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Teaching American History & Civics, Grades 3-5
In this class, learn from veteran teachers from across the nation as they use their knowledge and experience to bring Hillsdale's K-12 American History & Civics curriculum to life. Go beyond theory and into practice—covering everything from planning and storytelling to discussions, assessments, and classroom setup.
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Is Chemistry Part of the Liberal Arts?
June 3, 2026
In the world of liberal arts education, professors, authors, and students often speak of the Classical Liberal Arts, which refers to the trivium and the quadrivium. The trivium, composed of logic, rhetoric, and grammar, encompasses the language arts, while the quadrivium, including astronomy, geometry, arithmetic, and music, can be described as the mathematical arts. The liberal arts—more properly...

Surprised by Joy, Disappointed by Lewis?
May 28, 2026
When the literary critic John Wain first read the conversion story of his teacher C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy, he was less than impressed. The account is lame and unconvincing as it could possibly be,” he wrote. “The key passage in which he sets out to spend the day at Whipsnade, not a Christian, and comes back in the evening a Christian, frankly, is a failure. It doesn’t come off. What h...

How Far Should Government Go in Legislating Morality?
April 23, 2026
Throughout American history, conflict has often arisen over the role that government should have in shaping society. From debates over abolition to Supreme Court decisions such as Roe v. Wade and, more recently, the Dobbs decision, Americans have continued to ask: how far should government go in legislating morality? Thomas West and David Azerrad discuss this question from the perspective of th...
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