American Culture (DVD Video & Audio)

Product Description

In the King’s Meadow American Culture course, Dr. George Grant surveys the history, literature, philosophy, theology, and civics of American Culture, an epoch focusing primarily on the Age of Exploration and Colonization to the advent of Modernity.

Audio mp3 lectures are included in DVD format.

Note: Some lectures do not include video and are audio only. See below.

This price is based on single family use. 
Co-op and school pricing are available; contact office @ kingsmeadow.com with inquiries.

Curriculum Components

Documents

• Instructor’s Guide
• Literature Planning Guide
• Opportunities and Exams
• Lecture Slides
• Timelines

Lectures

1. Meso-America: Antiquity’s Redeux
2. Early Contacts: Myths & Uncertainties
3. Prince Henry & Exploration
4. Christopher Columbus: The Man & theMyths
5. Hapsburg Conquistadors: Hegemony & Hamas
6. Scramble for Colonies: Adventurers & Settlers
7. International Conflicts: Two Hundred Fifty Years of War
8. Puritans & Pilgrims: New Life in a New World / The Mayflower Compact
9. Heros, Troublers, & Salutary Neglect (audio only)
10. The Great Awakening: Decline & Revival
11. The Founders & the Classics: A Lifetime of Learning
12. Mercantilism & the Stirrings of Revolt (audio only)
13. Reluctant Revolutionaries: The Surprising Stirrings of an American Reformation
14. Covenant Lawsuit: The Declaration of Independence
15. The Forgotten Presidents
16. Unlikely Friends: Franklin and Whitefield
17. The Mid-term Election of 2010: Principles & Propositions (audio only)
18. Post-Election: Where do we go from here? (audio only)
19. The Forgotten Founding: Extraordinary Individuals, Remarkable Transformations
20. Against All Odds: From the Outbreak of Hostilities to Valley Forge
21. The Tide Turns: Victory & Independence
22. A More Perfect Union: The Articles of Confederation
23. Domestic Tranquility: Moving Toward a New Constitution
24. Washington’s Leadership: Setting the Record Straight
25. Adams, Jefferson, & Hamilton: The Second Generation of the Founders
26. How Napoléon Made America: The Louisiana Purchase
27. The Undaunted Courage of Lewis & Clark
28. The Unnecessary War of 1812 (audio only)
29. Adams & Jackson: Two Alike Opposites (audio only)
30. The Trail of Tears: Amazing Grace in the Midst of Sorrow (audio only)
31. Clay, Calhoun, & Webster: The Great Triumvirate
32. The Nullification Crisis
33. Essential Habits of Emerging Leaders: The Lectio Divina
34. How Cultures Change: From Philosophy to Film
35. Chattel Slavery: Complications & Complexities
36. Fire-breathers: Ideologues and Provocateurs
37. A House Divided: Secession
38. Brother Against Brother
39. The War Shudders to an End
40. Reconstruction: Ashes and Antagonism
41. The Wild, Wild West: From Sea to Shining Sea
42. Give Me Your Huddled Masses
43. Fundamentalism, Modernism, and Economics: The Rise of the Social Gospel
44. Theodore Roosevelt: Morning in America