General Resources
[Resources by Subject, HERE]
[Resources by Subject, HERE]
*While the website is under construction, here are a bunch of piecemeal resources, until their individual pages and sections are complete:
Enriching, Interesting, or Useful Articles & Resources (in no particular order):
Lives of the Saints through Tolkien's eyes (Orthodox Arts Journal)
The Symbolism of Hagiography (Dn. Seraphim)
Glimpses of beauty and truth (and iconography) (St. Innocent Monastery)
The Light of the Nightingale: The Gospel Story Resonates Throughout H. C. Andersen's Beloved Tale (Vigen Guroian)
Fairy Tales and Children’s Literature with Dr. Vigen Guroian (The Literary Life audio/podcast)
The Iconographic Fiction of Flannery O’Connor (Vigen Guroian)
On Fairy Stories (Tolkien)
Fairy Tales Essay (Chesterton)
Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What's to be Said (Lewis)
Orthodoxy and modern art (Aidan Hart on Kandinsky, etc)
Classical Ed: What To Think or How To Think? (Circe Institute)
The Lost Seeds of Learning: A Review (Joshua Patch)
Enriching, Interesting, or Useful Books (in no particular order):
Know and Tell: The Art of Narration (Karen Glass)
Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child's Moral Imagination (Vigen Guroian)
On Fairy Stories (J.R.R. Tolkien) *PDF
The Discarded Image (C.S. Lewis)
The Abolition of Man (C.S. Lewis) *PDF
The Paideia Proposal: An Educational Manifesto (Mortimer Adler) *PDF
The Lost Seeds of Learning: Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric as Life-Giving Arts (Donnelly/ Classical Academic Press)
A History Of Education In Antiquity (H. I. Marrou) *PDF
The Singer of Tales (Alfred Lord) *PDF
Misc. Paideía & Praxís Curriculum Resources
Advent Resources (in progress)
Icons of the Great Feasts (for part of Cycle 3 Enrichment Icon Study)
Roman Empire Centuries Chart (for menu, wall, or to simply fill in as dates come up in readings (and later transfer to BoC)
Modern History Centuries Charts (for all four cycles)
Compilation of Folk Songs (work-in-progress with dates and songs often added)
Draft Form 1/2 (~1-4th) 30-week Catechesis schedule (Acts & the Early Church; Era of the Martyrs & Early Church Fathers; Desert Fathers & Monasticism)
Paideía & Praxís Cycle 4 Resources:
C4 Enrichment Resources & Menu Pages (this links to many resources)