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[responsivevoice_button] The Great Awakening also had a powerful political dimension, particularly in the southern colonies. The Anglican faith had long nurtured the old ties between the colonies and the Mother Country. Baptists and Methodists, however, felt no such connection. Moreover, as the new sects emphasized personal belief and action over…
Read Book of the Ancient Romans, Chapter 15, “Ancient Rome” Parts III-IV, pages 296-305. Answer the questions below.
Read Book of the Ancient Romans, Chapter 15, “Ancient Rome” Parts I-II, pages 276-296. Answer the questions below. Helpful vocabulary: nave – central space set off with steps or rails. portico – a porch attached to a building with roof and evenly spaced columns. gilt – thin layer of gold…
Please download the student guide found here. Fill in the blanks as you watch the video below. Note: There is a list of answers to the fill in the blanks on the last page of the PDF. If you run out of time during this class period, don’t worry, I’ll…
[responsivevoice_button] The traditional religions of Great Britain’s North American colonies—Puritanism in New England and Anglicanism farther south—had difficulty maintaining their holds over the growing population. The main reason for this was that the frontier kept pushing further west, and the building of churches almost never kept up with this westward…
[responsivevoice_button] The fact that the United States and the Soviet Union successfully cooperated in defeating the Axis Powers did not necessarily mean that the two countries would continue to get along in the post-war world. After all, the two were organized on radically different principles—democratic capitalism in the former, totalitarian…
Please read Story of Christianity, “Deism, Enlightenment, and Revolution” pages 294-298. Answer the questions below that correspond with your reading. Important to Know: The words atheism and agnosticism are forms of Greek words and the prefix a, which means “no” or “none.” Theos is the Greek word for “God,” and…
To bring our talks on WW2 to a close and to transition into the Cold War, I’d like you two to watch two short documentaries. “The Fallen of WW2” and “The Shadow Peace.” Please visit http://www.fallen.io/ and watch the interactive version of “The Fallen of WW2” first and take in…
Read Book of the Ancient Romans Chapter 14, “Augustus and the Golden Age of Rome” pages 266-275. Answer the questions below.
With four weeks left of school, I have one final project that I want you to complete. As we have been looking at Christian theology for the last few months and as we are coming to an end, I want you to write your own personal theology. I call this…
<== Previous Lesson Friday, April 17th [zoom_api_link meeting_id=”285041041″ link_only=”no”] Conclude with final presentations as assigned and thoughts.
<== Previous Lesson Don’t forget to complete your problem of evil fictional conversations and submit them to homework drop or send them to my email. We’ve discussed some heavy topics this week and I want to leave you on a positive note. When we talk about the problem of evil,…
<== Previous (Church History) Lesson <== Previous (Ancient History) Lesson Happy Friday, join me for a quick Zoom meeting at 9 am to make sure everyone is on top of their work for the week. [zoom_api_link meeting_id=”721646941″ link_only=”no”] Then take the remainder of the class periods to finish your Galileo…
<== Previous Lesson [responsivevoice_button] It’s easy when we look at war, to develop pictures of good versus evil. The images of Hitler as the most evil person in history are popular and common. However, there are arguments to be made that Stalin was far more evil in his dealings with…
<== Previous Lesson Some of you may have rolled your eyes yesterday as we were talking about spiritual beings. After all, we live in an age of particle accelerators, microchips, and organ transplants. Aren’t the Devil and demons just medieval superstitions created to scare naughty children and illiterate peasants? This…
<== Previous Lesson Read “The End of the Republic” in Book of the Ancient Romans from pages 259-265. Julius Caesar is now dead and the question is, “who will take up the reigns and lead?” This is where we get the story of Antony and Cleopatra and the beginning of…
<== Previous Lesson [responsivevoice_button] Many in the next generation, the first of the eighteenth century, felt fewer obligations to the Christian past, so instead of trying to harmonize nature and Scripture, they simply set aside revelation. Many intellectuals claimed that the parts of the Bible that agree with reason are…
<== Previous Lesson I want you to throw out any pictures that you have in your head of angels, demons, and Satan. These popular images are based on big misunderstandings for the most part. You will need to learn some new words that you don’t use very often, and you…
<== Previous Lesson Read “Julius Caesar” in Book of the Ancient Romans from pages 243-259. Continue to record events on your Caesar timeline. It will be due on Friday. Some of the most famous events in all of Roman history take place in this chapter. The burning of the Library…
<== Previous Lesson [responsivevoice_button] Another root of the Age of Reason sprang from the soil of a new faith in law and order. Modern science arose in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and filled men with visions of a new day of peace and harmony. These pioneers of modern science…
<== Previous Lesson Wednesday, April 15th [zoom_api_link meeting_id=”364260162″ link_only=”no”] Continuing with presentations as assigned. Next Lesson ==>
<== Previous Lesson Zoom call meeting to discuss your project this week. Attendance is expected for everyone. The remainder of the class time should be spent working on your fictional conversation. [zoom_api_link meeting_id=”938372783″ link_only=”no”] Next Lesson ==>
<== Previous Lesson Read “The Struggle Between Pompey and Caesar” in Book of the Ancient Romans from pages 224-242. Fill in dates regarding Caesar on your timeline and give me your impression of the other two men of the triumvirate in the comments below. Next Lesson ==>
<== Previous Lesson [responsivevoice_button] If Americans believed in Saints, Benjamin Franklin would be among them. He exemplified so many virtues Americans have come to admire. People found him practical, earthy, witty, and above all, tolerant. A few weeks before he died, Franklin responded to an inquiry concerning his religious faith.…
<== Previous Lesson Tuesday, April 14th [zoom_api_link meeting_id=”981704591″ link_only=”no”] Continue presentations according to the Assignments given last week. Next Lesson ==>