American History
This energetic 26th U.S. President penned the historical works The Rough Riders and The Strenuous Life.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Homer authored this epic poem detailing a Greek hero's perilous journey home.
What is The Odyssey?
William Shakespeare wrote this tragic play about a Scottish king's descent into madness.
What is Macbeth?
George Orwell wrote this cautionary political allegory.
What is Animal Farm?
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are collectively referred to by this term.
What are the Gospels?
Thomas Paine penned this persuasive document that fueled the revolutionary spirit.
What is Common Sense?
Plato documented the final days of this famous Greek philosopher.
Who is Socrates?
Dante Alighieri journeys through the underworld in this section of his Divine Comedy.
What is The Inferno?
This South African-turned-English author explored the difference between mastery and ownership in this first volume of his famous series.
Who is J.R.R. Tolkien?
This Old Testament book instructs us in the moral mathematics of cause and effect.
What is Proverbs?
These TWO collections of papers debated the structure and ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
What are The Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers?
Virgil wrote this epic Roman poem detailing the journey of a Trojan hero.
What is The Aeneid?
Seamus Heaney translated this Old English epic poem about a monster-slaying hero
What is Beowulf?
The author of A Christmas Carol, examined complex moral landscapes in this novel set during the French Revolution.
What is A Tale of Two Cities?
[DAILY DOUBLE] We study this book to understand God's sovereignty alongside human suffering and "nightmare seasons."
What is Job?
This Founding Father famously stated that "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people."
Who is John Adams?
Thucydides recorded the history of this monumental conflict between Athens and Sparta.
What is The Peloponnesian War?
William Chaucer penned this classic collection of stories told by travelers.
What are The Canterbury Tales?
Pastor Charles Spurgeon stated that if the author of The Pilgrim's Progress were to be cut, his blood would surley bleed Biblically.
Who is John Bunyan?
The Apostle Paul wrote this epistle to the early Christian believers living in the capital of the Empire.
What is Romans?
Students in American Civilization are taught to challenge and correct the misinformed understandings of American history presented by this controversial project.
What is "The 1619 Project"?
David Ferry provided the translation for this Ancient Near East epic featuring a king's quest for immortality.
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?
Niccolo Machiavelli wrote this political treatise, a key text in our Medieval Civilization study.
What is The Prince?
Faust: Who was that author's name of the book about me?
Mephistopheles: Nevermind that you know-it-all, have I got a deal for you!
Who is Wilhelm Goethe?
This book is examined for its "under the sun" paradoxes and the concept of vanity, or hevel.
What is Ecclesiastes?