Light to the Nations, Part 2 presents the history of the modern era in story form, giving proper emphasis to dates, central characters, and key concepts in each era. The central consideration of this volume is showing 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, this history presents the hope that Christian thought and work hold for the future.
The Light to the Nations, Part 2 Textbook features:
- Extensive color illustrations and charts
- Lives of great men and women
- Geography of Europe
- Interesting sidebars about historical art, literature, poetry, and music
- Definitions of key terms
- Chapter summaries, key concepts, and review questions
- Suggestions for activities and meditation inspired by history
Writing Assignments and a Timeline Project for this history program are included in CHC Lesson Plans: Eighth Grade or Light to the Nations Part 2 Daily Lesson Plans.
The Workbook includes varied styles of exercises for each section of the text. Answer key available separately.
The Optional Teacher’s Manual includes:
- Chapter overview and goals
- Quizzes and tests
- Answer key to textbook review questions
- Pronunciation Guide
- Lists of Supplemental Reading (historical fiction) and Suggested Recordings (music from different time periods) to enrich your student’s study
- Timeline (list of key events from A.D. 1517 to 2005)
- Pronunciation Guide
- Supplemental Reading List (historical fiction) and Period Music recommendations to enrich your student’s study
*For answers to the questions in the Textbook, purchase the Teacher’s Manual. For answers to the Workbook, purchase CHC’s Answer Key to the Workbook.
Light to the Nations, Part 2 is recommended for eighth- through twelfth-grade use. A daily schedule for this program is available in CHC Lesson Plans: Eighth Grade or Light to the Nations Part 2 Daily Lesson Plans.
Introduction: The Scientific Revolution: Scholasticism; Copernicus; Galileo; Bacon; Newton
The Age of Enlightenment: Skepticism; Deism; Liberalism; philosophes
The Age of Enlightened Despots: Russian Empire; rise of Prussia; Austrian Empire
The Church Before the Revolution: Jansenism; Freemasonry; the suppression of the Jesuits
Revolution in France: The National Assembly; storming of the Bastille; Declaration of the Rights of Man; First French Republic
Many Revolutions: The execution of Louis XVI; the government of Great Britain; the Industrial and Agricultural Revolutions
The Rise and Fall of Jacobin France: Counterrevolution; Girondins and Jacobins; the Reign of Terror; Robespierre
The Triumph of the “Little Corporal”: Napoleon Bonaparte; Pius VI; French victories and defeats; Napoleon crowns himself emperor
The Wars of Napoleon: Napoleonic wars; the exile of Pius VII; the invasion of Russia and retreat from Moscow
Metternich’s Europe: Battle of Waterloo; Metternich’s Concert of Europe; Nationalism; Liberalism
Romanticism and Revolt, Part I: Romanticism; reform in England; Russia; Poland
Romanticism and Revolt, Part II: Revolution in France and Italy; Socialism; Frederic Ozanam; Pius IX
The Triumph of Liberalism: Fall of Metternich and revolutions in Austria, Italy, Germany, and France; Pius IX and Garibaldi
An Era of Change and Conflict: Karl Marx; the Industrial Revolution; the bourgeoisie and proletariat; social Catholicism; Darwin
New Powers, Old Battles: Pius IX and Liberalism; Vatican I; end of the Papal States; the Franco-Prussian War; Kulturkampf
Into a New Century: The German Empire; Queen Victoria’s Empire; the Russian Empire; Leo XIII; Rerum Novarum
Europe at War Again: Progressivism; defeat of Russian revolutionaries; war in the Balkans; World War I begins
The “Great War”: Benedict XV; the Western and Eastern Fronts; America enters the war; Bolshevik Revolution; Woodrow Wilson
The Rise of Totalitarian Regimes: The USSR; fascism in Italy and Germany; Mussolini, Hitler, and the Church
An Even Greater War: Stalin’s reign of terror; the Spanish Civil War; Blitzkrieg; Churchill and Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor
The End of a War and the Beginning of a New World: The Battle of Stalingrad; the Holocaust and Pius XII; D-Day; Yalta; the Cold War; the United Nations; the European Union; “Coca-colonization” Vatican II
TEXTBOOK
Product Code: LTN2-T
Format: Hardcover
Binding: Perfect bound
Page Count: 651 pages
Dimensions: 8.5″×11″
ISBN: 9781935644286
Returnable? Yes, view return policy.
Consumable? No, purchase one per family.
Answer key: Included in Teacher’s Manual (purchase separately).
WORKBOOK
Product Code: LTN2-W
Format: Softcover
Binding: Perfect bound
Page Count: 222 pages
Dimensions: 8.5″×11″
ISBN: 9781935644279
Returnable? Yes, view return policy.
Consumable? Yes, purchase one per student.
Answer key: Included in Answer Key to Workbook (purchase separately).
TEACHER’S MANUAL
Product Code: LTN2-M
Format: Softcover
Binding: Perfect bound
Page Count: 302 pages
Dimensions: 8.5″×11″
Returnable? Yes, view return policy.
Consumable? No, purchase one per family.
ANSWER KEY TO WORKBOOK
Product Code: LTN2-K
Binding: Stapled
Page Count: 55 pages
Dimensions: 8.5″×11″
Returnable? Yes, view return policy.
Consumable? No, purchase one per family.
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