Mentoring in the Classics + TJEd Implementation
Lead Out and Establish Your Ideal Family Education Culture
Welcome to Mentoring in the Classics!
Helps
The Discussion
Navigating the Index & Implementation Plan
Video Mentoring: 3 Things for Now
INTRO AUDIO: Foundations of a Great Education
Mentor Prompt: A Thomas Jefferson Education
STUDY GUIDE: A Thomas Jefferson Education
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: The 7 Keys of Great Teaching and the Phases of Learning
Optional Workshop
One more thought
Video Mentoring: The Hotter/Colder Game
INTRO AUDIO: Understood Betsy
Mentor Prompt: Understood Betsy
STUDY GUIDE: Understood Betsy
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Understood Betsy
Bonus Article: The 6-Point Plan for Newbies, and Families Needing a Reset
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Your "Why?"
INTRO AUDIO: Dumbing Us Down
STUDY GUIDE: Dumbing Us Down
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Dumbing Us Down
Bonus Article: Homeschooling Insights: A Thomas Jefferson Cultivation
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: The Universe Shifts
INTRO AUDIO: Gift from the Sea
STUDY GUIDE: Gift from the Sea
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Gift from the Sea
One More Thought
PREVIEW OF SEASON 2!
Video Mentoring: What is Yours to Do
INTRO AUDIO: TJEd for Dads
STUDY GUIDE: What's So Great About the Classics
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Education in the Age of Globalism
One More Thought
Season 2 Overview and Texts
Video Mentoring: Test, Trials and Traps
INTRO AUDIO: Little Britches
STUDY GUIDE: Little Britches
BONUS AUDIO: Little Britches
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Little Britches
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Seasons
INTRO AUDIO: The Phases of Learning
STUDY GUIDE: The Phases of Learning
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: The Phases of Learning
BONUS AUDIO: Does TJEd Really Work?
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: The Power of the Hungry Mentored Student
INTRO AUDIO: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
STUDY GUIDE: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
One More Thought
PREVIEW OF SEASON 3!
Video Mentoring: Re-reading
INTRO AUDIO: Thomas Jefferson Education for Teens
STUDY GUIDE: Thomas Jefferson Education for Teens
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Thomas Jefferson Education for Teens
BONUS AUDIO: The Bridge
One More Thought
Season 3 Overview and Texts
Video Mentoring: The 5 Steps of Scholar Phase
INTRO AUDIO: Pride and Prejudice
STUDY GUIDE I: Pride and Prejudice
DEBRIEFING BONUS AUDIO & STUDY QUESTIONS: Pride and Prejudice on Freedom
DEBRIEFING GROUP AUDIO: Pride and Prejudice
One More Thought
Mentoring Video: Get the Book Through You
IMPORTANT MENTORING CONTENT OVERVIEW: The Present Crisis
#1) Mentoring Session I - INTRO AUDIO: The Present Crisis
#2) Mentoring Session I - RECITAL AUDIO: Dramatized Reading by Rachel DeMille
#3) Mentoring Session I - RECITAL AUDIO: Poetic Reading by Rachel DeMille
#4) STUDY GUIDE I
#5) Mentoring Session II - TUTORING AUDIO: Poetry Analysis Group Mentoring
#6) Mentoring Session III - BONUS MENTORING AUDIO & STUDY GUIDE: How to do Level 3 Analysis
#7) Mentoring Session III - DEBRIEFING AUDIO: The Present Crisis
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Compound Interest
INTRO AUDIO: Two Gentlemen of Verona
STUDY GUIDE: Two Gentlemen of Verona
***BONUS AUDIO: The 7 Lessons of Depth Phase
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Two Gentlemen of Verona
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: The 5 Environments of Mentoring
INTRO AUDIO: The Chosen
STUDY GUIDE I: The Chosen
BONUS AUDIO: The 5 Environments of Mentoring
DEBRIEFING AUDIO & STUDY GUIDE II: The Chosen
One More Thought
PREVIEW SEASON 4!
Video Mentoring: Seasons, II
INTRO AUDIO: The Declaration of Independence
STUDY GUIDE: The Declaration of Independence
BONUS AUDIO: The 1-Step Guide to Mentoring
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: The Declaration of Independence
One More Thought
Season 4 Overview and Texts
Video Mentoring: Kiss it Better
INTRO AUDIO: Les Miserables
STUDY GUIDE: Les Miserables
MIDMONTH AUDIO: Les Miserables
DEBRIEFING: Les Miserables
BONUS AUDIO: Les Miserables as a Freedom Classic
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Your Key Action
INTRO AUDIO: The Inner Ring
STUDY GUIDE: The Inner Ring
BONUS AUDIO: 8 Kinds of Learning
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: The Inner Ring
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: No Lecture-Test-Repeat.
INTRO AUDIO: A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe
STUDY GUIDE: A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe
DEBRIEFING AUDIO & UPDATED STUDY GUIDE: A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: The 4 Kinds of Stories
INTRO AUDIO: Jane Eyre
STUDY GUIDE: Jane Eyre
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Jane Eyre
One More Thought
PREVIEW SEASON 5
Video Mentoring: Momschools and Personalization
INTRO AUDIO: Little House in the Big Woods
STUDY GUIDE: Little House in the Big Woods
BONUS AUDIO: How to take your homeschool from ordinary to extraordinary
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Little House in the Big Woods
One More Thought
Season 5 Overview and Texts
Video Mentoring: The Library
INTRO AUDIO: Turn the Page
STUDY GUIDE: Turn the Page
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Turn the Page
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: The Ant and the Elephant
INTRO AUDIO: The Hiding Place
BONUS AUDIO: The Power of Literature
STUDY GUIDE: The Hiding Place
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: The Hiding Place
BRIEF EPILOGUE: The Hiding Place
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Filling in the Gaps
INTRO AUDIO: Sense and Sensibility
STUDY GUIDE: Sense and Sensibility
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Sense and Sensibility
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Inspiring Vocabulary
INTRO AUDIO: The Fourth Turning
STUDY GUIDE: The Fourth Turning
DEBRIEFING AUDIO Session 1: The Fourth Turning
DEBRIEFING AUDIO Session 2: The Fourth Turning
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Interviews
INTRO AUDIO: Anne of Green Gables
STUDY GUIDE: Anne of Green Gables
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Anne of Green Gables
One More Thought
PREVIEW SEASON 6
Video Mentoring: Are you Fragile or Anti-Fragile?
INTRO AUDIO: Bendigo Shafter
STUDY GUIDE: Bendigo Shafter
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Bendigo Shafter
One More Thought
Season 6 Overview and Texts
Video Mentoring: Let's Get Real
INTRO AUDIO: Freedom Matters
STUDY GUIDE: Freedom Matters
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Freedom Matters
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Closing the Generation Gap
INTRO AUDIO: Little Men
STUDY GUIDE: Little Men
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Little Men
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Are you a drag?
INTRO AUDIO: Mentoring Matters
STUDY GUIDE: Mentoring Matters
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Mentoring Matters
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: The Power of Simplicity
INTRO AUDIO: Laddie
STUDY GUIDE: Laddie
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Laddie
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Getting Physical
INTRO AUDIO: Hamlet
STUDY GUIDE: Hamlet
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Hamlet
One More Thought
PREVIEW SEASON 7
Video Mentoring: Sooner isn't always Better
INTRO AUDIO: Where the Red Fern Grows
STUDY GUIDE: Where the Red Fern Grows
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Where the Red Fern Grows
BONUS AUDIO: Where the Red Fern Grows
One More Thought
Season 7 Overview and Texts
Video Mentoring: Revisiting the Blank Page Brainstorm
INTRO AUDIO: Sonnets and Poetry
STUDY GUIDE: Sonnets, Poetry and Word Love
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Sonnets, Poetry and Word Love
BONUS AUDIO: L'Amour Poetry
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Freak Conveyor Belt Accident
INTRO AUDIO: The Abolition of Man
BONUS AUDIO: Guided Reading, The Abolition of Man
STUDY GUIDE: Abolition of Man
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: The Abolition of Man
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: How to Teach How to Read
INTRO AUDIO: The Phantom Tollbooth
STUDY GUIDE: The Phantom Tollbooth
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: The Phantom Tollbooth
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Reading Celebrations
INTRO AUDIO: Emma
STUDY GUIDE: Emma
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Emma
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Whose Job Is It?
INTRO: The Lonesome Gods
STUDY GUIDE: The Lonesome Gods
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: The Lonesome Gods
One More Thought
PREVIEW SEASON 8
Video Mentoring: Your Vision Quest
INTRO AUDIO: Animal Farm
STUDY GUIDE: Animal Farm
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Animal Farm
One More Thought
Season 8 Overview and Texts
Video Mentoring: Sleeping Dragons
INTRO AUDIO: Alas, Babylon
STUDY GUIDE: Alas, Babylon
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Alas, Babylon
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Finding Your Mission
INTRO AUDIO: A World Split Apart
STUDY GUIDE: A World Split Apart
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: A World Split Apart
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Are you a Good-Finder?
INTRO AUDIO: Heidi
STUDY GUIDE: Heidi
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Heidi
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Love Languages
INTRO AUDIO: Persuasion
STUDY GUIDE: Persuasion
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Persuasion
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Environment + Example = Education
INTRO AUDIO: Romeo and Juliet
STUDY GUIDE: Romeo and Juliet
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Romeo and Juliet
One More Thought
PREVIEW SEASON 9
Video Mentoring: When Dad Won't Step Up (The Tevye Principle)
INTRO AUDIO: A Tale of Two Cities
STUDY GUIDE: A Tale of Two Cities
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: A Tale of Two Cities
One More Thought
Season 9 Overview and Texts
Video Mentoring: Time Management Templates
INTRO AUDIO: Paradigm Shift
STUDY GUIDE: Paradigm Shift
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Paradigm Shift
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: FEC
INTRO AUDIO: Swiss Family Robinson
STUDY GUIDE: Swiss Family Robinson
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Swiss Family Robinson
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Levels of Classics
INTRO AUDIO: Mythology
STUDY GUIDE: Mythology
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Mythology
BONUS AUDIO: Hamilton's Mythology
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: The 4 Reasons
INTRO AUDIO: LeaderShift
BONUS AUDIO: Plutarch's Lives
STUDY GUIDE: LeaderShift & Plutarch
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: LeaderShift
One More Thought
PREVIEW SEASON 10
Video Mentoring: When Your Child Doesn't Fit In
INTRO AUDIO: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
STUDY GUIDE: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
One More Thought
Season 10 Overview and Texts
Video Mentoring: The Dip
INTRO AUDIO: Joan of Arc
STUDY GUIDE: Joan of Arc
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Joan of Arc
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Being a Great Mentee
INTRO AUDIO: A Brief History of Time
STUDY GUIDE: A Brief History of Time
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: A Brief History of Time
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Winning at the Bean Counter Game
INTRO AUDIO: Pollyanna
STUDY GUIDE: Pollyanna
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Pollyanna
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Initiative vs. Submission
INTRO AUDIO: Hero Education
STUDY GUIDE: Hero Education
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Hero Education
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Reset the Reset
INTRO AUDIO: Mansfield Park
STUDY GUIDE: Mansfield Park
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Mansfield Park
One More Thought
PREVIEW SEASON 11
Video Mentoring: The Genius in Audio Learning
INTRO AUDIO: The Tempest
STUDY GUIDE: The Tempest
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: The Tempest
One More Thought
Season 11 Overview and Texts
INTRO AUDIO: The Scarlet Pimpernel
STUDY GUIDE: The Scarlet Pimpernel
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: The Scarlet Pimpernel
One More Thought
Video Mentoring: Getting Wrong Right
INTRO AUDIO: The Walking Drum
STUDY GUIDE: The Walking Drum
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: The Walking Drum
One More Thought
INTRO AUDIO: The Lives of the Signers
STUDY GUIDE: The Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: The Lives of the Signers
One More Thought
INTRO AUDIO: The Hunger Games
STUDY GUIDE: The Hunger Games
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: The Hunger Games
PREVIEW SEASON 12!
AUDIO: Intro to Two Essays - Adler & Emerson
STUDY GUIDE: Essays by Adler & Emerson
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Two Essays - Adler & Emerson
One More Thought
Season 12 Overview and Texts
Video Mentoring: Teaching Writing through the Phases
AUDIO INTRO: Great Expectations
STUDY GUIDE: Great Expectations
DEBRIEFING AUDIO: Great Expectations
One More Thought
AUDIO INTRO: Antigone
STUDY GUIDE: Antigone
AUDIO DEBRIEFING: Antigone
One More Thought
Season 13 Overview and Texts
STUDY GUIDE: The Closing of the American Mind
Season 14 Overview and Texts
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Season 18 Overview and Texts
Season 19 Overview and Texts
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Every person has inner genius. Thomas Jefferson Education consists of helping each student discover, develop and polish his or her genius. This is the essence and very definition of great education.
I'm Rachel DeMille, one of the founders and co-authors of the TJEd resources. I'm here to help you find your fit with TJEd, so you can have minimum stress, maximum joy, and a clear path to success! Let me walk you through getting started with TJEd.
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Experience this step-by-step process, utilizing videos, audios, study guides, workshops, quizzes, discussions and more! This course comes ready-made, with a mentor and community that will leave you empowered to lead out--not only in your own education, but in the education of your family and your communities.
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Season 12
Mentoring in the Classics
Season 13
Mentoring in the Classics
MONTH 64: Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind
MONTH 65: Shaffer & Barrows, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
MONTH 66: Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
MONTH 67: Shakespeare, Macbeth
Season 14
Mentoring in the Classics
MONTH 68: Moliere, Tartuffe
MONTH 69: Robinson, Intelligence
MONTH 70: Austen, Northanger Abbey
MONTH 71: Jung Chang, Wild Swans
Season 15
Mentoring in the Classics
MONTH 71: Elizabeth Gaskell, North & South
MONTH 72: Shakespeare, Henry V
MONTH 73: Bronte, Wuthering Heights
MONTH 74: DeMille, We Hold These Truths
Season 16
Mentoring in the Classics
MONTH 75: Varty, The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life
MONTH 76: Homer, The Odyssey
MONTH 76: Paine, Common Sense
MONTH 77: Barbara Oakley, A Mind for Numbers
Season 15
Mentoring in the Classics
MONTH 78: Ayn Rand, Anthem
MONTH 79: Tolstoy, War & Peace
MONTH 80: Robinson, United Intelligence
MONTH 81: Lewis Caroll, Alice in Wonderland
"I can't tell you how much the audios mean to me. It is so eye opening to finally understand what discussing the classics can do. The years of experience that you and your family has with this type of discussion is revealing so much more about the books than I would ever discover on my own or with other novices at true discussion. I don't know if you realize how rare all of your insights are. There is no way with my limited experience at truly great discussion that I would ever come up with most of what you all pick up seemingly so easy. One of my biggest goals now is that within 10 years I may be able to see into the classics as well as you and your family does. Thank you from the bottom of my heart."
~H.N.
"Through [Mentoring in the Classics] I have learned so much about homeschooling my children. Our world and our minds are literally expanding as a family thanks to the enlightenment received from these downloads. I have personally learned so much about freedom and although I've lived in America all my life and have enjoyed the freedom offered in this country, my eyes are being opened to how we sometimes try to limit or repress each others' freedoms in our daily interactions with one another. I have learned so much!
"Thanks for all the enlightenment!!"
~C. B.
"I have always been an avid reader, and have read many books I really loved or liked. But I have never felt such passion for books until I joined this class and started studying them in depth and for personal purposes. It is a new dimension of reading for me that is exactly like my feelings for the scriptures. I am enjoying this so much and love the DeMille's enthusiasm on the audios. Amazing and fun."
~S.M.
"I just want to thank you for creating the Mentoring in the Classics series. I had forgotten how much I love learning. My late husband used to joke that I would be 70 and sitting in a classroom learning something new. When he died I lost that motivation. This course has given me back that spark and I must say that I really missed it. I really appreciate all the hard work you and Oliver do to contribute to the community!"
~T.B.
"I've been finding more ways to read history. It's been such a great experience reading "The Present Crisis", by James Russell Lowell with Mentoring in the Classics with Oliver & Rachel DeMille and being mentored by them and their family! Check it out at www.tjed.org/mic Thank you Oliver DeMille, Rachel DeMille, Vernie Lynn DeMille and all others!"
~R.M.
"Thanks again DeMille family! WOW! These recordings are truly helping me understand and "witness" what a real education looks like. Reading the TJEd books are one thing but hearing your dialogue has been so eye opening to me. I feel like a kindergartner in my education journey and that's okay! I'm taking my time soaking it all in and pondering so many aspects of my life much deeper than ever before. I genuinely appreciate this opportunity to be mentored in a way I've never experienced before. Keep up the great work!!"
~K.C.
"The audio recordings we listen to by Oliver and others are good examples of lecture done well. I think one of the keys to great lectures is the mentor's ability to keep the learner interested. Speaking with passion, giving examples, sharing personal insights, quoting other authorities on the subject."
~A.P.
"TJEd isn't for sissies! Great education is worth the price, time, and sacrifice! Love Mentoring in the Classics class. So fun and inspiring. Thank you Oliver and Rachel DeMille and family:)"
~L.M.
I just listened to Oliver's debriefing on Pride and Prejudice and had to tell you right away YOU ROCK! I've been milling around in the classics and a classical curriculum for about 12 years feeling like I was missing something. I originally joined Mentoring the Classics because Les Mis is on the list and my husband and two oldest sons have read it and discussed it to death but I never thought I could handle the sadness. I thought it would be a good example in overcoming a hurdle, and I really wanted some help in this desire of mine to grow in the classics. I am so glad I did. It has brought joy and enthusiasm and direction to my self-education and has already improved my mentoring; the boys occasionally ask me ,"Do you think you're ready?" Thank you for these gifts.
~A.A.
"LOVED the debriefing audio and bonus audio for Pride and Prejudice! Once again, I want to read it again right away after hearing all the great commentary and insights. Another freedom classic! I never saw it before. I'm am so grateful for your persuasion to do this Mentoring in the classics course, Rachel. I have to keep reminding myself that you guys have been doing this for a LONG time and my day will come when I will be able to pull these nuggets of genius out of classics myself. THANK YOU!!"
~K.C.
"I love MIC. I am excited to feel that I am growing in my ability to mentor my family. It is hard for me to "let go" of the kids more and allow my education to take a front seat, but it is strange that by doing so, my kids' education is actually improving. (It's an "I told you so!" moment for you. Hehe) Even with Kidschool, I am doing things with them that I want to learn, or learn better. This puts me more hands-on with them and they love that. They love what I love and they love doing it with me. It's not teaching, it's just exploring. But that truly is education, and I'm having the Core & LOL phases that I missed (and didn't even know it). The knowledge of TJEd is easily lost in us as products of the public education model. It's very difficult to keep that public education model from creeping in and then taking over...time and time again. Keeping myself immersed with MIC allows me to recognize when I'm becoming too conveyor belt with my children. I can feel the richness of my learning through the model your family uses to mentor me; therefore, I am continually inspired to utilize that with my children. And, I am developing the skills to do so. I hope that MIC never goes away. I look forward to each month and love the diversity of subject matter. It's filling in the gaps for me and that's huge! This whole MIC idea- it's just genius!!"
~W.J.
"Loved the audio!! Its so filled with excitement and energy, that's exactly what happens when I get to talking about things I'm passionate about. I'm so glad you are involved with this one Rachel DeMille...you bring excitement and another perspective to the table. Loving it!!!!
~J.H.
"The audio itself was perfect for my husband and I. We both came away very inspired to reread Gatto's book. My favorite part of the audio was 'are we dumbing down passion in the name of conformity to make it easier on us as teachers?' Wow! Now I need to read the book with Oliver's suggestion to look in the mirror. What am I doing right or wrong? How can avoid teaching the way I was taught? Needing the inspiration to get off the conveyor belt once again. Thank you!!!"
~J.G.
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