WORLD HISTORY I CLASS PAGE: 2005-2006
About World History I
World History is an enormous topic and many men have spent their lifetimes studying even very small parts of it. For this reason, I have chosen to put this summary of World History into a two year course. Even this is not enough time to do any part of that history justice. However, it is, I think, enough time to accomplish the goals of this course. Knowledge of history is the foundation of culture and when you realize that your heritage goes back to our first father, Adam, the complexity of this culture is both inspiring and terrifying. Studying history is a great privilege and a great responsibility.
The goals I have set out for this course are, I believe, modest and yet sufficient. First, the course follows the course of redemption history in its story. In doing this the outline of history will focus on the center of history, the coming of Jesus Christ the Son of God. While doing this, the students will read primary sources from the Bible first and then from historians near to the times they themselves record. Finally, this scheme of study history will yield a general scheme of history in which the major events both Biblical and extra-Biblical are placed in chronological order. An outline of history organized by redemption history and studied from the primary sources.
To be continued…
*SYLLABUS IN PROCESS
1. 9/5 Read and outline the book of Genesis: Read Rohl, Introduction
2. 9/12 Read and outline the book of Exodus: Read Rohl, Chapter 1
3. 9/19 Read Numbers: Read Rohl, Chapters 2 and 3
4. 9/26 Read Dueteronomy (in class outlining): Read Rohl, Chapters 4-6
5. 10/3 Read Joshua and Judges: Read Rohl, Chapters 7-8
6. 10/10 Read Ruth and Esther: Read Rohl, Chapters 9-10
7. 10/17 Read 1 Samuel: Read Rohl, Chapters 11-12
8. 10/24 Read 2 Samuel: Read Rohl, Chapters 13-14
9. 10/30 Read 1 Kings: Read Rohl, Chapter 15
10. 11/7 Read 2 Kings
11. 11/14 Read Ezra and Nehemiah
Thanksgiving Week Holiday
12. 11/28 Read and the books Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Micah
13. 12/5 Read and the books Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
14. 12/12 Read and outline the first and second book of Herodotus **Herodotus Link**
Christmas Break--Three Weeks
15. 1/9 Read and outline the third, fourth, and fifth books of Herodotus
16. 1/16 Read and outline the sixth and seventh books of Herodotus First Semester Paper Due Friday (Paper Checklist here)
17. 1/23 Read and outline the eighth and ninth books of Herodotus
18. 1/30 Read and outline the first and second book of Thucydides
19. 2/6 Read and outline the third, fourth, and fifth books of Thucydides
20. 2/13 Read and outline the sixth, seventh, and eighth books of Thucydides
21. 2/20 Read and outline the first, second, third, and fourth books of Annabasis of Alexander
22. 2/27 Read and outline the fifth, sixth, and seventh books of Annabasis of Alexander
23. 3/6 Read the first, second, and third books of Caesar's The Gallic Wars
Spring Break (no tutorials)
24. 3/20 Read the fourth and fifth books of Caesar's The Gallic Wars
25. 3/27 Read the sixth, seventh, and eighth books of Caesar's The Gallic Wars
26. 4/3 Read the first, second, third and fourth books of Tacitus
27. 4/10 Read the fourth, fifth, sixth, eleventh, and twelfth books of Tacitus
28. 4/17 Read the thirteenth, forteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth books of Tacitus
29. 4/24 Read and outline the Gospel of St. Matthew
30. 5/1 Read and outline the Gospel of St. Mark
31. 5/8 Read and outline the Gospel of St. Luke (**BC History Timeline Due**)
32. 5/15 Read and outline the Gospel of St. John (**Term Research Paper Due**)
World History Resources
Online Bible: be sure to get the ABC’s of Biblical Archeology, Maps, and Biblical Chronology collections. This is “freeware.”