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 Modern History (think of the French Revolution and the rise of North Korea)
- new outlines for the tough topics (think of the Holocaust and the War in Vietnam)
- 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 IV (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)
Orientation Video here!
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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—Wars of Independence (1708–1829)
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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—Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel (1708, 1742)
16:52 -
Day 2: Lesson 2—The Thirteen Colonies of North America (1732)
12:57 -
Day 3: Lesson 3—The Great Awakening Under Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield (1734–1760)
13:15 -
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—Frederick II and the Seven Years’ War (1740, 1756–1763)
15:26 -
Day 2: Lesson 5—Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Leaders of the Enlightenment (1750, 1762)
11:45 -
Day 3: Lesson 6—Benjamin Franklin (1752)
15:08 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercises
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 02 Quiz
Week 3
Lessons 7-9
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Day 1: Lesson 7—The French and Indian War (1754–1763)
15:17 -
Day 2: Lesson 8—Catherine the Great: Empress of Russia (1762)
10:06 -
Day 3: Lesson 9—The American Revolution: Part 1 (1765–1776)
25:04 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercises
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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 American Revolution: Part 2 (1776–1783)
23:46 -
Day 2: Lesson 11—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1781)
09:08 -
Day 3: Lesson 12—The French Revolution (1789–1799)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercises
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 04 Quiz
Week 5
Lessons 13-15
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Day 1: Lesson 13—The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte (1799)
11:45 -
Day 2: Lesson 14—The Louisiana Purchase and Expeditions of Lewis and Clark and Zebulon Pike (1803, 1804, 1806)
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Day 3: Lesson 15—William Wilberforce (1807)
09:46 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercises
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 05 Quiz
Week 6
Lessons 16-18
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Day 1: Lesson 16—Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
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Day 2: Lesson 17—The Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821)
15:01 -
Day 3: Lesson 18—The War of 1812 (1812–1814)
20:03 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercises
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 06 Quiz
Week 7
Lessons 19-21
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Day 1: Lesson 19—The Fall of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo (June 18, 1815)
19:43 -
Day 2: Lesson 20—Simón Bolivar: Liberator of South America (1820)
12:09 -
Day 3: Lesson 21—The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829)
18:31 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercises
00:00
QUARTER 2—Wars of Ideologies (1822–1877)
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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—Brazil Emerges from a Colony to an Empire (1822)
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Day 2: Lesson 23—The Trail of Tears (1830)
22:04 -
Day 3: Lesson 24—George Müller (1834)
12:21 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercises
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 08 Quiz
Week 9
Lessons 25-27
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Day 1: Lesson 25—The Fall of the Alamo and the Texas War of Independence (1835–1836)
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Day2: Lesson 26—David Livingstone and the Exploration of Africa (1841)
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Day 3: Lesson 27—Karl Marx and The Communist Manifesto (1848)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercises
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 09 Quiz
Week 10
Lessons 28-30
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Day 1: Lesson 28—Famous American Abolitionists: Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, and Frederick Douglas (Early to Mid-1800s)
25:41 -
Day 2: Lesson 29—Hudson Taylor and the Taiping Rebellion (March 1854)
14:34 -
Day 3: Lesson 30—Florence Nightingale: “Lady with the Lamp” (October 1854)
10:50 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercises
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 10 Quiz
Week 11
Lessons 31-33
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Day 1: Lesson 31—The Eureka Rebellion (December 1854)
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Day 2: Lesson 32—Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution (1859)
14:05 -
Day 3: Lesson 33—The Continuing Controversy Over the Theory of Evolution (No Date)
26:38 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercises
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 11 Quiz
Week 12
Lessons 34-36
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Day 1: Lesson 34—The French Occupation of Cambodia (1860, 1863–1953)
14:46 -
Day 2: Lesson 35—The War Between the States: Part I (1861–1862)
30:31 -
Day 3: Lesson 36—The War Between the States: Part 2 (1863–1865)
15:01 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercises
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 12 Quiz
Week 13
Lessons 37-39
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Day 1: Lesson 37—The French Rule of Mexico Under Maximilian and Carlota (1863–1867)
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Day 2: Lesson 38—The Dominion of Canada (July 1, 1867)
15:01 -
Day 3: Lesson 39—The Emperor Meiji of Japan (1868)
12:33 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercises
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 13 Quiz
Week 14
Lessons 40-42
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Day 1: Lesson 40—The Worldwide Fight for Women’s Suffrage (19th and 20th Centuries)
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Day 2: Lesson 41—The Impressionists: Monet, Degas, Renoir, and Cassatt (1874)
13:32 -
Day 3: Lesson 42—Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) and Chief Joseph (1876, 1877)
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Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercises
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Day 5 (Part 2): Semester 1 Test
QUARTER 3—Wars of the World (1903–1945)
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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—Wilbur and Orville Wright Take Flight! (1903)
16:14 -
Day 2: Lesson 44—Helen Keller (1904)
10:23 -
Day 3: Lesson 45—Albert Einstein (1905)
12:29 -
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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Day1: Lesson 46—Excursions to the South Pole (1911–1912, 1915–1916)
17:45 -
Day 2: Lesson 47—World War I: Part 1 (1914–1916)
28:33 -
Day 3: Lesson 48—World War I: Part 2 (1917–1918)
16:45 -
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—Vladimir Lenin Forms the U.S.S.R. (1922)
18:28 -
Day 2: Lesson 50—The Irish Civil War (1922–1924)
16:25 -
Day 3: Lesson 51—Benito Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism (1922)
13:24 -
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—Joseph Stalin: “Man of Steel” (1924)
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Day 2: Lesson 53—The Great Depression (1929)
06:49 -
Day 3: Lesson 54—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1930)
14:12 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 18 Quiz
Week 19
Lessons 55-57
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Day 1: Lesson 55—The Rise of Adolf Hitler (1933)
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Day 2: Lesson 56—The Holocaust: From Afar (1933–1945)
16:18 -
Day 3: Lesson 57—The Holocaust: Up Close (1933–1945)
17:01 -
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 Spanish Civil War and the Rise of Francisco Franco (April 1, 1939)
19:47 -
Day 2: Lesson 59—World War II: Part 1 (Sept. 3, 1939–Sept. 15, 1940)
18:05 -
Day 3: Lesson 60—World War II: Part 2 (Oct. 28, 1940–Dec. 7, 1941)
21:27 -
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—World War II: Part 3 (April 9, 1942–June 6, 1944)
24:44 -
Day 2: Lesson 62—World War II: Part 4 (Dec. 16, 1944–Sept. 2, 1945)
19:33 -
Day 3: Lesson 63—The Start of the Cold War (1945)
12:18 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
00:00
QUARTER 4—Wars of Modern Times and the Hope of Mankind (1948–Date Unknown)
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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 Formation of Israel (May 14, 1948)
15:56 -
Day 2: Lesson 65—Mother Teresa and Billy Graham: Two Extraordinary Lives of the Twentieth Century (1948, 1949)
19:15 -
Day 3: Lesson 66—Mao Zedong Forms the People’s Republic of China (October 1, 1949)
17:51 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 22 Quiz
Week 23
Lessons 67-69
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Day 1: Lesson 67—The Korean War (1950–1953)
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Day 2: Lesson 68—The Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis (April 15, 1961; Oct. 14, 1962)
21:54 -
Day 3: Lesson 69—The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy (November 22, 1963)
22:42 -
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—The United States Enters the Vietnam War (1965)
21:03 -
Day 2: Lesson 71—The Life and Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. (April 4, 1968)
12:10 -
Dy 3: Lesson 72— Man Walks on the Moon! (July 20, 1969)
19:10 -
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—Roe v. Wade (January 22, 1973)
24:19 -
Day 2: Lesson 74—Watergate and the Resignation of President Richard M. Nixon (August 8, 1974)
12:39 -
Day 3: Lesson 75— Ayatollah Khomeini Forms the Islamic Republic of Iran (April 1, 1979)
13:04 -
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—The Assassination of Anwar Sadat (October 6, 1981)
14:22 -
Day 2: Lesson 77—The Fall of the Berlin Wall Marks the End of the Cold War (November 9, 1989)
14:58 -
Day 3: Lesson 78—Saddam Hussein and the Persian Gulf War (January–February 1991)
12:06 -
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—The Collapse of the Soviet Union (December 26, 1991)
17:13 -
Day 2: Lesson 80—The Breakup of Yugoslavia (1991–2006)
23:56 -
Day 3: Lesson 81—Nelson Mandela: President of South Africa (1994–1999)
21:49 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 27 Quiz
Week 28
Lessons 82-84
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Day 1: Lesson 82—9/11 and Osama bin Laden (September 11, 2001)
20:15 -
Day 2: Lesson 83—The Global War on Terror (2001–2014)
12:36 -
Day 3: Lesson 84—The Revelation of Jesus Christ and the Hope of Mankind (Date Unknown)
19:43 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
00:00 -
Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Semester 2 Test