Teaching Company
Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How many of us can connect the dots of influences and inspiration...
Author
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Presents lectures (each 30 minutes in length) by Phillip Cary, Director of the Philosophy program at Eastern University in St. Davids, PA, offering an overview of the development of Christian theology, from the writings of St. Paul and the formation of doctrines in the Middle Ages, through the Protestant Reformation, to the Vatican Councils.
5) Algebra II
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Algebra II is the fork in the road. Those who succeed in this second part of the algebra sequence are well on their way to calculus and higher mathematics, which open the door to careers in science, engineering, medicine, economics, information technology, and many other fields. Algebra II starts by reviewing functions, graphing, and polynomials from Algebra I, and then introduces new topics, such as conic sections, roots and radicals, exponential...
Series
Language
English
Description
When a high school student has trouble learning a subject like math or history, the problem may lie not in the teacher's ability or the student's I.Q--often it is because the student has never been taught how to learn. The little town of Worland, Wyoming, produces a steady stream of honor students who win scholarships and get into top universities. In this series of lectures, Worland's "secret weapon," Dr. Tim McGee, illuminates how any student...
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their qualities of uniqueness, impact, and emotional and intellectual...
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Trying to understand our human origins has always been a fundamental part of who we are. One of the core things we want to know is how we came to be. Thousands of years ago, human civilizations developed elaborate stories to explain the origins of humans. But today, with the help of dramatic archaeological discoveries and groundbreaking advancements in technology and scientific understanding, we are closer than ever before to learning the true story....
Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Language is fascinating. It defines humans as a species, placing us head and shoulders above even the most proficient animal communicators. Professor McWhorter explores many of the common questions about language, such as: Why isn't there just a single language? Or, How does a language change, and when it does, is that change indicative of decay or growth? In short, everything about a language is eternally and inherently changeable, from its word...
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
English novelist and scientist C. P. Snow classed certain scientific ideas with the works of Shakespeare as things every educated person should know. The lectures in this series explore the fundamental discoveries and principles of the physical and biological sciences--physics, genetics, biology, astronomy, chemistry, meteorology, thermodynamics, and more--providing a comprehensive and integrated introduction to all of science. The Joy of Science,...
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
This series covers America's history from the age of Pre-Columbian Native Americans, through European discovery, colonization, independence, the forging of a young nation, and the settling of the American frontier. Students will look at the history of the United States from a new perspective, as they explore the events that have shaped modern American society. Professor Linwood Thompson is the visual aid for these lectures--they are delivered in period...
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Professor Spurgin, of Lawrence University, traces the novel from its beginnings in the 18th century, when Samuel Richardson penned Pamela, to its culmination in the work of the 20th century Modernists, including Lawrence, Joyce, and Woolf. He also relates plots and characters of particular novels to larger movements in English history. By placing more than two centuries of great English novelists in the context of British history, Professor Spurgin...
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"This course will take you around the world to look at and examine in depth some of the greatest masterpieces of ancient art. We will explore spectacular artworks from diverse places and times, starting with cave paintings that were made at the dawn of human creativity in the Paleolithic age to the contents of tombs and buildings, remarkable stone sculptures, and wrought gold and textiles that were made as recently as 600 years ago. Each of the...
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
This course examines "the various writings of the Apostolic Fathers, both to see what each of the surviving books has to say and to see how these books can instruct us about the emerging Christian Church of the 2nd century"--Page 1 of guidebook.
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A 48-lecture course that reveals the stories of how human beings around the world transitioned from small farming communities to the impressive cultural and political systems that would forever alter the course of history. Taking a gripping archaeological and historical approach to these formative states and civilizations, archaeologist and Professor Scott MacEachern of Bowdoin College completes your understanding of the history of human civilization{u2014}by...