In this article, Mr. Battaglia shares a framework for how history teachers might consider the classical Trivium when planning a lesson.
Planning a History Lesson with the Trivium in Mind
Why Take Notes?
Every teacher across American has students take notes in class. But why? Are notes only useful as a study tool, or are there some other ways that notes are beneficial to students and teachers? Read through this post for Master Teacher Jenny Mulvey's thoughts!
One of “Life’s Treasures”: Developing the Truest Form of Friendship through Art
Many people wish they could make beautiful things. However, people acknowledge that being an artist is an undeniably vulnerable task that requires truthfulness of expression and, as artist Henri Matisse proposes, takes courage. In the post, Miss Teska explores how prioritizing the arts in classical education can lead students to recognize beauty in their daily lives and orient their actions toward good. Practicing the virtue of friendship, or seeking virtue together, is essential to this end. Miss Teska offers some suggestions for how to cultivate the virtue of friendship in the art classroom.
Kindergarten To Calculus: Taking Advantage of a K-12 School
Master Teacher Sam Clausen explains why teachers ought to take advantage of working in a school that has students from Kindergarten through 12th grade. He includes 7 very practical ways teachers can work with students outside their grade level or subject!
Practical Ideas for Strengthening Your Instruction of Lingua Latina
Master Teacher Mr. Battaglia introduces the theory behind the Latin text, Lingua Latina, and presents practical ways to enhance your instruction.
When Next Week Isn’t Going to Slow Down
Anticipating the semester ahead, Sam Clausen shares few principles to help teachers through the busyness of a full school year.
Is “real” always better when it comes to art?
As young aspiring artists, students often ask questions like, "How can I make this look real?" because they measure their success and growth in art based on how realistically they captured the subject of their piece. In this post, Miss Teska explains how the seventh-grade art curriculum continuously explores art that moves toward abstraction and away from realism, offering an opportunity for students to witness new art styles and begin to curate a style of their own.
Dress Rehearsal
In this post, Mr. Punt talks through a realization he had teaching second grade boys an American love song and the place of folk songs in the human experience.
Using the Land of Hope Textbook – 3 Ideas
In this post, Mr. Battaglia offers three succinct ideas that can help you effectively utilize the Land of Hope textbook in your American History class.
The Power of Literature
The story of Pollyanna is one that delights my students and helps foster in them a love of literature. However, I find an even greater value in the powerfully formative tool it provides to me for the character development of my students.
The Classical Classroom 