**Course will be RETIRED in the near Future** A History of Government in Europe and America, Part One with Christopher Zehnder

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Dear Student,

This course is scheduled to be retired on Nov. 30, 2024. You may continue to work on this course until then. We are not replacing this course at this time.  Please browse this subject to find other comparable courses.  Please check out the Live courses that are similar here: https://caravel.homeschoolconnections.com/catalog/

Note: This is Part One of a two-part course. For part two, click here.

 

How to Get the Most Out of “A History of Government in Europe, Part One” with Christopher Zehnder:

  • Go over the assigned reading before or after listening to the recording.
  • Listen to the recorded class, which covers the main points of each reading and gives added insights into the period studied. Students might take notes – this is a good exercise in developing a skill that will be of use in college.
  • If there are any questions, please feel free to contact the course presenter and author of Light to the Nations II, Christopher Zehnder, at editor@CatholicTextbookProject.com.

 

Total Classes: 11

Prerequisite: None

Suggested Grade Level: 9th to 12th grade

Suggested Credit:  1 full semester World History or Government

 

Instructor: Christopher Zehnder, MA

 

Course Description: This course would explore the ideas and institutions that influenced and formed political establishments in Europe and America. We will read primary source documents, including excerpts from Aristotle and Plato, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Robert Bellarmine, Pope Leo XIII, John Locke, and American state papers (Declaration of Independence, Federalist Papers, Anti-Federalist writings, and the U.S. Constitution). We would seek to understand from whence our modern political ideas arose and how they compare to political ideas proposed by Catholic tradition.

 

Course Materials: The instructor will provide primary source texts in pdf format free to students.

 

Homework: Students read assigned texts. The instructor will assign and grade two short essays each semester.