Boylan. Sunday School - The Formation of an American Institution, 1790-1880

Abstract

Teaching ancient history to high school freshmen over twenty years ago was one of my first teaching assignments and one I began with some uncertainty. Making the subject interesting and "relevant" --a popular pedagogical term of the 1960s--challenged my beginning teaching skills, but I was pleasantly surprised to find some knowledgeable students who were also advocates for the study of ancient history. Where had they learned the names of ancient cities? Where had they become familiar with the rivers and geography of Biblical times? Sunday School.