Are You Smarter Than a 7th Grader? | American History Pop Quiz!
Episode description
Election Day is coming up, so we’re cooling things down with a fun pop quiz!
In this week’s Classical Et Cetera, host Jessica Gardner challenges three Memoria Press educators with questions from _200 Questions About American History_ —the same flashcards used by our 7th graders! Can our team handle these foundational facts, dates, and quotes from American history? Can you? Tune in to test your knowledge and maybe even pick up something new!
Dustin Warren is a leading history teacher and writer at Memoria Press and Highlands Latin School. Check out the programs he helped create!
*Medieval History:* https://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/american-and-modern-studies/a-history-of-medieval-europe-set/?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=CETC&utm_campaign=143
*American History:* https://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/american-and-modern-studies/concise-history-american-republic-set/?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=CETC&utm_campaign=143
And check out _200 Questions About American History_ : https://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/american-and-modern-studies/200-questions-about-american-history/?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=CETC&utm_campaign=143
What We're Reading from This Episode:
- Our Man in Havana —Graham Greene (Paul)
- Truck: A Love Story —Michael Perry (Paul)
- Liberal Education —Mark Van Doren (Paul)
- The George Smiley series — John Le Carre (Mitchell)
- Selected Poetry —Gerard Manley Hopkins (Mitchell)
- And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle —Jon Meacham (Dustin)
- The Haunting of Hill House —Shirley Jackson (Dustin)