Win Cash Prizes! Annual History Essay Contest for Grades 4-12: Deadline March 31, 2023

Win Cash Prizes! Annual History Essay Contest for Grades 4-12: Deadline March 31, 2023

The Catholic Textbook Project recently announced its 2023 history essay contest, which is open to all students in Grades 4-12 in Catholic schools – parochial, private and homeschool.The deadline for submission is March 31, 2023. “We hope teachers and parents will incorporate this essay contest into their lesson plans and encourage their students to participate,”…

HISTORY: The Past gives valuable Perspective to the Present

HISTORY: The Past gives valuable Perspective to the Present

Popular culture holds a dismissive attitude toward history. Common headlines include “unprecedented times”, “worse than ever”, and “never before.” But how often is that really true? What do we face that is truly without precedent? This mindset—that all things have either escalated or de-escalated, that the present is always somehow more or less than the…

Michael Van Hecke, Founder, Catholic Textbook Project

Michael Van Hecke, Founder, Catholic Textbook Project

It’s a commonplace in education that “a textbook is only as good as the teacher who teaches it.” But according to Michael Van Hecke (pictured above), founder of the Catholic Textbook Project, sometimes a textbook can transform a good teacher into a better teacher—or even into a great teacher. Founded in 2000, the Catholic Textbook…