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G.K. Chesterton: The Complete Thinker with Dr. John "Chuck" Chalberg
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G. K. Chesterton himself will be on hand to take students through a book written about him. Yes, the class will be conducted by Mr. Chesterton. The author of the book, The Complete Thinker, is Dale Ahlquist, who is the country’s leading authority on Chesterton. The individual behind Mr. Chesterton is John “Chuck” Chalberg, who has performed as Chesterton around the country and abroad for many years.
Total classes: 6Duration: 55 minutes per class
Prerequisite: A great interest in good ideas, as well as at least some curiosity about G. K. Chesterton.
Suggested grade level: 11th to 12th grade. Advanced, interested 10th grade students.
Suggested credit: ½ semester Modern Literature or Literary Analysis
Instructor: John “Chuck” Chalberg, PhD
Course description: This course will give students an overview of the ideas and life of G. K. Chesterton, who was a convert to Catholicism who then became a great evangelist for the Faith. We will explore many of his ideas on many aspects of life—and all from a Catholic, as well as a Chestertonian, perspective.
We will read roughly three chapters a week. To give you an idea of what’s to come, here are some sample chapter titles: “War and Peace,” “Truth and Its Discontents,” “Life and Death,” “The Universe and Other Little Things.”Course outline:
Introduction, plus chapters 1 and 2
chapters 3 through 5
chapters 6 thru 8
chapters 9 thru 11
chapters 12 thru 14
chapters 15 thru 17, plus the appendix.
Course materials: The Complete Thinker: The Marvelous Mind of G. K. Chesterton by Dale Ahlquist. 978-1-58617-675-4 (https://www.chesterton.org/store/product/complete-thinker/)
Homework: We will be reading approximately 40-45 pages per week. This should mean roughly 2-3 hours per week. There will be weekly objective quizzes based on the reading and the class presentations.
Technical Help: If you have any technical trouble or questions about course content, please email us at homeschoolconnections@gmail.com.
©2022 Homeschool Connections and John C. "Chuck" Chalberg, Ph.D.. All rights reserved. This course is designed by John C. "Chuck" Chalberg, Ph.D.This material is only to be used for its intended purpose by active subscribers of Homeschool Connections. Any other use without explicit permission is in violation of the fifth commandment (yes, that 7th commandment) and in violation of US and International copyright laws.
You may print or download to local hard disk extracts for your personal homeschool and non-commercial use only. This is not to be used for homeschool co-ops without express written permission from Homeschool Connections.
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G.K. Chesterton: The Complete Thinker with Dr. John "Chuck" Chalberg
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Chuck Chalberg
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Recorded
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Literature ➤ Modern Literature
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High School
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Recorded, free with subscription
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December 20th, 2022 at 12:00 AM ET
- Relative due dates
American History
What’s Wrong with the World by G.K. Chesterton
Introduction to Gilbert Keith Chesterton
History of Baseball
- This material is only to be used for its intended purpose by active subscribers of Homeschool Connections or purchasers of the course. Any other use without explicit permission is in violation of the seventh commandment, and in violation of US and International copyright laws.
- You may print or download to your own storage extracts for your personal homeschool and non-commercial use only. This is not to be used for homeschool co-ops without express written permission from Homeschool Connections.
- Upon completion of the course, you must delete all copies of course materials from any storage on which you saved permissible extracts.
Chuck Chalberg
About Dr. Chalberg
Dr. Chalberg is a graduate of Regis College (now Regis University) in Denver, Colorado. He holds an MA and PhD in history from the University of Minnesota. He taught American history at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, MN, until his retirement in 2016. He was a Fulbright lecturer in Hungary in 1992 and is a senior fellow for the Center of the American Experiment.
He has performed as G.K. Chesterton on EWTN’s “The Apostle of Common Sense” for a number of years. He performs and lectures as Chesterton at schools and parishes across the country. In addition, he performs as Theodore Roosevelt, H.L. Mencken, George Orwell, and baseball’s Branch Rickey.
His website is historyonstage.net. He has written a biography of Emma Goldman and a dual biography of Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey. He has also edited a volume on the history of American isolationism. He has written for a number of publications, including The Weekly Standard, Chronicles, the Imaginative Conservative, Touchstone, Intellectual Takeout, the University Bookman, Gilbert!, and the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Dr. Chalberg teaches the following courses:
© 2022 Homeschool Connections; Chuck Chalberg. All Rights Reserved.
Violation of the above copyright policies may result in expulsion without any refund and/or legal action.