Meet Your Site
Homeschool students already spend plenty of time reading about history, ancient and recent, from a chair, at a desk, possibly in pajamas. This trip flips the script: you're going to stand on it.
As a trip participant, you'll pick specific sites in advance and become our on-location "site expert" for each one.
Translation: when the group walks up to your site, all eyes (and confused looks) turn to you, and you get to be the one who actually knows what's going on, instead of just nodding along with a guidebook.
Don't panic. You won't be left to wing it in front of two dozen people and a Roman ruin. We'll send you a simple "outline of expectations" ahead of time so you know exactly what to research, how deep to go, and what your presentation should cover. Think less "pop quiz" and more "here's your cheat sheet, now go be brilliant.
Click below to select your Sites
(available 8 weeks prior to Spring or Summer trips)
Classical Learning On Site
SITE HISTORY
Socratic Discussions at Sites
At certain key sites, the group will pause for Socratic discussions, examining the historical, political, and cultural impact each place has had, both on the past and on the present shape of Western culture.
Standing where Paul preached or an empire rose and fell changes the conversation. This isn't a lecture. It's a guided dialogue where students wrestle with the ideas themselves.
We will also hold these ideas up against a Christian worldview, exploring how the wider, worldwide body of Christ has understood and lived out these same questions across a variety of traditions and practices. Students
see that the Christian voice is not one note but a chorus, unified in Christ, yet diverse in expression.
DEVELOMENT OF IDEAS
Encounter Cultures on the Way
You will experience diverse cultures and people as we travel and interact across multiple countries.
The paths we walk are old ones. Immigrants and travelers wore them smooth centuries before us, and the early church spread along these same roads and into these same cities. We now have the chance to walk that same path, and in our interactions with locals, immigrants, and travelers from afar, to reflect God's love, acceptance, and forgiveness in how we carry ourselves.
Cultural understanding will not come from a handout. It will come from the conversations, meals, and moments you share with the people you meet along the way.
CULTURAL EXPERIENCE
