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The Value of Literature
Classic literature is considered an essential part of any student’s academic life. But have we ever stopped to consider why this is so? What could be less practical than the study of stories so powerful that they sweep you away, inspire you, and make you forget about your world? This is even more so with…
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The Key Component Of Teaching History: Integration
If you’ve ever had an anxious dog greet you at the door with waves of love, jumping up and down with manic energy, even though you and your dog have played the same routine hundreds or even thousands of times in the past, you might have asked yourself why the reaction is always the same,…
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With Freedom Comes Responsibility
Have you ever thought about what it takes to be free? Not the kind of hedonistic anarchy that inevitably devolves into destructive chaos, but a lawful and rational kind of freedom. The kind of freedom that the American Founding Fathers envisioned, consisting of reasonable rules limiting physical threat and conflict from human interactions so that…
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A Return to Values: How Frederick Douglass Esteemed Education
A few years ago, I had an opportunity to re-read The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave . It had been a while since I read it as I had not taught American history in quite a few years. And, I am not sure if it is because I am older,…
