About Course
Some of you need help with world history for students 13 years and up—especially if you’re counting credits for high school!
Of course, you can’t hire me to drive to your home and teach. But through the marvel of technology, I can come to your home via video lectures to give new homeschool students or veteran homeschool students experience with online learning, as well as:
- additional insights to the Renaissance/Reformation and Modern History (think of Michelangelo and Martin Luther)
- new outlines for the tough topics (think martyrs of the Reformation or the Atlantic Slave Trade)
- and biblical truths to help students grow in faith and maturity (think of me presenting the Gospel when appropriate and sharing my personal testimony of growing in the Lord.)
Materials Needed:
- The Mystery of History Volume III (Student Reader and digital Companion Guide)
- Rand McNally’s “Historical Atlas of the World”
- Rand McNally’s “World Atlas—Know Geography”
- Optional: 4-8 time period classics for enrichment
Course Content
HOME PAGE (Start Here)
This section contains helpful things, as well as an Orientation video to help you get started.
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Orientation Video
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Grading Tools
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Enriching Literature (Master List)
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QUARTER 1—The Age of Rebirth (1455–1521)
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Around the World—Quarter 1
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Week 1
Lessons 1-3
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Day 1: Lesson 1—The Wars of the Roses (1455–1485)
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Day 2: Lesson 2—Cosimo de’ Medici and the Rise of the Italian Renaissance (1464)
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Day 3: Lesson 3—Ferdinand, Isabella, and the Spanish Inquisition (1469)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 01 Quiz
Week 2
Lessons 4-6
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Day 1: Lesson 4—Ivan the Great (1480)
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Day 2: Lesson 5—Dias and da Gama Round the Cape of Good Hope (1487, 1497)
09:37 -
Day 3: Lesson 6—Lorenzo the Magnificent (1492)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 02 Quiz
Week 3
Lessons 7-9
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Day 1: Lesson 7—Christopher Columbus Sails to an “Other World” (1492)
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Day 2: Lesson 8—The Return of Cristóbal Colón (1493–1502)
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Day 3: Lesson 9—Ghana, Mali, and Songhai: Empires of West Africa (1493)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 03 Quiz
Week 4
Lessons 10-12
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Day 1: Lesson 10—The Death of Savonarola (1498)
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Day 2: Lesson 11— The Safavid Empire of Persia (1501)
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Day 3: Lesson 12—Leonardo da Vinci Paints the Mona Lisa (1503)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 04 Quiz
Week 5
Lessons 13-15
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Day 1: Lesson 13—Michelangelo (1508)
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Day 2: Lesson 14—Artists of the Northern Renaissance (15th–16th Centuries)
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Day 3: Lesson 15—Erasmus Writes In Praise of Folly (1511)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 05 Quiz
Week 6
Lessons 16-18
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Day 1: Lesson 16—Niccolò Machiavelli and The Prince (1513)
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Day 2: Lesson 17—Raphael (1514)
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Day 3: Lesson 18—Martin Luther Posts His “Ninety-five Theses” (1517)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 06 Quiz
Week 7
Lessons 19-21
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Day 1: Lesson 19—Cortés and Pizarro: Conquistadors of Spain (1519, 1531)
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Day 2: Lesson 20—Ferdinand Magellan Sails West (1519–1522)
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Day 3: Lesson 21—Martin Luther and the Spread of the Protestant Reformation (1521)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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QUARTER 2—The Age of Reform (1522–1572)
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Around the World—Quarter 2
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Week 8
Lessons 22-24
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Day 1: Lesson 22—Suleiman and the Ottoman Turks (1522)
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Day 2: Lesson 23—Ulrich Zwingli Leads the Swiss Reformation (1523)
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Day 3: Lesson 24—The Anabaptist Movement and Menno Simons (1525)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 08 Quiz
Week 9
Lessons 25-27
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Day 1: Lesson 25—Babur, Akbar, and the Mughal Dynasty of India (1526)
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Day 2: Lesson 26—Henry VIII and His Many Wives (1529)
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Day 3: Lesson 27—Sir Thomas More (1529)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 09 Quiz
Week 10
Lessons 28-30
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Day 1: Lesson 28—Titian and the Rise of Venice (1530)
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Day 2: Lesson 29—Women of the Renaissance and Reformation (15th–16th Centuries)
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Day 3: Lesson 30—John Calvin (1533)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 10 Quiz
Week 11
Lessons 31-33
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Day 1: Lesson 31—Ivan the Terrible (1533)
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Day 2: Lesson 32—Ignatius Loyola, Francis Xavier, and the Jesuits (1534)
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Day 3: Lesson 33—Explorers of North America (1534, 1539, 1540)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 11 Quiz
Week 12
Lessons 34-36
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Day 1: Lesson 34—William Tyndale: Father of the English Bible (1536)
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Day 2: Lesson 35—Nicolaus Copernicus (1543)
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Day 3: Lesson 36—Bartolomé de Las Casas (1550)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 12 Quiz
Week 13
Lessons 37-39
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Day 1: Lesson 37—Mary Tudor (“Bloody Mary”) (1553)
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Day 2: Lesson 38—Elizabeth I (1558–1603)
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Day 3: Lesson 39—John Knox and the Scottish Reformation (1559)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 13 Quiz
Week 14
Lessons 40-42
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Day 1: Lesson 40—Mary, Queen of Scots (1561)
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Day 2: Lesson 41—Jeanne d’Albret (1562)
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Day 3: Lesson 42—St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre (1572)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Semester 1 Test
QUARTER 3—The Age of Reason (1572–1632)
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Around the World—Quarter 3
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Week 15
Lessons 43-45
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Day 1: Lesson 43—Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler: Stargazers of the Renaissance (1572)
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Day 2: Lesson 44—Sir Francis Drake (1577)
09:08 -
Day 3: Lesson 45—William the Silent Leads the Dutch Revolt (1581)
22:09 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 15 Quiz
Week 16
Lessons 46-48
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Day 1: Lesson 46—Sir Walter Raleigh (1584)
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Day 2: Lesson 47—England Defeats the Spanish Armada (1588)
11:44 -
Day 3: Lesson 48—Michel de Montaigne and Essays (1592)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 16 Quiz
Week 17
Lessons 49-51
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Day 1: Lesson 49—The Works of William Shakespeare (1592)
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Day 2: Lesson 50—Tokugawa Japan (1603–1867)
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Day 3: Lesson 51—Sir Francis Bacon and the Age of Reason (1605)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 17 Quiz
Week 18
Lessons 52-54
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Day 1: Lesson 52—Cervantes Writes Don Quixote (1605)
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Day 2: Lesson 53—Australian Aborigines (1605)
12:39 -
Day 3: Lesson 54—The Founding of Jamestown (1607)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 18 Quiz
Week 19
Lessons 55-57
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Day 1: Lesson 55—Samuel de Champlain and Henry Hudson Explore Canada (1608, 1611)
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Day 2: Lesson 56—John Smyth: A Separatist of England (1608)
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Day 3: Lesson 57—The Marriage of Pocahontas (1614)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 19 Quiz
Week 20
Lessons 58-60
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Day 1: Lesson 58—The Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648)
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Day 2: Lesson 59—The Pilgrims Land at New Plymouth (1620)
14:35 -
Day 3: Lesson 60—Squanto (1621)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 20 Quiz
Week 21
Lessons 61-63
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Day 1: Lesson 61—René Descartes (1628)
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Day 2: Lesson 62—John Winthrop and the Puritans (1630)
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Day 3: Lesson 63—Galileo Galilei (1632)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
00:00
QUARTER 4—The Age of Resolve (1632–1707)
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Around the World—Quarter 4
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Week 22
Lessons 64-66
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Day 1: Lesson 64—The Jews of the Renaissance and Reformation (16th–17th Centuries)
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Day 2: Lesson 65—Rembrandt (1634)
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Day 3: Lesson 66—Thomas Hooker Founds Connecticut (1639)
10:39 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 22 Quiz
Week 23
Lessons 67-69
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Day 1: Lesson 67—John Amos Comenius: The Father of Modern Education (1641)
18:18 -
Day 2: Lesson 68—The English Civil Wars (1642–1651)
16:50 -
Day 3: Lesson 69—Robert Boyle: The First Modern Chemist (1645)
11:12 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 23 Quiz
Week 24
Lessons 70-72
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Day 1: Lesson 70—George Fox and the Quakers (1648)
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Day 2: Lesson 71—Blaise Pascal (1654)
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Day 3: Lesson 72—Louis XIV: The Sun King (1661)
14:51 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 24 Quiz
Week 25
Lessons 73-75
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Day 1: Lesson 73—The Scottish Covenanters (1661)
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Day 2: Lesson 74—K’ang-hsi the Manchu and the Ch’ing Dynasty (1662)
12:04 -
Day 3: Lesson 75—Sir Isaac Newton (1666)
11:49 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 25 Quiz
Week 26
Lessons 76-78
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Day 1: Lesson 76—John Milton and John Bunyan: Puritan Authors of the Seventeenth Century (1667, 1678)
16:14 -
Day 2: Lesson 77—William Penn and the Founding of Pennsylvania (1681)
15:06 -
Day 3: Lesson 78—The Atlantic Slave Trade (Late 17th Century)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 26 Quiz
Week 27
Lessons 79-81
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Day 1: Lesson 79—William and Mary and the Glorious Revolution (1689)
12:41 -
Day 2: Lesson 80—John Locke (1689)
10:45 -
Day 3: Lesson 81—The Salem Witch Trials (1692)
10:28 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 27 Quiz
Week 28
Lessons 82-84
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Day 1: Lesson 82—Jakob Amman: Founder of the Amish (1693)
15:13 -
Day 2: Lesson 83—Peter I: Czar of Russia (1696)
11:15 -
Day 3: Lesson 84—Isaac Watts (1707)
16:46 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Semester 2 Test