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Semester Schedule

Class #1:

America’s Founding Principles

Wednesday October 13^th @ 8PM

Class #2:

Destruction & Reconstruction

Wednesday November 17^th @ 8PM

Class #3:

Presidents You Need to Hate

Wednesday December 8^th @ 8PM

Class Details

Class #1: America’s Founding Principles

Part 1: Divine Providence vs. Manifest Destiny – An Overview

• Professor: Dr. Peter Lillback,
  

  President of the Providence Forum and author of Sacred Fire

• Brief Course Description: This lecture will provide a brief introduction into the history of Divine Providence and Manifest Destiny. Through Biblical and historical examples Dr. Lillback
  

  will explain the difference between the two concepts.

Part 2: America: The History of a Republic…not a Democracy

• Professor: Jim Best, author of Tempest at Dawn
• Brief Course Description: Through historical documents and anecdotes, Jim Best will explain why the original intent for America was a republic and not a democracy. In his lecture, Mr. Best will address such principles as unalienable rights and the importance of a written constitution.

Class #2: Destruction & Reconstruction

Part 1: The First Era of Big Government: How Andrew Jackson Destroyed the Republic

• Professor: Larry Schweikart, Professor at University of Dayton & author of Patriot’s History
• Brief Course Description:
  

  In this class, Professor Schweikart will examine what principles and events shaped President Jackson into the leader we know today and explain how his policies changed our nation forever.
  

Part 2: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and the Reconstruction of a Nation

• Professor: Bill Forstchen, Faculty Fellow at Montreat College
• Brief Course Description: In this class, Professor Forstchen will examine the how two great leaders inspired a nation to return to its original principles.

Class #3: Presidents You Should Hate

Part 1: The Original Progressives: Teddy Roosevelt & Woodrow Wilson

• Professor: Kevin Portteus, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College
• Brief Course Description:
  

  This class will examine the progressive principles that shaped two presidents and examine how the administrations of and the policies set forth change our country forever.
  

Part 2: The Most Famous Progressive – Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Professor: Burton Folsom, Professor at Hillsdale College and author of New Deal, or Raw Deal?
• Brief Course Description:
  

  Professor Folsom returns to teach this fascinating class on the policies and principles that shaped FDR into the progressive we not…and hate today.
  

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