An Overview of US History Survey Textbooks and Primary Source Text Anthologies, With an Eye to the 17th Century

US History Survey Textbooks Written by Catholics & for Catholic Students United States History (A Traditional Catholic Perspective) by Kellan Loew & Dean Loew (2017). ***** Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America (Catholic Textbook Project). ***** Christ and the Americas by Anne W. Carroll (1997). ***** A History of the UnitedContinue reading “An Overview of US History Survey Textbooks and Primary Source Text Anthologies, With an Eye to the 17th Century”

Progymnasmata for the High School Student – Year One, Week Ten

Narrative – Parables Day 1 – The Lake Parables of Jesus  Read Matthew 13.1-13.  Make a list of all the parables that Jesus tells in this chapter, giving to each a title.  Summarize each parable, and compose one sentence to express the lesson of each parable. Day 2 – Parables of Divine Mercy  Read LukeContinue reading “Progymnasmata for the High School Student – Year One, Week Ten”

Progymnasmata for the High School Student – Year One, Week Nine

Write Your Own Fable Day 1 – First Draft You have done some preliminary work on your fable.  You have thought about the animals and their characteristics and about a situation in which to embed the fable.  Do you have a moral in mind?  Or a fable that you would like to retell in yourContinue reading “Progymnasmata for the High School Student – Year One, Week Nine”