World History 6/7: Modern Times

Teacher: Kelly Becich

Monthly Tuition: $75 a month

Age: 6th & 7th graders

Curriculum: Mystery of History Volume 4

Materials Needed: Mystery of History, Volume 4 (Book will come with code to download the companion guide for free)
*For families with students in K5 program this history will follow the same time period so that your family can be engaged in learning about similar topics together.
Additional Items needed include: folder with pockets and brads, notebook paper, pen, pencil, and map pencils.

Book List: (in order of when it will be needed during the year)
*Books may be purchased via the links below or from anywhere else, used or new. Books also may be available at your local library.
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Course Description: Modern Times covers 1708 to 2014. It begins with Bach and Handel, brings the reader through multiple "wars of independence" as well as many "wars of ideologies" between Marxism, Darwinism, Fascism, and the Cold War. World War I and II bring the reader to more modern day conflicts, including a collapsed Soviet Union, a divided Korea, tension in the Middle East, and an ongoing War on Terror.

However, in addition to studying the violence of this era, the artists, inventors, writers, and humanitarians who contributed toward the "soul" of mankind over the last three centuries are also integrated. A world history text, Mystery of History 4 does cover important events in American history (though it cannot stand alone as an American history course), including the American Revolution, the War Between the States, the War in Vietnam, and the Civil Rights movement.

The last and final chapter looks at what is to come as outlined in the Book of Revelation. This section does not follow any single view of eschatology, but it will take students to the final chapters of Revelation, and its picture of the new heaven and new earth.