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The Reach of History, back . . .
Republic of Vermont ~ 4 Sessions This series focuses on the circumstances leading to the creation of our state, giving readers a sense of the ideas and values which have so influenced our lives. Charles Jellison, Ethan Allen: Frontier Rebel Aleine Austin, Matthew Lyon: “New Man” of the Democratic Revolution, 1749-1822 Marshall True and William Doyle, Vermont and the New Nation Jonathan Elliot, ed., The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 (reprint)
Seminal Statements of American Values ~ 5 Sessions Founding documents and landmark speeches help us to understand America’s operating principles and values – what they mean, how well we practice what we preach, and what relationship words have to action in good times and bad. Declaration of Independence Constitution of the United States Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address Franklin Delano Roosevelt, The Four Freedoms Martin Luther King, Jr., I Have a Dream
Shakespeare’s Kings and the Use and Abuse of Power ~ 6 Sessions When is power justified and when is it abused? When does maintaining a king’s reputation become an exercise in manipulation and propaganda? What does it mean to re-envision – and re-write – the past? (Peter’s Saccio’s Shakespeare’s English Kings: History, Chronicle and Drama is available to scholars.) Edward Hallett Carr’s What is History? Henry IV, part 1 Henry IV, part 2 Henry V Richard II Richard III
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