CONTINUING IN THE WORD
Perspectives on Homeschooling and Classical Christian Education from Scholars Online
Category: Character formation
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November 19: Gettysburg Address
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and on a cold November 19, he give a speech as part of the dedication ceremony for the cemetery holding the bodies of those who had died in one of the bloodiest battles of the war. As with many well-known historical events, the details for this…
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November 16: Margaret of Scotland
Margaret is one of those remarkable people who are worth studying not only for their own life history, but also for the influence they had on later generations. She was born in Hungary around 1045 while her father, Edward, was in exile. Her family eventually returned to England, and her brother Edgar was declared King…
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November 14: Moby-Dick
“Call me Ishmael.” Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick begins with a three-word imperative — one of the most famous openings ever written for a novel. That is it the product not of the late twentieth century, but of the mid-nineteenth, is especially remarkable. Whereas most novels of its day ease the reader into the unfolding story by stages, this…