The Daniel Project integrates the nationally recognised 22582VIC Certificate IV in Tertiary Preparation, so you are getting both amazing content and a qualification which can be your entry pathway to higher education. Even if qualification is not your goal, or you are not sure yet, getting a solid understanding of the broad sweep of Western history and the Great Books is a worthwhile endeavour that will position you well for the future.

Every story has a beginning, every building a foundation. Term 1 will prepare you for the journey ahead.

God’s Big Story

Understand the story from which all stories come through this big picture flyover of the greatest book ever written: the Bible.

This unit integrates NAT11237001 Apply knowledge of the Bible.

From Genesis through to Revelation, students will explore significant events, themes and persons described in the Bible, with a particular focus on the historical salvation story of the Bible.

Utilising Vaughn Roberts’ God’s Big Picture, the modules of this unit will cover:

• The Bible as One Story
• The Pattern of the Kingdom
• The Perished Kingdom
• The Promised Kingdom
• The Partial Kingdom
• The Prophesied Kingdom
• The Present Kingdom
• The Proclaimed Kingdom
• The Perfected Kingdom

Do More Better

Develop practical productivity and skills while plotting possible study pathways for the future.

This unit will cover:

• Tim Challies Do More Better and Brian Tracy’s Eat that frog to grow in practical productivity and life skills
• Some of Jordan Peterson’s self-authoring content to grow in self-awareness
• Consider some of the key virtues for a life well-lived
• Better understand the tertiary education system and consider possible future study pathways
• And more!

Journey with the heroes of history and some of the greatest thinkers of humanity from across the Western world for an epic adventure from the past to the future.

Students will cover key works of literature, historical events, philosophy and theology across four terms. Students will be required to typically read one to two key texts for each term and excerpts or summaries for the rest.

Ancient World (Heroes, Myths and Beginnings) and Medieval World (Darkness and Light)

Travel with Odysseus, think with Socrates and yearn for more with Augustine through the Ancient World before fighting monsters with Beowulf, probing human nature with Shakespeare and knowing God and yourself through theology in the Medieval era.

Students will engage with the below texts and more:

• The Odyssey (Homer)
• Oresteia (Aeschylus)
• Last Days of Socrates (Plato)
• Histories (Herodotus)
• Ecclesiastes
• Antiquities of the Jews (Josephus)
• Confessions (Augustine)
• Church History (Eusebius)
• Early History of Rome (Livy)
• Beowulf
• Marco Polo
• History of the Kings of England

In Term 3 of the program, students will do a unit called “Knowing God”, which covers key Christian theology. Students will use J.I. Packer’s book, Knowing God, among other theological texts.

Early Modern World (Reformation, Renaissance and Exploration) and Modern World (Age of Revolutions)

From Luther to Jane Austen, Confessions to Frankenstein, students will grow in understanding the origins of some of today’s most influential forces in the Early Modern World. From new worlds, empires and space travel, to guillotines, gulags and Gestapo, students will have to buckle up for the startling age of revolutions as we consider the Modern World.

Students will engage with the below and more:

• On the bondage of the will (Luther) and Institutes of the Christian Religion (Calvin)
• The Prince (Machiavelli)
• Westminster Confession of Faith
• Master and Commander
• Enlightenment thinkers (Descartes, Newton, Voltaire, Hume, Kant)
• Frankenstein
• Poetry with Wordsworth
• Jane Austen
• Plymouth Plantation
• Marx, Darwin, Nietzsche
• Lord of the Rings
• Solzhenitsyn
• We of the Never, Never, and Australian poetry
• Heart of Darkness
• 1984 and Brave New World

You’ve met the ancients, wrestled with the heroes, debated the thinkers, now it’s time to make your mark as you draw together what you’ve learnt.

Take your stand on where you think you will continue the story into the future.  The Capstone Project will be like a mini-thesis and presentation.