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12 Inventions That Revolutionized the World with Phillip Campbell
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Join this dynamic world history course to examine history in a unique way. You will study different eras through the lens of major inventions that changed mankind and history forever.
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Instructor: Phillip Campbell
Course Description: This class will look at the development of twelve of the world's most revolutionary inventions, focusing not only on their mechanical development but also on how they changed culture and altered the way man views his place in the cosmos. Man's capacity to invent is a result of his being made in the image of God, the original Creator. This class explores the creative capacity of mankind and how man has shaped and reshaped his own self-understanding through his inventions, beginning with the alphabet and going all the way up to the Internet.
Online sources will be provided as needed by the instructor. No textbook is required.
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12 Inventions That Revolutionized the World with Phillip Campbell
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Phillip Campbell
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Recorded
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History ➤ World History
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High School
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September 3rd, 2024 at 1:00 PM ET
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Recorded, free with subscription
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All course materials are provided free by the instructor.
OPTIONAL Grading Service is available for $85.
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Outline
Course Outline:
Week One: The Origins of the Alphabet
Week Two: Cartography (Mapmaking)
Week Three: Time-Keeping
Week Four: Firearms
Week Five: The Printing Press
Week Six: The Telescope
Week Seven: Money
Week Eight: Antibiotics
Week Nine: Photography
Week Ten: Automobiles
Week Eleven: Electricity
Week Twelve: The Internet
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Homework
Homework will consist of a semester-long research project/paper with different components due at various intervals throughout the semester, as well as weekly readings provided by the instructor, and weekly quizzes which are graded automatically inside Caravel.
Phillip Campbell
phicampiii@gmail.com
Phillip Campbell holds a BA in European History from Ave Maria University and a certificate in Secondary Education through Madonna University. He taught history and Scripture for the St. Augustine Homeschool Enrichment Program for ten years and is the author of the popular ” Story of Civilization” series by TAN Books. Mr. Campbell has also been published by The Catholic Textbook Project, Ave Maria Press, Our Sunday Visitor, Arx Publishing, and Arouca Press and his articles have appeared in online and print journals such as the St. Austin Review, New Oxford Review, and New Liturgical Movement.
Testimonies from students:
To quote one student from Intro to Formal Logic (Recorded), he said that Mr. Campbell was “WONDERFUL. Absolutely enjoyed it!”
“Mr. Campbell took the dullness out of learning, and he made each class fun and exciting. I think that with his teaching method he could make any subject I hated into a productive and enjoyable learning experience. I would take as many of his classes as I could.”
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