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Beyond the Fading Darkness

12-Week Revolutionary History Course

Patrick Henry Before the Virginia House of Burgesses. Peter F. Rothermel (1812–1895). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons

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A novel and the record

Every lesson pairs chapters of the novel with primary sources, then asks the same question in a new way: what in the story is real, what is invented, and how do we know?

Course introduction

Virginia in 1775, in a novel and in the record. Your student reads the novel, then tests it against the record: speeches, journals, newspapers, proclamations, letters and memoirs. What in the story is real, what is invented, and how do we know?

12 lessons in nine units over 12 weeks, then a capstone. Grades 7–12, about 3–4 hours a week. Read: the novel is available on Amazon in print and Kindle.

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This course is included with an active Pharos Terminal subscription, along with every other course, new courses as they’re released, a new Nexus Point every day and the parent tracker. Lessons are aligned to West Virginia Department of Education academic standards.