Lectures in Moral Philosophy and Humanities by George Grant:

The Goal of Gileskirk is to provide a strong Humanities or Liberal Arts survey of the disciplines of history, literature, philosophy, theology, civics, art, music, and architecture in four great epochs: Antiquity, Christendom, Modernity, and American Culture (American history).

American Culture

American Culture (History)
Our focus this year is American history and culture, starting with ancient American cultures and European exploration, continuing through the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, and culminating in Theodore Roosevelt's presidency. Topics include colonization of the New World, the Puritans, the Founding Fathers, westward expansion, the industrial revolution, the War Between the States, and Reconstruction. This study incorporates the time-honored, classical approach of Moral Philosophy, equipping students with tools for a lifetime of learning: a working knowledge of the timetables of history, a background understanding of great literary classics, a familiarity with the sweep of aesthetic achievement, a basic comprehension of geography, the Principle Approach to discerning the implication of current events, and an emphasis on the application of a Christian worldview to all of life. Students study this period of human achievement in the context of its historical chronology and existing cultural factors as well as its providential and cultural significance. Every other subject and discipline flows from this integrated understanding of God’s world.
 

Price: $150.00 for Curriculum CD-ROM (only)

Price: $300.00 for Audio CD's without Curriculum CD-ROM

Price: $400.00 for DVD's without Curriculum CD-ROM
Lecture 1 will be a CD not DVD's

Price: $400.00 for Audio CD's with the Curriculum CD-ROM

Price: $500.00 for DVD's with the Curriculum CD-ROM
Lecture 1 will be a CD not DVD's

 
CURRICULUM CD-ROM

Each Curriculum CD-ROM contains teacher notes, outlines, weekly tests and keys, mid-term, final exam, and exam keys. It may also contain articles, literature supplements, and special edition or out-of-print books.

Book List, Lecture Titles, and Introductions Adobe PDF

 


More Information:
Lectures:

Dr. Grant lectures are the core of this curriculum so we provide this sample lecture entitled "The Forgotten Presidents" Depending on your internet connection please chose a format from below:

Windows Media - Audio Lecture
Windows Media - Video Broadband

Books and Supplemental Reading

American Culture - Book List, Lectures and Introductions (PDF)

Primary Texts:
          A History of the American People by Paul Johnson (HarperCollins)
          The Patriot's Handbook edited by Dr.George Grant
Literature Texts:
          The Last Crusader by Dr. George Grant (Included on the Curriculum CD)
          Longitude by Dava Sobel
          The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
          Greyfriars Anthology of Puritan Sermons edited by Gregory Wilbur (Included on
Curriculum CD)
          The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
          Greyfriars Anthology of Early American Short Stories edited by Gregory Wilbur
          The Confidence man by Herman Melville
          Nashville 1864 by Madison Jones
          Poetry from the Norton Anthology of Poetry, Shorter 4th edition
 

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