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How to get the most out of History: Making of the Modern World, Part Two with Christopher Zehnder:
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First, read the course details below.
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Prepare a notebook for note-taking and homework.
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Students begin the course by clicking on the "Recording" and watching the instructor's lecture for Class One.
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Complete the Week One Activities.
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If you need review, go back and watch the recording again and/or go over the Powerpoint.
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Repeat until all classes are complete.
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Once the course is completed to the parent's satisfaction, there is a Certificate of Completion at the end to be filled in for your records. Homeschool Connections does not provide record keeping.
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Total Classes: 12
Duration: 55 minutes
Prerequisite: History: Making of the Modern World, Part One or equivalent. Check with the instructor if you are unsure.
Suggested Grade Level: 8th to 10th grade
Suggested Credit: 1 full semester History or World History
Instructor: Christopher Zehnder
Course Description: This course examines how the Modern World --- our world --- came to be. It looks at the revolutionary ideas that created, first in Europe and then the entire world, an understanding of man and his relationship to God, the Church, and the state that was in many respects radically different from the understanding of these things that prevailed in the Middle Ages. Ideas influence deeds, and thus the course examines historical events, showing how they flowed from the struggle between those who held to traditional conceptions and those who embraced the new ideas. Events influence ideas, and thus we study how the events of history helped modify and develop both the new ideas and the traditional vision of the world. The course is divided into two parts. Part II (second semester) continues the story, beginning with a study of Romanticism and concluding with Vatican II and the post-conciliar world.
Course Materials: The text for the course (both Part One and Part Two) is Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World, published by and available from http://www.catholictextbookproject.com/
ISBN: 9781935644286. Parents may want to purchase the teacher manual if they wish to assign their students the end-of-chapter exercises, as well as further quizzes and tests. Answer keys for the exercises, as well as quizzes and tests with answer keys, can be found in the teacher manual, which is available at https://www.catholictextbookproject.com/shop/light-nations-part-ii-making-modern-world-teachers-manual/. ISBN: 978-1-935644-10-1
Homework: Students will read the assigned portions of the text. Lectures will focus on those events and ideas that are the keys to understanding the historical periods under consideration. The teacher will evaluate the students through essay tests given after Week III, Week V, and Week VII. Thereafter, the evaluation will be based on student's responses to questions in class. Students may expect to spend two to four hours a week on homework depending on the weekly assignments.
- Teacher: Christopher Zehnder