What's Included in this Free Course

The Poem

Kelly Cumbee reads aloud the whole poem. Each book takes about 15 minutes to read, making it a perfect addition to your morning poetry time.

Instruction

Each video includes a brief introduction to the content to help you immerse yourself in the story. Also included is a bonus lesson on the ballad as a poetic form.

Resources

Historical and literary resources on the life of Alfred the Great, Scripture lessons appropriate for reading on his feast day, and a community for discussing this beautiful work!

My Goal As a Teacher

In his Experiment in Criticism, C.S. Lewis describes what has helped him become a good reader, and these are the kinds of things I offer as a teacher of literature: to explain the hard words and the allusions, to put the stories into their imaginative and literary contexts, and to equip you with the mental furniture that the authors assumed their original readers had. Lewis says that guides like these have "headed me off from false approaches, taught me what to look for, enabled me in some degree to put myself into the frame of mind of those to whom they were addressed" (121-2). This is the approach that informs and shapes my teaching. (Read more at my Home Page: https://kelly-cumbee.thinkific.com/)

Course Curriculum

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    Welcome to the Journey

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    Reading the Poem

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Kelly Cumbee

Welcome! I’m a veteran homeschool mom of seven and the wife of a retired military veteran. I have a lifelong love of music, nature, stories, and tradition, and believe they are all intimately connected. I've been teaching literature and Medieval and Renaissance cosmology to teens and adults in local co-ops and online classes since 2015. See more at my Home Page: https://kelly-cumbee.thinkific.com/

Ready to Dive In?

Immerse yourself in the beauty of literature and history with your kids. Join our course today and embark on a journey of faith in a time of great darkness!