Practical Ideas for Humanities Teachers
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We’re at our best when we’re not teaching at all…
Lindsey Ralls (Summit Christian Academy) Today I substituted for 8th and 10th grade Latin. I actually don’t know any Latin (it was not a course option for the Upper School back in the day), so I went into it thinking that because I didn’t have the skills needed to teach the subject, the students would probably… Continue reading
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The Fear of Collaboration
Lindsey Ralls (Summit Christian Academy) If you had to pinpoint the main problem that Classical Christian Education solves, what would that problem be? I was thinking about this question over the weekend and if wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. What I realized, is that there are actually several ‘problems’ that CCE… Continue reading
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Promoting Student Engagement
By changing the layout of her classroom, and introducing the idea of “participation tickets”, Anita’s 7th grade Civics students became more engaged in the discussion. Continue reading
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