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Course
Syllabus
Course Name: World History -
Honors
I Course
Information
Course
Number: 1233
Level:
Honors
Department: Social Science
II Course Description
Prerequisite: None
Open
to: Sophomores
Length:
1 Year
Credit:
1
Summary: This course is a survey of world history from the beginning of
civilization in Africa, Asia, and Europe through the Cold War of the late
twentieth century. The course helps students form connections among diverse
areas of the world, using the themes of trade, migration, and centers of world
power. Students enrolling in the course at this level will be expected to
perform at high levels of reading and writing skills, and should have had prior
exposure to conducting research. Students work with primary and secondary
historical sources, analyze the multi-causation of historical events, and study
conflicting interpretations of historical trends. The course also emphasizes
historical reasoning. Students are required to write a research paper.
III Course Goals
As a
result of the study of World History, students will:
1.
Understand forces, events, and people that shaped the world we live in today.
2.
Develop the analytic reading, writing, thinking, and speaking skills necessary
for both an educated citizenry in a democracy and for historians.
3.
Understand the history of countries and cultures around world so that students
can more fully appreciate what it means and what it has meant to be a human
being.
4.
Understand the significance of interaction among civilizations through history.
5.
Develop historical empathy.
6.
Develop geographic literacy.
IV Textbooks and Materials
W.
Duiker/J. Speilvogel, World History (2004 edition)
Thomson/Wadsworth
Kevin Reilly, Worlds of History: A Comparative Reader, Vol. 1 & 2
(2004 edition) Bedford/St. Martin's
V Course Outline
First
Semester
Units of Instruction:
Unit 1: Ancient Civilizations
Unit 2: Ideas and People on the Move
Unit 3: Classical Civilizations
Unit 4: The Age of Empires
Unit 5: Medieval Europe
Unit 6: The Muslim World
Unit 7: Empires in Asia
Unit 8: The Emergence of Europe
Major Assessments: Unit Exams and Essays
Documents-Based Questions
First
Semester Exam
Second
Semester
Units of Instruction:
Unit 9: Expansion of European Power
Unit 10: Enlightenment and Revolution
Unit 11: Industrialization
Unit 12: Nationalism and Imperialism
Unit 13: World War I
Unit 14: The Age of Anxiety
Unit 15: World War II
Unit 16: The Cold War and Post-Colonialism
Major Assessments:
Research Paper
Historical Skills
Test
Unit Exams and
Essays
Documents-Based
Questions
Second Semester Exam
(Parents and students: please consult individual teachers for grading policies,
extra credit info, class procedures, etc.)
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