The Well-Trained Mind podcast

What About Socialization? Via Well-Trained MindVIDEO: Should I Join a Homeschool Co-Op? Recommended Book: The Artist's Way by Julia CameronSusan's Book: Rethinking School (00:00) - Intro (01:44) - How to prepare for the Outside Gaze (03:27) - Peer pressure when homeschooling (13:06) - What is your "Why"? (22:05) - Homeschooling groups and co-ops (32:18) - What about socialization? (47:17) - Stay true to yourself (48:43) - Outro

Summary: In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett discuss how a classical education prepares students for university education and what adjustments may need to be made to ensure your student is a competitive applicant.Show Notes: Recommendations for transcript creators A Sample High School TranscriptAssigning High School Credit Hours by Susan Wise BauerTests We Discuss: SAT website ACT website CLT exam AP examsCLEP examsTimestamps:(00:00) - Intro (01:05) - Starting off with a piece of advice (04:13) - Preparing for college at the rhetoric stage (10:31) - Seven tips (and a bonus!) for making the transition to college (11:02) - Tip #1: Identify a range of potential colleges (12:23) - Tip #2: Get credits on a transcript (28:00) - Tip #3: Practice receiving instruction from multiple sources (32:35) - Tip #4: Decide whether to take standardized tests (39:30) - Tip #5: Look into achievement based testing (45:36) - Tip #6: Get used to using a checklist and planner (49:19) - Tip #7: Start collecting letters of recommendation (51:35) - BONUS!: How to align classical courses to a high school transcript (57:15) - Outro

Clarification on online class types: Live = Students attend video call classes at a set time. During class they can interact with their instructor and peers. They may complete additional coursework on their own, but must submit it by a particular deadline. Asynch = Students watch video instruction on their own. There are no set meeting times. They may or may not have deadlines for coursework. Delayed (unique to WTM Academy) = Students can watch lectures on their own time (within 24hrs of the live class), but must complete all other coursework on the same timeline as live students. Here is a video about how delayed classes work at the WTM Academy. Things to Look For When Choosing an Online School: Is there an administration?Is the school accredited? TuitionHow much do you want to be involved? Delivery method/Time onlineSocialization opportunitiesViewpoint Diversity and/or Worldview Website design Nationally Recognized Accrediting bodies MSA(Also check out the agencies they cooperate with)WASC Cognia (00:00) - Intro with Julia Collier (02:39) - What are the benefits of online school? (12:50) - Types of online programs (27:23) - Break (27:24) - Types of online programs (33:40) - What a diploma does and whether or not it's important (36:00) - What are *you* looking for in an online school? (42:21) - Green flags, red flags, and things to look for in an online school (01:01:36) - Wrapping up (01:02:30) - Outro

Show notes: What is History? How andWhy Should I Teach It by Susan Wise Bauer Why Learn History When it’s Already on Your Phone? By Sam Wineburg Sam Wineburg for CBS Research on middle schoolers ability to interpret information on the internetA helpful introduction to teaching historical thinking skillsResources for Teaching History: The Big History Project (skills taught: contextualization, sourcing, causation, comparison, continuity & change over time, close reading) Digital Inquiry Group (formerly Stanford History Education Group or SHEG). This organization offers free lesson plans and assessment ideas that emphasize historical thinking skills, perfect for logic stage students. The “Lunchroom I” and “Lunchroom II” lesson plans are a fun introduction to historical thinking skills. A great introduction to history for rhetoric stage students: Telling the Truth About History Reading Lists for Hard History American Indians in Children’s Literature Web Page by Debbie Reese Heritage Mom Recommendations for Black HistoryAnnotated Reading list for Grammar Stage: Picture Books About Slavery and Freedom via Heritage MomAnnotated Reading list for Logic Stage: Age-Appropriate Books about the Holocaust via School Library Journal (you know your student, some of these may be too heavy for younger logic stage students). Another reading list with both grammar stage and logic stage titles on enslavement: Children’s Books about Slavery and Enslavement via Pragmatic Mom (00:00) - Intro (00:25) - History as a battleground (05:21) - A Drag Queen example (08:31) - History as a story and historical "accuraacy" (16:49) - 4 historical approaches (16:57) - Biographical history (19:06) - Progressive history (29:35) - Positivist history (33:55) - Social history (37:33) - How do we teach this? (39:28) - History in the grammar stage (47:10) - History in the logic stage (54:39) - History in the rhetoric stage (57:55) - Wrapping up (58:40) - Outro

Summary: In this episode, Susan and Susanna are joined by Julie Bogart, the founder of the Brave Writer program. Susan and Julie compare their different approaches to teaching writing and discuss which approach might work best for different types of students. Show Notes: Writing With Ease Brave Writer Julie Bogart’s Books: The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning and LifeRaising Critical Thinkers (00:00) - Intro with Julie Bogart of Brave Writer (07:29) - A perfect segue story (09:17) - The basic philosophy of Brave Writer (12:23) - Comparing and contrasting WTM and BW (19:34) - An example of an inappropriate writing assignment and a fix! (22:30) - The pressure to come up with original content (26:54) - How to deal with writing-terrified parents (32:23) - What are we going to do about AI? (36:22) - Listener question: Left brain vs right brain thinkers? (41:28) - Wrapping up

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