Save with group discounts! See More
Save with group discounts! See More
Joshua Butcher has been involved in Classical Christian Education since 2010. He has been a teacher, academic administrator, headmaster, ex officio board member, and parent within a variety of Classical Christian institutions: 5-day K-12 individual grades model; 4-day multi-age-form model; and online. He currently teaches full-time for Veritas Scholars Academy online and part-time as a teacher and academic dean at Ordo Amoris Classical Academy in Fairhope, AL. Joshua is married to Hannah and they have six children (five boys and one girl) spanning from newly born (March 2025) to 18 years old.
Memorization is not only a grammar school skill, nor is repetition limited to grammar jingles and chants. This workshop focuses on two alternative modes of memorization — classroom catechism and recitation of literature and speeches — with direct application in literature and rhetoric classes.
Attendees will come away with ideas and tools for improving their students’ ability to memorize and apply ideas, portions of literature, speeches, and other curricular elements. It focuses on types of assessments and modes of memorization that seek to replace “binge and purge” models prominent in public education and too frequently unconsciously imported into classical education. Teachers will be able to take home handouts that can be used as models in their own classrooms.
Joshua Butcher has been involved in Classical Christian Education since 2010. He has been a teacher, academic administrator, headmaster, ex officio board member, and parent within a variety of Classical Christian institutions: 5-day K-12 individual grades model; 4-day multi-age-form model; and online. He currently teaches full-time for Veritas Scholars Academy online and part-time as a teacher and academic dean at Ordo Amoris Classical Academy in Fairhope, AL. Joshua is married to Hannah and they have six children (five boys and one girl) spanning from newly born (March 2025) to 18 years old.