Students will develop an understanding and appreciation of chronological time in the study of history as well as an appreciation of cause and effect. This course will require students to be involved in traditional note-taking and testing plus activities will be directed toward the development of oral and written reports with emphasis placed on writing across the curriculum as well as select portfolio projects. Writing across the curriculum will be an important course component. Reports and projects will be required on a semester basis. Through reading, class discussion, hands-on projects and writing exercises, students are encouraged to develop a more thorough awareness of the periods studied.
Emphasis is on making the subject matter relevant.
Writing across the curriculum will be an important course component. Students will develop insights into relationships among peoples, ideas, and an event as they develop an interpretive framework based on the significant tends of World History. The course will provide students with global perspective on the forces and movements that have made the past continuous with and relevant to the present. This course will require students to be involved in traditional note taking and testing. In addition, activities will be directed toward the development of oral and written reports with emphasis on writing across he curriculum as well as select portfolio project.