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The One Pager
Lindsey Ralls As you onboard new teachers and even new families, it’s important to have a document that outlines what education looks like at your school. Classical Christian Education is becoming an ocean, rather than a stream. And while this is a great thing, it can sometimes feel overwhelming to wade through the varieties of… Continue reading
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Flourishing In The Face Of Injustice
Bringing Black History Month to a Classical School – Lindsey Ralls The attached document outlines several ways in which a classical school can honor black history month while also moving their dialectic and rhetoric students towards making connections between history, injustice, and the idea of human flourishing. While there are multiple ways in which this… Continue reading
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Inspired Toward Discovery
by Lindsey Ralls – Summit Christian Academy My plan, was to sit in 9th grade history for about five minutes and then move on to other things. What happened, was that I stayed for nearly thirty minutes because I couldn’t pull myself away. Mr. Christian does such a great job at Socratic discussion that I didn’t want to leave… 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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Incorporating Argument into Personal Finance
Lindsey’s class looked deeply into the lives of Esther, Moses, Noah and Jesus to learn more about the interview process, the purpose of job descriptions, and how someone’s qualifications are important. Continue reading
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Pai·deia (noun) – The upbringing of a child
Prac·ti·cal (adjective) – Concerned with the actual doing or use of something rather than with simply theory and ideas
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