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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 letter by J.R.R. Tolkien.
- Write an essay or discuss with your instructor: How does he define the purpose of life?
SELECTION: From a letter by J. R. R. Tolkien.
“At their highest [our prayers] seem simply to praise [God] for being, as He is, and for making what He has made, as He has made it. Those who believe in a personal God, Creator, do not think the Universe is in itself worshipful, though devoted study of it may be one of the ways to honoring Him. And while as living creatures we are (in part) within it and part of it, our ideas of God and ways of expressing them will be largely derived from contemplating the world about us. (Though there is also revelation both addressed to all men and to particular persons.) So it may be said that the chief purpose of life, for any one of us, is to increase according to our capacity our knowledge of God by all the means we have, and to be moved to praise and thanks. To do as we say in the Gloria in Excelsis: Laudamus te, benedicamus te, adoramus te, glorificamus te, gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam. [We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give thanks to you because of your great glory.]”
