CMP Review 2025-02-11

February 11, 2025

“Next in order to religious knowledge, history is the pivot upon which our curriculum turns,” wrote Charlotte Mason: “History is the rich pasture of the mind.” How can such a claim be sustained? And what implications does it have for teaching?

Ellen Parish set out to answer these questions at the 10th Annual PNEU Conference in 1906. She had graduated from Mason’s House of Education and was teaching at a PNEU school Surrey. Her presentation at the conference ranged from the ideal to the practical, exploring the inspiring nature of history and setting out a sample lesson plan. You can read or listen to her “The Teaching of History to Young Children” here.

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