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James Stobaugh Presentations
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Teaching World View SAT Preparation for Christian Students Designing a High School Program Teaching Composition to the Elementary and High School Student How does one choose a college and be accepted to a College of his/her Choice? How to Teach Literary Criticism Taking a Stand in Zion: A Personal Story of Racial Reconciliation How to Teach the Classics, Part I How to Teach the Classics, Part II A Fire that Burns But Does Not Consume Home Schooling as a Cultural Revolution Singing the Songs of Zion Avoiding a grievance mentality: home schooling in the 21st century Blessed are the History Makers NEW!!! Lover, Spouse, Friend, and Sister: How a Homeschool Dad Supports his Wife NEW!!! Worldview is in the Star Wars Trilogy NEW!!! The Rise of the Secular American University NEW!!! Preparing for the AP Language Arts & History Exams Hollywood on Fire: Culture Wars of the 21st Century (Possible Keynote) Home Schooling: Back to the Future Home Schooling as a Cultural Revolution Cultural Revolutions: Augustinian, Puritan, and home schooling? Teaching Reading in the Subject Areas Writing the College Admission Essay Writing to be Published Classical Teaching—But is it? Teaching Reading in the Subject Areas Designing a High School Program Teaching Composition to the Elementary and High School Student How to Teach Literary Criticism How to Teach the Classics How to Write Goals & Objectives Worldview is in the Star Wars Trilogy Teaching World View Hollywood on Fire: Culture Wars of the 21st Century SAT Preparation for Christian Students Do I take the ACT or SAT I? Or Neither? Preparing for the AP Language Arts & History Exams How does one choose a college and be accepted to a College of his/her Choice The Rise of the Secular American University How to write the College Admission Essay A Panel Discussion The Decline of Evangelicalism in Literature What does the Home School movement have to say to America’s Generation Me? American Cinema: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly Post-Modernism: The End of Innocence or an Opportunity for Evangelism
Teaching World View
In such a time as this, in the Post-Christian era, at the beginning of the twenty first century, we need to exhibit great discernment in evaluating the world view of our culture. Dr. Stobaugh urges students and parents do exactly that. He employs a cultural paradigm (as opposed to a political/philosophical paradigm): Christian Theism, Romanticism, Deism, Naturalism, Realism, Existentialism, Absurdism
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SAT Preparation for Christian Students
Doing their best on the SAT is one avenue God has before our children to prepare to be the kind of Christians who will change their world no matter what the obstacles. In light of the changes to the new 2005 SAT I, this workshop is especially relevant. In addition, as one of the possible graders of the new writing section of the new SAT I, Dr. Stobaugh will offer many helpful insights.
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Designing a High School Program
For such a time as this every moment counts. With so many opportunities available we need to be very wise in our designing of a high school curriculum track. The problem is not that there is a paucity of choices but that there is a plethora of good choices!!! Via e-mail, Dr. Stobaugh will provide a sample transcript.
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Teaching Composition to the Elementary and High School Student
To whatever our children are called for such a time as this, they need to know how to write. Writing is the quintessential skill for young people preparing to be 21st century apologists. This workshop is an overview of the goals and objectives of writing from pre-K to college. The participant will hear that Dr. Stobaugh believes that the nurture of the heart is as important as the teaching of writing skills.
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How does one choose a college and be accepted to a College of his/her Choice?
With so many high SAT scores in the homeschool community, there will be many more opportunities to go to college. How do we know which college God is calling us to attend? How does one get accepted? Dr. Stobaugh analyzes the top ten colleges in the following categories: secular/academic (humanities), secular/academic (sciences), Christian/academic (humanities), Christian/science (sciences). He will also look at his favorite Abargain@ colleges. He will look at each region and give his overview of possibilities. Finally, he will discuss pro and con online programs.
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How to Teach Literary Criticism
C. S. Lewis, perhaps the greatest apologist of the 20th century, was not a theologianâ€"he was a classicist, a student of literature. Dr. Stobaugh will specifically address the urgency of learning how to analyze literature both in light of college preparation needs as well as a basis for apologetics. It is his firm belief, and fervent prayer, that God is calling forth a new “C. S. Lewis” in this generation and that he/she will probably emerge from a community that understands, analyzes, and appreciates its literature.
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Taking a Stand in Zion: A Personal Story of Racial Reconciliation
Using his family as an example, Dr. Stobaugh will engage the workshop participants in a discussion about ways that we can all be involved in racial reconciliation. My family includes three interracially adopted children. In many ways interracial adoption manifests the way God relates to us. At the same time, I will examine the state of homeschooling among minorities and the significant impact this is having on our lives.
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How to Teach the Classics, Part I
An overview of the 10 best writings in world history and insights on ways to teach them: The Iliad, by Homer, Oedipus Rex, Sophocles, Confessions, Augustine, Divine Comedy, Dante, Faust, Goethe, The Doll House, Ibsen, Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky, War and Peace, Tolstoi, The Unvanquished, William Faulkner, The Stranger, Camus. I will provide several handouts.
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How to Teach the Classics, Part II
The Aeneid, Virgil, Beowulf, Unknown, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Bede, Macbeth, Shakespeare, The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne, Huckleberry Finn, Twain, Red Badge of Courage, Crane, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stevenson, A Farewell To Arms, Hemingway, Cry the Beloved Country, Paton.
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A Fire that Burns But Does Not Consume
This workshop takes readers on a journey from the beginnings of Western philosophy to its present manifestations. It examines a philosopher or a philosophical movement and then gives a biblical refutation of the deception or a complement to the truth presented. At the end of the workshop, the listener will not merely be talking about spiritual warfare, but also be engaged in it. This workshop displays pathos and tragedy. From Anaximander to Viktor Frank, great thinkers have seen a part of the truth and counsel of God. Most have failed to grasp the Good News that is so simply presented in the Logos, the Word of God. Some have completely missed the truth. Many have discovered part of the truth. Not one has recognized the whole truth. Their search has proved futile.A Fire That Burns destroys arguments raised against the knowledge of God and is part of the struggle to "take every thought captive to obey Christ" (2 Cor. 10:4––5). It shows that Jesus Christ--not a philosophical principle, not a metaphysical reality, not a phenomenological moment--is "the Way, and the Truth, and the Life" (John 14:6).Christians will leave this talk with hope and assurance. They live with the assurance that Jesus Christ has triumphed over all things. They commit their lives to Christ with the firm faith that every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord (Phil. 2:10-11).
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Home Schooling as a Cultural Revolution
Dr. Stobaugh argues that home schooling, primarily an Evangelical Christian movement, is part of God’s new move in the country to bring revival. The combination of secular cultural suicide, urbanization, the reclamation of the American family by home schoolers, the capturing of American elite by home schoolers, all bode well for America’s cultural milieu in the 21st century. Dr. Stobaugh believes a revival is coming and it will not be long coming.
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Singing the Songs of Zion
The impact of home school moms in history. These moms include Deborah, Mona (mother of Augustine), Susanna Wesley, and others. The fact is these moms not only prepared their children to preserve what righteousness there was in their culture, they also prepared their children to be culture creators. And they did it by writing songs and poetry–songs of victory and overcoming power.
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Avoiding a grievance mentality: home schooling in the 21st century
Will we define ourselves as a rejection of other educational movements are will we embrace the iconoclastic future God has called us to grasp? We must be careful to avoid all roots of bitterness as we examine our future. This workshop examines the dangers of forming and maintaining a cultural movement based on dislikes and anger rather than approbation and affirmation of new possibilities.
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Blessed are the History Makers
Dr. Stobaugh argues that real history is made by men and women who obey God at all cost. He discusses how we can raise this generation to be that sort of history making generation.
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NEW!!! Lover, Spouse, Friend, and Sister: How a Homeschool Dad Supports his Wife
Dr. Stobaugh, a pastoral counseling minor at Princeton Theological Seminary, and husband to his wife Karen of 28 years, examines four ways that a husband should stand with his wife in the incredibly important task of raising this new generation of History Makers.
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NEW!!! Worldview is in the Star Wars Trilogy
Contemporary Americans normally obtain their world view from the media. Dr. Stobaugh, by examining the Star Wars Trilogy, identifies and explains the most common worldviews in contemporary America. He then shows his workshop participants how they can use these new insights to pray for their unsaved neighbors and friends. The audience will look at several movie clips.
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NEW!!! The Rise of the Secular American University
For the first 150 years of our history, higher education was synonymous with Christian education. By founding universities, American leadership desired to assure the hegemony of American evangelicalism in culture and government. I will discuss the unfortunate metamorphosis from evangelical education to secular education. I will also discuss how Christians are to prosper in the hostile, secular college environment.
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NEW!!! Preparing for the AP Language Arts & History Exams
The AP exam is an untapped resource for homeschoolers.
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Hollywood on Fire: Culture Wars of the 21st Century (Possible Keynote)
An examination of the next phase of cultural warfare that looms in front of us. Dr. Stobaugh sees home schooling families as being on the front line.
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Home Schooling: Back to the Future
This workshop examines 30 years of homeschooling and offers new directions for the future. Our genesis emerged in a rejection of Enlightenment values but in this new century the movement has come of age. We are quickly approaching status quo. What does this mean for the future of home schooling?
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Home Schooling as a Cultural Revolution
This workshop argues that home schooling, primarily an Evangelical Christian movement, is part of God’s new move in the country to bring revival. The combination of secular cultural suicide, urbanization, the reclamation of the American family by home schoolers, the capturing of American elite by home schoolers, all bode well for America’s cultural milieu in the 21st century. Dr. Stobaugh believes a revival is coming and it’s genesis will not be long delayed.
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Cultural Revolutions: Augustinian, Puritan, and home schooling?
This workshop examines and compares the cultural revolutions that emerged at the end of the Roman Empire, Puritan England, and American home schooling. It offers insights into strengths, weaknesses, successes, and failures of all these movements.
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Teaching Reading in the Subject Areas
Most students know how to read well before they are 8 or 9; however, for whatever reason, some students struggle well into their teens. This very practical workshop outlines how parents/educators can teach middle school and high schoolers reading skills along with content in the subject areas.
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Writing the College Admission Essay
This workshop gives some practical insights into how to write an admission essay. This year alone, five hundred thousand college applicants will write college admission essays. Slightly less than one-half will be rejected by their first choice school, while only about ten percent will gain admission to the nation's thirteen top colleges. With acceptance rates at all-time lows, with admission committees exhibited well-founded concern about writing deficiencies among admitted freshman, high SAT/ACT scores are important. But the admission essay has gained more and more importance. Whether students are applying to Harvard, Wheaton, or their local state school, they will write an admission essay.
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Writing to be Published
Many talk about how to write with a hope to being published but Dr. Stobaugh has actually done it. In the 1980s Dr. Stobaugh had numerous titles published in LEADERSHIP MAGAZINE. In 1985 he won a prestigious award in Strand Publications CHRISTIAN MINISTRY. In 1998 Great Expectations Books published his SAT AND COLLEGE PREPARATION COURSE FOR THE CHRISTIAN STUDENT. Ten years later, over 30,000 families have prepared their students for the SAT I. In 2005 Broadman and Holman Publishers, a subsidiary of Lifeway Publishers, published his five volume language arts series. So far, over 25,000 families use this curricula. Dr. Stobaugh will give practical advice on how to edit and to prepare one’s manuscript for publication. He will discuss how to write a query letter. Finally, he will provide a handout with contacts and information that will prepare the workshop participants to make their own contacts.
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Classical Teaching—But is it?
“Classical Education” is a buzz word that almost no one knows how to define. Dr. Stobaugh will define classical education and he will offer concrete ways to implement this vital educational program in subject areas. The workshop participants will hear Dr. Stobaugh argue that “true” classical education is the best way to prepare students to be critical thinkers.
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Teaching Reading in the Subject Areas
Most students know how to read well before they are 8 or 9; however, for whatever reason, some students struggle well into their teens. This very practical workshop outlines how parents/educators can teach middle school and high schoolers reading skills along with content in the subject areas.
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Designing a High School Program
For such a time as this every moment counts. With so many opportunities available we need to be very wise in our designing of a high school curriculum track. The problem is not that there is a paucity of choices but that there is a plethora of good choices!!! Via e-mail, Pastor. Stobaugh will provide a sample transcript.
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Teaching Composition to the Elementary and High School Student
To whatever our children are called for such a time as this, they need to know how to write. Writing is the quintessential skill for young people preparing to be 21st century apologists. This workshop is an overview of the goals and objectives of writing from pre-K to college. The participant will hear that Dr. Stobaugh believes that the nurture of the heart is as important as the teaching of writing skills
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How to Teach Literary Criticism
C. S. Lewis, perhaps the greatest apologist of the 20th century, was not a theologian—he was a classicist, a student of literature. Pastor Stobaugh will specifically address the urgency of learning how to analyze literature both in light of college preparation needs as well as a basis for apologetics. It is his firm belief, and fervent prayer, that God is calling forth a new “C. S. Lewis” in this generation and that he/she will probably emerge from a community that understands, analyzes, and appreciates its literature.
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How to Teach the Classics
An overview of the best writings in world history and insights on ways to teach them: The Iliad, by Homer, Oedipus Rex, Sophocles, Confessions, Augustine, Divine Comedy, Dante, Faust, Goethe, The Doll House, Ibsen, Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky, War and Peace, Tolstoi, The Unvanquished, William Faulkner, The Stranger, Camus, The Aeneid, Virgil, Beowulf, Unknown, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Bede, Macbeth, Shakespeare, The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne, Huckleberry Finn, Twain, Red Badge of Courage, Crane, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stevenson, A Farewell To Arms, Hemingway, Cry the Beloved Country, Paton.
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How to Write Goals & Objectives
The maxim that “if one is aiming for nothing, one always reaches it!” is a true statement. This very practical workshop will teach parents how to articulate and to evaluate quantifiable cognitive, behavioral, and affective (i.e., spiritual) goals. The participant will leave with many helpful handouts including goals and objectives from all the core subjects.
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Worldview is in the Star Wars Trilogy
Contemporary Americans normally obtain their world view from the media. Dr. Stobaugh, by examining the Star Wars Trilogy, identifies and explains the most common worldviews in contemporary America. He then shows his workshop participants how they can use these new insights to pray for their unsaved neighbors and friends. The audience will look at several movie clips.
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Teaching World View
In such a time as this, in the Post-Christian era, at the beginning of the twenty first century, we need to exhibit great discernment in evaluating the world view of our culture. Dr. Stobaugh urges students and parents do exactly that. He employs a cultural paradigm (as opposed to a political/philosophical paradigm): Christian Theism, Romanticism, Deism, Naturalism, Realism, Existentialism, Absurdism.
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Hollywood on Fire: Culture Wars of the 21st Century
An examination of the next phase of cultural warfare that looms in front of us. Dr. Stobaugh sees home schooling families as being on the front line.
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SAT Preparation for Christian Students
Doing their best on the SAT is one avenue God has before our children to prepare to be the kind of Christians who will change their world no matter what the obstacles. In light of the changes to the new 2005 SAT I, this workshop is especially relevant. Finally, Pastor Stobaugh will share insights concerning the essay portion of the SAT I (He is a Collegeboard grader.).
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Do I take the ACT or SAT I? Or Neither?
It is obvious to older home schooling families, that the standardized test is far more important to college admission than any other college credential. Which test should the students take? How do the students prepare for each test?
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Preparing for the AP Language Arts & History Exams
The AP exam is an untapped resource for homeschoolers. Not only is it a way for home schoolers to obtain economical college credit, it is very impressive on the college preparation transcript.
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How does one choose a college and be accepted to a College of his/her Choice
With so many high SAT scores in the homeschool community, there will be many more opportunities to go to college. How do we know which college God is calling us to attend? How does one get accepted?
(Return to Presentation List)
The Rise of the Secular American University
For the first 150 years of our history, higher education was synonymous with Christian education. By founding universities, American leadership desired to assure the hegemony of American evangelicalism in culture and government. I will discuss the unfortunate metamorphosis from evangelical education to secular education. I will also discuss how Christians are to prosper in the hostile, secular college environment.
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How to write the College Admission Essay
This workshop gives some practical insights into how to write an admission essay. This year alone, five hundred thousand college applicants will write college admission essays. Slightly less than one-half will be rejected by their first choice school, while only about ten percent will gain admission to the nation's thirteen top colleges. With acceptance rates at all-time lows, with admission committees exhibited well-founded concern about writing deficiencies among admitted freshman, high SAT/ACT scores are important. But the admission essay has gained more and more importance. Whether students are applying to Harvard, Wheaton, or their local state school, they will write an admission essay.
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A Panel Discussion
Jim, Karen, and their homeschooled youngest son Peter, discuss some of the opportunities and challenges of home schooling. Why did Jim and Karen home school? Why did they stick with it? What advantages and disadvantages did Peter find? Was Peter ready for college? How did all three handle a prodigal in the family? The audience will be encouraged to ask questions and to participate.
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The Decline of Evangelicalism in Literature
This workshop will examine the increasing negative exposure evangelicalism is receiving in world literature. In particular, we will examine Of Plimoth Plantation, The Scarlet Letter, Billy Budd, Grapes of Wrath, A Farewell to Arms, The Stranger and other artistic works. The reader will watch the steady decline of evangelicalism in popular literature, even as the Church itself is prospering, and offer prescriptive suggestions for the future.
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What does the Home School movement have to say to America’s Generation Me?
The Associated Press calls this new generation "The Entitlement Generation," and they are storming into schools, colleges, and businesses all over the country. They are today's young people, a new generation with sky-high expectations and a need for constant praise and fulfillment. I will explore why this new generation may be tolerant, confident, open-minded, and ambitious but it is also cynical, depressed, lonely, and anxious. Finally, I will examine how our home school community can minister to, and perhaps learn from, Generation Me.
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American Cinema: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Millions of Americans entertain themselves at the cinema. What is the origin of this medium? How does it affect world view formation? How can we use the cinema in our home schools? What opportunities does this medium offer educators?
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Post-Modernism: The End of Innocence or an Opportunity for Evangelism
Frederick Jameson, literary critic, calls Post-Modernism “the failure of the new.” Since 1990, Post-Modernism has established hegemony in art, in cinema, and in literature. Without a doubt, this is the world view most emerging home school graduates will face. While Post-Modernism is a godless, self-serving world view, and its appeal is established, it still is a particularly flawed, and, as a result, vulnerable world view. In short, as Os Guinness argues, Post-Modernism is a veritable gift horse that Christians are looking in the mouth! In other words, this ubiquitous world view offers numerous opportunities for evangelism. Dr. Stobaugh will discuss these possibilities. Workshop participants will leave with renewed excitement about the possibilities of revival in the 21st century.
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