Week 2

Lecture4 – The World We Live In, Continued (You Are Here, Part 4)

• A Day in the Life of World Air Traffic
• Map of Countries with Official European Languages
• World Migration Web Site
• Top News Sites (for use with homework)
• Audio Lecture
• Screencast (Youtube)

 

Lecture 5 – American History’s First “Anchor Fact”

• Screencast (Youtube)
• Audio Lecture

 

History Through Art Week 2

• Screencast (Youtube)
• Audio Lecture
• Poem by Joaquin Miller

 

Week 3

Lecture 6 – Way, Way, Way before Columbus!

• Screencast (Youtube)
• Audio Lecture

 

Lecture 7 – The America-Centric World We Live In

• Screencast (Youtube)
• Audio Lecture
• Exploring the concept of “centrism” (Image | Video)
• Map of American Troops Worldwide
• Map of American Aircraft Carriers Worldwide
• Map of American Trade Links (Wikipedia)

 

Lecture 8 – America as World Police Power

• Screencast (Youtube)
• Audio Lecture
• Image of the 9-11 Attack on America

 

History Through Art, Week 3

A Scene from History
by Antonio Gisbert Perez

Screencast (Youtube)

Audio Lecture

 

 

 

 

 

WEEK 4

Lecture 9 – Filling in the “Big Picture”

• Screencast (Youtube)
• Audio Lecture

 

Lecture 10 – Filling in the “Big Picture,” Part 2: Christianity and the Calendar

• Screencast (Youtube)
• Audio Lecture

 

Lecture 11 – Completing the “Big Picture”

• Screencast (Youtube)
• Audio Lecture

 

History Through Art, Week 4

• Screencast (Youtube)
• Audio Lecture

 

WEEK 5

Lecture 12 – Building a Tower of Knowledge

• Timeline of Civilization and Anchor Facts of American History (PDF)
• Visual Prompts for Anchor Fact Memorization (PDF)
• Screencast (Youtube)
• Audio Lecture

 

Lecture 13 – The European World of Christopher Columbus, Part 1

Screencast (Youtube)

Audio Lecture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lecture 14 – The European World of Christopher Columbus, Part 2

• Map of the Fall of Rome and Early European Tribal Migrations (PNG)
• Screencast (Youtube)
• Audio Lecture

 

History Through Art, Week 5

A Scene from History
by Alexander Bubnov

Screencast (Youtube)

Audio Lecture

 

 

WEEK6 (Part 1)

Lecture15 – The Way Life was Organized in the time of Columbus

• Diagram of the Society in the Dark/Middle Ages
• Screencast
• Audio Lecture

 

Lecture16 – France and England in the time of Columbus

• Screencast
• Audio Lecture

 

Week 6 resource listings continue in the October archive.