Modernity: 4 Free Lessons

In Modernity, the follow-up course to American History, Dave Raymond explores world history from 1500 to the present.

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Lesson 1: Orientation 11 Steps

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1.1—Introduction & Note-taking (Video) – Sample

1.1—Read Quotes About Wisdom

1.2—Why Life? (Video) – Sample

1.2—Read Tolkien Letter

1.3—Why School? (Video) – Sample

1.3 — Read Arthur Quiller-Couch Quote

1.4 —Why History? (Video) – Sample

1.4 —Read History Quotes

1.5—Course Assignments (Video) – Sample

1.5—Lesson 1 Portfolio

1.5—Lesson 1 Exam

Lesson 2: The Great Stage: Introduction to the West 12 Steps

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2.1 — The Principle (Video) – Sample

2.1 — Read Westminster Confession Chapter 1

2.2—Christendom & Modernity (Video) – Sample

2.2—Read the Nicene Creed

2.3—The Thirty Years War (Video) – Sample

2.3—Read Gustavus Adolphus Farewell Address

2.4—John Amos Comenius (Video) – Sample

2.4—Read The Great Didactic

2.5—The Legacy of the West (Video) – Sample

2.5—Lesson 2 Portfolio

2.6—Project 1: Reformational Imitation

2.5—Lesson 2 Exam

Lesson 3: Ideas Have Consequences: The Enlightenment 11 Steps

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3.1—The Principle (Video) – Sample

3.1—Read Proverbs 1-4

3.2—Ockham & Descartes (Video) – Sample

3.2—Read Descartes

3.3—Spinoza, Hobbes, Locke & Hume (Video) – Sample

3.3—Read Hume

3.4—Kant, Diderot, & Voltaire (Video) – Sample

3.4—Read Kant

3.5—Rousseau (Video) – Sample

3.5—Lesson 3 Portfolio

3.5—Lesson 3 Exam

Lesson 4: The Sacred & the Secular: Empires, Pirates, and Rulers 11 Steps

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4.1 —The Principle (Video) – Sample

4.1 —Read Rousseau Selection

4.2 —Explorers & Empires (Video) – Sample

4.2 —Read “The History of the Indies” Selection

4.3 —The Muslim Threat & Catholic Missions (Video) – Sample

4.3 —Read “Lepanto” & Francis Xavier Letter

4.4 —The Golden Age of Piracy (Video) – Sample

4.4 —Read Don Lewes Transcript

4.5 —Enlightened Despots (Video) – Sample

4.5 —Lesson 4 Portfolio

4.5 —Lesson 4 Exam

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