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Western Civilization Syllabus
Wednesdays at MAS, 2025-2026
Mr. Owens |
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| Week | What to do this week | Assignments |
| Week 1 Week of 8/13/2025 | ☐ 1.0a (video) Preliminaries ☐ 1.1a (PDF, print this) Intro to the course ☐ 1.1a (video) What is Western Civilization? ☐ 1.1b (video) Intro Video and Comments ☐ 1.1c (video) A Look at the rationale behind the course ☐ 1.1d (video) Overview of the course - Part 1 ☐ 1.1e (video) Overview of the course - Part 2 ☐ 1.1f (audio) How did we get here? ☐ 1.1g (audio) Disclosure - Where I am coming from ☐ 1.1h (PDF, skim this) Wikipedia article on Western Culture ☐ 1.2a (video) Cultural Continuity ☐ 1.2b (PDF, optional) Michael Chandler on Cultural Continuity ☐ 1.3a (PDF, read this) America's History pages 1-18 | Due 8/20/2025: • Watch, listen, and read all files through 1.3a • Read: America's History pages 1-18 |
| Week 2 Week of 8/20/2025 | ☐ 1.3b (video) Part 1 - A Look at an American History Textbook ☐ 1.3b (video) Part 2 - Equivalent Societies ☐ 1.3b (video) Part 3 - American Empires ☐ 1.3b (video) Part 4 - Building Projects ☐ 1.3b (video) Part 5 - Expansive Trade Networks ☐ 1.3c (video) Part 1 - Europe Comparison ☐ 1.3c (video) Part 2 - The Ending of Slavery ☐ 1.3c (video) Part 3 - The Barbarian Fringe ☐ 1.3c (video) Part 4 - European Trade Systems ☐ 1.3c (video) Part 5 - Gothic Architecture ☐ 1.3c (video) Part 6 - Renaissance Art ☐ 1.3c (video) Part 7 - Conclusion ☐ 1.3c (video) Part 8 - Lincoln Cathedral ☐ 1.3d (video) Comments on HW 1A - Hierarchy and Authority ☐ 1.3e (PDF) HW 1A - Hierarchy and Authority | Due 8/27/2025: • All files through 1.3d • HW 1A |
| Week 3 Week of 8/27/2025 | ☐ 1.4a (PDF, print this) An Overview of Western History ☐ 1.4b (video) Time Line of Western History ☐ 1.4c (video) A Few Specific Dates ☐ 1.4d (video) Significant Intellectual Movements ☐ 1.4e (video) Two Key Questions - Part 1 - Epistemology ☐ 1.4f (video) Two Key Questions - Part 2 - Anthropology ☐ 1.4g (video) Key Dates and Events - Part 1 ☐ 1.4h (video) Key Dates and Events - Part 2 ☐ 1.4i (video) Key Dates and Events - Part 3 ☐ 1.4j (PDF) HW 1B - Key Dates and Events ☐ 1.4k (video) Comments on the upcoming quiz ☐ 1.4m (PDF) Review - Overview of Western History ☐ 1.4n (PDF) Quiz 1 - Overview of Western History ☐ 1.4o (PDF, quiz retake) Quiz 1 version 2 ☐ 1.4p (PER, quiz retake) Quiz 1 version 3 | Due 9/3/2025: • All files through 1.4k • HW 1B • Quiz 1 |
| Week 4 Week of 9/3/2025 | ☐ 2.1a (PDF, print this) Intro to Ancient Greece ☐ 2.1b (video) Greece and the Mediterranean ☐ 2.1c (video) Time Line of Ancient Greece ☐ 2.1d1 (video) Greek Geography ☐ 2.1d2 (image) Greek Geography - notes ☐ 2.1e1 (video) The Trojan War ☐ 2.1e2 (image) The Trojan War - notes ☐ 2.1f (PDF) Excerpt from The Iliad by Homer ☐ 2.1g (PDF) Odysseus style Greek Ship Discovered ☐ 2.1h (video) The Age of Greek Expansion ☐ 2.2a (PDF, print this) The Persian Wars ☐ 2.2b1 (video) Persian Expansion and Ionian Revolt ☐ 2.2b2 (image) Persian Expansion and Ionian Revolt ☐ 2.2c1 (video) The Battle of Marathon ☐ 2.2c2 (image) The Battle of Marathon ☐ 2.2c3 (image) The Battle of Marathon ☐ 2.2d (audio) Mr. Tribble and Mr. Owens discuss Marathon ☐ 2.2e (PDF) From The Histories by Herodotus ☐ 2.2f (video) The Battle of Thermopylae ☐ 2.2g (PDF) HW 2A ☐ 2.2h (PDF) HW 2B ☐ 2.2i (video) Boy Scouts 1910 to Today ☐ 2.2j (PDF) The Boy Scouts - A Case Study in Compromise | Due 9/10/2025: • All files through 2.2j • Reading from The Iliad by Homer • Reading from The Histories by Herodotus • HW 2A • HW 2B |
| Week 5 Week of 9/10/2025 | ☐ 2.3a (PDF) Greek Philosophy - Lesson Outline ☐ 2.3b (video) The Golden Age of Athens ☐ 2.3c (video) A Brief Introduction to Dr. RC Sproul ☐ 2.3d (video) RC Sproul - Socrates ☐ 2.3e (video) Socrates to Plato ☐ 2.3f (video) Brief Intro to Plato and the Cave Allegory ☐ 2.3g (PDF) Plato - The Allegory of the Cave ☐ 2.3h (audio) Plato - The Allegory of the Cave ☐ 2.3i (video) The Allegory of the Cave - Part 1 ☐ (PDF) HW 2C - Cave Allegory Essay 1 | Due 9/17/2025: • All files through 2.3j • HW 2C |
| Week 6 Week of 9/17/2025 | ☐ 2.3k1 (audio) The Fatal Flaw in the Cave Allgory ☐ 2.3k2 (audio) Background - Plato's Theory of the Forms ☐ 2.3k3 (audio) The Cave Allegory and Education ☐ 2.3k4 (audio) The Cave Allegory and Government ☐ 2.3k5 (audio) Plato's Fundamental Flaw ☐ 2.3k6 (audio) Augustine on the Men Who Rule ☐ 2.3k7 (audio) If Men Were Angels ☐ 2.3k8 (audio) Utopian vision leads to disaster, every time ☐ 2.3k9 (audio) Our Current Era - A new iteration ☐ 2.3m1 (image) Activist Teacher ☐ 2.3m2 (image) School children told to declare independence from parents ☐ 2.3m3 (video) Melissa Harris-Perry on Collective Education ☐ 2.3m4 (video) Biden - No such thing as someone else's child ☐ 2.3m5 (video) Yuri Bezmenov, J. Lindsay, School interviews ☐ 2.3n (PDF) Philosopher Kings - Britannica Online ☐ 2.3o (PDF) HW 2D - Cave Allegory Essay 2 ☐ 2.4a (audio) The Rise and Fall of Greece - Mr. Tribble ☐ 2.4b (image) Will Durant on the Athenians ☐ 2.4c (video) Philip of Macedon - Alexander the Great - Pyrrho of Elea | Due 9/24/2025: • All files through 2.3m • All files through 2.4c |
| Week 7 Week of 9/24/2025 | ☐ 3.1a (video) Thinking About the Roman Empire - Part 1 ☐ 3.1b (video) Thinking About the Roman Empire - Part21 ☐ 3.2b (video) Introduction ☐ 3.2c (video) The Legend of Rome's Founding ☐ 3.2d (video) The Period of Roman Kings and King Tarquin the Proud ☐ 3.2e (video) The End of the Reigh of King Tarquin ☐ 3.3a (PDF) The Birth of the Republic and the Second Founding - outline ☐ 3.3b (video) The Birth of the Roman Republic ☐ 3.3c (video) The Rule of Law ☐ 3.3d (video) Camillus and the Second Founding of Rome ☐ 3.4a (PDF) The Roman Army and the Punic Wars - outline ☐ 3.4b (video) The Roman Army ☐ 3.4c (video) The Punic Wars ☐ 3.4d (PDF) HW 3A - The Roman Army and the Punic Wars ☐ 3.5a (PDF) Julius Caesar, end of the Republic - notes ☐ 3.5b (audio) Caesar's Rise to Power ☐ 3.5c (audio) The assassination of Julius Caesar ☐ 3.5d (audio) Caesar and the Pirates ☐ 3.5e (audio) History of Rome Ep. 39 - Young Julius Caesar ☐ 3.5f (PDF, read this) Excerpt: Life of Caesar by Plutarch ☐ 3.5g (PDF) HW 3B - Caesar and the Pirates | Due 10/1/2025: • All files through 3.5g • HW 3A • HW 3B |
| Week 8 Week of 10/1/2025 | ☐ 3.6a (PDF) Octavian Augustus, Beginning of the Empire ☐ 3.6b (video) Octavian Augustus, Beginning of the Empire ☐ 3.6c (PDF) On the Eastern Edge of the Roman Empire ☐ 3.6d (video) On the Eastern Edge of the Roman Empire ☐ 3.6e (video) Jeff Jansen on the Early Church - DCC ☐ 3.6f (PDF) HW 3C - Roman History ☐ 3.6g (PDF) HW 3D - Time Line ☐ 3.6h (audio) Three Truths - Introduction ☐ 3.6i (audio) Three Truths - 1 - In the Image of God ☐ 3.6j (audio) Three Truths - 2 - The Fall of Man ☐ 3.6k (audio) Three Truths - 3 - The Meaning of Life ☐ 3.6l (PDF, read this) from Augustine City of God Book IV ☐ 3.6m (PDF, read this) Ecclesiastes 2-3 | Due 10/8/2025: • All files through 3.6m • HW 3C • HW 3D |
| Week 9 Week of 10/8/2025 | ☐ 3.7a (video) The Crisis of the Third Century – Tom Woods ☐ 3.7b (video) The Crisis of the Third Century and the Edict of Diocletian ☐ 3.7c(video) The Edict of Diocletian Setting Maximum Prices ☐ 3.7d (PDF) The Edict of Diocletian Fixing Maximum Prices AD 301 ☐ 3.7e (video) Richard Nixon Wage Price Freeze 1971 ☐ 3.7f (video) Final Comments on Price Controls ☐ 3.7g (video) Milton Friedman – The Folly of Price Controls ☐ 3.7h (image) Where Roman Coins Have Been Found ☐ 3.8a (PDF) Constantine and Religious Tolerance – outline ☐ 3.8b (video) Constantine and Tolerance ☐ 3.8c (video) Discussing Constantine with Mr. Tribble ☐ 3.8d (audio) Additional Thoughts on Tolerance ☐ 3.8e (PDF) The Case for Erudition ☐ 3.8f (PDF) Early Creeds of the Christian Church ☐ 3.9a (PDF) The Fall of the Roman Empire – outline ☐ 3.9b (video) Economic Decay in the Roman Empire ☐ 3.9c (image) Infographic on Roman Currency Debasement by VisualCapitalist ☐ 3.9d Comments on Venezuela from Statista.com ☐ 3.9e (html link) IMF Inflation Data ☐ 3.9f (audio) Dr. Duke Pesta and Daniel Natal – The Fall of the Roman Republic and the Fate of America ☐ 3.9g (video) Rome Fell from Within ☐ 3.9h (PDF) Rome Fell from Within – Excerpt from Francis Schaeffer ☐ 3.9i (PDF) Rome Fell from Within – Excerpt from St. Augustine’s City of God | Due 10/22/2025: • All files through 3.9h |
| 10/15/2025 | Fall Break | |
| Week 10 Week of 10/22/2025 | ☐ 4.1a (video) Intro to the Middle Ages ☐ 4.1b (video) Middle Age Memes ☐ 4.1c (video) Studying the Middle Ages ☐ 4.1d (PDF) Peter Hitchens – A failure of Christian education ☐ 4.1e (video) A Brief Introduction to Cultural Marxism ☐ 4.2a (PDF) The Early Middle Ages – lecture notes ☐ 4.2b (video) How the Christians Elevated Culture ☐ 4.2c (video) Overview of East and West – Part 1 ☐ 4.2d (video) Overview of East and West – Part 2 ☐ 4.2e (video) The Walls of Constantinople ☐ 4.2f1 (video) Justinian and the Law Code – brief comments ☐ 4.2f2 (audio) Famous Men of the Middle Ages – Chapter 8 by John Haaren ☐ 4.2f3 (audio) Legal History from A European Perspective ☐ 4.2f4 (PDF) The Institutes of Justinian – Project Gutenberg ☐ 4.2g (video) The Hagia Sophia – The Church of the Holy Wisdom ☐ 4.2h (video) Medieval Social Media ☐ 4.2i (PDF) How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization – Chapter 1 ☐ 4.2j (PDF) How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization – Chapter 2 | Due 10/29/2025: • All files through 4.2j |
| Week 11 Week of 10/29/2025 | ☐ 4.3a (PDF) The Monastic Movement and Meaningful Work – outline ☐ 4.3b (video) The Monastic Movement and Meaningful Work ☐ 4.3c (PDF) Prologue to the Rule of St. Benedict ☐ 4.3d (PDF) Wendell Berry – from The Gift of Good Land ☐ 4.3e (PDF) Sacred Heart Review on the monks ☐ 4.3f (PDF) Tom Wood – Chapter 3 – How the Monks Saved Civilization ☐ 4.3g Western Civilization HW 4A ☐ 4.3h Western Civilization HW 4B ☐ 4.4a (PDF) The Early Middle Ages Part 2 – outline ☐ 4.4b (video) The Barbarians and Atilla the Hun ☐ 4.4c (video) The Conversion of the Barbarians | Due 11/5/2025: • All files through 4.4c • HW 4A • HW 4B |
| Week 12 Week of 11/5/2025 | ☐ 5.1a (video) Islam and Demographic Change ☐ 5.1b (video) Followup Discussion ☐ 5.1c (PDF) From The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray ☐ 5.1d (video) Excerpt from the Podcast of the Lotus Eaters 7-24-2024 Islam and terrorism ☐ 5.2a (PDF) Islam - Origin and Basic Teachings – outline ☐ 5.2a (video) Islamic Origins and Basic Teachings ☐ 5.2b (PDF) A selection of verses from the Quran ☐ 5.2c (PDF) Political Islam Lesson 2 - Mohammed - by Bill Warner ☐ 5.2d (PDF) Political Islam Lesson 3 - The Basics - by Bill Warner | Due 11/12/2025: • All files through 5.2d |
| Week 13 Week of 11/12/2025 | ☐ 5.3a (PDF) Islam Across Arabia and North Africa – outline ☐ 5.3b (video) Arabia, Muhammad, The Hijra, Early military expeditions ☐ 5.3c (video) Campaigns against the Jews, Dhimmitude, Holy War ☐ 5.3d (video) First Caliphs, Invasion of Syria, Battle of Yarmuk, Jerusalem ☐ 5.3e (video) Egypt and North Africa ☐ 5.3f (PDF) Sword and Scimitar by Raymond Ibrahim - Chapter 3 ☐ 5.3g (PDF) Cumulative Death Toll from Jihad with sources cited ☐ 5.3h (PDF) Western Civilization HW 5A - Islam, Basic Teaching ☐ 5.3i (PDF) Western Civilization HW 5B ☐ 5.4a (video) Islam in the West and a Serious Scandal ☐ 5.4b (video) Raymond Ibrahim - You are not doomed yet, but ☐ 5.4c (video) Raymond Ibrahim - Whitewashing Jihad, Shariah, Islam 2011-12-08 ☐ 5.4d (PDF) Christine Douglass-Williams article - Jihad Watch ☐ 5.4e (image) X post by Ian Miles Cheong 2024-12-31 ☐ 5.4f (video) Investigative reporter Andrew Norfolk statement excerpt ☐ 5.4g (image) Carl Benjamin followup post 2024-12-31 ☐ 5.4h (image) Auron MacIntyre post on Islamic immigration and terrorism | Due 11/19/2025: • All files through 5.4h |
| Week 14 Week of 11/19/2025 | ☐ 6.1a (PDF) The Holy Roman Empire and The Great Schism – outline ☐ 6.1b (video) The Holy Roman Empire and The Great Schism ☐ 6.1c (PDF) HW 6A The Great Schism ☐ 6.2a (PDF) The Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest – outline ☐ 6.2b (video) AD 1066 - The Battle of Hastings and The Norman Conquest ☐ 6.3a (PDF) The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century - outline ☐ 6.3b (video) The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century ☐ 6.3a (PDF) The Magna Carta – outline ☐ 6.3b (video) The Magna Carta ☐ 6.3c (PDF) The Magna Carta - clauses 1, 13, 16, 20, 28, 39, 40 ☐ 6.3d (PDF) The Church and the Magna Carta - Eric Metaxas ☐ 6.3e (Optional) The Church and the Charter ☐ 6.3f (PDF, optional) The Magna Carta - Full Text ☐ 6.5a (PDF) Scholastic Philosophy - student outline ☐ 6.5b (video) Scholastic Philosophy – Introduction ☐ 6.5c (video) Scholastic Philosophy - Saint Anselm ☐ 6.5d (image) Anselm - Ontological Argument ☐ 6.5e (video) Scholastic Philosophy - Peter Abelard ☐ 6.5f (video) Abelard and Heloise ☐ 6.5g (video) Peter Lombard and Albert the Great ☐ 6.6a (PDF) Thomas Aquinas – outline ☐ 6.6b (video) Thomas Aquinas | Due 12/3/2025: • All files through 6.6b • HW 6A |
| 11/26/2025 | Thanksgiving | |
| Week 15 Week of 12/3/2025 | ☐ 6.7a (PDF) Gothic Architecture – outline ☐ 6.7b (video) Architecture Thread ☐ 6.7c (PDF) Architecture thread from Culture Critic ☐ 6.7d (video) Gothic Architecture ☐ 6.7e (PDF) Tom Woods Chapter 4 ☐ 6.8a (PDF) Just War Theory - student outline ☐ 6.8b (audio) Just War Theory ☐ 6.9 Livestreamers Recruit Participates for a Crusade ☐ 6.9a The Crusades - student outline ☐ 6.9b The Crusades ☐ 6.9c Bill Warner Jihad compared to the Crusades ☐ 6.9d from Sword and Scimitar chapter 4 by Raymond Ibrahim ☐ 6.9e Raymond Ibrahim on the Crusades - CTM Podcast 2024-09-13 | Due 12/10/2025: All files through 6.9e |
| Week 16 Week of 12/10/2025 | ☐ 7.1a (PDF) The Renaissance – Introduction – Student outline ☐ 7.1b (video) The Renaissance – Introduction ☐ 7.1c (PDF) How Should We Then Live - Chapter 3 - The Renaissance - by Francis Schaeffer ☐ 7.1d (video) How Should We Then Live - The Renaissance ☐ 7.1e (video) Renaissance art memes ☐ 7.1f (PDF) Western Civilization HW 7A ☐ 7.2a (PDF) Accomplishments of the Renaissance – Student outline ☐ 7.2b (video) Accomplishments of the Renaissance – Part 1 ☐ 7.2c (video) Accomplishments of the Renaissance – Part 2 ☐ 7.2d (video) Machiavelli - Selections from The Prince ☐ 7.2e Shakespeare ☐ 7.2f (PDF) Culture Critic – Why Read Shakespeare ☐ 7.2g Shakespeare National Trust determines Shakespeare is 'not to be' | Due 1/7/2026: All files through 7.2g HW 7A |
| 12/17/2025 | Christmas | |
| 12/24/2025 | Christmas | |
| 12/31/2025 | Christmas | |
| Week 17 Week of 1/7/2026 | ☐ 7.3a (PDF) The Reformation – Student outline ☐ 7.3b (audio) Discussing the Reformation with Mr. Tribble ☐ 7.3c (PDF) How Should We Then Live - Chapter 4a ☐ 7.3d (video) The Protestant Reformation - Background ☐ 7.3e (audio) The Protestant Reformation - John Wycliffe ☐ 7.3f (audio) The Protestant Reformation - Erasmus ☐ 7.3g (audio) The Protestant Reformation - Martin Luther ☐ 7.3h (audio) The Protestant Reformation - William Tyndale ☐ 7.3i (PDF) The Book That Made Your World - ch. 9 ☐ 7.3j (PDF) Excerpts from Martin Luther`s 95 Theses | Due 1/14/2026: All files through 7.3j |
| Week 18 Week of 1/14/2026 | ☐ 7.4a (PDF) The Scientific Revolution - student outline ☐ 7.4b (video) The Scientific Revolution - Introduction ☐ 7.4c (video) Stillbirths of Science ☐ 7.4d (video) The Christian Intellectual Tradition in the West ☐ 7.4e (video) A Real and Understandable World ☐ 7.4f (PDF) HW 7B ☐ 7.4g (video) Copernicus ☐ 7.4h (video) Galileo ☐ 7.4i (video) Tycho Brahe ☐ 7.4j (video) Johannes Kepler - Part 1 ☐ 7.4k (video) Johannes Kepler - Part 2 ☐ 7.4l (video) Isaac Newton - Introduction ☐ 7.4m (video) Newton`s Academic and Scientific Career ☐ 7.4n (video) Principia Mathematica ☐ 7.4o (video) Newton`s Later Years ☐ 7.4p (video) Recognition of Newton`s Legacy ☐ 7.4q (video) Newton`s Influence on Subsequent Thought ☐ 7.4r (PDF, optional) Newton to Bentley - Proof of a Diety ☐ 7.4s (PDF) HW 7C | Due 1/21/2026: All files through 7.4q HW 7B HW 7C |
| Week 19 Week of 1/21/2026 | ☐ 8.1a (PDF) Revolutions – Student outline ☐ 8.1b (video) Revolutions – Part 1 ☐ 8.1c (video) Revolutions – Part 2 ☐ 8.1d (PDF) Document - Coronation Oath ☐ 8.1e (PDF) Document - 1689 - from English Bill of Rights ☐ 8.1f (PDF) Document - 1776 - The Declaration ☐ 8.1g (PDF) Document - 1788 - Federalist 51 p 1-2 ☐ 8.1h (audio) The Bill of Rights ☐ 8.1i (PDF) Western Civilization HW 8A - Revolutions | Due 1/28/2026: All files through 8.1h HW 8A |
| Week 20 Week of 1/28/2026 | ☐ 8.2a (audio) The French Revolution Part 1: Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite ☐ 8.2b (PDF) HW 8B - The French Revolution ☐ 8.2c (audio) The French Revolution Part 2: The Reign of Terror and the Rise of Napoleon ☐ 8.2d (PDF) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen ☐ 8.2e (PDF) How Should We Then Live - Chapter 6 The Enlightenment by Francis Schaeffer ☐ 8.2f (PDF) The French Revolution Part 3 - Student Notes ☐ 8.2g (video) The French Revolution Part 3 ☐ 8.2h (PDF) Conspiracy of Equals from Heaven on Earth by Joshua Muravchik ☐ 8.2i (PDF) The French Terror - Unhumans chapter 4 by Posobiec and Lisec ☐ 8.2j (PDF) HW 8C - The French Revolution | Due 2/4/2026: All files through 8.2i HW 8C |
| Week 21 Week of 2/4/2026 | ☐ 9.1a (PDF) Introduction to Economics - Student outline ☐ 9.1b (video) The Little Red Hen ☐ 9.1c (PDF) Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell ch 1-2 ☐ 9.1d (PDF) HW 9A ☐ 9.2a (PDF) Early America - Plymouth Plantation - Student outline ☐ 9.2b (video) Early America - Plymouth Plantation ☐ 9.2c (PDF) Biblical Teachings on Work ☐ 9.2d (PDF) From Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford ☐ 9.2e (PDF) The Pilgrims Tried Socialism and It Failed – AEIR ☐ 9.2f (PDF) HW 9B ☐ 9.3a (PDF) Basic Economics - Money, Prices, The Invisible Hand - Student Notes ☐ 9.3b (audio) Money, Prices, and The Invisible Hand ☐ 9.3c (car video) Final Thoughts on Price Theory | Due 2/11/2026: All files through 9.3C HW 9A HW 9B |
| Week 22 Week of 2/11/2026 | ☐ 9.4a (PDF) Economics and Politics - Student outline ☐ 9.4b (car video) Price Gouging ☐ 9.4c (car video) Laissez-Faire and the Role of Government in the Economy ☐ 9.4d (car video) Technological Advancement and its Effect on the Economy ☐ 9.4e (car video) The Need for a Moral Framework ☐ 9.4f (car video) Economic Systems - Capitalism - Socialism - Communism - Fascism ☐ 9.4g (car video) The Great Depression Part 1 - 1929 to 1939 ☐ 9.4h (car video) The Great Depression Part 2 - Big Government Intervention ☐ 9.4i (car video) The Great Depression Part 3 - A Free Market Perspective ☐ 9.4j (car video) Concluding thoughts ☐ 9.4l (PDF) Western Civilization HW 9C | Due 2/25/2026: All files through 9.4j HW 9C |
| 2/18/2026 | Winter Break | |
| Week 23 Week of 2/25/2026 | ☐ 9.5a (PDF) The Great Depression - Student Notes ☐ 9.5b (video) In class - The Great Depression - Segment 1 ☐ 9.5c (video) In class - The Great Depression - Segment 2 ☐ 9.5d (PDF) We Had Everything But Money - selected pages ☐ 9.5e (PDF) The Western News Media and Mr Jones ☐ 9.5f (audio) The Western Media and Mr Jones ☐ 9.5g (video) Mr Jones - 2019 - Official Trailer ☐ 9.5h (video) Mr Jones - 2019 - movie clip - The natural order ☐ 9.5i (video) Mr Jones - 2019 - ending scene ☐ 9.5j (PDF) Mr Jones - plot summary from Wikipedia ☐ 9.5k (PDF) Analysis by Grok AI ☐ 9.6a (video) 2024-03-13 - In class - Economics Wrap Up ☐ 9.6b (video) Milton Friedman Discusses the Pencil ☐ 9.6c (video) Milton Friedman - Phil Donahue Show 1979 Capitalism and greed ☐ 9.6d (video) Milton Friedman - Why Do We Let This Happen - Cornell Univ 1978 ☐ 9.6e (video) Milton Friedman answers student question at Stanford University - 1 ☐ 9.6f (video) Milton Friedman answers student question at Stanford University - 2 ☐ 9.6g (video) Thomas Sowell on Rousseau and Humanity - No Solutions, Only Trade-offs ☐ 9.6h (video) Thomas Sowell's insight comments by Konstantin Kisin ☐ 9.6i (video) Thomas Sowell on universal principles ☐ 9.6j (video) Thomas Sowell - The Poverty Empire ☐ 9.6k (image) Milton Friedman on the family ☐ 9.6l (PDF) Western Civilization HW 9D | Due 3/4/2026: All files through 9.6k HW 9D |
| Week 24 Week of 3/4/2026 | ☐ 10.3a (PDF) Slavery - Student notes ☐ 10.3b (video) Introduction ☐ 10.3c (video) The Standard Narrative ☐ 10.3d A Brief Look at the History of Slavery ☐ 10.3e (image) 1619 Project - Wikipedia ☐ 10.3f (PDF) The Forgotten Slave Trade - Introduction ☐ 10.3g (PDF) The Forgotten Slave Trade - Chapter 1 - The Roots of Slavery ☐ 10.3h (video) Konstantin Krisin on Slavery Western Civilization Education Self Criticism ☐ 10.3i (video) Pedro Claver ☐ 10.3j (PDF) Pedro Claver - from The Story of Christianity by Justo Gonzales ☐ 10.3k (PDF) Chronology of Emancipation - from Time of the Cross by Fogel and Engerman ☐ 10.3l (video) Chronology of Emancipation ☐ 10.3m (video) Kevin Gutzman on the writers of the Declaration ☐ 10.3n (audio) Jordan Peterson and Senator Josh Hawley discuss slavery and the West ☐ 10.3o (PDF) William WIlberforce from 7 Women 7 Men by Eric Metaxas ☐ 10.3p (video) The Slave Narratives ☐ 10.3q (PDF) Excerpt from The Slave Narratives - Georgia Part 2 - WPA ☐ 10.3r (PDF, optional) The Slave Narratives - Georgia Part 2 - WPA ☐ 10.3s (video) Segregation - Jim Crow Laws and lynching ☐ 10.3t (video) Ezola Foster clip 1 ☐ 10.3t (video) Ezola Foster clip 2 ☐ 10.3u (video) Democrats and Republicans on Slavery and Segregation ☐ 10.3v (video) Thomas Sowell on slavery ☐ 10.3w (video) 2023-07-04 Douglas Murray on slavery - Piers Morgan show 1080p ☐ 10.3x (video)Thomas Sowell - Brief comments on slavery ☐ 10.3y (PDF) Western Civilization HW 10A | Due 3/11/2026: All files through 10.3x HW 10A |
| Week 25 Week of 3/11/2026 | Due 3/18/2026: | |
| Week 26 Week of 3/18/2026 | Due 3/25/2026: | |
| Week 27 Week of 3/25/2026 | Due 4/1/2026: | |
| Week 28 Week of 4/1/2026 | Due 4/15/2026: | |
| 4/8/2026 | Spring Break | |
| Week 29 Week of 4/15/2026 | Due 4/22/2026: | |
| Week 30 Week of 4/22/2026 | Due 4/29/2026: | |
| Week 31 Week of 4/29/2026 | Due 5/6/2026: | |
| Week 32 Week of 5/6/2026 | Due 5/13/2026: | |