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History: 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 West12 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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2.6—Project 1: Reformational Imitation
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2.5—Lesson 2 Portfolio
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2.5—Lesson 2 Exam
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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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ASSIGNMENT:
Complete Exam #1.
1. What is the meaning of skole or ludus?
2. What does this meaning tell us about the purpose of school or education?
3. For what reason do we pursue wisdom in education?
4. For what reason do we pursue delight in education?
5. Explain 4 reasons why we study the past.