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FeaturedSessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-11-2021 to 05-11-2021Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 03:00 PM-04:00 PM - Central TimeInstructor: Maria Butler, MA Lecturer Emerita San Diego State UniversityTerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom - San Diego OasisBefore the European conquest, the Aztec empire functioned as a city state and its capitol Tenochtitlan was one of the most populated and beautiful cities in the world. Society was stratified, with a subordinate labor force and a slave system that served the nobility. The State’s wealth depended on territorial expansion. The role of the warrior and the... read more -
Sessions: 6Class Date(s): 05-18-2021 to 07-27-2021Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 08:30 AM-10:30 AM - Central TimeInstructor: Lisa KlemanTerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom - Rochester OasisAre you your family’s historian? Have you spent years collecting facts — documents, photos, letters? And as you collect these pieces of information, have you found yourself imagining the stories behind them, the people, the lives lived? Were you the child and then the adult who listened to all of the stories told by the old ones in the family? And, more... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-19-2021 to 05-19-2021Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 01:00 PM-02:00 PM - Central TimeInstructor: Betty BursonTerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom - San Antonio OasisOne of the most useful mathematical values, pi is called into action regularly from pendulum makers to NASA, from engineering to aircraft designers and a host of other fields. What is its history? How is it utilized? Starting with the ancient Babylonians we'll go to modern science, with a lot of stops between, in our quest to follow the... read more -
Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 05-19-2021 to 06-09-2021Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 09:00 AM-11:00 AM - Central TimeInstructor: Tom Henry, M.S.Term: 2020-2Location: Zoom - Syracuse OasisThe American Vietnam experience did not end with the official withdrawal of US troops. Vietnam would hover over American politics, literature, film and society for decades and still does. It had a dramatic effect on our military and our global perspective. We will examine ideas ranging from the way Desert Storm was approached to the past and current view... read more -
FeaturedSessions: 2Class Date(s): 05-20-2021 to 05-27-2021Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 09:30 AM-11:00 AM - Central TimeInstructor: David B Lindauer, Lt. Colonel (Ret.), US Army Signal CorpsTerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom - Washington Metro OasisEveryone has heard of the Crusades, but few people know what really happened during those 300 years. This two-part class looks at the tactics, ideology, and political relationships that defined how these campaigns were fought. Not only will we look at the "standard" history - as seen from the Crusaders' viewpoints, but we'll also look at what Arab writers... read more -
FeaturedSessions: 2Class Date(s): 05-20-2021 to 05-27-2021Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM - Central TimeInstructor: David WoodruffTerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom - Rochester OasisMore than most other events, this terrorist act would eventually topple whole governments (Russia, Austria, Turkey and Germany.) Not only is it an improbable story, but it is clearly linked to people marrying for the sake of love. In this case, not only is truth stranger than fiction, it would be impossible to believe … if it wasn’t true. This is an in... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-26-2021 to 05-26-2021Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 06:00 PM-07:00 PM - Central TimeInstructor: Miriam Caiden, MSG PhDTerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom - Los Angeles OasisAmerica is a nation of stories. Every American has travelled through time and space, and each journey is a unique story. In this series, we share the journeys of our fellow Americans, whether around the neighborhood, across the country, or across the world as we explore what it means to be American in the third century of our democracy. Nora Bohn was born... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-26-2021 to 05-26-2021Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 01:00 PM-02:15 PM - Central TimeInstructor: Michael Cude, Ph.D., Schreiner UniversityTerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom - San Antonio OasisThis course will provide a survey of the late-18th century French Revolution. The class will cover the main causes leading to the overthrow of the French monarchy, outline key events such as the fall of the Bastille, and overviews the evolution of the new constitutional monarchy into the reign of terror. It will conclude with a summary of the long-term... read more
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FeaturedSessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-27-2021 to 05-27-2021Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 12:00 PM-01:30 PM - Central TimeInstructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandTerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom - Washington Metro OasisWhen Tom Paine, the author of Common Sense, died in June 1809, only a dozen people came to his funeral. This program examines Paine’s meteoric rise to celebrity status during the American Revolution and his equally dramatic fall from grace in the decades afterwards. Once lionized as our most relatable and revolutionary founding father, Tom Paine died a... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-01-2021 to 06-01-2021Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 03:00 PM-04:30 PM - Central TimeInstructor: Blaine Davies, MATerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom - San Diego OasisHeralded as the “greatest combat commander in modern times” George Patton led American armies to sweeping victories in Africa, Sicily and Europe during World War II. His lifelong friend and World War II commander Dwight Eisenhower believed Patton was perhaps his best general in the field. Yet in spite of his admiration and personal friendship,... read more