Bluebonnet Home Scholars Collaborative

Flower Forth

Inklings & Classics—Socratic Discussion

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Description:

In this tuition-free class led by Dr. Gary Hartenburg, students will develop critical thinking, listening, and discussion skills as they grapple with foundational questions of faith and existence. Students will read and discuss a variety of classic literature along with selected works of the writers known as the Inklings, especially C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, as well as similar-minded contemporaries such as Dorothy Sayers and G. K. Chesterton.

For 2021–22, the focus will be on significant works of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Reformation/Counter-Reformation ages, spanning from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century. While focusing on western civilization, the book list also includes a few significant voices from the East/Middle East.

Students will be expected to complete reading assignments in preparation for class, and there may be optional writing assignments.

Materials:

$12 supplies fee covers the cost of BHSC-purchased student materials including teaching/classroom resources.

Families purchase the following required supplies: (Every student must have their own copy and each book must be the correct edition/ISBN number.)

Families provide three-ring binder with lined paper, as well as pens, pencils, and erasers in a pencil pouch.