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History 3: Antiquity
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1. Orientation12 Steps
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1.1 – Introduction & How to Take Notes (9 min video)
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1.1 - Read Table of Contents
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1.2 – Why Do We Study? (14 min video)
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1.2 - Read James Schall Quote
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1.3 – Why Do We Study History? (9 min video)
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1.3 - Read Psalm 78
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1.4 – What Each Student Needs (7 min video)
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1.4 - Read Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch Quotes
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1.5 – Course Assignments (6 min video)
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1.5 – Lesson 1 Exam
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1.6 – Portfolio (4 min video)
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24.5 – Lesson 24 Portfolio
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1.1 – Introduction & How to Take Notes (9 min video)
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2. Imago Dei: Creation13 Steps
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2.1 – The Character of God (22 min video)
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2.1 - Read the Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 2
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2.2 – A Creation Story Like No Other (20 min video)
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2.2 - Read Genesis 1-2:3
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2.3 – Interpretations of Genesis (19 min video)
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2.3 - Read Enuma Elish
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2.4 – The Seven Days (24 min video)
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2.4 - Read Genesis 2:4-25
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2.5 – A Creature Like No Other (18 min video)
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2.5 - Lesson 2 Exam
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2.5 – Lesson 2 Portfolio
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2.6 – Project 1: Creation Week (2 min video)
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2.6 – Begin Creation Week
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2.1 – The Character of God (22 min video)
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3. The Two Cities: The Fall & Two Lineages11 Steps
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3.1 – The Problem of Evil (21 min video)
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3.1 - Read The Westminster Confession of Faith
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3.2 – The Fall & the Curse (17 min video)
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3.2 - Read Genesis 3
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3.3 – The Two Cities (17 min video)
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3.3 - Read Genesis 4 & 5
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3.4 – The Flood (19 min video)
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3.4 - Read Genesis 6-9:17
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3.5 – Prehistoric Man (25 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 – The Problem of Evil (21 min video)
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4. Look On My Works, Ye Mighty: Babel & Mesopotamia11 Steps
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4.1 – The Reliability and Chronology of the Old Testament (22 min video)
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4.1 – Read Select Passages from the Old Testament
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4.2 – Babel & Sargon (26 min video)
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4.2 - Read Genesis 10 - 11 and the Nam Shub
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4.3 – Mesopotamian Culture (25 min video)
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4.3 - Read Selection from The Epic of Gilgamesh
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4.4 – Creation Myths, Sumer, and Akkad (24 min video)
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4.4 - Read Babylonian Creation Myth
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4.5 – Babylon and Mesopotamian Religion (14 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 Reliability and Chronology of the Old Testament (22 min video)
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5. The Waters of Life in the Everlasting Hills: Ancient Egypt11 Steps
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5.1 – The Nile & Egypt's Founding (15 min video)
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5.1 - Read Hymn to the Nile
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5.2 – Egyptian Myths & Religion (21 min video)
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5.2 - Read the Negative Confession of Ani
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5.3 – Egyptian Government & The Old Kingdom (19 min video)
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5.3 - Read excerpt from Herodotus
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5.4 – Egypt's Middle & New Kingdoms (18 min video)
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5.4 - Read the Poem of Pentaur
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5.5 – Hieroglyphs, Art, and Architecture (9 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 – The Nile & Egypt's Founding (15 min video)
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6. Lekh-Lekha: Abraham & The Patriarchs11 Steps
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6.1 – Ur of the Chaldees & Terah (18 min video)
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6.1 - Read Psalm 105
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6.2 – The Hittites (18 min video)
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6.2 - Read the Hittite-Egyptian Peace Treaty
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6.3 – Abram's Call & Covenant (21 min video)
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6.3 - Read Genesis 12-14
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6.4 – The Covenant & Isaac (17 min video)
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6.4 - Read Genesis 15 & 17:1-14
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6.5 – The Promised Land & The Patriarchs (14 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 – Ur of the Chaldees & Terah (18 min video)
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7. On Eagles' Wings: The Exodus & The Law12 Steps
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7.1 – Israel & Egypt (20 min video)
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7.1 – Read Exodus 1-2
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7.2 – Yahweh, Moses, and Egypt (23 min video)
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7.2 – Read Exodus 3
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7.3 – Passover & The Red Sea Crossing (15 min video)
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7.3 – Read Exodus 12
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7.4 – The Law of God (16 min video)
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7.4 – Read Romans 7:1-8:4
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7.5 – The Decalogue (14 min video)
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7.5 – Lesson 7 Portfolio
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7.5 – Lesson 7 Exam
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7.6 – Creation Week Finished
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7.1 – Israel & Egypt (20 min video)
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8. The Sacrifice of Praise: Worship in Ancient Israel13 Steps
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8.1 – The Tabernacle (24 min video)
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8.1 - Read Hebrews 9
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8.2 – The Priestly Sacrifices (16 min video)
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8.2 - Read Leviticus 10
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8.3 – The Canaanites & Phoenicians (22 min video)
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8.3 - Read excerpt from "Ba'al Battles Mot."
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8.4 – Joshua (18 min video)
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8.4 - Read Joshua 23
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8.5 – Judges & Ruth (17 min video)
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8.5 – Lesson 8 Portfolio
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8.5 - Lesson 8 Exam
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8.6 – Project 2: Masked Monologue (5 min video)
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8.6 – Choose Character for Theatrical Mask & Monologue
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8.1 – The Tabernacle (24 min video)
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9. A House of Prayer for All Nations: Samuel to Solomon11 Steps
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9.1 – Samuel (20 min video)
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9.1 - Read Psalm 110
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9.2 – The Philistines & Saul (24 min video)
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9.2 - Read Deuteronomy 17:14-20
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9.3 – David & The Kingship (17 min video)
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9.3 - Read II Samuel 11-12
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9.4 – David & Worship (13 min video)
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9.4 - Read Psalms 15 and 24
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9.5 – Solomon & Wisdom (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 – Samuel (20 min video)
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10. The Ways of the Father: Prophets & Kings11 Steps
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10.1 - Assyria (21 min video)
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10.1 - Read "Sennacherib's Campaign"
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10.2 – Neo-Babylonia (22 min video)
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10.2 - Read the "Inscription of Nebuchadnezzar"
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10.3 – Prophets and Kings 1 (17 min video)
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10.3 - Read I Kings 21
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10.4 – Prophets & Kings II (16 min video)
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10.4 - Read II Kings 4-5:14
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10.5 – The Fall of Israel & Judah (21 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 - Assyria (21 min video)
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11. I Form light and Create Darkness: The Exile, Medes & Persians, and Israel's Return11 Steps
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11.1 – The Exile (19 min video)
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11.1 - Read Isaiah 43-45
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11.2 – Daniel, Neo-Babylonians, Medes & Persians (26 min video)
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11.2 - Read Daniel 2
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11.3 – Cyrus the Great (20 min video)
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11.3 - Read Histories of Herodotus
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11.4 – Persian Kings and a Jewish Queen (19 min video)
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11.4 - Read the book of Haggai
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11.5 – The Return of Israel (13 min video)
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11.5 – Lesson 11 Portfolio
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11.5 - Lesson 11 Exam
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11.1 – The Exile (19 min video)
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12. Beyond Life and Death: India11 Steps
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12.1 – The Diversity of India & The Indus River Valley (21 min video)
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12.1 - Read the Vedic creation hymn
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12.2 – Hinduism (24 min video)
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12.2 - Read the Bhagavadgita
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12.3 – Buddhism (18 min video)
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12.3 - Read "The Four Noble Truths"
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12.4 – Indian History (27 min video)
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12.4 - Read a letter from St. Francis Xavier
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12.5 – Christianity in India (16 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 Diversity of India & The Indus River Valley (21 min video)
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13. Immutable Tradition: China12 Steps
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13.1 – Chinese Geography and Language (20 min video)
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13.1 - Read "The Worship of Ancestors”
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13.2 – Taoism and Confucianism (19 min video)
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13.2 - Read "The Superior Man"
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13.3 – The Dynasties of China I (21 min video)
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13.3 - Read select poems
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13.4 – The Dynasties of China II & Chinese Art (15 min video)
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13.4 - Read "Report from China, 1305"
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13.5 – Christianity in China (19 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 – Deliver Theatrical Mask & Monologue
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13.1 – Chinese Geography and Language (20 min video)
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14. Honor Versus Life: Old Japan13 Steps
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14.1 – Mythological Japan & Early History (23 min video)
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14.1 - Read "Izanagi’s Visit to the Land of Hades”
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14.2 – The Rise of Japan & The Samurai (24 min video)
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14.2 - Read excerpts from an ancient Japanese constitution
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14.3 – Medieval Japan and its Religion (17 min video)
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14.3 - "Courage, The Spirit of Daring and Bearing”
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14.4 – Japanese Poetry and Art (20 min video)
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14.4 - Read select poems
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14.5 – Christianity in Japan (23 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 3: Thesis Paper (9 min video)
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14.6 – Choose Thesis Paper Topic & Begin Research
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14.1 – Mythological Japan & Early History (23 min video)
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15. The Smoke of 1,000 Villages: Sub-Saharan Africa11 Steps
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15.1 – The Earliest Communities (25 min video)
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15.1 - Read excerpt from Book III of The Histories by Herodotus
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15.2 – Cities, Art, and Religion (20 min video)
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15.2 - Read "Description of Timbuktu"
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15.3 – Slavery and Colonization (28 min video)
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15.3 - Read selections from Olaudah Equiano's autobiography
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15.4 – Christianity in Africa I (15 min video)
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15.4 - Read "Letter from Lebna Dengel to the King of Portugal”
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15.5 – Christianity in Africa II (20 min video)
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15.5 – Lesson 15 Portfolio
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15.5 - Lesson 15 Exam
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15.1 – The Earliest Communities (25 min video)
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16. In Search of the Unknown God: Greek Stories & Early History12 Steps
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16.1 – Greek Myths (25 min video)
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16.1 - Read "Pandora and the Jar”
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16.2 – The Minoans (13 min video)
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16.2 - Read Book III from The Library, by Apollodorus
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16.3 – The Mycenaeans (16 min video)
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16.3 - Read "On The Early History of the Hellenes”
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16.4 – The Achaeans & Troy (14 min video)
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16.4 – Read "The Visit to the Dead”
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16.5 – The Iliad & The Odyssey (22 min video)
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16.5 – Lesson 16 Portfolio
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16.5 – Lesson 16 Exam
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16.6 – Thesis Statement Finished
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16.1 – Greek Myths (25 min video)
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17. Nostoi & Empire: Greece Versus Persia11 Steps
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17.1 – Sparta & the Empire (24 min video)
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17.1 - Read "The Polity of the Spartans"
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17.2 – Athens (16 min video)
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17.2 - Read select writings of Solon of Athens
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17.3 – The Battle of Marathon (16 min video)
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17.3 - Read "The Battle of Marathon"
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17.4 – The Battle of Thermopylae (20 min video)
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17.4 - Read "Artemesia at Salamis"
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17.5 – The Battle of Salamis (12 min video)
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17.5 – Lesson 17 Portfolio
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17.5 - Lesson 17 Exam
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17.1 – Sparta & the Empire (24 min video)
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18. The Glory That Was Greece: The Golden Age11 Steps
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18.1 – Victorious Athens (23 min video)
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18.1 - Read "The Polis"
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18.2 – Pericles, Herodotus, & Thucydides (22 min video)
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18.2 - Read "Funeral Oration"
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18.3 – The Parthenon (26 min video)
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18.3 - Virtual tour of the Parthenon
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18.4 – Greek Art (23 min video)
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18.4 - Metropolitan Museum of Art's Greek and Roman collection
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18.5 – Greek Drama (24 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 – Victorious Athens (23 min video)
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19. The One and the Many: The Peloponnesian War & Philosophers11 Steps
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19.1 – Peloponnesian War I (19 min video)
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19.1 - Read selection from "Alcibiades"
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19.2 – Peloponnesian War II (25 min video)
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19.2 - Read "Civil War in Corcyra"
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19.3 – Pre-Socratic Philosophers (21 min video)
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19.3 - Read "The Philosopher King"
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19.4 – Socrates & Plato (22 min video)
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19.4 - Read excerpt from Book XII of Metaphysics
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19.5 – Aristotle (13 min video)
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19.5 – Lesson 19 Portfolio
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19.5 - Lesson 19 Exam
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19.1 – Peloponnesian War I (19 min video)
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20. To the Strongest: Alexander the Great11 Steps
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20.1 – The Character of Alexander (16 min video)
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20.1 - Read excerpt from "Alexander"
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20.2 – Philip of Macedon (14 min video)
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20.2 - Read "The Battle of Chaeronea"
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20.3 – The First Victories (14 min video)
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20.3 - Read excerpt from "Alexander"
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20.4 – Issus to Persepolis (16 min video)
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20.4 - Read "Speech of Alexander the Great"
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20.5 – The Last of the Great (13 min video)
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20.5 – Lesson 20 Portfolio
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20.5 - Lesson 20 Exam
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20.1 – The Character of Alexander (16 min video)
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21. Make Straight the Highway: Between the Testaments12 Steps
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21.1 – The Greek Kingdoms (22 min video)
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21.1 - Read "The Great Spectacle and Procession of Ptolemy II Philadelphus"
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21.2 – Seleucids, Ptolemies, and Epicureans (25 min video)
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21.2 - Read selected maxims of Epicurus
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21.3 – Stoics, the Septuagint, and Archimedes (20 min video)
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21.3 - Read "Letter to Dositheus"
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21.4 – Judaea Under the Greeks and Hasmoneans (21 min video)
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21.4 - Read Book XII, ch. 7 of Antiquities of the Jews
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21.5 – Herod, Jewish Sects, and the Dead Sea Scrolls (22 min video)
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21.5 – Lesson 21 Portfolio
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21.5 - Lesson 21 Exam
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21.6 – Thesis Paper Finished
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21.1 – The Greek Kingdoms (22 min video)
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22. The Grandeur That Was Rome: The Roman Republic11 Steps
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22.1 – The Founding of Rome (29 min video)
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22.1 - Read Book I, chs. 4-7 of Titus Livius's The History of Rome
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22.2 – Roman Kings (23 min video)
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22.2 - Read Book I, chs. 57-59 of Titus Livius's The History of Rome
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22.3 – The Character of the Republic (23 min video)
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22.3 - Read excerpt from "Numa" from Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
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22.4 – The Government, Education, and Story of the Republic (22 min video)
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22.4 - Read "Letter to Tiro"
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22.5 – Legions, Conquests, and Architecture (23 min video)
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22.5 – Lesson 22 Portfolio
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22.5 - Lesson 22 Exam
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22.1 – The Founding of Rome (29 min video)
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23. The War of Gods & Demons: The Conquest of Italy, Carthage, and Greece13 Steps
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23.1 – Pyrrhus of Epirus I (28 min video)
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23.1 - Read "Pyrrhus"
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23.2 – Pyrrhus of Epirus II & Carthage (22 min video)
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23.2 - Read "Rome at the End of the Punic Wars"
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23.3 – Punic Wars I (18 min video)
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23.3 - Read "Hannibal"
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23.4 – Punic Wars II (24 min video)
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23.4 - Read "The Battle of Cannae"
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23.5 – Roman Decay and the Lure of the East (19 min video)
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23.5 – Lesson 23 Portfolio
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23.5 - Lesson 23 Exam
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23.6 – Project 4: The Hour Project (4 min video)
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23.6 – Choose "Hour Project" Goal
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23.1 – Pyrrhus of Epirus I (28 min video)
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24. Crossing the Rubicon: The Fall of the Roman Republic11 Steps
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24.1 – The Gracchi Brothers (33 min video)
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24.1 - Read excerpt from Book I, chs. 1-3 of Appian's Civil Wars
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24.2 – Marius & Sulla (27 min video)
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24.2 - Read "Sulla"
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24.3 – Pompey, Crassus, and Cicero (22 min video)
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24.3 - Read letter from Cicero to L. Papirius Paetus
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24.4 – Julius Caesar I (24 min video)
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24.4 - Read "Caesar"
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24.5 - Julius Caesar II (16 min video)
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24.5 – Lesson 24 Portfolio
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24.5 - Lesson 24 Exam
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24.1 – The Gracchi Brothers (33 min video)
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25. Pax Romana: Caesar Augustus11 Steps
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25.1 – The Death of the Republic (28 min video)
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25.1 - Read from Annals, Book I
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25.2 – Philippi, Actium, and the Principate (21 min video)
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25.2 - Read "Brutus"
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25.3 – More Power, More Marble (19 min video)
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25.3 - Read The Deeds of the Divine Augustus
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25.4 – Roman Art & Virgil (22 min video)
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25.4 - Read excerpt from Virgil's Georgics
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25.5 – Legislating Morality (21 min video)
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25.5 – Lesson 25 Portfolio
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25.5 - Lesson 25 Exam
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25.1 – The Death of the Republic (28 min video)
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26. The Everlasting Man: Jesus Christ12 Steps
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26.1 – The Hope of the Messiah & His Incarnation (27 min video)
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26.1 - Read John 1:1-18
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26.2 – His Nativity, Baptism, and Temptation (28 min video)
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26.2 - Read Matthew 3:1-4:17
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26.3 – His Disciples, Parables, and Miracles (27 min video)
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26.3 - Read Matthew 13, Luke 7, Matthew 16
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26.4 – His Transfiguration, Last Supper, and Trial (23 min video)
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26.4 - Read John 14-16
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26.5 – His Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension (23 min video)
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26.5 - Read John 18-21
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26.5 – Lesson 26 Portfolio
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26.6 – Hour Project Finished
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26.1 – The Hope of the Messiah & His Incarnation (27 min video)
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ASSIGNMENT:
- Read the following quotations about the purposes of education.
- Write a short essay or discuss with your instructor the following question: What is the purpose of education?
SELECTION: Quotation by James Schall.
“The problem of contemplation was not to create God but to discover Him. And this discovery initially consisted in having at least some experience of freedom, of sheer fascination and delight that had no reward but itself…We respond to God best in the freest of our activities.”
SELECTION: Quotation by Francis Bacon.
“Crafty men condemn studies, simple men admire them, wise men use them.”
SELECTION: Quotation by Ken Myers.
“[Education] requires…the nourishing of the imagination, the orienting of the heart so that we intuit the world aright even before we begin to shape our theories.”