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History 4: Christendom
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1. Orientation12 Steps
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1.1 – Introduction & How to Take Notes (16 min video)
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1.1 – Read Table of Contents
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1.2 – The Meaning of Life (17 min video)
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1.2 – Read Alexis de Tocqueville Quote
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1.3 – Why School? (16 min video)
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1.3 – Read Quotations on Learning
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1.4 – Why History? (15 min video)
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1.4 – Read Quotations on the Study of History
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1.5 – Portfolio and Project 1: Family Tree (13 min video)
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1.5 – Lesson 1 Portfolio
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1.5 – Lesson 1 Exam
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1.6 – Begin Family Tree and Heraldic Crest Project
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1.1 – Introduction & How to Take Notes (16 min video)
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2. Eternity in Operation: The Roman Principate and the New Testament Church11 Steps
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2.1 – Tiberius & Pentecost (29 min video)
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2.1 – Read Acts 1-2
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2.2 – Caligula and the Early Church (27 min video)
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2.2 – Read Acts 6-7
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2.3 – Claudius, James & Paul (24 min video)
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2.3 – Read Selections from Acts
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2.4 – The Missions of Paul (22 min video)
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2.4 – Read Philippians
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2.5 – Nero and the 12 Apostles (22 min video)
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2.5 – Lesson 2 Portfolio
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2.5 – Lesson 2 Exam
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2.1 – Tiberius & Pentecost (29 min video)
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3. Imperium sine Fine: The Successions of Rome, Judea, and the Apostolic Church11 Steps
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3.1 – Vespasian, Titus and the Destruction of Jerusalem (29 min video)
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3.1 – Read The Sack of Jerusalem
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3.2 – Epicurean Rome (25 min video)
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3.2 – Read Juvenal
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3.3 – Roman Persecution and the Apostolic Fathers (31 min video)
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3.3 – Read The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
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3.4 – The New Testament Canon (16 min video)
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3.4 – Read The Belgic Confession and Scripture
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3.5 – Early Christian Worship and Art (24 min video)
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3.5 – Lesson 3 Portfolio
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3.5 – Lesson 3 Exam
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3.1 – Vespasian, Titus and the Destruction of Jerusalem (29 min video)
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4. The World That Died in the Night: Christianity, the Church Fathers, and the Transformation of Culture11 Steps
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4.1 – The Spread of Christianity (29 min video)
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4.1 – Read The Didache
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4.2 – The Effects of Christianity on Culture (25 min video)
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4.2 – Read W.E.H. Lecky
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4.3 – The Sanctity of Life, Marcus Aurelius and Justin Martyr (25 min video)
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4.3 – Read Justin Martyr
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4.4 – Persecutions, the Gnostics and Irenaeus of Lyon (23 min video)
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4.4 – Read The Diary of Perpetua
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4.5 – The Five Patriarchates, Origen and Tertullian (17 min video)
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4.5 – Lesson 4 Portfolio
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4.5 – Lesson 4 Exam
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4.1 – The Spread of Christianity (29 min video)
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5. A Creed and Still a Gospel: Constantine, Nicea and Athanasius11 Steps
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5.1 – Diocletian, the Tetrarchy and the Great Persecution (30 min video)
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5.1 – Read "The Martyrs of Palestine"
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5.2 – Constantine I (24 min video)
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5.2 – Read The Edict of Toleration and The Edict of Milan
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5.3 – Constantine II (29 min video)
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5.3 – Read Account of Constantinople
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5.4 – The Council of Nicea (19 min video)
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5.4 – Read Nicene Creed
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5.5 – Anthony of the Desert & Athanasius (18 min video)
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5.5 – Lesson 5 Portfolio
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5.5 – Lesson 5 Exam
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5.1 – Diocletian, the Tetrarchy and the Great Persecution (30 min video)
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6. Centripetal & Centrifugal Forces: The Barbarians, the Church and the Fall of Rome11 Steps
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6.1 – Constantine's Sons & Julian the Apostate (31 min video)
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6.1 – Read Letter to Arsacius
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6.2 – Basil of Caesarea & Theodosius (27 min video)
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6.2 – Read Theodosian Code and St. Basil
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6.3 – The Council of Constantinople, Post-Nicene Fathers and the Barbarians (23 min video)
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6.3 – Read Gregory Nazianzus and John Chrysostom
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6.4 – Jerome, the Council of Ephesus and the Council of Chalcedon (19 min video)
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6.4 – Read Letter of Jerome
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6.5 – Attila the Hun, Leo the Great and the End of the Roman Empire (20 min video)
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6.5 – Lesson 6 Portfolio
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6.5 – Lesson 6 Exam
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6.1 – Constantine's Sons & Julian the Apostate (31 min video)
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7. Only the Lover Sings: Augustine of Hippo11 Steps
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7.1 – Ambrose & Chant (24 min video)
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7. 1 – Read St. Ambrose of Milan
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7.2 – Augustine's Early Life & Conversion (23 min video)
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7.2 – Read Confessions
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7.3 – Augustine’s Ministry (20 min video)
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7.3 – Read The Great Prayer
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7.4 – Augustine’s Writings I (22 min video)
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7.4 – Read more Confessions
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7.5 – Augustine’s Writings II (18 min video)
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7.5 – Read City of God
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7.5 – Lesson 7 Portfolio
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7.1 – Ambrose & Chant (24 min video)
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8. The Long Defeat: Byzantium11 Steps
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8.1 – Introduction to Byzantium (26 min video)
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8.1 – Read To My Old House
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8.2 – Justinian & Theodora I (28 min video)
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8.2 – Read Corpus Juris Civilis
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8.3 – Justinian & Theodora II (26 min video)
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8.3 – Read on Hagia Sophia
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8.4 – Byzantine Religion, Art and Education (29 min video)
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8.4 – Metropolitan Museum of Art's Byzantine collection
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8.5 – Cyril, Methodius and the Mission to the East (20 min video)
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8.5 – Lesson 8 Portfolio
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8.5 – Lesson 8 Exam
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8.1 – Introduction to Byzantium (26 min video)
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9. There is No God But Allah: Islam11 Steps
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9.1 – Introduction to Islam and the Life of Mohammed I (29 min video)
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9.1 – Read The Koran
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9.2 – The Life of Mohammed II and the Five Pillars (31 min video)
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9.2 – Read Hadith
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9.3 – Jihad and Mohammed's Successors (22 min video)
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9.3 – Read the Sura and Mohammed
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9.4 – The Abbasid Caliphate and Islamic Art (23 min video)
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9.4 – View Islamic Art
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9.5 – Islamic Science (18 min video)
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9.5 – Lesson 9 Portfolio
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9.5 – Lesson 9 Exam
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9.1 – Introduction to Islam and the Life of Mohammed I (29 min video)
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10. How the Celts Saved Civilization: Christianity in Ireland and Britain11 Steps
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10.1 – The Celts and Roman Britain (32 min video)
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10.1 – Read Celtic Hymn
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10.2 – Christianity in Britannia and Caledonia, the Roman Flight and King Arthur (32 min video)
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10.2 – Read King Arthur Narrative
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10.3 – Ireland and Patrick (26 min video)
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10.3 – Read St. Patrick's Confession
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10.4 – Columba, Brendan and Augustine of Canterbury (29 min video)
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10.4 – Read Irish Poetry
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10.5 – Aidan, the Council of Whitby and the Venerable Bede (22 min video)
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10.5 – Lesson 10 Portfolio
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10.5 – Lesson 10 Exam
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10.1 – The Celts and Roman Britain (32 min video)
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11. The Holy Roman Empire: Benedict & Monasticism, Gregory the Great & Worship, Charlemagne & Education11 Steps
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11.1 – Benedict & Monasticism (34 min video)
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11.1 – Read St. Benedict
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11.2 – Gregory the Great & Worship (27 min video)
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11.2 – Listen to "Deum Verum"
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11.3 – The Germans, Clovis, the Merovinginians and Boniface (33 min video)
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11.3 – Read Letter to Boniface
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11.4 – Pepin the Short & Charlemagne (31 min video)
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11.4 – Read the Life of Charlemagne
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11.5 – Carolingian Education, Alcuin and the Trivium (21 min video)
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11.5 – Lesson 11 Portfolio
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11.5 – Read Letters of Charlemagne
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11.1 – Benedict & Monasticism (34 min video)
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12. The Ballad of the White Horse: The Norse and Alfred the Great11 Steps
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12.1 – The Ancient Norse and Their Myths (22 min video)
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12.1 – Read Odin's Reward
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12.2 – Norse Mythology, Religion, and Culture (30 min video)
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12.2 – Read the Poetic Edda
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12.3 – Norse Raids and Conquests (21 min video)
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12.3 – Read Abbo's Wars of Count Odo
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12.4 – Alfred the Great (32 min video)
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12.4 – Read Letter from Alfred the Great
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12.5 – The Norse and Christianity (24 min video)
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12.5 – Lesson 12 Portfolio
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12.5 – Lesson 12 Exam
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12.1 – The Ancient Norse and Their Myths (22 min video)
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13. Medieval Covenants: Feudalism and the Norman Conquest12 Steps
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13.1 – Feudal Terms and Covenants (23 min video)
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13.1 – Read a Bishop's Letter
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13.2 – Feudalism's Development and the Life of the Peasant (24 min video)
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13.2 – Read a Dialogue
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13.3 – The Saxons, Canute and Edward the Confessor (22 min video)
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13.3 – Read "The Battle of Maldon"
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13.4 – William of Normandy, Harold Godwinson and the Battle of Hastings (24 min video)
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13.4 – Read William of Malmesbury
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13.5 – William the Conqueror (10 min video)
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13.5 – Lesson 13 Portfolio
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13.5 – Lesson 13 Exam
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13.6 – Complete Family Tree and Heraldic Crest Project
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13.1 – Feudal Terms and Covenants (23 min video)
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14. Deus Vult: The First Crusade13 Steps
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14.1 – Chivalry and Introduction to the Crusades (21 min video)
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14.1 – Read The Song of Roland
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14.2 – The Contexts for the First Crusade (26 min video)
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14.2 – Read The Great German Pilgrimage
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14.3 – The Call to Crusade and the First Departures (30 min video)
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14.3 – Read Pope Urban II's Speech
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14.4 – The Journey of the Crusaders to Constantinople, Asia Minor and Antioch (19 min video)
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14.4 – Read The Siege and Capture of Nicea
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14.5 – The Conquest of Antioch and Jerusalem (20 min video)
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14.5 – Lesson 14 Portfolio
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14.5 – Lesson 14 Exam
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14.6 – Project 2: Thesis Paper (9 min video)
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14.6 – Choose Thesis Paper Topic & Begin Research
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14.1 – Chivalry and Introduction to the Crusades (21 min video)
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15. Outremer: Crusader Kingdoms and Later Crusades12 Steps
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15.1 – Outremer, the Military Orders and Zengi (33 min video)
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15.1 – Read Account by William of Tyre
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15.2 – The Second Crusade, Nur ed-Din and Saladin (32 min video)
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15.2 – Read Apologia For The Second Crusade
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15.3 – The Fall of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade (31 min video)
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15.3 – Read Richard the Lionheart Makes Peace with Saladin
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15.4 – The Fourth Crusade (19 min video)
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15.4 – Read The Sack of Constantinople
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15.5 – The Later Crusades (21 min video)
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15.5 – Lesson 15 Portfolio
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15.5 – Lesson 15 Exam
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15.6 – Thesis Statement Finished
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15.1 – Outremer, the Military Orders and Zengi (33 min video)
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16. The Music of the Spheres: Medieval Art, Towns, Cathedrals and Monks11 Steps
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16.1 – The Medieval Worldview (26 min video)
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16.1 – Read the Summa Theologica
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16.2 – Medieval Art (32 min video)
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16.2 – View the Cloisters Exhibit
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16.3 – Medieval Towns, Guilds and Cathedrals I (31 min video)
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16.3 – Read the Ipswich Domesday
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16.4 – Cathedrals II (35 min video)
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16.4 – View Notre-Dame Cathedral
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16.5 – Bernard of Clairvaux, Dominic and Francis of Assisi (28 min video)
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16.5 – Read Canticle of the Sun (in place of exam)
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16.5 – Lesson 16 Portfolio
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16.1 – The Medieval Worldview (26 min video)
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17. Wonder & Delight: Medieval Education, the Scholastics and Dante12 Steps
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17.1 – The Quadrivium (36 min video)
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17.1 – Read Principles of Music
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17.2 – Medieval Books, Universities and Science (33 min video)
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17.2 – Read On Experimental Science
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17.3 – Scholasticism: Anselm & Abelard (28 min video)
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17.3 – Read Proslogion
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17.4 – Scholasticism: Peter Lombard & Thomas Aquinas (21 min video)
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17.4 – Read Summa Theologica
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17.5 – Dante (31 min video)
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17.5 – Read The Divine Comedy (in place of exam)
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17.5 – Lesson 17 Portfolio
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17.6 – Thesis Outline Finished
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17.1 – The Quadrivium (36 min video)
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18. Just Rule and a Braveheart: Plantagenets, Common Law and the Scots11 Steps
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18.1 – Just War Theory, Henry II and Common Law (31 min video)
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18.1 – Read Laws of Henry II
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18.2 – Richard the Lionheart & John Lackland (25 min video)
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18.2 – Read the Magna Carta
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18.3 – Henry III & Edward Longshanks (27 min video)
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18.3 – Read Summonses to the Parliament
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18.4 – Scotland, Longshanks and William Wallace (35 min video)
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18.4 – Read the Declaration of Arbroath
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18.5 – Robert the Bruce and Scottish Independence (26 min video)
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18.5 – Lesson 18 Portfolio
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18.5 – Lesson 18 Exam
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18.1 – Just War Theory, Henry II and Common Law (31 min video)
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19. The Fracturing of Christendom I: Invasions, Wars and Plagues11 Steps
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19.1 – The Mongol Invasions (32 min video)
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19.1 – Read The Mongols
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19.2 – Tamerlane and the 100 Years War I (30 min video)
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19.2 – Read Account of the Battle of Crecy
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19.3 – The Black Death, the Albigensian Crusade and the Avignon Papacy (24 min video)
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19.3 – Read Boccaccio
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19.4 – The 100 Years War II, the Peasants' Revolt and Richard II (24 min video)
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19.4 – Read Chronicle of Peasants Revolt
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19.5 – William Langland & Geoffrey Chaucer (19 min video)
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19.5 – Read Canterbury Tales
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19.5 – Lesson 19 Portfolio
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19.1 – The Mongol Invasions (32 min video)
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20. The Fracturing of Christendom II: The End of the Middle Ages12 Steps
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20.1 – The 100 Years War III and Henry V (28 min video)
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20.1 – Read Shakespeare
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20.2 – The 100 Years War IV and Joan of Arc (23 min video)
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20.2 – Read Joan of Arc Letter
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20.3 – Byzantium, the Ottoman Turks and the Fall of Constantinople (22 min video)
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20.3 – Read Fall of Constantinople
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20.4 – The War of the Roses (19 min video)
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20.4 – Read Ballad of Bosworth Field
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20.5 – Gutenberg, Caxton and Malory (16 min video)
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20.5 – Lesson 20 Portfolio
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20.5 – Lesson 20 Exam
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20.6 – Thesis Paper Finished
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20.1 – The 100 Years War III and Henry V (28 min video)
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21. Man the Measure I: The Renaissance12 Steps
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21.1 – Renaissance Worldview and Morality (28 min video)
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21.1 – Read Letters of Petrarch
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21.2 – Petrarch, Giotto, Cosimo de Medici and Ghiberti (20 min video)
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21.2 – Read Petrarch Poem
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21.3 – Brunelleschi, Donatello and Fra Angelico (24 min video)
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21.3 – Read Vasari
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21.4 – Lorenzo de Medici and Botticelli (20 min video)
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21.4 – Read Letter of Lorenzo de Medici
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21.5 – Leonardo da Vinci (26 min video)
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21.5 – View Da Vinci Exhibition
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21.5 – Lesson 21 Portfolio
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21.6 – The Hour Project (5 min video)
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21.1 – Renaissance Worldview and Morality (28 min video)
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22. Man the Measure II: The Renaissance12 Steps
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22.1 – Ariosto and Machiavelli (29 min video)
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22.1 – Read Machiavelli
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22.2 – Rodrigo and Cesare Borgia (22 min video)
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22.2 – Read The Life of Cesare Borgia
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22.3 – Julius II, Saint Peter's Basilica and Leo X (17 min video)
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22.3 – View St. Peter's Basilica
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22.4 – Raphael de Santi (16 min video)
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22.4 – View Raphael's Room
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22.5 – Michelangelo di Buonarroti (26 min video)
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22.5 – View Sistine Chapel
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22.5 – Lesson 22 Portfolio
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22.6 – Choose Hour Project Goal
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22.1 – Ariosto and Machiavelli (29 min video)
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23. The Morning Stars of the Reformation: Wycliffe to Erasmus11 Steps
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23.1 – John Wycliffe (33 min video)
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23.1 – Read Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards
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23.2 – Jan Hus (29 min video)
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23.2 – Read Jan Hus
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23.3 – Savonarola (21 min video)
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23.3 – Read Savonarola
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23.4 – The Mystics and the Brethren of the Common Life (20 min video)
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23.4 – Read The Imitation of Christ
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23.5 – Erasmus (30 min video)
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23.5 – Lesson 23 Portfolio
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23.5 – Lesson 23 Exam
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23.1 – John Wycliffe (33 min video)
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24. Justification by Faith: The Great Reformation11 Steps
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24.1 – Martin Luther I (25 min video)
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24.1 – Read Martin Luther
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24.2 – Martin Luther II (31 min video)
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24.2 – Read 95 Theses
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24.3 – Martin Luther III & Albrecht Durer (26 min video)
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24.3 – View Albrecht Durer
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24.4 – Ulrich Zwingli & Martin Bucer (23 min video)
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24.4 – Read Zwingli
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24.5 – John Calvin (27 min video)
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24.5 – Read John Calvin
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1.6 – Lesson 1 Portfolio
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24.1 – Martin Luther I (25 min video)
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25. Towards a Proper End: Reformations and Counter-Reformations11 Steps
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25.1 – Henry VIII (34 min video)
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25.1 – Read the Act of Supremacy
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25.2 – The English Reformation, Edward VI and Mary I (24 min video)
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25.2 – Read Book of Common Prayer
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25.3 – The Counter-Reformation, the Jesuits and the Huguenots (29 min video)
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25.3 – Read Ignatius Loyola
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25.4 – Scotland, John Knox and Mary Queen of Scots (30 min video)
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25.4 – Read John Knox
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25.5 – Elizabeth I and Shakespeare (21 min video)
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25.5 – Read Queen Elizabeth and Shakespeare
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25.5 – Lesson 25 Portfolio
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25.1 – Henry VIII (34 min video)
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26. Lex Rex: The English Civil War and the Scots12 Steps
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26.1 – James I & Divine Right (25 min video)
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26.1 – Read James I Speech
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26.2 – The Puritans, Charles I, the Scots and the National Covenant (28 min video)
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26.2 – Read Multiple Selections
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26.3 – Parliament, Civil War, the Westminster Assembly and Regicide (24 min video)
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26.3 – Read Westminster Confession of Faith
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26.4 – Cromwell, the Protectorate and Milton (26 min video)
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26.4 – Read Macauley & Milton
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26.5 – Charles II, James II and the Glorious Revolution (20 min video)
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26.5 – Read English Bill of Rights
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26.5 – Final Portfolio
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26.6 – Hour Project Finished
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26.1 – James I & Divine Right (25 min video)
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ASSIGNMENT:
- Read Acts 1-2.
- Write a short essay or discuss with your instructor the following questions: How does Peter’s sermon show the fulfillment of Old Testament Prophecy?
SELECTION: Acts 1-2
N.B. When passages of scripture are not included in this Student Reader for length, students should use their own Bibles.
