2018 Workshop Talk | 50:12 | All Grade Levels, Bible & Theology
Summary
Most of us would readily agree with the importance and even the necessity of memorizing some Scripture. This exercise seems to be emphasized particularly within the grammar school as our dear little sponges readily and eagerly soak up any data to be memorized from grammar chants to math facts to short poems, often using delightful ditties to ease the labor. However, the suggestion of asking older students to commit whole books of the Bible to memory might be considered daunting to say the least. Why? Truly the biggest obstacle may be that in this postmodern era we have no cultural precedent for such a discipline of memory. This is a discipline so far removed from what we have learned that our frame of reference feels inadequate. How can it be done? This presentation provides both an apologetic for the memorization of large quantities of Scripture and a model for accomplishing these goals. Mrs. Moore will call upon examples from Scripture and educational models from the ancient Mediterranean world as she demonstrates what upper school students are presently accomplishing at Grace Academy.
Speaker
Karen Moore has filled both teaching and administrative roles at Grace Academy of Georgetown, a classical Christian school in central Texas, where she has built the 3rd– 12th grade classical language program. She holds a BA in classics from the University of Texas at Austin. She has over 15 years of experience teaching Latin, Greek, and ancient humanities in classical Christian schools. Karen also serves Grace Academy as the sponsor for their award-winning chapter of the Junior Classical League. She is the author of the Latin Alive! Reader: Latin Literature from Cicero to Newton, multiple Latin texts and the Latin for Teachers Training Program, all published through Classical Academic Press. Karen blogs on all things Latin at www.latinaliveonline.com. She and her husband, Bryan, are the proud parents of two children at Grace Academy and one Grace Academy graduate.
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