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Early Modern Europe: 1648-1789 with Phillip Campbell (Modern, European, World)
Recorded course taught by Phillip Campbell for High School Renaissance to Modern History
Summary

Early Modern European History

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Instructor Access (optional grading support) for Unlimited Access families is available for this course, for $65!

There is NO ANSWER KEY for this course. This is an Instructor Access course.

Course Description: As Europe recovers from the age of the religious wars, advances in science and the opening up of the New World will lead to new challenges that will first strain and then finally break the old order of Christendom.

Total classes

12

Prerequisites

None. Introduction to Christian Historiography and Rending of Christendom recommended (available through Unlimited Access).

Suggested grade level

11th to 12th grade, but 9th to 10th graders who have above average reading skills can take it as well.

Suggested credit

1 full semester High School of World History

Outline

Course Outline:

Week 1: Survey of Europe in 1648

Week 2: Cromwell and the English Protectorate

Week 3: The Not-So Glorious Revolution of 1688

Week 4: The Age of the Sun King

Week 5: Wars Abroad and the Quest for Empire

Week 6: The Scientific Enlightenment

Week 7: The Political-Philosophical Enlightenment

Week 8: Emergence of Prussia

Week 9: The Russian Bear

Week 10: The Empire and the Balkans

Week 11: Succession Crises

Week 12: The Seven Years' War

Materials

Weekly readings from primary source materials provided free by the instructor.

Homework

Five hours per week, including watching the class recording, completing reading assignments, online quizzes, and occasional short answer or mini-essay questions.

Course name
Early Modern Europe: 1648-1789 with Phillip Campbell (Modern, European, World)
Instructor
Phillip Campbell
Semester
Recorded
Category
History ➤ Renaissance to Modern History
Grade levels
High School
Start time
February 1st, 2016 at 12:00 AM ET
Course type
Recorded, free with subscription
Relative due dates
Relative due dates are disabled for this course.
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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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