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Editor's
Welcome
Dear
Readers,
 elcome
to the fourth year of Scientia Scholae! If you are unfamiliar
with us, our mission is to provide quality, thought-provoking
articles related to the teaching of Medieval Studies in elementary
and secondary schools.
The current issue contains two very interesting articles, both
focused on pedagogy. Tim Hall, history teacher at the Franklin
School in North Carolina and a consultant for the recently-introduced
World History AP course, was able to design a medieval studies
course for high school students. What Tim has provided for readers
of Scientia Scholae is a course outline based on what he
felt were salient points of medieval history and thought. I have
asked Tim to write a follow-up article one year from now, in which
he will highlight what worked well and what needs to be tweaked
in the future. I hope that you will find his course encouraging
in terms of its prospects for the future.
Sally Newell, a middle school teacher at the Charleston (SC)
County School of the Arts and a participant at the 2004 NEH Summer
Institute at the Pennsylvania State University, which focused
on the medieval garden, has provided us with a middle school-oriented
project dedicated to medieval herbs. Sally’s article is really
a teaching module, as she is quite specific about resources and
applications in the middle school classroom. Furthermore, she
shows how team approaches to teaching can be very beneficial;
medieval studies is inherently interdisciplinary in nature.
By the way, if you know of books that you think would benefit
from a teacher’s review in Scientia Scholae, please do
not hesitate to contact our book review editor, Rebecca Barnhouse,
from Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio. Professor
Barnhouse works with college students who are aspiring teachers,
as she herself once was before entering the professoriate. You
may email her at rnbarnhouse@ysu.edu.
As always, remember to take a moment to share your passion for
Medieval Studies with your students. You may impart something
to them that will remain with them for a lifetime.
Kevin J. Ruth
Tower Hill School (DE)
Scientia Scholae, Volume IV, Issue 1, Fall 2005
http://www.teamsmedieval.org/scientia_scholae/0508/welcome.html
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