Review and HUGE sale on history curriculum: Dave Raymond’s Modernity DVD set

August 2, 2017

I recently had the chance to review Dave Raymond’s Modernity, the newest history series available from Compass Classroom. This series is available on DVD, via Streaming, or by download. Modernity usually retails for $120, but through August 9 you can purchase it for 50% off – just $60! You can find info on the sale on Compass Classroom’s website here.

About this history series (from the creators):

In this exciting addition to his history series, Dave Raymond turns his attention to the period of Modernity and the maturity of Western civilization (covering world history from 1500 – present). Under Dave’s instruction, students will learn how to apply and refine a Christian worldview to major developments in philosophy, science, and government; personalities such as Newton, Bach, Napoleon, and Austen; and movements including the Enlightenment, Darwinism, Nationalism, and Victorianism.

Modernity is a one-year class that consists of:

27 lessons (5 videos per lesson, 47 total hours)
4 projects
Student Reader, 400p (PDF, EPUB and MOBI)
Teacher’s Guide with Scope & Sequence (PDF, ePub and mobi)
Weekly Exams
Year-long Portfolio

You can find a complete breakdown of hours spent per area to qualify for high school credit on the website.

Dave Raymond lives in rural Middle Tennessee with his wife and 6 children where he has taught the humanities for the past 12 years. He teaches the disciplines of history, literature, composition, and Latin through Quiller Tutorials and Foundations Christian Academy.

My husband is a history guy, and I knew he would love going through this series with me. He is teaching a class for 7th & 8th graders as part of our homeschool co-op this year, and there are a number of areas that he will be able to incorporate into his lectures. We homeschool our rising 3rd & 5th graders, and look forward to using this series as part of their curriculum in the future. It is targeted at students ages 14 & up, but I think it would also be good for really advanced 7th/8th graders. Dave Raymond is a really engaging teacher, and the combination of his lecture style with the visual elements that the DVD/streaming mode allows makes Modernity way more interesting than any history class I remember sitting through. It’s such a great way for parents to provide a modern history education for their high school student while possibly re-learning many things themselves. Also, much of history, especially modern history, is often taught from an anti-Christian worldview. It’s nice to be able to approach these events from a specifically Christian perspective.

The lessons included are:

Part I

Orientation
The Great Stage: Introduction to the West
Ideas Have Consequences: The Enlightenment
The Sacred and the Secular: Empires, Missions, Pirates, and Rulers
Royal Science: The Scientific Revolution
The Creators: Pascal, Vermeer, Johnson, Bach
The Devil Has No Stories: The French Revolution,
I Am the Revolution: Napoleon
Deus Ex Machina: The Industrial Revolution
The Antiquary and the Muses: Scott, Austen, and the Romantic Poets
No Vision Too Large: Wilberforce and Chalmers
Culture=State: Nationalism
Eminent Culture: Victorianism

Part II

The West and the Rest: Victorian Missions
The New Priesthood: Scientism and Darwinism
The Square Inch War: Kuyper and Wilson
The Pity of War: World War I
Domesticity Versus Tyranny: Versailles, Dictators, and America’s Roaring Twenties
Modern Art and the Death of Culture: Art and Architecture
I’ll Take My Stand: The Thirties
The Lost Generation: Literary Converts
The Wrath of Man: World War II
The Cross and Perseverance: World War II, Bonhoeffer, and Churchill
Personal Peace and Affluence: The Fifties
The Great Divorce: The Sixties
The West Like the Rest: The Seventies and the End of Modernity
The Triumph of the West: The Fall of Communism and Postmodernity

Here’s the trailer:

If you’d like to check out Modernity it is currently on sale for $60 for the regular DVD – half off the regular price of $120!

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this DVD free from the publisher for review purposes. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.” This site is a Compass Classroom affiliate, and purchases made through links (including linked covers) may result in my receiving a small commission (at no additional cost to you).

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