashcards for the nearly 200 phonograms used to spell the 44 sounds of the English language.
100 Days of Summer Reading Books I-III
Grades K-2 | $9.25 ea.
Reading is a subject that should continue through the summer to avoid regression.
ese summer reading journals are a perfect way to encourage young children to continue working on reading uency. e font size gets smaller for each journal, and each page is divided in half for drawing and writing short summaries. Kindergarten has the unique goal of reading a book a day for 100 days!
Grades K-2
$67.50 set (18 books) | $3.95 ea.
Classic stories from e Jungle Book, e Wind in the Willows, Tom Sawyer, and Doctor Dolittle have been adapted in these early readers so young children can read good stories on their level.
Phonics from A to Z
$37.99
A manual for teachers who want to go deeper into the subject of phonics and reading.
$39.99
An excellent phonics resource for grammar school teachers.
Grades 1-2
Traditional Spelling I, Instructor Julia Lasoi
Traditional Spelling II, Instructor Michelle Tefertiller $55.00 ea.
Join master primary school teachers Julia Lasoi and Michelle Tefertiller for Traditional Spelling! Clear explanations and gentle encouragement will keep your students engaged and give them con dence as they master their spelling words each week. We suggest you watch these interactive lessons alongside your student to prepare for the parent-led activities in the second half of the week, which are scheduled out in each Teacher Manual
by Cheryl Lowe and Michelle Tefertiller |
Grades 1-6
$105.90 I & II set ea.
(student, teacher, practice sheets, videos, supplemental workbook, supplemental workbook key)
$41.95 III set (student, teacher, practice sheets)
$36.06 IV, V, and VI set ea. (student, teacher)
Student $17.90 ea. | Teacher $20.05 ea.
Practice Sheets (I-III only) $6.20 ea.
Supplemental Workbook (I & II only) $9.25 ea.
Supplemental Workbook Key (I & II only) $9.25 ea.
Videos (I & II only) $55.00 ea.
is comprehensive, phonetic approach to teaching spelling is the culmination of our phonics program. Once students have mastered reading "consonant-vowel-consonant" words with short vowels in kindergarten they are ready to begin a spelling program. Traditional Spelling is the perfect next step toward reading uency. Traditional Spelling provides students with an extensive mastery-based study of phonics through sixth grade.
Lessons feature a variety of phonetic activities that utilize each week's spelling words, including writing and oral dictation practice, crossword puzzles, color-coded phonogram activities, short stories or riddles on the student's reading level, and Greek and Latin root word exercises.
Traditional Spelling VI is available now!
haven't been properly taught how to live in or maintain this society called the "American Experiment."
In his Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln described this experiment as a "government of the people, by the people, for the people," but the people these days are rarely taught how the government truly functions or how it might continue to be preserved—very few high schools and colleges even offer civics classes or curriculum. But civics matters; it is why Lincoln did not simply say a government is "for the people," but specifically included "by the people."
As the Constitutional Convention of in Philadelphia ended, a lady named Elizabeth Powel asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?" Franklin famously quipped: "A Republic, if you can keep it." In those mere seven words he both celebrated the victory of the Constitutional Convention and charged the American
people with their duty: This nation is a republic, but it is our responsibility to ensure that it endures.
What has made this nation a bastion of hope for mankind is her people. Her people are the government. It is no coincidence that in that same meeting the framers of the Constitution decided to open that consequential document with the words "We the People of the United States" and not "We the select few of the United States." The success or failure of this experiment depends on every one of us. The health of a republic is dependent on the knowledge of her people.
Quite a number of the Founders themselves feared that people would follow base impulses rather than reason, but this is the necessary danger of any representative democracy—and it is why a study of civics is so critical. It is why Thomas Jefferson stressed that we must "educate and inform the whole mass of the people," as the freedom and well-being of ourselves and our society is in the "hands of the people themselves."
We can only maintain the health and wealth of this great nation if we understand her foundation and how our predecessors over the centuries have kept her moving toward a "more perfect union."
Civics, to put it simply, is the study of the rights and obligations of citizenship. The modern term finds its origins in the Latin word civicus, which roughly means matters that pertain to citizens or a community. Athens, Sparta, Rome, Constantinople, and so on all had their own views of what citizenship meant for their people— and each had its own influence on the development of Washington, D.C., and her people. However, civics is a subject that transcends all nations and all times, for every civilization has asked itself this same question: What rights and responsibilities do we have for ourselves and our fellow man in this society we build?
In our own context, this question is what Americans have been wrestling with for centuries, and to participate in the conversation we must go to the sources. In the beginning the Founding Fathers
created this nation in both compromise and conviction, as seen through their writings and documents. As citizens we must read documents like the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Federalist Papers, and more to ensure we have a basic understanding of the rights every American has and how our government should protect them. Americans must unceasingly assert, in the words of Susan B. Anthony, the "province of government to be to secure the people in the enjoyment of their unalienable rights." Then, and only then, can we begin to learn the obligations every one of us has, to ensure our government and our society serve and protect its citizens in all the ways it should.
Of course, this means a study of civics must also cover how we have failed, forgotten, and debated what exactly the "obligations" of American citizens are through the centuries. And though we may at times find this disconcerting, it is key to remember that through this strife and suffering has also come greater equality and justice. Frederick Douglass struck a chord of truth when he famously wrote that "without a struggle, there can be no progress." Each American generation gets an opportunity to further realize and preserve the dreams of the Founders, and though Americans today may not always agree on politics or religion, neither did the Founders. It is why Benjamin Franklin so wisely suggested our national motto be "Out of many, one." It is why the Founders believed there needed to be education on civics that wasn't about proselytizing party politics or religion, but a love of country. They knew that the more Americans know about their rights and responsibilities, regardless of faction or ideology, the healthier the Republic would be. They believed that all Americans must share a civic duty to serve their nation and neighbor.
Americans can best learn their rights and obligations not only through reading a summarization of the great works of America's past but by reading the actual primary sources themselves. If we want to train up civic servants there is no better way than to learn how our predecessors thought, wrote, and acted for the welfare of the country and its people. By knowing how our Republic was made—as Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke so powerfully—"true to what [was] said on paper," Americans today will be able to understand how in their own time they might serve their nation and neighbor.
With a revitalization of the study of civics in these United States, rooted in a study of the primary documents, speeches, and works of our past great civic servants, we can together ensure that this "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Dustin Warren teaches history and civics at Highlands Latin School and is the author of Memoria Press study guides on American and European history. Memoria Academy offers several live, online classes in American government, economics, and political philosophy. Visit MemoriaAcademy.com.
Levels A-D | Grades K-3 | Student $19.35 ea. | Teacher $6.20 ea.
Memoria Math Challenge provides students the daily practice and repetition needed to achieve mastery of basic arithmetic skills. Emphasis is placed on speed and accuracy. Level A focuses on writing numbers, counting, and addition to seven and subtraction facts up to six, Level B continues with addition and subtraction facts up to 10, Level C gives students practice with immediate recall of addition and subtraction facts up to 18, and Level D (new!) is designed for the year students are learning their multiplication and division facts. Level D is also a great resource for students of all grades needing to practice the four operations and ensure mastery of basic arithmetic.
Arithmetic Flashcards
Addition & Subtraction, 0 to 18
Digital $9.85
Physical $14.85
0 to 12
Digital $9.85
Physical $14.85
Grades 7+
$140.00 Memoria Pre-Algebra set
(text, teacher, solutions key, quizzes & tests, videos)
Student Text $35.00 | Teacher Manual $35.00 | Solutions Key (Student Text, Quizzes, & Tests) $30.00 | Quizzes & Tests $20.00 | Videos $55.00
$164.00 ea. Memoria Algebra I or II set
(text, teacher, solutions key, quizzes & tests, videos)
Student Text $45.00 | Teacher Manual $45.00 | Solutions Key (Student Text, Quizzes, & Tests) $40.00 | Quizzes & Tests $20.00 | Videos $55.00
Division Flashcards
0 to 12
Digital $9.85
Physical $14.85
e Memoria Algebra Series covers the mathematical discipline of algebra in three books, beginning with Memoria Pre-Algebra. Transition seamlessly from arithmetic to the rst principles of algebra in this exhaustive and logically sequenced program that fosters mastery rather than frustration.
Based on the beloved VideoText program, this updated and expanded series features a comprehensive Student Text and optional Instructional Videos that guide students step by step through each lesson and provide abundant exercises for mastery. e Teacher Manual and complete Solutions Key make the content accessible for those without an advanced background in mathematics. e Quizzes & Tests include two versions of each assessment for practice and repeated attempts.
Still need original VideoText? Buy at MemoriaPress.com!
Rod & Sta Math books teach your student number facts and arithmetic skills to mastery using clear, uncluttered lessons and plenty of drill practice.
Grade 1 Arithmetic (3rd Ed.)
Student Part 1
$8.50 | Student Part 2 $8.50
Practice Sheets $21.50
Teacher Manual $25.95
Speed Drills $5.95
Grade 2 Arithmetic (3rd Ed.)
Student Unit 1
$8.50 | Student Unit 2 $8.50
Student Unit 3 $8.50 | Student Unit 4 $8.50
Practice Sheets 1 $9.50 | Practice Sheets 2 $9.50
Supplemental Pack $2.25 | Teacher Manual Units 1-2 $15.25
Teacher Manual Units 3-4 $15.25
Grade 3 Arithmetic (3rd Ed.)
Student $15.50
Teacher Manual Part 1 $15.25
Teacher Manual Part 2 $15.25
Tests $2.75
Digital $9.85 | Physical $14.85
Grade 4 Arithmetic
Student $17.95 | Speed Drill Packet $9.50
Teacher Manual Part 1 $14.75
Teacher Manual Part 2 $14.75
Tests $2.95 | Speed Drills $5.50
Grade 5 Arithmetic
Student $17.95
Teacher Manual Part 1 $14.75
Teacher Manual Part 2 $14.75
Tests $2.95 | Speed Drills $5.50
Grade 6 Mathematics
Student $17.75
Teacher Manual Part 1 $14.75
Teacher Manual Part 2 $14.75
Tests $2.75 | Quizzes and Speed Tests $5.25
by Leigh Lowe
Recommended for Ages 4-5
$34.70 set (2 books)
Teaches letter recognition, letter formation, and pencil grip. is is a gentle introduction to phonics.
by Leigh Lowe
Recommended for Kindergarten
$34.70 set (2 books)
Continued practice with numbers, counting, and patterns for the kindergarten student who is ready to move beyond simple tracing. is a nice supplement to any kindergarten math program.
Deck contains one card for each letter of the alphabet. Each card has the upper- and lowercase letter on one side and a simple illustration on the ip side that allows practice with the beginning letter sound.
Numbers & Colors
Recommended for Ages 4-5
$17.35
is book introduces each number through 15 and color words with tracing and coloring activities.
Coloring Books
Recommended for Ages 4-5
Alphabet $7.10
Numbers $7.10
Practice number and letter recognition while developing ne-motor and coloring skills.
See also: Alphabet Wall Charts and Alphabet Wall Poster (p. 82)
Grades 3+
$74.39 set
(student, teacher, The World of Mammals, What Is a Mammal?, What Is the Animal Kingdom?)
Student $17.30
Teacher $19.45
e World of Mammals $21.65
What Is a Mammal? $9.95
What Is the Animal Kingdom?
$9.95
e young student's natural fascination with animals makes this in-depth study of the habitats, behaviors, and classi cation of mammals a wonderful grammar school course. Lessons draw from e World of Mammals, What Is the Animal Kingdom?, and What Is a Mammal? and include comprehension questions, drawing exercises, and observation pages.
Grades 3+
Student $17.30 | Teacher $20.50
Teach your student the story of the sky! is guide covers stars, constellations, the solar system, and the zodiac.
Grades 4+
$70.47 set (text, student, teacher, field guide, digital flashcards)
Text $17.90 | Student $17.90 | Teacher $20.05
eBook $12.00 | Peterson Guide $9.99
Digital Flashcards $12.45 | Physical Flashcards $17.45
A narrative approach to the life of insects that takes your student through classi cation, anatomy, and more!
by Sarah Jo Davis and Kalee Miller | Grades 5+
$83.60 set (text, student, teacher, field guide, coloring book, digital flashcards)
Text $20.50 | Student $17.90 | Teacher $20.05
Peterson Guide
$9.99 | Coloring Book
$11.99
Digital Flashcards $12.45 | Physical Flashcards $17.45
e Book of Birds is a thorough introduction to a fascinating avian world, covering everything from anatomy and the physics of ight to social habits and habitats.
by Sean Brooks | Grades 6+
$69.53 set (text, student, teacher, field guide, Tree Book)
Text $17.90 | Student $17.90 | Teacher $20.05
Peterson Guide $9.99
e Tree Book for Kids and eir Grown-Ups $15.95
Do you know that the very gift of breath is the result of the oxygen that trees and plants produce? Or that trees and plants provide the means of sustenance for all life on Earth? e Book of Trees , along with the Student Workbook and Teacher Guide , will teach your student both plant morphology and taxonomy (the di erent parts and di erent kinds of plants), as well as photosynthesis and respiration. Other chapters cover owers and fruits. e second half of the course is dedicated to tree observation and classi cation.
by Christopher O. Blum & John A. Cuddeback Grades 6+
Text $21.95 | Student $14.05 | Teacher $15.10 is introduction to natural history instills in the beginning student of biology a love for the beauty and order of the animal kingdom through the eyes of the classical naturalists. Students will be led from the invertebrate animals through the ve great vertebrate classes to the culmination of the natural order, a consideration of man as the knowing animal and as a steward of Creation.
Grades 5-9
Text $18.99 ea.
Supplemental Student Questions $6.20ea. Teacher Key & Tests $9.25 ea.
J. H. Tiner's illustrated science books for middle school students are written from a biblical perspective and have won numerous awards. Each includes review questions and activities for every chapter, and Memoria Press has written supplemental questions, unit reviews, and tests for each book.
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Berean's Science In… series o ers a history-based approach to science that works nicely as an optional supplement to Memoria Press' nature science studies in the primary and grammar school years for those students who just simply want more science! Choose from: Science in the Beginning , Science in the Ancient World , Science in the Scienti c Revolution , Science in the Age of Reason , Science in the Industrial Age , and Science in the Atomic Age .
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Berean's Discovering Design with… series offers full-year, laboratory-based high school science courses in Earth Science , Biology , Chemistry , and Physics . Explore the varied layers of the Earth, investigate the diversity of life on Earth from the microscopic to the mammoth, learn how to think like a chemist, and open your eyes to the underlying forces of the physical world around us.
The Founding Fathers were of varying backgrounds and disparate political beliefs, but they shared two characteristics that distinguish them from most men: wisdom and virtue. And it is for this reason, beyond simply wanting to become factually familiar with who they were and what they did, that many parents are interested in teaching their children about the men who founded the United States of America. More than just teaching our children about these men, many of us are also interested in how our children might become more like them. So, rather than merely admiring them for these traits we should strive to understand how they came to possess them and how we might also.
Teaching history is not only a matter of inculcating the positive knowledge of people and events. It is also the normative task of showing students, through the words and actions of historical characters, what it is to speak rightly and act well (as well as to take the opposite lesson from those who speak wrongly and act badly). It is not only a matter of familiarizing students with what the historical characters did, but with why they should or should not have done what they did.
Teaching history, in other words, is a moral act.
When Alexander Hamilton entered King's College (now Columbia University) in , he was expected to have a mastery of arithmetic and Greek and Latin grammar, be able to read three orations from Cicero and Vergil's Aeneid in the original Latin, and be able to translate the first ten chapters of the Gospel of John from Greek into Latin.
Thomas Jefferson received early training in Latin, Greek, and French, and then continued his formal education at a classical academy in preparation for attending the College of William and Mary, where his classical education continued, along with his study of law.
When James Madison applied at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton), he had already read Vergil, Horace, Justinian, Caesar, Tacitus, Lucretius, Phaedrus, Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plato. Other key figures in the American founding received similar educations.
"Americans view the Founding Fathers in vacuo, isolated from the soil that nurtured them," says Tracy Lee Simmons in his book Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin. For the Founders, says Simmons, instruction in wisdom and virtue came principally from two places: "the pulpit and the schoolroom."
We are already fairly familiar with the explicitly biblical influences on America's founding, but we are far less familiar with the classical influences on the Founders—and how these two influences worked in concert to mold their education and their thinking. The typical education of the time—what we would now call a classical education—began at about eight years of age. Students who went to school were required to learn Latin and Greek grammar and to read the Roman historians Tacitus and Livy, the Greek historians Herodotus and Thucydides, and to translate the Latin poetry of Vergil and Horace. A formal education also stressed the seven liberal arts: grammar, logic, and rhetoric (the trivium), as well as arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music (the quadrivium).
Several of the Founders, including John Adams and John Hancock, attended Harvard. The sole academic requirements for admission to Harvard University in the s were as follows:
When any scholar is able to read Tully [Cicero] or such like classical Latin author ex tempore [off the cuff] and make and speak true Latin in verse and prose, suo (ut aiunt) marte [by his own power], and decline perfectly the paradigms of nouns and verbs in the Greek tongue, then may he be admitted into the college, nor shall any claim admission before such qualifications.
No ACT or SAT scores. No application essays. Just Latin and Greek.
Students were also required in these early years of Harvard, with limited exceptions, to use only Latin in class or in class assignments. Some of this undoubtedly changed by the time the Founders attended, but not much. When it came to classical education in colleges of colonial times, they took no prisoners.
But what of those who were not college graduates, such as George Washington? Were they influenced in any way by classical education? In Washington's case, while he had little formal education, he admired classical thinkers greatly. He also insisted on a classical education for his stepson.
Classical influences were pervasive in the schoolroom, but it didn't stop there. Even what Americans heard from the pulpit was imbued with classical references and allusions. Today it is still fashionable among some to say that Christians should shy away from the pagan authors of antiquity, but this is an idea the generation of the Founders—including great Christian thinkers such as Cotton Mather and Jonathan Edwards—would simply have considered preposterous. In fact, all of the great Christian theologians and thinkers of early America were soaked and steeped in the classics. Not only did they think a classical
education was consistent with a Christian vocation, they considered it absolutely essential.
Cotton Mather is perhaps the best known and best educated of all the New England Puritans. He entered Harvard at the age of twelve after passing the entrance exams, and though Mather was admittedly a prodigy in his time, the classical education he received was what was routinely expected of anyone who was considered to be learned. He was not only classically educated, he was a great defender of the classics.
These were the education expectations of the time, and all of the Founders, to one extent or another, were steeped in classical thought. But how did this affect their own thinking about the new nation? It inculcated in them a respect for the lessons of history, which is readily apparent in their writings and debates about how to construct the American Republic. "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided," said Patrick Henry, "and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past."
They combed the annals of the ancients for examples of governments that worked well—and for those that did not. They knew, well before the philosopher George Santayana was born to say it, that "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
"These men," says Simmons, discussing the Philadelphia debates in ,
had read and digested Polybius, Aristotle, and Cicero, and they used the ancient luminaries to frame and illustrate their ideas before the assembly…. These heated yet erudite debates, along with the Federalist Papers, fairly pullulate both with subtle classical allusions—with which Madison, Hamilton, and Jay assumed readers to be tolerably familiar—and direct references to the leagues—Amphictyonic, Achaean, Aetolian, Lycian— formed by the ancient Greeks in order to achieve political and physical security.
To be inspired by the great deeds of great men makes us want to do similar things—but admiration does not necessarily translate into transformation. To become more like the Founding Fathers we must do what they did. Inspiration without action is fruitless. But it is tempting to look back on the education of these great Americans and think that their course of education is too difficult for the students of today. That is a grave mistake. The fact is that we have advantages they did not have. For example, the educational resources available to colonial children were not only harder
to find but were of vastly inferior quality than what we have today. We could also, pessimistically, say we lack their fortitude, but that is not only something they brought to their education—it is a benefit they received from it.
Education is the cultivation of wisdom and virtue. In deciding how to accomplish this with our own children, we would do well to see how it was done in a time when wisdom and virtue were more esteemed than in our own.
e Simply Classical Curriculum has been adapted especially for students ages 0-21 who have signi cant learning challenges. All curriculum packages are fully customizable to t your needs and goals and your student's strengths and weaknesses. With a slower pace and ample review, the curriculum makes the rich, beautiful content of classical Christian education accessible to all.
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by Cheryl Swope | $26.00
e humanity of the child with special needs—the humanity of any child—must determine the education he receives. In this revolutionary book, Cheryl Swope guides parents, teachers, and schools in implementing the beauty, depth, and richness of a classical education for students with signi cant learning challenges.
Simply Classical Copybook Series by Cheryl Swope | Ages 5-8, chronological age or skill level
$10.30 ea.
Book 1, Manuscript Book 2, Manuscript or Cursive Book 3, Manuscript or Cursive Book 4, Cursive Strengthen penmanship, spelling, punctuation, vocabulary, ne-motor skills, and memory through the time-honored tradition of copybooks. Habits of accuracy, neatness, and patience are taught through the truth and comfort of Holy Scripture. Shorter selections help accommodate for writing di culties while providing the full bene ts of copybook and memory work, and the simple, clean pages help students focus on the task at hand.
My ankfulness Journals by
Cheryl Swope
Ages 6-12, chronological age or skill level
Beginner or Intermediate
$9.75 ea. ese journals let students practice cursive while thinking about God's daily blessings in their lives. e Intermediate Journal has a smaller font size and less tracing.
Simply Classical Prima Latina Copybook by Leigh Lowe
Ages 8+, chronological age or skill level
$16.80 is copybook in the New American Cursive font features Latin vocabulary and prayer copy practice that correlates to the lessons in Prima Latina. ese simpli ed copy exercises are a great way to help your students practice Latin while developing penmanship skills.
by Cheryl Swope
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Ages 4-7, chronological age or skill level | $15.10 (3 manuscript letter charts, 3 number charts) Reinforce your teaching with desk charts. Bold, targeted letters assist visual discrimination.
by Cheryl Swope | Ages 9+, chronological age or skill level
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Aesop's Fables $14.99
e Aesop Copybook is a lovely companion to Aesop’s Fables. It will strengthen your student's writing and composition skills while giving the opportunity to contemplate the timeless wisdom of Aesop's fables and learn from the gentle moral instruction they provide.
Simply Classical: Character Building
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Savor small moments of wonder with your child as he learns the simple beauty of nature. is book can stand alone as a delightful supplement to any program.
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Lessons for Social Understanding, Habits, & Manners by Cheryl Swope | Ages 3-13, chronological age or skill level ese 14-week sets provide simple, standalone lessons in common courtesy, character, and compassion that often seem neglected today, as well as lessons in developing good safety and health habits. 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. e lessons cover ve areas: Rules, Health, Safety, Manners, and Listening.
by Cheryl Swope
Ages 6-9, chronological age or skill level
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is series gives your struggling writer an incremental, multi-sensory approach with an oral/aural emphasis. Each week includes targeted Word Study exercises to promote linguistic awareness, cognitive exibility, and improved spelling skills.
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by Cheryl Swope
Ages 6-9, chronological age or skill level
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is series combines copybook, grammar rules, and composition into one carefully sequenced series of explicit instruction so students can practice early writing skills with con dence. Choose from Bible Story or Read-Aloud editions.
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Blossoming readers need more than practice; they need to discover the riches of a good story. With simpli ed exercises in word study, composition, and oration, these delightful guides provide a joyful introduction to children's literature. Teach essential language arts skills as your students encounter stories of tenderness, bravery, and kindness. ese adaptations of the Memoria Press originals have been created especially for struggling learners or students with special needs.
by Tara Luse
Ages 3-5, chronological age or skill level
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ese activities reinforce number and letter recognition, strengthen ne-motor skills, and foster creativity and con dence. Book One contains letter crafts from Memoria Press' Jr. K Book of Crafts Book Two contains story crafts from Memoria Press' Jr. K Book of Crafts Enjoy each of your creations and the time spent together making them!
by Cheryl Swope
Ages 6-9, chronological age or skill level
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Use this book as a summer intensive, a supplemental resource alongside Simply Classical Writing , or as a focused review. Students will work with capital letters and end marks, types of sentences, common and proper nouns, parts of speech, and word selection. Each lesson is paired with practice exercises and a thought for further re ection. Exercises can be taught over 2-4 days for younger students, or 1-2 exercises can be covered per day for older or more advanced students.
Ages 7-9, chronological age or skill level | $22.70 is guide helps you teach American history, poetry, music, art, and science through the Simply Classical Level 3 American History ReadAloud set, maps, classical music selections, and art cards. Everything is scheduled for you weekly with thoughtful discussion questions, science activities, and topics for art and music appreciation that will enrich your year and expand your child's cultural, scienti c, and general knowledge.
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Cursive by
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Grade 5-Adult |
$25.75
Whether you are a beginning older student or are ne-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.
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New American Cursive by Iris Hat eld
Grades 1+
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e New American Cursive (NAC) penmanship program is an easy-to-follow resource for learning cursive. Simpli ed letter forms and clear instructions teach your student to write in a fast, legible script. Developed by Iris Hat eld, an educator with 55 years of experience in the handwriting eld, the workbooks improve the process of teaching handwriting and allow students to start at a younger age.
In NAC 1, learn how to form each letter, step by step, with clear starting dots and direction arrows. Correct pencil grip, paper position, and posture are illustrated throughout. Fifteen minutes of workbook practice a day is all it takes! NAC 2 will continue to teach correct letter forms and how to easily connect each letter. Proper size, spacing, and slant are emphasized in 125 instructional exercises. In NAC 3 you will further enhance cursive skills by practicing your best handwriting while learning about manners and correspondence protocol.
Wisdom Scriptures by Iris Hat eld
Grades 3+
$14.05
is easy-to-use supplemental resource for mastering a legible, attractive cursive enhances the pleasure of writing by practicing a di erent, inspiring wisdom Scripture verse each day. It also includes 50 helpful penmanship tips to improve cursive skills.
Available in Manuscript (blue) or Cursive (green) (11'' x 17'') | $17.90 ea.
ese visual aids reinforce each letter of the alphabet while young students learn to read and write or practice their penmanship. Each illustration is handdrawn. e cursive charts use the New American Cursive font.
New American Cursive Teaching Charts by Iris Hat eld and Tara Luse
Grades 1+ |
$17.90
e New American Cursive Teaching Charts make great visual aids for the home or classroom. e charts feature letter illustrations for the entire cursive alphabet along with copy words. ese charts make an excellent supplement to the New American Cursive program.
Manuscript and New American Cursive (22'' x 34'') | $8.15 is poster lists the entire alphabet in manuscript and cursive. It is the perfect resource if you don't have the space for our Alphabet Wall Charts .
by Cheryl & Leigh Lowe
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$16.80 ea.
Copybooks include memory passages, copybook exercises, and drawing pages, incorporating Scripture from the King James Bible and classic children's poems.
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Copybook Cursive I is perfect for second graders alongside NAC 2 or older students needing more practice.
Copybook Cursive II includes Scripture passages from Christian Studies I, the 15 brightest stars from Astronomy, and the major gods from D'Aulaires' Greek Myths. In Copybook Cursive III, students practice their penmanship with beautiful memory passages from Christian Studies II e college-ruled lines of Copybook Cursive IV are perfect for older students honing their penmanship with the Scripture passages from Christian Studies III
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ese workbooks are designed as summer practice for rising rst and second graders. ey are arranged in lessons to be completed three times a week during the summer.
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Our Cursive Practice Sheets include pages for practicing each cursive letter, Scripture copywork, and blank practice sheets. Book I is a good companion to NAC 1 , Book II is extra practice for NAC 2 , and Book III is wideruled for any older student who needs more practice.
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$35.00
Get to know the heroes of the Bible while working through writing exercises that include key word outlining, paraphrasing, and summarizing stories. Teacher's Manual eBook is included.
Grades 3-5 | $35.00 is theme-based writing curriculum will help young students enjoy learning to take notes, summarize narrative stories, write from pictures, and compose creative essays.
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by James A. Selby
| Grades 4-12
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(teacher manual, student packet, portable walls, DVDs) is twelve-week course for middle and high school empowers teachers to help students become competent and con dent public speakers.
is introductory program focuses on narration, outlining, dictation, and copywork to help students become more pro cient in listening and writing skills, a great preparation for Classical Composition . is yearlong writing course uses focus passages from Charlotte's Web , Farmer Boy , A Bear Called Paddington , Mr. Popper's Penguins , and e Mo ats
Classical Composition is our study in the progymnasmata ("the before exercises"), a combination writing and pre-rhetoric program that teaches students the fundamental writing skills of style, arrangement, and invention in clear and systematic lessons. e nine stages of Classical Composition will not only teach the art of communication, but are designed to produce what Quintilian once called "the good man, speaking well."
e structured lessons in the Student Guides help students become con dent writers as they thoroughly master the incremental skills of each stage. e Teacher Guides provide sample answers for every exercise as well as scripted Chalk Talk. Optional Instructional Videos are also available if you'd like the support of a master teacher to help guide you and your students through the lessons.
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Designed for the nal year of primary school, this program is used as morning work or oral practice of many basic aspects of language arts, from capitalization and punctuation to language and reading skills.
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English Grammar Recitation Handbook $11.85 Digital Flashcards $12.65 | Physical Flashcards $17.65
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Memoria Press' English Grammar Recitation is perfect for the student who needs an English grammar program that coordinates with his study of Latin. 150 grammar questions with answers and examples, designed to be studied and memorized much like a catechism, are compiled in the English Grammar Recitation Handbook. ese questions are learned over the course of six years in just thirty minutes a week. Students are given practice exercises in the Student Workbook and the opportunity to practice immediate recall with the Flashcards. e Teacher Guide provides answers to all exercises.
See also: Introduction to English Grammar (p. 4)
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CLASSICAL COMPOSITION STAGES:
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IX: esis & Law
by Martin Cothran | Grades 7+
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Material Logic: A Course in How to ink by
Martin Cothran
| Grades 9+
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Material Logic is a course in how to think. It covers the branch of logic called "informal logic" that deals with the content of argumentation. It can be used as a follow-up to Traditional Logic or simply as an introduction to the rudiments of classical philosophy for high school students. e program covers the ten ways something can exist, the ve ways of saying something about something else, de nition, and division.
Handbook of Christian Apologetics: Hundreds of Answers to Crucial Questions by
Peter Kreeft & Ronald K. Tacelli
$35.00 (optional supplement)
Traditional Logic I and II cover the branch of logic called "formal logic," which is concerned with the form and structure of reasoning. It focuses on the procedural aspect of reasoning, its mechanics, how we properly get from two premises or assumptions to a conclusion. e program is designed to teach students a practical mastery of the art of argument.
Traditional Logic I presents the four kinds of logical statements, the four ways propositions can be opposed, the three ways in which they can be equivalent, and the seven rules for the validity of syllogisms. In Traditional Logic II students will master the use of the nineteen valid categorical argument forms through the memorization of a medieval mnemonic device, and learn the three kinds of hypothetical arguments. Students will study examples of arguments from history and literature.
e Texts explain challenging concepts in clear, concise language. e accompanying Student Workbooks include enough exercises to ensure that the student masters the material before moving on. e Teacher Keys include answers to the workbooks, quizzes, and tests. Instructional Videos are also available if you would like a little help from the author teaching the material.
Classical Rhetoric:
Aristotle's Principles of Persuasion
by Martin Cothran | Grades 9+
$156.37 complete set
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$100.45 basic set
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$6.20
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Classical Rhetoric is a guided tour through the rst part of the single greatest book on communication ever written: Aristotle's Rhetoric. is course involves a study of the fundamental principles of political philosophy, ethics, and traditional psychology. Your student will not only learn the basics of political speech, but also the elements of good character, the seven reasons people act, and what elicits speci c emotions under particular circumstances and why.
Mortimer J. Adler & Charles Van Doren
Kreeft
