What in the world is a Plutarch lesson? And why is Plutarch an important part of a Charlotte

Mason curriculum? Join us today to learn about upper elementary citizenship lessons and learn why

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Welcome to a delectable education, the podcast that spreads the feast of the Charlotte

Mason Method. I'm Emily Kaiser and I'm here with Liz Katrille and Nicole Williams.

An essential feature of the P.U.S. program is the use of Plutarch's lives of Greek and Roman

soldiers, patriots, statesmen, to give the

heroic impulse to the citizen life. Plutarch's lives, therefore, are read aloud to the second,

third, and fourth forms. This is what Ms. Drury, Charlotte Mason's second in command, tells us,

but how do we help children approach this somewhat daunting book or lesson?

Nicole, can you share with us what Charlotte Mason assigned for citizenship in form two,

which is grades four through six?

And yeah.

Yeah.

So in form 2B, which remember B is for beginner, so this is fourth grade, citizenship

begins with a single 20-minute weekly lesson using stories from the history of Rome by

Mrs. Beasley.

That's what Charlotte Mason assigned.

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