TRIVIUM: | GRAMMAR |
Age: | Birth to 11 |
Level: | Primary Elementary K-6 |
Stage: | Memorize & Absorb Foundation |
Focus: | Knowledge |
Goal: | Reading, Writing, & Arithmetic The Building Blocks of learning & the Cultivation of Good character & habits. |
Method: | Memory through Music |
Example: | Facts about The War of 1812 |
TRIVIUM: | LOGIC |
Age: | 12 to 15 |
Level: | Middle School 7-9 |
Stage: | Argue & Reason Framework |
Focus: | Understanding |
Goal: | Building on facts, students learn to analyze information. Using laws of logic they learn to think critically about what they are reading and learning. |
Method: | Writing & Rules of Logic (written expression of thought) |
Example: | How and why the War of 1812 was fought |
TRIVIUM: | RHETORIC |
Age: | 16 to 18 |
Level: | High School 10-12 |
Stage: | Communicate & Express Finish |
Focus: | Wisdom |
Goal: | Application of rules of logic to the foundational information learned in grammar stage to form and express their own thoughts & ideas in a clear, engaging, and elegant way. |
Method: | Speaking & Debate (oral defense of thought) |
Example: | Should the War of 1812 have been fought: what I think and believe |