A special focus will be on the role of history, economics, government, and geography in understanding the world. This course continues the study begun in World Civilization. Students learn about the rise and fall of civilizations around the world, the rise of nation-states, and how the discovery of the New World transformed the rest of the world. A special focus will be on the role of history, economics, government, and geography in understanding the world. In the first semester students study a newly emerging nation in a world of rising empires and declining civilizations.
Students learn about the rise of new economies and the creation of colonial empires.
Students examine the causes and effects of a nation that dramatically changes between 1800 and 1900. The second semester examines the United States in the twentieth century as the country emerges as a world economic, political and military power. An in-depth study of the United States in the 1800's. Students learn the analytic skills to deal with the critical issues of United States history. Topics will include a study of the emerging republic, sectionalism and civil war, the rise of industry, westward movement, and political reform.