Curriculum

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What do we mean by humanities?

Humanities is a study of world culture emphasizing the basic classical scholastic approach of moral philosophy-thus equipping students with the tools for a lifetime of learning: a working knowledge of the timetables of history, a background understanding of the great literature classics, a familiarity with the sweep of art, music, and ideas, a worldview comprehension of basic geography, a principle approach to discerning the significance of current events, and an emphasis on a Christian life paradigm.
The idea is to study human achievement in context both in terms of its historical and societal sequence and in terms of its providential and cultural importance. Out of this integrated understanding of God’s world every other subject and discipline is formed.

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Antiquity

Focuses on all the great civilizations from the dawn of time to the fall of Rome.

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Lectures:

1.  Orientation and Moral Philosophy 2.  Origins: Creation 3.  Origins: Eden 4.  Origins: Antediluvian Man 5.  Origins: The Flood 6.  Origins: Myth and History 7.  Origins: Time and Chronology 8.  Origins: Babel and the Nations 9.   Projects: Mythic Retelling 10. Projects: Mythic Retelling 11. Cradles of Civilization: River Lands 12. Mesopotamia: Religion and Culture 13. Mesopotamia: Literature 14. Patriarchs: Wandering Nation 15. Egypt: Three Kingdoms 16. Egypt: Religion and Learning 17. Egypt: Art and Architecture 18. Egypt and Israel: Exodus 19. Israel: Conquest 20. Israel: Kingdoms 21. Israel: Worship 22. Israel: From Silence to Song 23. Israel: Prophets and Poets 24. Persia: Nemesis of the West 25. Persia: Global Bridge 26. Media: Nemesis of the East

27. Greece: City States 28. Greece: Trade and Leisure 29. Greece: Mythology and Homer 30. Greece: Art and Architecture 31. Greece: Theater and Oratory 32. Greece: History 33. Greece: Philosophy 34. Greece: Government 35. Greece: Classical Orders 36. Mongols: Marauders of the East 37. Goths: Marauders of the West 38. Celts: European Foundations 39. Phoenicians: Great Explorers 40. Indians: Glory and Majesty 41. Chinese: The Great Divide 42. Japanese: A Secret Shogunat 43. Meso-Americans: Heirs of Babel 44. Alexander & Foundations for Unity 45. Classicism and the Arts 46. Carthage: Rivalry with Rome 47. Rome: The End of the Republic 48. Rome: Caesar, Augustus, and Empire 49. Rome: Pax Romana 50. Rome: Cultural Achievements 51. Rome: Absorbing the Barbarians 52. Rome: Christianization 53. Africa and the Patristics

 

Christendom

Focuses on Western Civilization and Church History stretching from the advent of Christianity through Medievalism and to the Reformation, Renaissance, and Enlightenment.

 

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Lectures:

1.  Small Beginnings: After Acts 2.  Athanasius Contra Mundum 3.  Augustine of Hippo: Father of Western Civilization 4.  Champions of Orthodoxy: The Seven Ecumenical Councils 5.  Barbarian Migrations: Decentralizing the Empire 6.  Opus Dei: Monasticism and Civilization 7.  Gregory the Great: Servus Sevorum Dei  8.  The Bulwark of Byzantium: From Glory to Glory 9.  The Miracle of the Celtic Church: How the Irish Saved Civilization 10.  Charlemagne and Muhammad: The Everlasting Conflict 11.  The Chivalric Code: Quest for Honor and Virtue 12.  Medieval Feudalism: Rooted in Accountability 13.  Medieval Art: A Seamless Theme 14.  Medieval Music: The Heavenly Dance  15.  Monasteries: A City of God in the City of Man 16.  Scholasticism: Systemization of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth 17.  The Saga of the Viking Invasions 18.  Castles: Locus of Blessing and Domesticity 19.  Troubadours and Pilgrims: There and Back Again 20.  Cathedrals: Beauty, Goodness, and Truth Writ in Stone 21.  Guilds: Calling and Covenant Succession 22.  Ottoman Turks: Conquest and Conflict

23.  The Crusades Begin: The First Crusade 24.  The Third Crusade: Richard and Saladin 25.  The Disaster of the Fourth Crusade 26.  A Garden In the Desert: Building Outremer 27.  The 14th Century: Contrasts and Contradictions 28.  The Earliest Reformers: Ordinary Means of Grace 29.  Reeling Into Renaissance 30.  The Medieval Imagination: A Place for Everything  31.  Here I Stand: The Great Reformation 32.  Second Fiddles 33.  The Drums of War: Global Conflict 34.  The Psalms: A Strong Staff To Lean On 35.  Jan Comenius: Champion of Discipleship 36.  Isaac Newton and the Birth of Modern Science 37.  Henry the Navigator and the Fruits of Sagres 38.  The Word In English: Tyndale and the Bible  39.  Imagination Bodies Forth: The Majesty of Shakespeare 40.  L’Etat, Crest Moi: The Divine Right of Kings 41.  Controversy in England: Cromwell and Milton 42.  The Westminster Assembly: Roots of American Order 43.  The Puritans: Man’s Work, God’s Grace 44.  Soil of American Liberty: Salutary Neglect and the Classics

 

American Culture

Focuses on the Age of Exploration and Colonization to the advent of Modernity.

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Lectures:

1. Meso-America: Antiquity’s Redeux 2.    Early Contacts: Myths & Uncertainties 3.    Prince Henry & Exploration 4.    Christopher Columbus: The Man & theMyths 5.    Hapsburg Conquistadors: Hegemony & Hamas 6.    Scramble for Colonies: Adventurers & Settlers 7.    International Conflicts: Two Hundred Fifty Years of War 8.    Puritans & Pilgrims: New Life in a New World / The Mayflower Compact 9.    Heros, Troublers, & Salutary Neglect 10.    The Great Awakening: Decline & Revival 11.    The Founders & the Classics: A Lifetime of Learning 12.    Mercantilism & the Stirrings of Revolt 13.    Reluctant Revolutionaries: The Surprising Stirrings of an American Reformation 14.    Covenant Lawsuit: The Declaration of Independence 15.    The Forgotten Presidents 16.    Unlikely Friends: Franklin and Whitefield 17.    The Mid-term Election of 2010: Principles & Propositions 18.    Post-Election: Where do we go from here? 19.    The Forgotten Founding: Extraordinary Individuals, Remarkable Transformations 20.    Against All Odds: From the Outbreak of Hostilities to Valley Forge 21.    The Tide Turns: Victory & Independence 22.    A More Perfect Union: The Articles of Confederation

23.    Domestic Tranquility: Moving Toward a New Constitution 24.    Washington’s Leadership: Setting the Record Straight 25.    Adams, Jefferson, & Hamilton: The Second Generation of the Founders 26.    How Napoléon Made America: The Louisiana Purchase 27.    The Undaunted Courage of Lewis & Clark 28.    The Unnecessary War of 1812 29.    Adams & Jackson: Two Alike Opposites 30.    The Trail of Tears: Amazing Grace in the Midst of Sorrow 31.    Clay, Calhoun, & Webster: The Great Triumvirate 32.    The Nullification Crisis 33.    Essential Habits of Emerging Leaders: The Lectio Divina 34.    How Cultures Change: From Philosophy to Film 35.    Chattel Slavery: Complications & Complexities 36.    Fire-breathers: Ideologues and Provocateurs 37.    A House Divided: Secession 38.    Brother Against Brother 39.    The War Shudders to an End 40.    Reconstruction: Ashes and Antagonism 41.    The Wild, Wild West: From Sea to Shining Sea 42.    Give Me Your Huddled Masses 43.    Fundamentalism, Modernism, and Economics: The Rise of the Social Gospel 44.    Theodore Roosevelt: Morning in America

Modernity

Focuses primarily on the 19th and 20th century, but with roots extending into the early Enlightenment.

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Lectures:

1.    Christendom’s Ancien Régime 2.    Remaking the World: Three Great Revolutions 3.    Revolution v. Reformation 4.    Paradigms for Colonialism 5.    Pirates on the High Seas 6.    The Second Hundred Years War 7.    The Napoleonic Age 8.    The Astronomical Discourses 9.    The Work of Reformation: Wilberforce and Shaftesbury 10.    The Novelty of Nations 11.    The Idea of Progress: Industrial Revolution 12.    The Revolutions of 1848 13.    Flash Gordon Worldview: The Rise of Scientism 14.    A Tale of Two Men: Rationalistic Liberalism 15.    The Romantic Poets and Their Principles 16.    Biblical Principles of Politics: The Election of 2008 17.    The Virtues of the Victorians 18.    The Regency Interregnum 19.    The Legacy of the Mighty Scots 20.    The Transformation of Education 21.    The Recovery of Parish Life 22.    To the Uttermost: The Rebirth of Missions 23.    The Presidential Inauguration 24.    TR and the American Century 25.    Modernity’s Unending Tumult: The End of Christendom

26.    The Pity of War: The Ongoing Tragedy of the First World War 27.    The New World War: Wilson’s Fourteen Points 28.    A New American Revolution: The Roaring Twenties 29.    Coolidge’s Anti-Revolutionary Normalcy 30.    Calamities Multiplied: The Great Depression 31.    A New Despotism: Hitler, Stalin, and Their Heirs 32.    Hostilities Renewed: The Battle of Britain 33.    The Best and the Worst: World War II 34.    Heroes and Villains: The End of the War 35.    Return of the Jews: The Rebirth of Israel 36.    Pop Goes the Culture: The Fifties and the Cold War 37.    Q’s Enduring Legacy 38.    Right Things, Wrong Ways: The Sixties and Nietzsche 39.    Amusing Ourselves to Death: A Brave New Media World 40.    444 Days: Islamic Ji’had 41.    Scandal, Malaise, and Polarization: Watergate 42.    A President, a Pope, and a Prime Minister 43.    Essential Habits of Emerging Leaders 44.    In for the Long Haul: The Adullam Strategy

King’s Meadow Study Center Curriculum is available for purchace from the King’s Meadow Store, and digital versions are available from the Compass Classroom

Written by George Grant on May 21, 2013.