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The Mystery of History Volume 4
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Typically counted as 1 credit for high school students.The Mystery of History Volume IV
The Mystery of History Volume IV, the last and final volume of this world history series, covers three weighty centuries from 1708 to 2014. Starting with Bach and Handel, two of the four significant composers included in Volume IV, the period will see numerous "wars of independence." From the American colonies, the heart of Mexico, the goldmines of Australia, the mountaintops of South America, the shores of Greece, and the walls of the Alamo, we will find mankind desperately striving for liberty and freedom through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He will often achieve it – but seldom without heartache, revolution, and bloodshed!
The Mystery of History Volume IV is written at a 9th-10th grade reading level and is geared primarily for older students. Due to modern history's more tragic and gruesome events, some families will prefer to use Volume IV with only high school students or skip portions when working with younger students. As with other volumes in this series, activities are provided for ages from K-12th Grade. The Mystery of History is for you when your family is ready to study history in an in-depth, Bible-centered, chronological fashion.
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Volume IV, in the words of the author:
Volume IV, the last and final volume of this world history series, spans three pressure-filled centuries from 1708 to 2014. Starting with Bach and Handel, two of four major composers included in Volume IV, the time period will hear music soar to new heights, and observe numerous “wars of independence.”
. . . we will find mankind desperately striving for liberty and freedom through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Most of the time, he will achieve it – but seldom without heartache, revolution, and bloodshed!
On a less tangible battlefield, we will also see in this volume several “wars of ideologies” meaning that we will see the world “take sides” behind invisible lines on their views toward Marxism, Darwinism, Fascism, and the Cold War. Of course, before we get to the Cold War, we will see nations catapulted into two painful World Wars in the twentieth century with the rise of
Unfortunately, the stories of these notorious dictators will require a deep, pensive look at the Gulag system in the Soviet Union, the Holocaust in Europe, and the atomic bombs dropped on Japan. All are difficult topics that need to be examined to learn valuable lessons from history! Some lessons are still being learned, as we will also look at modern man’s struggle with a collapsed Soviet Union, a divided Korea, tension in the Middle East, and an ongoing War on Terror.
Yet, as violent as parts of this volume will be (and which will require screening for young students), we will take time to meet the artists, inventors, writers, and humanitarians who contributed toward the “soul” of mankind over the last three centuries. And, we will join the missionaries and adventurers who journeyed to inland China, the wilds of Africa, the South Pole, and the gray, speckled surface of the moon. I watched the first moon walk when I was a kid, and so this volume has encroached upon my own personal timeline, as it will yours to make recent historical events that much more meaningful.
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View Lesson SamplesAuthor: Linda Lacour Hobar
Publisher: Bright Ideas Press
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 632
Typical High School Credits Earned: 1 credit world history
ISBN: 9781892427304
Faith-Based: Yes
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