The American Heroes Project
Reviving America’s heroes through short, character-focused stories. Perfect for the whole family.
What is Classical Education?
A lot of people hear about classical education and assume that students spend all day diligently memorizing Aristotle. Or perhaps they only understand “classical” to be synonymous with “old.”
While it’s true that students will likely encounter Aristotle at a classical school and that Ancient Greece gets the credit for having started it - classical education is about so much more.
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What is Common Sense Classical?
Common Sense Classical was created to educate, entertain, and support families who are either new to the classical world looking to learn more or experienced classical enthusiasts hoping to support their students and further their own knowledge.
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It’s becoming more and more common for schools to assign short stories or excerpts from textbooks. Or, if students do read an entire book, they do so individually rather than journeying through a novel altogether as a class. So why read whole books? Why have everyone in the class read the same thing? What makes this distinctly classical?