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History 2: Modernity
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Lesson 1: Orientation11 Steps
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1.1—Introduction & Note-taking (23 min video)
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1.1—Read Quotes About Wisdom
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1.2—Why Life? (12 min video)
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1.2—Read Tolkien Letter
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1.3—Why School? (18 min video)
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1.3 — Read Arthur Quiller-Couch Quote
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1.4 —Why History? (16 min video)
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1.4 —Read History Quotes
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1.5—Course Assignments (8 min video)
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1.5 – Lesson 1 Portfolio
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1.5—Lesson 1 Exam
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1.1—Introduction & Note-taking (23 min video)
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Lesson 2: The Great Stage: Introduction to the West13 Steps
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2.1 — The Principle (23 min video)
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2.1 — Read Westminster Confession Chapter 1
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2.2—Christendom & Modernity (16 min video)
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2.2—Read the Nicene Creed
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2.3—The Thirty Years War (31 min video)
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2.3—Read Gustavus Adolphus Farewell Address
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2.4—John Amos Comenius (15 min video)
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2.4—Read The Great Didactic
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2.5—The Legacy of the West (15 min video)
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2.5—Lesson 2 Portfolio
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2.5—Lesson 2 Exam
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2.6—Project 1: Reformational Imitation (4 min video)
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2.6—Choose Reformational Masterwork & Begin Research
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2.1 — The Principle (23 min video)
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Lesson 3: Ideas Have Consequences: The Enlightenment11 Steps
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3.1—The Principle (20 min video)
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3.1—Read Proverbs 1-4
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3.2—Ockham & Descartes (13 min video)
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3.2—Read Descartes
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3.3—Spinoza, Hobbes, Locke & Hume (21 min video)
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3.3—Read Hume
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3.4—Kant, Diderot, & Voltaire (18 min video)
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3.4—Read Kant
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3.5—Rousseau (13 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 Principle (20 min video)
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Lesson 4: The Sacred & the Secular: Empires, Pirates, and Rulers11 Steps
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4.1 —The Principle (15 min video)
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4.1 —Read Rousseau Selection
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4.2 —Explorers & Empires (23 min video)
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4.2 —Read "The History of the Indies" Selection
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4.3 —The Muslim Threat & Catholic Missions (24 min video)
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4.3 —Read "Lepanto" & Francis Xavier Letter
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4.4 —The Golden Age of Piracy (19 min video)
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4.4 —Read Don Lewes Transcript
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4.5 —Enlightened Despots (16 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 Principle (15 min video)
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Lesson 5: Royal Science: The Scientific Revolution11 Steps
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5.1 —The Principle (16 min video)
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5.1 —Read Principia Selection
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5.2 —The Scientific Revolution (13 min video)
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5.2 —Read van Leeuwenhoek Letter
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5.3 —Revolutions in Astronomy (27 min video)
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5.3 —Read Galileo Selection
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5.4 —The Royal Society (19 min video)
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5.4 —Read Preamble to the Royal Society's Charter
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5.5—Two Royal Giants - Leibniz and Newton (25 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 Principle (16 min video)
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Lesson 6: The Creators: Pascal, Vermeer, Johnson, and Bach11 Steps
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Lesson 7: The Devil Has No Stories: The French Revolution12 Steps
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7.1—The Principle (20 min video)
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7.1—Read Robespierre Speech I
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7.2—The Setting of the French Revolution & the Reign of the Sun King (22 min video)
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7.2—Read Louis XIV's Memoir
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7.3—The Revolution I (23 min video)
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7.3—Read "The Declaration of the Rights of Man"
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7.4—The Revolution II (19 min video)
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7.4—Read Robespierre Speech II
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7.5—The Revolution III (21 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—Reformational Imitation Finished
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7.1—The Principle (20 min video)
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Lesson 8: I Am The Revolution: Napoleon Bonaparte13 Steps
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8.1—The Principle (20 min video)
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8.1—Read Quotations About Duke of Wellington
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8.2—The Age and Character of Napoleon (22 min video)
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8.2—Read Napoleon Letter
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8.3—The Man of Ambition (24 min video)
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8.3—Read Napoleon Proclamation
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8.4—The Man as Emperor I (25 min video)
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8.4—Read Writings & Proclamations of Napoleon
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8.5—The Man as Emperor II (16 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: Speech on Tradition (3 min video)
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8.6—Choose Topic for Speech on Tradition Project
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8.1—The Principle (20 min video)
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Lesson 9: Deus Ex Machina: The Industrial Revolution11 Steps
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9.1—The Principle (17 min video)
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9.1—Read Observation on the Loss of Woolen Spinning
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9.2—Revolutionary Change I (13 min video)
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9.2—Read William Radcliffe Selection
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9.3—Revolutionary Change II (15 min video)
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9.3—Read Robert Owen Selection
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9.4—Inventors I (13 min video)
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9.4—Research Industrial Revolution Invention
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9.5—Inventors II (15 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—The Principle (17 min video)
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Lesson 10: The Antiquary & the Muse: Scott, Austen, and the Romantic Poets12 Steps
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10.1—The Principle (18 min video)
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10.1—Read Antiquary Selection
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10.2—The History of the Novel & Sir Walter Scott (29 min video)
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10.2—Read "The Bard's Incantation"
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10.3—The Arts of Domesticity & Jane Austen (15 min video)
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10.3—Read Pride & Prejudice Chapter
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10.4—The Romantic Poets I (19 min video)
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10.4—Read Coleridge & Wordsworth
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10.4—Read Byron, Shelley & Keates
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10.5—The Romantic Poets II (17 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 Principle (18 min video)
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Lesson 11: No Vision Too Large: Wilberforce & Chalmers10 Steps
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11.1—The Principle (23 min video)
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11.1—Read Robert Southey Letter
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11.2—William Wilberforce I (16 min video)
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11.3—William Wilberforce II (18 min video)
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11.2 & 11.3—Read Wilberforce Speech
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11.4—Thomas Chalmers I (16 min video)
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11.4—Read Thomas Chalmers Sermon
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11.5—Thomas Chalmers II (16 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 Principle (23 min video)
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Lesson 12: Culture = State: Nationalism12 Steps
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12.1—The Principle (16 min video)
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12.1—Read "The German Fatherland"
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12.2—Simón Bolívar & the Narrative of Nationalism (29 min video)
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12.2—Read Simón Bolívar Proclamation
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12.3—The Narrative of Nationalism II (12 min video)
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12.3—Read Giuseppe Mazzini Excerpt
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12.4—Making Nationalism International: Communism (17 min video)
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12.4—Read Engels Selection
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12.5—The Communist Manifesto (15 min video)
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12.5—Lesson 12 Portfolio
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12.5—Lesson 12 Exam
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12.6—Give Speech on Tradition
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12.1—The Principle (16 min video)
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Lesson 13: Eminent Culture: Victorianism11 Steps
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13.1—The Principle (25 min video)
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13.1—Read Queen Victoria Letters
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13.2—The Empire & Eminent Victorians I (16 min video)
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13.2—Read Queen Victoria Proclamation
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13.3—Eminent Victorians II (20 min video)
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13.3—Read Eliot and Tennyson Poems
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13.4—Eminent Victorians III (20 min video)
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13.4—Read Florence Nightingale Letter
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13.5—The Prince of Preachers: Spurgeon (18 min video)
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13.5—Lesson 13 Portfolio
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13.5—Lesson 13 Exam
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13.1—The Principle (25 min video)
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Lesson 14: The West and the Rest: Victorian Missions13 Steps
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14.1—The Principle (22 min video)
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14.1—Read Thomas Hardy Poem
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14.2—The Scope of Missions (25 min video)
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14.2—Read Henry Martyn Journal Entries
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14.3—Indian & William Carey (25 min video)
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14.3—Read William Carey Selection
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14.4— China and Hudson Taylor (12 min video)
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14.4—Read Spurgeon Selection
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14.5— Africa and David Livingstone (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 3: Thesis Paper (7 min video)
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14.6—Choose Thesis Paper Topic & Begin Research
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14.1—The Principle (22 min video)
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Lesson 15: The New Priesthood: Scientism and Darwinism11 Steps
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15.1— The Principle (20 min video)
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15.1— Read H.G. Wells Selection
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15.2— Figures of Scientism I (28 min video)
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15.2— Read Thomas Malthus Selection
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15.3— Figures of Scientism II (21 min video)
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15.3— Read Selection from "The Descent of Man"
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15.4— The Realities of Scientism I (20 min video)
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15.4— Read "The Great Lesson"
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15.5— The Realities of Scientism II (25 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 Principle (20 min video)
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Lesson 16: The Square Inch War: Kuyper and Wilson12 Steps
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16.1— The Principle (25 min video)
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16.1— Read Kuyper Selection
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16.2— Fundamentalists and Radicals (25 min video)
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16.2— Read Princeton Theological Review Essay
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16.3— Abraham Kuyper (19 min video)
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16.3— Read Selection from "Calvinism and Politics"
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16.4— Woodrow Wilson (33 min video)
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16.4— Read Woodrow Wilson Essay Selection
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16.5— Wilson’s Presidency (18 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— The Principle (25 min video)
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Lesson 17: The Pity of War: World War I11 Steps
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17.1— The Principle (18 min video)
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17.1— Read Wilfrid Owens Poem
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17.2— The Scope of the Great War and Its Beginning (27 min video)
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17.2— Read Excerpt from "Germany In Arms"
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17.3— The Character and Narrative of the Great War (21 min video)
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17.3— Read Memoir of Private Harold Saunders
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17.4— America and Notable Characters in the Great War (25 min video)
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17.4— Read Rupert Brooke and John McCrae Poems
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17.5— The Poets, the Chaplains, and the Armistice (20 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— The Principle (18 min video)
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Lesson 18: Domesticity Versus Tyranny: Versailles, Dictators, and America’s Roaring Twenties12 Steps
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18.1— The Principle (24 min video)
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18.1— Read Selection from Wilson's "Fourteen Points"
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18.2— The Rise of the Despots I (19 min video)
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18.2— Read Selection from "The Higher Phase of Communist Society"
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18.3— The Rise of the Despots II (26 min video)
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18.3— Read Selection from "Mein Kampf"
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18.4— The Return to Normalcy I (15 min video)
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18.4— Read Article on National Thrift Week
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18.5— The Return to Normalcy II (13 min video)
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18.5—Lesson 18 Portfolio
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18.5—Lesson 18 Exam
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18.6—Thesis Outline Finished
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18.1— The Principle (24 min video)
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Lesson 19: Modern Art and the Death of Culture: Art and Architecture11 Steps
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19.1— The Principle (28 min video)
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19.1— Read selection from "Background to a Dilemma"
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19.2— The Modern Artist (32 min video)
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19.2— Read Part 2 of "Background to a Dilemma"
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19.3— Expressionism to Cubism (21 min video)
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19.3— Research Artist from the Lecture
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19.4— Dadaism to Pop (18 min video)
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19.4— Research Artist from the Lecture
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19.5— Bauhaus and International Style (34 min video)
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19.5— Research Work of Architecture
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19.5—Lesson 19 Portfolio
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19.1— The Principle (28 min video)
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Lesson 20: I’ll Take My Stand: The Thirties11 Steps
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20.1— The Principle (37 min video)
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20.1— Read "Sex and Property" by G.K. Chesterton
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20.2— Hoover and the Crash (25 min video)
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20.2— Read Accounts of Life
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20.3— FDR and the New Deal (27 min video)
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20.3— Read Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Memorandum
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20.4— The Georgian Devil: Stalin (21 min video)
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20.4— Read Selection from "The Gulag Archipelago"
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20.5— The Austrian Devil: Hitler (19 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 Principle (37 min video)
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Lesson 21: The Lost Generation: Literary Converts12 Steps
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21.1— The Principle and Q (35 min video)
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21.1— Read Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch Quote
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21.2— G.K. Chesterton (24 min video)
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21.2— Read "A Piece of Chalk"
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21.3— Evelyn Waugh and Dorothy Sayers (23 min video)
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21.3— Read "The Lost Tools of Learning"
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21.4— C.S. Lewis (24 min video)
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21.4— Read "The Weight of Glory"
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21.5— J.R.R. Tolkien (23 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 Principle and Q (35 min video)
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Lesson 22: The Wrath of Man: World War II11 Steps
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22.1— The Principle and the Rise of Nazi Germany I (21 min video)
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22.1— Read the Manifesto of the Nazi Party
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22.2— The Rise of Nazi Germany II and the Start of War (26 min video)
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22.2— Read Accounts of Kristallnacht
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22.3— France, Britain, and the Soviet Union (32 min video)
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22.3— Read Selection from "The Finest Hour"
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22.4— The Empire of the Rising Sun (17 min video)
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22.4— Read the "Pearl Harbor Address"
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22.5— The American Entrance and Early Battles (18 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 Principle and the Rise of Nazi Germany I (21 min video)
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Lesson 23: The Cross and Perseverance: World War II, Bonhoeffer, and Churchill13 Steps
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23.1— The Principle and the Invasion of Fortress Europe (25 min video)
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23.1— Read Letter By Rev. John G. Burkhalter
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23.2— The Fall of Man’s Empires (27 min video)
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23.2— Read Letter from John Hyndman
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23.3— The Atomic Bomb and the Holocaust (30 min video)
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23.3— Read Three Accounts of Holocaust Survivors
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23.4— Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Winston Churchill I (15 min video)
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23.4—Read "Overcoming Fear"
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23.5—Winston Churchill II (16 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— The Principle and the Invasion of Fortress Europe (25 min video)
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Lesson 24: Personal Peace and Affluence: The Fifties11 Steps
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24.1— The Principle and Pop Art (22 min video)
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24.1— Read J.K. Galbraith Selection
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24.2— TV and Suburbs (33 min video)
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24.2— Read G.K. Chesterton Quote
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24.3— The Cold War (26 min video)
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24.3— Read Churchill Speech Selection
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24.4— M.A.D. and China (21 min video)
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24.4— Read Truman Farewell Address
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24.5— The Korean War, the Red Menace, and Ike (19 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 Principle and Pop Art (22 min video)
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Lesson 25: The Great Divorce: The Sixties11 Steps
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25.1— The Principle and Kennedy’s Presidency (28 min video)
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25.1— Read Kennedy Address
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25.2— The Civil Rights Movement (16 min video)
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25.2— Read "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
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25.3— The Culture of Revolution (24 min video)
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25.3— Read Bob Dylan Song
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25.4— LBJ: War and Peace (17 min video)
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25.4— Read "The Great Society" Speech
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25.5— The 10,000 Day War: Vietnam (15 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 Principle and Kennedy’s Presidency (28 min video)
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Lesson 26: The West Like the Rest: The Seventies and the End of Modernity11 Steps
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26.1— The Principle (27 min video)
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26.1— Read "Suicide is Painless"
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26.2— The Sexual Revolution and Abortion (31 min video)
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26.2— Read "Birth Control and the Revolution"
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26.3— Modern Israel (24 min video)
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26.3— Read Israeli Prime Minister Address
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26.4— Watergate and Iran (20 min video)
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26.4— Read Washington Post Article
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26.5— Alexander Solzhenitsyn (16 min video)
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26.5—Lesson 26 Portfolio
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26.5—Lesson 26 Exam
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26.1— The Principle (27 min video)
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Lesson 27: The Triumph of the West: The Fall of Communism and Postmodernity12 Steps
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27.1— The Principle and the Church Today (14 min video)
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27.1— Read Lord John Dalberg-Acton Quote
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27.2— Ronald Reagan (19 min video)
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27.2— Read Reagan Speech
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27.3— Margaret Thatcher, Pope John Paul II, and the Leaders Against Communism (16 min video)
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27.3— Read Václav Havel Quote
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27.4— Gorbachev and the Fall of the Evil Empire (18 min video)
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27.4— Read Diary Entry of Anatoly Chernyaev
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27.5— Postmodernity (18 min video)
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27.5—Lesson 27 Portfolio
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27.5—Lesson 27 Exam
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27.6—Hour Project Finished
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27.1— The Principle and the Church Today (14 min video)
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ASSIGNMENT:
- Read the following quotes about the pursuit and use of wisdom and education.
- Write a short essay or discuss with your instructor: What does education and the pursuit of wisdom require of us?
SELECTION: Quotations about wisdom and education.
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding”
-Proverbs 9:10
“Crafty men condemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them”
-Francis Bacon
“Education ought to be little more than a form of intellectual repentance. If it is more than that or less than that, horrors result”
-J.R.R. Tolkien