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12 Inventions That Revolutionized the World
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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.
How to Get the Most Out of This CourseTake notes on all the main points and important people.
Review the recordings before taking quizzes.
Give yourself enough time to do the readings slowly and without rushing yourself (they are not very long).
And most of all, have fun!
Total classes: 12
Prerequisite: None
Suggested high school credit: 1 full semester
Suggested grade level: 9th to 12th
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 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.
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
Course materials: Online sources will be provided as needed by the instructor. No textbook is required.
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.
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12 Inventions That Revolutionized the World
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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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Recorded, free with subscription
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January 18th, 2012 at 12:00 AM ET
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- Upon completion of the course, you must delete all copies of course materials from any storage on which you saved permissible extracts.
Phillip Campbell
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.
Mr. Campbell is the author of the popular ” Story of Civilization” series by TAN Books. He recently joined the Catholic History Textbook Project. Mr. Campbell’s writings have appeared in the St. Austin Review and The Distributist Review.
He is also the star of the YouTube sensation History in a Minute. Mr. Campbell served as the Mayor of Howell, MI from 2011 to 2015 and has been involved in homeschooling for more than 15 years.
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