Studying American History with Mr. Muns:
This honors level course will consider American history from 1865 to the present. It emphasizes the American rise to preeminence in the world stage, and the intensification of internal and external challenges to the American national identity. Geography will also be a component of the curriculum throughout the semester. Principles from general revelation and the biblical worldview will serve as the interpretive framework throughout this class. In light of this interpretive framework, we will see how history is a purposeful and spiritually nurturing pursuit, since it deepens the revelation of God/the Good. The intellectual, cultural, religious, political, military, and economic changes that have occurred over the last 150 years will be analyzed in light of the founding ideals of this nation and its rich religious heritage from the Colonial era. Primary source readings will aid in developing an accurate assessment of the most significant ideas and events within the United States and in the world at large.
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Westward Expansion"Go West young man, and grow up with your country"
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The impact of Darwin's theory stretches wide and deep.
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American IndustryCherished values of freedom and equality are pressed during the industrial expansion in American and the world.
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ProhibitionWhy are these men pouring beer into the sewer?
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