The other subject areas of the curriculum are linked to history studies. She'll read Beowulf, Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare the following year, when she's studying medieval and early Renaissance history. The pattern widens and deepens as the student progresses in maturity and learning. For example, a first grader listens to you read the story of the Iliad from one of the picture book versions available at any public library. This systematic, rigorous study has two purposes.
Rigorous study develops virtue in the student.
Aristotle defined virtue as the ability to act in accordance to what one knows to be right. Much modern education is so eclectic that the student has little opportunity to make connections between past events and the flood of current information. Explore Schola Tutorial's online classical education resources. Cornerstone Resource Center is a classical home-school site and used book service with links to classical schooling and Reformed websites.