A glimpse inside Hillsdale College's network of classical schools across the country.
Nobody argues that schools ought to teach Shakespeare because it helps students to write office memos. Yet many argue that schools ought to teach Pythagoras because it helps students to become engineers. While engineering and other STEM fields are certainly noble endeavors, would it not be a shame to say that any student who becomes a lawyer, librarian, poet, or plumber cannot benefit from a mathematics education?…
Looking at beautiful things can be powerful and make a difference in children’s lives. I believe this as both an art teacher and a person invested in training the minds and improving the hearts of young people.
I was reminded of this fact in an unlikely way the other day. Walking down the grammar school hallway, I stopped to ponder an unusual occurrence.…
Recognizing the critical moment in which we live, and in response to what Prof. Wilfred S. McClay calls “the weaponization of history,” Hillsdale College’s K-12 Education department has published a comprehensive K-12 American history and government curriculum for students, parents, and teachers.
The curriculum is available now via free download at k12.hillsdale.edu.
The curriculum, nearly 2,400 pages long, gives educators across the country the tools they need to teach American history thoroughly and well, with lesson plans, sample tests and quizzes, Hillsdale-vetted books, primary sources ready for students, timelines, key terms, geography, and “Keys to the Lesson,” which help teachers think through each lesson during their prep time.…
Our curriculum requires students to study Latin I, Latin II, and Latin III. Students typically complete Latin III at the end of 9th grade, and from there they may go on to study advanced Latin or another language in the high school. To see how our students are introduced to Latin and learn a little bit about the language, here’s an Introduction to Latin in 6th Grade. …