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How to Teach History

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    Lesson 1: What Is History and Why Study It? (Preview Content)
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  2. Discussion 1: How to Teach History (Preview Content)
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  3. Lesson 2: History and the Liberal Arts (Preview Content)
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  4. Discussion 2: How to Teach History
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  5. Lesson 3: The Role of History in Classical Education
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  6. Discussion 3: How to Teach History
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  7. Lesson 4: Problems in the Study of History
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  8. Discussion 4: How to Teach History
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  9. Lesson 5: Developing as a Student of History
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  10. Discussion 5: How to Teach History (Preview Content)
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  11. Lesson 6: Essential Qualities and Practices of a History Teacher
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  12. Discussion 6: How to Teach History
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  13. Lesson 7: Important Books for the Study of History
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  14. Lesson 8: Major Historians Teachers Should Know
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  15. Lesson 9: Two Ancient Historians---Livy
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  16. Lesson 10: Two Ancient Historians---Bede
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  17. Discussion 10: How to Teach History
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  18. End of Course Test
    End of Course Test: How to Teach History
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In this lecture, Wes Callihan argues that a disciplined life in general should precede and is necessary for the disciplined study of history. Throughout the classical tradition, we find many illustrious voices exhorting us to a faithful, disciplined life characterized by simplicity, purity, and charity.

Below are some images of some of those great voices: Aristotle, who said you are what you do every day; Jerome, who said that haste is of the devil and is often pictured in his study; Augustine, who said our hearts are restless until they rest in God; Aquinas, who said that the slight knowledge of a great book was superior to the great knowledge of a slight book; Sertillanges, who said that if we would want to grow intellectually, we should set aside two quiet hours a day for reading, thought, and contemplation.