Posted in Art, European History, History, History for Adults, World History, tagged Art, European History, History for Adults, Powell History on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Through the HistoryThroughArt program, you’ll learn to see history in a new way by combining the abstract lessons of history with the visual power of art!
Aren’t you tired of history books that bombard you with too many facts? Having trouble seeing the “big picture”? Are you convinced that understanding history is just not [...]
Posted in Ancient History, History for Adults, World History, tagged Croesus, Solon on October 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Croesus: Solon, am I not the most fortunate man alive?
Solon: No great king, anyone looking at us over there can afford to study you with Powell History’s payment plans!
The payment plans you’ve been waiting for are here!
The Ancient History page has been updated with three fantastic payment plans to suit your budget.
OPTION 1: The 5-month [...]
Posted in Ancient History, History for Adults, tagged Powell History on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hurricane Ike can’t keep a good history program down!
The Ancient History webpage for Powell History’s fourth installment of A First History for AdultsTM is finally up!
Classes start October 8th!
Posted in Ancient History, History, History for Adults, tagged A First History for Adults on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Due to the rigors of initiating a new school year with a vastly expanded group of homeschooling students using two parallel product lines, to which was added the severe inconvenience of having to leave home to avoid Hurricane Ike (and then the return to huge loads of yard work–and still no power!), I have yet [...]
Posted in History, History for Adults, The Middle East, World History, tagged Gideon Reich, John McCain, Roosevelt Corollary, Truman Doctrine, Turkey on April 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As a teacher, I can say with confidence that the best way to make sure you understand something is to write about it. The process of collecting, ordering, and transmitting your thoughts in written form requires a greater rigor that speaking. There’s a dimension of finality to what you write that forces you [...]
Posted in American History, History, History for Adults, The Middle East, World History, tagged Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, The Eastern Question, Turkey on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My latest course, The Islamist Entanglement, starts tomorrow, and I couldn’t be more excited. It will be hands-down my best course ever!
So if you’ve heard about Powell History’s unique content and method, and clients’ rave reviews (and here too!), don’t you owe it to yourself to try one of my lectures?!
The great thing about this offering is [...]
Posted in European History, History for Adults, The Middle East, World History, tagged Eastern Question, Ottoman Empire on January 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The latter seventeenth century saw the marked advance of Western civilization at the expense of Islamic power, culminating in Europe’s victory in the ”Great Turkish War.”
Despite a brief resurgence under the martial dynasty of vizirs (prime ministers) of the Koprulu family, it became evident that the tide of Islam had been turned and that the West would begin [...]
Posted in American History, European History, History for Adults, The Middle East on December 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Powell History is offering its most amazing set of specials ever this holiday season. There’s never been a better time to enjoy learning history!
The first installment of the acclaimed A First History for AdultsTM curriculum, the 30-lecture “Story of America,” is available for $70 OFF the regular price of $449, from now until Christmas! [...]
Posted in History, History for Adults, The Middle East, World History, tagged Age of Discovery, Battle of Lepanto on December 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Previously in this series, I discussed how Western advances in science and technology championed by Prince Henry “the Navigator” led to the Age of Discovery.
This period starting in 1415 with the conquest of Ceuta in northern Africa is one of the most accessible expressions of the broader secular advance of the West as part of the Renaissance, marking the beginning of [...]
Posted in History, History for Adults, tagged A First History for Adults, Powell History on December 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The biggest problem with most history classes is that they are simply boring (as anyone who took history in high school can attest). Out of those that manage to be engaging or at least entertaining, the biggest problem is that you, the student, don’t retain the material you have learned: you may remember a few [...]
