Western Civilization II

This volume picks up the story at the Enlightenment and presents the history of the modern era in story form, giving proper emphasis to dates, central characters, and key concepts in each era.  End of chapter reviews and other material highlight dates and events, characters in history, and definitions of key terms.  The central consideration of this volume is how modern ideas, institutions, and culture have developed from the high centuries of Christian culture.  Drawing on the guidance of Catholic thinkers and the popes (particularly Leo XIII, Pius XI, Pius XII, John Paul II, and Benedict XVI), this history presents the hope that Christian thought and work hold for the future.

Students taking this course for high school Kolbe Core (OK) credit will have additional requirements over and above the junior high students taking the History 8 course.  Students will have four major assignments each semester.  Two of those four assignments will be paper topic essays, and the other 2 may also be essays, but could instead include other types of creative projects, oral presentations, or other appropriate assignments pertinent to the course.

Additionally, core students should also expect to have daily reading, minor weekly written assignments, required participation, and exams as assigned by their instructor.  All assignments are given and graded by the instructor.

• Light to the Nations: Volume 2, The Catholic Textbook Project
• Light to the Nations: Volume 2, Teacher’s Manual, The Catholic Textbook Project
• MLA Handbook Eighth Edition

Self-Paced Plus courses include the following:

• Grading by a highly qualified teacher for selected assignments (listed below) in the course.
• Access to teacher through the course’s discussion board.
• Option to report grade given by the teacher, or to report a grade assigned by parent.
• The pacing is still established by the parent in conjunction with the student’s goals and academic calendar. 
• Assignments will be graded within 1-2 weeks of the submission date, excluding holiday breaks.  (For the quickest grading, students should turn assignments in incrementally throughout the year.  If a student turns in multiple assignments to be graded at once, expect a response time of 1-2 weeks per assignment submitted.)

Self-Paced Plus Assignment List:

*We developed a rubric to assist in grading the paper assignments.  Each paper assignment will have the rubric available for the student in the course.