Revolutions Secular & Sacred

Revolutions: Secular & Sacred

An inquiry-driven humanities unit that pairs major historical revolutions with parallel biblical narratives to examine how societies justify power, resist injustice, and redefine truth.

Students don’t just learn what happened—they analyze how ideas, beliefs, and moral frameworks shaped revolutionary choices, and they practice making evidence-based claims about justice, authority, and human responsibility through structured, progressively rigorous writing.

Currently there are 10 case studies in the course. Three are available for purchase.

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Case Studies

Case Study 1 — Seeds of Liberation

Students examine the American Revolution alongside the Exodus story to explore how liberation begins—not with action, but with conviction.

They learn how fear, belief, and moral vision shape early revolutionary choices while building foundational essay skills: organizing body paragraphs, identifying evidence types, and tracking how ideas develop logically within a paragraph.

Case Study 2 — Justice Consumed

Through the French Revolution and the Judges cycle, students confront what happens when justice is pursued without restraint or moral grounding.

They deepen their analysis skills by distinguishing evidence types, strengthening cause-and-effect reasoning, and crafting “Best-Is-Last” insights that reveal how revolutions collapse when justice turns inward and devours itself.

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Case Study 3 — Chains & Courage

This case study centers on revolutions driven by enslavement and resistance, paired with biblical accounts of courage under oppression.

Students analyze how fear, risk, and moral resolve influence decision-making when survival is at stake, while advancing their ability to connect historical events to deeper claims about power, dignity, and human agency. .

Case Study 4 — Voices of Truth

Focusing on women’s rights and early suffrage movements alongside prophetic biblical voices, students study truth-telling as moral resistance.

They refine their ability to synthesize evidence, articulate ethical claims, and write with purpose and voice—learning how marginalized voices challenge unjust systems and reshape history through persistent witness.

Not yet available. (1/9/2026)