Gail Ledbetter, author of Timeline of Classics: Historical Context for the Good and Great Books, offers common-sense strategies and resources for simplifying the complicated path toward the literary education that most of us did not receive. Any teacher of history or literature can benefit from her methods that were honed over many years in the classroom, as an online instructor, and teaching mom. Keyword outlining, vocabulary study, literary devices, quotes, book annotation, Socratic discussion, fairy tales, short stories, writing about literature can be tremendously enjoyable and rewarding. A literary education is easier than you think!