by Laurie Bluedorn | Sep 9, 2013 | Classical Education, History, Literature
Have you ever looked at the Classical Writing Curriculum? It looks rigorous and thorough, covering classical writing skills following the progymnasmata, grammar, logic and rhetoric. I am interested in it, but, as a Christian, I worry about my kids reading some of the...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Sep 4, 2013 | History
This is what we’d be studying this week if I had kids to homeschool. Real history, applied to current events.
by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 20, 2013 | Education, History
This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, Kansas. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina and reprinted by the Salina Journal. Grammar (time, one hour) 1. Give nine rules for the...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 14, 2013 | Classical Education, History, Homeschooling
by Dr Joe Arminio Principal Instructor, Homeschool Curriculum Improved Russell Kirk’s famous book The Conservative Mind is getting a lot of press lately, on account of this being the sixtieth anniversary of its publication. For those wanting to get to the heart of his...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Jul 15, 2013 | Classical Education, History, Homeschooling, News, Ron Paul
Why is all the good curriculum written AFTER I’m done homeschooling? Students learn the basics of western civilization and western liberty — how it was won, how it is being lost, and how it will be restored. Students learn REAL history and parents get the...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Mar 5, 2013 | History
by Harvey Bluedorn The first three words of the Constitution, We the people, have a greater significance than might be expected by those who do not know the history. The Constitution was drafted, not by the Continental Congress, but by a convention of delegates from...
