HISTORY COMES ALIVE: Students in Classical Conversations homeschool program put on a historical presentation for their friends and family.

THOMASVILLE- Twenty famous people from medieval history suddenly came to life Monday afternoon.  William the Conqueror, Charlemagne, Anne Boleyn, Richard the Lionheart, and Queen Isabella were among them. Well, miniature versions, anyway.

The fourth, fifth and sixth-grade homeschool students in the Essentials program at the Thomasville community of Classical Conversations were dressed up in all their cardboard and bedsheet splendor as they entertained family and friends with their costumes and a short speech about their historical figure.

Classical Conversations, the world’s largest classical homeschool organization, provides Christian curriculum and supportive educational communities for students K4-12.

“The students have enjoyed researching and writing about each of their characters from history,” said Jennifer Sieben and Dana Mitchell, Essentials tutors for the Thomasville community of Classical Conversations. “They used the research process and truly made history come to life as they presented their characters to the audience.”

This is a highlight of the year for the Essentials students ages 9-12, Sieben and Mitchell explained. The students have been working hard all year learning to write well in their class on Essentials of the English Language. Their last assignment was a research paper on the historical character of their choice. They summarized their paper into a short speech and presented a dramatic interpretation.

Classical Conversations® is a classical education resource used by homeschoolers in all 50 states and over 40 foreign countries. CC now has more than 129,000 students enrolled in its tutoring programs, which are provided by more than 2,500 CC communities. CC provides resources, guidance, and a community for a Christian homeschool curriculum using classical education in three developmental stages: grammar, dialectic and rhetoric. For more information, visit www.classicalconversations.com.