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!
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)
10:50 -
Day 3: Lesson 3—Ferdinand, Isabella, and the Spanish Inquisition (1469)
16:07 -
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)
19:06 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 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)
13:53 -
Day 3: Lesson 9—Ghana, Mali, and Songhai: Empires of West Africa (1493)
15:48 -
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)
11:36 -
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)
12:32 -
Day 3: Lesson 30—John Calvin (1533)
25:39 -
Day 4: Enrichment (Activities/Literature)
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Day 5 (Part 1): Mapping Exercise
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Day 5 (Part 2): Week 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)
10:26 -
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)
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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 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)
19:21 -
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