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History 2: Modernity

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  1. Lesson 1: Orientation
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  2. Lesson 2: The Great Stage: Introduction to the West
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  3. Lesson 3: Ideas Have Consequences: The Enlightenment
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  4. Lesson 4: The Sacred & the Secular: Empires, Pirates, and Rulers
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  5. Lesson 5: Royal Science: The Scientific Revolution
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  6. Lesson 6: The Creators: Pascal, Vermeer, Johnson, and Bach
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  7. Lesson 7: The Devil Has No Stories: The French Revolution
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  8. Lesson 8: I Am The Revolution: Napoleon Bonaparte
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  9. Lesson 9: Deus Ex Machina: The Industrial Revolution
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  10. Lesson 10: The Antiquary & the Muse: Scott, Austen, and the Romantic Poets
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  11. Lesson 11: No Vision Too Large: Wilberforce & Chalmers
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  12. Lesson 12: Culture = State: Nationalism
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  13. Lesson 13: Eminent Culture: Victorianism
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  14. Lesson 14: The West and the Rest: Victorian Missions
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  15. Lesson 15: The New Priesthood: Scientism and Darwinism
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  16. Lesson 16: The Square Inch War: Kuyper and Wilson
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  17. Lesson 17: The Pity of War: World War I
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  18. Lesson 18: Domesticity Versus Tyranny: Versailles, Dictators, and America’s Roaring Twenties
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  19. Lesson 19: Modern Art and the Death of Culture: Art and Architecture
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  20. Lesson 20: I’ll Take My Stand: The Thirties
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  21. Lesson 21: The Lost Generation: Literary Converts
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  22. Lesson 22: The Wrath of Man: World War II
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  23. Lesson 23: The Cross and Perseverance: World War II, Bonhoeffer, and Churchill
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  24. Lesson 24: Personal Peace and Affluence: The Fifties
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  25. Lesson 25: The Great Divorce: The Sixties
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  26. Lesson 26: The West Like the Rest: The Seventies and the End of Modernity
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  27. Lesson 27: The Triumph of the West: The Fall of Communism and Postmodernity
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ASSIGNMENT:

Complete Exam #1.

1. What is the meaning of skole or ludus?

2. What does this meaning tell us about the purpose of school or education?

3. For what reason do we pursue wisdom in education?

4. For what reason do we pursue delight in education?

5. Explain 4 reasons why we study the past.