<p>I am co-leading a reading/discussion group using resources from the Great Books Foundation. I have read the materials they publish to assist in new groups but would welcome any suggestions you might have. Have any of you participated in a GB discussion group?</p>
<p>BTW here is their web site. [Great</a> Books Groups and Discussion¨](<a href=“http://www.greatbooks.org/programs-for-all-ages/gb/gbphilosophy.html]Great”>http://www.greatbooks.org/programs-for-all-ages/gb/gbphilosophy.html)</p>
<p>I have my grandfather’s “five foot shelf of great books” from the mid-1910’s. Is this the same set of books? Because, if they are, I’ll just point out that ABEBooks.com sells the books very inexpensively, because lots of people bought the books back then, and like my family, have never actually read them. (Yes, I’ve read pieces of the books, but not these particular books, which --as far as I can tell–have mostly never even been opened. 
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<p>originaloog:</p>
<p>I think you’ve got a great idea. It sounds like it could be enormous fun.
Did you read David Denby’s *Great Books<a href=“1996”>/i</a>? It’s based on Columbia’s core curriculum.</p>
<p>Interesting.
Maybe you can get some ideas from someone who majored in the Great Books program at St. John’s or Thomas Acquinas, the Integral Program at St. Mary’s of California, or the Ignatious Institute at San Francisco University.</p>
<p>We used this program back when I was in elementary school in the late 60s - early 70s (just looked at the website, it appears to be the same). Honestly… I absolutely HATED it. I loved to read and liked the reading part, I just loathed the circular, unanswerable, pompous questions they posed for the discussion groups. My mom made me do it every year.</p>
<p>Sorry, I know this isn’t a very constructive post to help you. But the very name makes me shudder…</p>
<p>My daughter did this at lunch time in, I think, 2nd 3rd and 4th grades, and she loved it.</p>