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Lesson 1: Why the Seven Liberal Arts are "Liberal" and "Arts" (Preview Content)4 Topics|1 Quiz -
Lesson 2: Why the Seven Liberal Arts are "Liberating" (Preview Content)4 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 3: The Seven Liberating Arts3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 4: The History of the Seven Liberal Arts3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 5: The Trivium Arts3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 6: The Quadrivium Arts3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 7: Teaching the Quadrivium Like We Aren't Materialists2 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 8: Discussion of Harmony, Pedagogy and Assessment of the Arts1 Topic
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Lesson 9: Discussion of the Arts as Liberating Arts1 Topic
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End of Course TestEnd of Course Test: The Seven Liberal Arts1 Quiz
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Lesson 1: Why the Seven Liberal Arts are “Liberal” and “Arts” (Preview Content)
In this presentation, Dr. Christopher Perrin introduces the Liberal Arts as those arts that bring liberty and freedom to any human who masters them.
Garden Metaphor The Liberal Arts cultivate humans, just as educators cultivate students. (6:04) 
Pie Chart The Liberal Arts are just one piece of the Classical Education pie chart! (9:50) 
“Tower of the Seven Liberal Arts” (1508) Just like the Liberal Arts Pie Chart, educational diagrams have been around since 1508! Check out this one, which shows the figure of Lady Philosophy entering the Tower of the 7 Liberal Arts. (14:47) 
The Trivium Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric make up the Trivium! (42:08) 
The Quadrivium Arithmetic, Geometry, Astronomy, and Music make up the Quadrivium! (42:33) 
“PGMAPT” Kevin Clark and Ravi Jain’s acronym “PGMAPT” stands for: Piety, Gymnastic, Music, Arts, Philosophy, and Theology….all components of a Classical Education that spans lower to upper school and into college. (41:44)
