Features
- PDF Curriculum: Immediately available, downloadable, printable*
- Credits: 1 College-Prep credit (1 year); adaptable from College Prep to Honors
- Syllabus (FREE – separate download)
- Includes: Text with Chapter Questions and Enrichment, pictures, maps, Final Paper assignment (with Rubric for grading), and Suggested Book Lists; Tests, Answer Keys
- View an excerpt
- ISBN 978-1-9647468-11-9
History and Philosophy of the Western World is a homeschool high school course that combines World History and World Philosophy in a way teens genuinely enjoy. As students explore the ideas that have shaped Western culture, government, and key moments in church history, they develop strong critical thinking skills and a deeper understanding of how ideas shape the world around them. By discovering how philosophy and the Christian faith have influenced the course of history, students are equipped to think with discernment, engage today’s culture wisely, and help shape the future.
Chapters
- Ancient Greece, Ancient Turkey, and the Natural Philosophers
- The Miletans
- Ancient Italy and its Philosophers
- Early Greek Philosophy
- Early Athens and the Sophists
- Greece Versus Persia
- Socrates
- Plato
- Aristotle
- Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Philosophers
- Rome
- The Middle Ages
- St. Augustine
- St. Thomas Aquinas
- Early Church Reformers •
- he Renaissance
- The Reformation Across Europe
- The Baroque Period and Rene Descartes
- British Empiricists
- The Rationalists and the French Revolution
- Immanuel Kant
- The Romantic Philosophers and Georg Hegel
- The Industrial Revolution
- Kierkegaard and Existentialism
- The Revolutionary Philosophers- Darwin and Marx
- Twentieth Century Philosophers
- Twenty-first Century Philosophers
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History and Philosophy of the Western World is a one-credit homeschool World History etext (downloadable PDF) that takes a fresh, conversational approach to history by exploring how philosophers have shaped the world—and how the world has shaped them—from the ancient Greeks to the modern era. Co-authored by 7Sister Vicki Tillman and her son, Dr. Micah Tillman (a philosophy and science instructor with Stanford University’s Online High School), this 165-page, college-prep curriculum has been successfully used in homeschool classes for years.
The course features 30 engaging, no-busywork chapters with maps, illustrations, vocabulary sidebars, comprehension questions that build critical thinking, tests, answer keys, a culminating paper with grading rubric, and instructions for upgrading the course to advanced or honors credit. Designed for independent or parent-guided learning, it also works well in homeschool co-op classes and provides a distinctive World History credit for the high school transcript.
You will receive 3 .pdf files:
- Student: Text
- Parent: Tests
- Parent: Answer Key
Learn more about History & Philosophy of the Western World* at these 7Sisters blogs and podcasts:
Why History Is Boring and How to Make It Better
How to Create World History & Philosophy for Average Learners
How to Earn Honors-Level World History Credit
Rubrics for Honors-Level History and Philosophy of the Western World
*Formerly titled: World History and Philosophy; only the name has changed – same excellent content!
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“This fall my daughter utilized the Chronicles of Narnia for the first semester as well as the World History and Philosophy. Both courses provided questions that went beyond “give me the details of the story” and required her to think. She needed to provide supporting material for her answers. In addition, these courses have improved her writing and knowledge of the Bible.” – Jeanette
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