Summer 2010 was AMAZING!
Thank you to all the students, faculty and guest authors who made it our best season yet!
We are already at work on plans for summer 2011. Check back often for updates.
The Great Books Summer Program is an experience like no other in American education. For the past eight years, the Great Books Summer Program has gathered exceptional middle and high school students from across the world to read selections from the greatest works of literature, experience college-level discussions and seminars and enjoy summer fun with other literary-minded students.
Here is a sample of what you will get at Great Books:
A community of enthusiastic young learners and distinguished college faculty to read and discuss Great Books and Big Ideas. Your student will discuss the likes of Plato, Jefferson, Tolstoy, Borges and Vonnegut with other young people who love literature just as much as they do!
Discussions led by Pulitzer Prize-winning authors like Doris Kearns Goodwin, Joseph Ellis, Debby Applegate or one of our other Guest Authors . Sunmmer 2010 Great Books welcomed Richard Reeves to Stanford University and Dennis Lehane to Amherst College among many others.
Find your voice in the classroom. Great Books gives students the opportunity to grow academically and socially as they prepare for high school and college. Open discussions encourage students to express themselves and give power to their ideas. Students gain confidence in their ability to read a text closely and express their ideas clearly both verbally and in writing.
Interested in movies and discussion? Check out Great Films! We take our unique style of learning through discussion and apply it to the medium of film. High school students learn to apply critical thinking to a visual medium and develop their listening skills through group discussion.
Experience time away from home and spend it at a top liberal arts college - students can choose from two campus settings: Amherst College in Massachusetts and Stanford University in California. This is the perfect opportunity to preview life on a college campus!
Flexible 1, 2, or 3-week programs fit nicely into any summer schedule. Students may come solo, with a friend, or better yet, with a group of classmates. Round out a summer of leisure and sports with some engaging, thought-provoking fun!
Spend the summer with students from 43 states and countries all over the world. Great Books welcomes students from Hong Kong, Singapore, Jor dan, Korea, China, Switzerland, England, Canada, France, Mexico, Denmark, Croatia, Italy and more. This is the perfect opportunity for international students to come to the U.S. for summer learning and fun!
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