COURSE ESSENTIALS
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Swing, 1767
The purpose of this course is to enable students to examine, understand, and respond to creative efforts of individuals and societies through interdisciplinary study of World History, Geography and Humanities.
The content should include, but not be limited to, the following:
The content should include, but not be limited to, the following:
- Utilize historical inquiry skills and analytical processes.
- Recognize significant events, figures, and contributions of medieval civilizations (Byzantine Empire, Western Europe, Japan).
- Recognize significant events, figures, and contributions of Islamic, Meso and South American, and Sub-Saharan African civilizations.
- Analyze the causes, events, and effects of the Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution, and Age of Exploration.
- Analyze the causes, events, and effects of the Enlightenment and its impact on the American, French and other Revolutions.
- Understand the development of Western and non-Western nationalism, industrialization and imperialism, and the significant processes and consequences of each.
- Recognize significant causes, events, figures, and consequences of the Great War period and the impact on worldwide balance of power.
- Recognize significant events and people from the post World War II and Cold War eras.
- Identify major economic, political, social, and technological trends beginning in the 20th century.
Why this course is useful/important to you.
This course will serve as an introduction to various forms of Eastern History. We will focus on how ancient history informs and relates to our lives today. In addition, this class will examine different cultural and religious perspectives which aid in developing better communication skills and building the capacity for empathy. This class will help students better understand the human condition, and be able to find answers to some of the following questions: have we always been doing and thinking the same things or are we evolving, is there such a thing as a "better" time, what have humans been able to accomplish over the millennia, etc.
This course will serve as an introduction to various forms of Eastern History. We will focus on how ancient history informs and relates to our lives today. In addition, this class will examine different cultural and religious perspectives which aid in developing better communication skills and building the capacity for empathy. This class will help students better understand the human condition, and be able to find answers to some of the following questions: have we always been doing and thinking the same things or are we evolving, is there such a thing as a "better" time, what have humans been able to accomplish over the millennia, etc.
Proposed Class Schedule
Documentaries, videos, articles and writing assignments will be posted on SCHOOLOGY. The following schedule is a general outline for the year and is subject to modifications
Documentaries, videos, articles and writing assignments will be posted on SCHOOLOGY. The following schedule is a general outline for the year and is subject to modifications
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Semester 1
Module 1 Roman Empire Byzantine Empire Monotheistic Religions Golden Age of Islam Module 2 Medieval Society and Arts The Crusades Medieval Japan Module 3 Rise of African Kingdoms and City-states Major Civilizations of Mesoamerica and the Andes Module 4 Rise of the Italian City-States Renaissance Reformation and Counter-Reformation Age of Discovery Columbian Exchange Slavery |
Semester 2
Module 5 European Geography Constitutional and Absolute Monarchies Scientific Revolution 20th Century Science Enlightenment French Revolution Module 6 19th Century Latin American and Caribbean Independence Movements Industrial Revolution Economic and Political Ideologies Imperialism Italian and German Unification Modern Reform Movements Module 7 World War I Great Depression and Rise of Totalitarianism World War II Genocide Module 8 Cold War and Proxy Wars Decolonization and New Nationalism Collapse of the Soviet Union Globalization Terrorism |
