EUROPE, RUSSIA, AND THE WORLD WE LIVE IN
LIVE LECTURE ACCESS
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- Elementary Class (M-T-W, 12pm Central) – passcode 4762022
- Jr/Sr High Class (M-T-W, 1pm Central) – passcode 4762022
- Special Topics (Th,F, 1pm Central) – passcode 4762022
Recordings and resources for Week 24 onward are available only via “Part 2” for registered clients. You will receive the web-site address via e-mail notification.–Mr. Powell
WEEK 23
Lecture 65: Preparing for Europe 2.0, Part 2
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- Lecture 65 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 65 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 64: Preparing for Europe 2.0
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- Lecture 64 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 64 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 63: Test 3 – Test Preparation Class
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- Lecture 63 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 63 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Upper Elementary – Test 3 (PDF)
- Junior High – Test 3 (PDF)
WEEK 22
Lecture 62: Review of the Ancient Background
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- Lecture 62 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 62 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Lower Elementary – Homework Sheets (PDF)
- Upper Elementary – Test 3 Test Preparation Sheets (PDF)
- Junior High – Test 3 Test Preparation Sheets (PDF)
Lecture 61: The Rise of Christianity, Part 2
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- Lecture 61 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 61 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Lower Elementary Class Notes 15 (PDF)
- Upper Elementary Class Notes 15 (PDF)
- Junior High Class Notes 15 (PDF)
Lecture 60: The Rise of Christianity, Part 1
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- Lecture 60 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 60 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
WEEK 21
Lecture 59: The Spectacular and Dismal Roman Empire
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- Lecture 59 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 59 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Lower Elementary Class Notes 14 (PDF)
- Upper Elementary Class Notes 14 (PDF)
- Junior High Class Notes 14 (PDF)
Lecture 58: The Age of Augustus
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- Lecture 58 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 58 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 57: Fall of the Roman Republic
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- Lecture 57 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 57 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
WEEK 20
Lecture 56: Rise of the Roman Empire
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- Lecture 56 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 56 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Lower Elementary Class Notes 13 (PDF)
- Upper Elementary Class Notes 13 (PDF)
- Junior High Class Notes 13 (PDF)
Lecture 55: Early Progress in Rome, Continued
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- Lecture 55 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 55 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 54: Early Progress in Rome
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- Lecture 54 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 54 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
WEEK 19
Lecture 53: The Early Roman Republic
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- Lecture 53 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 53 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 52: Birth of the Roman Republic
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- Lecture 52 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 52 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Lower Elementary Class Notes 11 (PDF)
- Upper Elementary Class Notes 11 (PDF)
- Junior High Class Notes 11 (PDF)
WEEK 18
Lecture 51: The Peloponnesian War and Aftermath
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- Lecture 51 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 51 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 50: The Greco-Persian War
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- Lecture 50 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 50 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 49: Sparta
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- Lecture 49 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 49 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
WEEK 17
Lecture 48: Refresher on Athenian History
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- Lecture 48 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 48 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 47: Review of Europe & Russia
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- Lecture 47 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 47 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
WEEK 16
Test 2 Answer Keys
Lecture 46: The Rise of Athenian Democracy
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- Lecture 46 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 46 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 45: Ancient Greek Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Slavery
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- Lecture 45 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 45 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 44: Ancient Greek Monarchy and Aristocracy
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- Lecture 44 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 44 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
WEEK 15
Lecture 43: Ancient Roots, Part 2
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- Lecture 43 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 43 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 42: Ancient Roots, Part 1
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- Lecture 42 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 42 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 41: Test 2 – Test Preparation Class
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- Lecture 41 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 41 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Upper Elementary – Test 2 (PDF)
- Junior High – Test 2 PDF)
WEEK 14
Lecture 40: Post-Communist Russia
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- Lecture 40 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 40 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Lower Elementary – Homework Sheets (PDF)
- Upper Elementary – Test 2 Preparation Sheets (PDF)
- Junior High – Test 2 Preparation Sheets (PDF)
Lecture 39: Communism in Practice
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- Lecture 39 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 39 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Lower Elementary Class Notes 10 (PDF)
- Upper Elementary Class Notes 10 (PDF)
- Junior High Class Notes 10 (PDF)
Lecture 38: Communism Revisited
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- Lecture 38 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 38 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Thanksgiving Break
WEEK 13
Lecture 37: Communism
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- Lecture 37 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 37 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Lower Elementary Class Notes 9 (PDF)
- Upper Elementary Class Notes 9 (PDF)
- Junior High Class Notes 9 (PDF)
Lecture 36: Russia’s Encounter with a New Europe
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- Lecture 36 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 36 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 35: Russia’s “Century of Humiliation”
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- Lecture 35 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 35 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
WEEK 12
Lecture 34: Napoleon’s Invasion of Russia
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- Lecture 34 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 34 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Lower Elementary Class Notes 8 (PDF)
- Upper Elementary Class Notes 8 (PDF)
- Junior High Class Notes 8 (PDF)
Lecture 33: Russia in the European “Balance of Power”
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- Lecture 33 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 33 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 32: Russia Joins Europe
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- Lecture 32 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 32 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Lower Elementary Class Notes 7 (PDF)
- Upper Elementary Class Notes 7 (PDF)
- Junior High Class Notes 7 (PDF)
WEEK 11
Lecture 31: Isolated Russia
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- Lecture 31 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 31 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 30: Moscow: The “Third Rome”
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- Lecture 30 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 30 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 29: The Mongol Occupation
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- Lecture 29 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 29 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Upper Elementary – Test 1 ANSWER KEY (PDF)
- Junior High – Test 1 ANSWER KEY (PDF — updated Nov.3)
WEEK 10
Lecture 28: The Baptism of Rus
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- Lecture 28 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 28 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 27: Kievan Rus
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- Lecture 27 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 27 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 26: Putin’s Post-Communist Russia, Continued
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- Lecture 26 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 26 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
WEEK 9
Lecture 25: Putin’s Post-Communist Russia
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- Lecture 25 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 25 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 24: Russia and the World We Live In
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- Lecture 24 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 24 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 23: Test 1 – Test Preparation Class
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- Lecture 23 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 23 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Upper Elementary – Test 1 (PDF)
- Junior High – Test 1 (PDF)
WEEK 8
Lecture 22: World War II
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- Lecture 22 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 22 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Lower Elementary – Homework Sheets (PDF)
- Upper Elementary – Test 1 Preparation Sheets (PDF)
- Junior High – Test 1 Preparation Sheets (PDF)
Lecture 21: World War I
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- Lecture 21 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 21 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Lower Elementary Class Notes 6 (PDF)
- Upper Elementary Class Notes 6 (PDF)
- Junior High Class Notes 6 (PDF)
WEEK 7
Lecture 20: Nationalism, Ultranationalism, and Supernationalism
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- Lecture 20 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 20 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Lower Elementary Class Notes 5 (PDF)
- Upper Elementary Class Notes 5 (PDF)
- Junior High Class Notes 5 (PDF)
Lecture 19: What is a Nation? (Part 2)
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- Lecture 19 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 19 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 18: What is a Nation? (Part 1)
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- Lecture 18 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 18 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
WEEK 6
Lecture 17: Monarchy from Charlemagne to Napoleon
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- Lecture 17 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 17 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Lower Elementary Class Notes 4 (PDF)
- Upper Elementary Class Notes 4 (PDF)
- Junior High Class Notes 4 (PDF)
Lecture 16: European History 1.0, Part 2
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- Lecture 16 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 16 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 15: European History 1.0
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- Lecture 15 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 15 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
WEEK 5
Lecture 14: The Rise of the Europe of Nations, Part 4
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- Lecture 14 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 14 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Lower Elementary Class Notes 3 (PDF)
- Upper Elementary Class Notes 3 (PDF)
- Junior High Class Notes 3 (PDF)
Lecture 13: The Rise of the Europe of Nations, Part 3
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- Lecture 13 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 13 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- (The Jr/Sr High recordings is choppy at first, but technical difficulties were resolved after a few minutes.)
Lecture 12: There’s No Such Thing as “Far Away”
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- Lecture 12 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 12 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Jr/Sr High Homework Reading: Ben Franklin Travels 100 miles (PDF)
WEEK 4
Special Topics Lecture 4 – The Rise of Germany
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- ST4: Screencast
Special Topics Lecture 3 – The Coming Collapse of Germany
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- ST3: Screencast
Lecture 11: The Rise of the Europe of Nations, Part 2
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- Lecture 11 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 11 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 10: The Rise of the Europe of Nations
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- Lecture 10 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 10 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 9: The Failure of European Cardinality
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- Lecture 9 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 9 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- The World We Live In – practice sheets – Elementary (PDF)
- The World We Live In – practice sheets – Jr/Sr High (PDF)
WEEK 3
Special Topics Lecture 2 – How Much is a Trillion Dollars?
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- ST2: Screencast
Special Topics Lecture 1 – Germany Today
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- ST1: Screencast
Lecture 8: The Greater Good
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- Lecture 8 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 8 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Lower Elementary Class Notes 2 (PDF)
- Upper Elementary Class Notes 2 (PDF)
- Junior High Class Notes 2 (PDF)
Lecture 7: Supranationalism
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- Lecture 7 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 7 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
WEEK 2
Lecture 6: Introduction to Contemporary Russia
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- Lecture 6 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 6 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Lower Elementary Class Notes 1 (PDF)
- Upper Elementary Class Notes 1 (PDF)
- Junior High Class Notes 1 (PDF)
Lecture 5: Introduction to the European Union
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- Lecture 5 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 5 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 4: One World
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- Lecture 4 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 4 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
WEEK 1
Lecture 3: Major and Cardinal Cultures
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- Lecture 3 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 3 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
- Handout: Major Cultural Blocks of the World, Updated for 2022 – BLANK (PDF)
- Answer Key: Major Cultural Blocks of the World, Updated for 2022 – LABELED (PDF)
Lecture 2: The World In Focus
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- Lecture 2 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 2 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast
Lecture 1: A Changing World Around Us
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- Lecture 1 – Elementary: Screencast
- Lecture 1 – Jr/Sr High: Screencast