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High School History

Level 5 & 6 History

Choose ONE one-credit course of study for each year of high school

The levels and years listed here are recommendations and may be moved around to different years, though they are designed as a sequence to parallel the history sequences.

Level 5 Year 1

Ancient History to the End of the Roman Empire

British History to the Tudors

Church History to the End of the Roman Empire

1 credit

Level 5 Lesson Plans

World History:

A Short History of the World, Roberts 2x weekly N 

Term 1: Chapters 1-2, pp. 1-75 

Term 2: Chapters 3-4, pp. 78-153 

Term 3: Chapter 5-6, pp. 155-208 

National History:

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Churchill and Lee 2x weekly N

Term 1: Chapters 1-8, pp. 1-82 

Term 2: Chapters 9-16, pp. 83-152 

Term 3: Chapters 17-24, pp. 153-253 

Church History:

The Catholic Church Through the Ages, Vidmar 1x every other week N

Term 1: Jewish Sources of Christianity-Attacks on Christianity

Term 2: Rival Religions-First Christological Councils

Term 3: St. Augustine-The End of the Second Age

Primary Source Reading: 

1x every other week, rotating with Church History N

NB: Religion readings in the Church Fathers also constitute primary-source material for Church History. The Bible also constitutes a primary source. 

Primary Sources Reader History Level 5 Year 1 

Supplemental Audio-Visual Resources

Honors Option

Term 1:

Modern Scholar lecture series The Anglo Saxon World (available at Audible)

Great Courses lecture series Foundations of Western Civilization (available at Audible)

-OR-

Life of Alfred  by Asser AND The Ballad of the White Horse by Chesterton (to be completed this term) AND Quo Vadis or Ben Hur by Wallace (complete ? this term.)

Term 2: 

Great Courses lecture series Foundations of Western Civilization (available at Audible)

Modern Scholar lecture series The Anglo Saxon World (available at Audible)

-OR-

Helena by Evelyn Waugh or Daughter of Time by Tey (to be completed this term) 

AND Quo Vadis or Ben Hur by Wallace (complete to ?  this term.)

Term 3: 

Great Courses lecture series Foundations of Western Civilization (available at Audible)

Modern Scholar lecture series The Anglo Saxon World (available at Audible)

-OR-

Joan of Arc  by Belloc or Twain AND Life of Sir Thomas More by Roper (to be completed this term) 

AND Quo Vadis or Ben Hur by Wallace (complete book this term.)

EXTRACURRICULAR READING FOR HONORS STUDENTS, ETC

Level 5 Lesson Plans

Level 5 Year 2 

Medieval History

British and American History to 1815

Church History to the End of the Middle Ages

1 credit

Level 5 Lesson Plans (scroll down for L5Y2)

World History:

A Short History of the World, Roberts 2x weekly N 

Term 1: Chapters 7-8, pp. 211-278 

Term 2: Chapters 9-10, pp. 279-333 

Term 3: Chapter 10, pp. 333-336

National History:

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Churchill and Lee 2x weekly N

Term 1: Chapters 25-3, pp. 254-300

Term 2: Chapters 32-38, pp. 300-400

Term 3: Chapters 38-43, pp. 400-500

American History:

Land of Hope, McClay 1x weekly N

Term 1: Chapters 1

Term 2: Chapters 2-3

Term 3: Chapters 4-6

Church History:

The Catholic Church Through the Ages, Vidmar 1x every other week N

Term 1: Islam-End of the Third Age

Term 2: Crusades-Medieval Inquisition

Term 3: Spanish Inquisition-End of the Fourth Age

Primary Source Reading: 

1x every other week, rotating with Church History N

NB: Religion readings in the Church Fathers also constitute primary-source material for Church History. The Bible also constitutes a primary source. 

Additional Primary Documents from Land of Hope

Supplemental Audio-Visual Resources

Honors Option

Term 1:

Great Courses lecture series Rise and Fall of the British Empire (available at Audible)

Great Courses lecture series Foundations of Western Civilization (available at Audible

-OR-

Come Rack! Come Rope! by Robert Hugh Benson or St. Francis of Assisi  by G.K. Chesterton (to be completed this term)

AND 1776 or John Adams by David McCullough(complete ? this term.)

Term 2: 

Great Courses lecture series Rise and Fall of the British Empire (available at Audible)

Great Courses lecture series Foundations of Western Civilization (available at Audible)

Great Courses lecture series The Skeptic’s Guide to American History (available at Audible)

-OR-

Shadows on the Rock by Cather OR The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (to be completed this term) 

AND 1776 or John Adams by David McCullough (complete to ?  this term.)

Term 3: 

Great Courses lecture series Rise and Fall of the British Empire (available at Audible)

Great Courses lecture series The Skeptic’s Guide to American History (available at Audible)

-OR-

Trianon by Vidal OR A Tale of Two Cities  by Dickens

AND 1776 or John Adams by David McCullough (complete book this term.)

EXTRACURRICULAR READING FOR HONORS STUDENTS, ETC 

Level 5 Lesson Plans (scroll down for L5Y2)

Level 6 Year 1

Modern World 

American History to 1815-Present

Church History to the End of the Sixth Age

1 credit

Level 6 Year 1 History Lesson Plans

World History:

A Short History of the World, Roberts 1x weekly N 

Term 1: Chapters 11-12

Term 2: Chapters 13-14

Term 3: Chapter 15

National History:

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Churchill and Lee 2x weekly N

Term 1: Chapters 44-46, pp. 254-300

Term 2: Chapters 47-49, pp. 300-400

National History:

Land of Hope, McClay 1x weekly N

Term 1: Chapters 7-12

Term 2: Chapters 13-17

Term 3: Chapters 18-Epilogue

Church History:

The Catholic Church Through the Ages, Vidmar 1x every other week N

Term 1: The Renaissance-The Catholic Response

Term 2: The Missions-The Aftermath of Revolution

Term 3: The Catholic Church in the United States-The End of the Sixth Age

Primary Source Reading: 

2x weekly N

NB: Religion readings in the Church Fathers also constitute primary-source material for Church History. The Bible also constitutes a primary source. 

Additional Primary Documents from Land of Hope

Honors Option

Term 1:

Great Courses lecture series Rise and Fall of the British Empire (available at Audible)

Great Courses lecture series Skeptics Guide to American History (available at Audible)

-OR-

An Infamous Army by Georgette Heyer OR Up from Slavery by Washington 

AND Hidden Figures (complete ? this term.)

Term 2:

Great Courses lecture series Rise and Fall of the British Empire (available at Audible)

Great Courses lecture series Skeptics Guide to American History (available at Audible)

-OR-

Flu by Kolata OR A Month in the Country by Carr 

and The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald 

AND Hidden Figures (Complete to 2/3 this term.)

Term 3:

Great Courses lecture series Rise and Fall of the British Empire (available at Audible)

Great Courses lecture series Skeptics Guide to American History (available at Audible)

-OR-

Witness by Chambers OR A Song for Nagasaki by Glynn 

AND Hidden Figures (Complete to end this term.)

EXTRACURRICULAR READING FOR HONORS STUDENTS, ETC

Level 6 Year 2

Independent Research in History

Each term, the student will choose a topic or focus for self-conducted research. Categories for these topics might include: 

Military History 

Fashion History

Women’s History

Agricultural History

History of Slavery and Slave-Holding

History of a Particular Ethnicity or Cultural Background

History of Religious Orders

History of the Papacy

History of Theology/Development of Doctrine

Economic History of a given era or culture

History of Science

History of Theater and Drama

 

The student would need to select a narrow focus within one of these categories (or another of his/her own devising), in order to have a workable project for the term. For example, within History of the Papacy, a student might choose to focus on the corrupt Borgian popes of the Renaissance, or on one saintly pope. Within History of Theater, a student might concentrate only on Greek drama or medieval mystery plays. 

The student may choose to research aspects of the same broad topic each term. This is perfectly acceptable. 

The student should plan to write a 5-10-page research paper each term, OR prepare a thorough half-hour oral presentation. 

 

Term 1: first chosen topic researched, with paper or presentation due in Week 12

Term 2: second chosen topic researched, with paper or presentation due in Week 12

Term 3: third chosen topic researched, with paper or presentation due in Week 12

 

These projects might or might not feed into a year-long senior thesis. It is acceptable for those two assignments to be integrated, as long as the student does produce a paper or an oral presentation each term. It is also acceptable for the senior thesis to deal with some other topic altogether, outside the parameters of history. Either way, juggling multiple research projects and deadlines provides important preparation for college or the working world.

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