Hymn-Based High School Poetry Course
Are you looking for a high school poetry course that will make your student a better person as well as a better poet? The literature a student is exposed to…
Read moreAre you looking for a high school poetry course that will make your student a better person as well as a better poet? The literature a student is exposed to…
Read more“The Second Day of Creation” is a little-known piece by 19th century poet and missionary Thomas Whytehead, that deserves far greater popularity than it currently enjoys. “And God said, Let…
Read moreHave you ever assembled a child’s toy with bad instructions? That question sounds too negative. Let’s reframe it: Have you ever assembled a child’s toy with really good instructions? By…
Read moreHow do you come up with a formula for how to grade poetry? Poetry isn’t like math. I mean, it is like math, in the sense that it involves numbers…
Read moreA number of years ago I bought one of my family members (an avid lover of good and great poems) two beautiful old volumes of classic poetry. They were the…
Read moreHow do you recognize good and great poetry? August is the time of year for asking educational questions in North America. Depending on which state/province you live in, this month…
Read moreAs a child, I always took my ideas from the things I read—both poetry and prose. Long before I really investigated the social, political and religious questions I met through…
Read moreDo you remember anything you learned in Preschool? Kindergarten? Grade One? I don’t mean just, “I learned to read” or “I learned addition and subtraction.” I mean, do you remember…
Read moreThis series on Scripture Allusions in Hymns takes a look at some outstanding hymns based on verses or passages of Scripture, and the aspects of greatness they display. For a…
Read moreTimeless Tips from Homemakers of the Past is an ongoing series highlighting useful and thought provoking tidbits from the generations of homemakers who have gone before us. Our goal at…
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