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by Dr Anne Carrol | Home schooling parents are often faced with the “I hate history” syndrome. But they can transform antipathy into enthusiasm. Everything we teach our children should have as its ultimate purpose the glory of God and the good of souls, and history is no exception. How specifically can we teach history so that it fulfills these purposes?

History has always been a favorite course at Seton. Dr. Anne Carroll who founded Seton School in Manassas, Virginia, and her husband, Dr. Warren Carroll, who founded Christendom College in Front Royal, were two avid lovers of history as well as authors of several history books.

We become more fully human when we learn more about the literature of another country and enter into the minds and hearts of its people through its stories.

Dr. Brendan McGuire explains why the study of history is an essential part of preparing a student for a well-lived life.

Beginning in kindergarten, the infusion of Catholic Faith and building upon what students have already learned, has been an unwavering commitment at Seton.

This analytical essay has been available as a help to those 11th grade students, serving both as introduction and beginner’s analysis.. Chesterton’s epic is certainly his greatest poetic work...

by Nick Marmalejo | A new course framework for teaching AP US History is being rolled out in schools across the country.

Sir Walter Raleigh's unlucky band of English settlers, "The Lost Colony of Roanoke," is still, even after centuries, a baffling mystery of American history.

A unique program in a remarkable setting, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College is equipping Catholic scholars and teachers of the next generation.

Not Finished by June? No worries! Can students retake a test Yes! Authenticate documents with an apostille? Absolutely! Read on for more...

Simply put, opines John Clark, do not make heroes of men and women unless you want your children to grow up to be like these particular men and women.

Students should accomplish a substantial amount of academic work in the 10th and 11th grades. They have over-come the adjustment problems they may have encountered in 9th, and have not ...

Since I am a professional historian, I am dismayed when I hear anyone say, “I hate history.” Their lament almost always means that the person is as yet unprepared to face history's challenges, the first and foremost of which is the ability to retain a great deal of data. To succeed in that undertaking, we must understand that retentiveness is a by-product of intellectual exercise.

At four years old, she saw girls doing flips and tricks and wanted to do it too; now, 12 years later, she's a history-making gymnast.

The nineteen months of the Pony Express symbolize the ingenuity, courage, and determination common to Americans during a magical era of the United States.

Mary Ellen Barrett shares five tried and true benefits of homeschooling and why including margin space gives children the room to just be themselves.

Jeff Minick explains the necessity of educating young people about our patriotic heroes and how, through reading, this can be achieved.

by Bob Wiesner | The Te Deum is an ancient prayer of praise, dating to the 4th Century. Traditionally ascribed to Saints Ambrose and Augustine, composed to commemorate Augustine’s baptism, scholars now also argue for the authorship of Saint Hilary or Bishop Nicetas of Remesiana. Whoever wrote it, it has a long history in the Church.

My two previous columns (available in the online newsletter archive) gave a brief history of the rise, and sadly the partial decline, of Catholic education in the United States. To ...

by John Clark | Pope Francis is one of the most mistranslated people in the history of the world.