2025 Workshop Talk | | Teacher & Classroom, History
Summary
How do we teach history well? How can our students become learners of history in their own right rather than mere repeaters of whatever we explain to them? Our students should learn how to investigate sources, make connections, and relate events back to their causes—but too often, we do this work for them. This workshop presents actual lessons for the upper school that require students to undertake historical analysis. Attendees will come away with ideas and strategies to carry back to their schools and classrooms.
Speaker
Christopher Schlect, PhD, has worked in classical and Christian education for over thirty years. At his home institution, New Saint Andrews College, Chris is Head of Humanities and Director of the Classical and Christian Studies graduate program. He also teaches courses in history, education, and classical rhetoric. In addition to his work at NSA, Chris teaches for Gordon College’s program in Classical Graduate Leadership, and chairs the Accreditation Commission for the Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS). Chris also has many years of classroom experience teaching grades 7 through 12 at Logos School in Moscow, Idaho, where he also coached a high-achieving Mock Trial team. Today he serves classical and Christian schools around the country through his teaching, consulting, and training activities. Chris and his wife, Brenda, have five grown children, all products of a classical and Christian education, as are all their spouses.
The number of their grandchildren continues to grow—a testimony to God’s goodness.
Additional Materials
The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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