Academics at Champion

WORLD HISTORY
(1 year - 10 credits - grade 10)

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1.  To logically outline history in a timeline
2.  To assist students in identifying their own personal history.
3.  To connect history to real people’s personal histories through cultural study.
4.  To identify the connections of people from other places and times.
5.  To identify the influences of past civilizations on today’s civilizations.
6.  To apply lessons learned from past civilizations to us.
7.  To understand one purpose in studying history is to have what T.S. Eliot calls, ‘the same historical sense.”
8.  To describe how archaeologists create theories about past civilizations from artifacts.
9.  To explain how artifacts, traditions and written records are used to delineate specific civilizations.
10.  To understand the ebb and flow of complex versus simple civilizations through the centuries.
11.  To list the contributions and influences of the Ancient World civilizations: Eden, Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Chaldeans, Persians), Egypt’s Kingdoms, Greece (Minoans, Mycenaean’s, Athens, Sparta, Troy), Roman Empire and Roman Republic, Byzantine, Islamic Empire, Asia and Africa.
12.  To explain the development of nations and Christianity during the ten centuries (400-1400) of the Medieval World.
13.  To describe the growth of the Modern World (1500-1900) including the Renaissance, the Reformation, Exploration, Age of Reason, Revolutions, Industrial Revolution, Expansion, Imperialism, and the Victorian Age.
14.  To understand the 20th century events while connecting them to the centuries of history.
15.  To memorize the notable individual’s contributions in every century.
16.  To understand the influences of notable individuals’ contributions from each century.
17.  To realize there are reasons these individuals are still remembered
18.  To understand the peoples through their literature, art, architecture, philosophies, science, government and wars.

MAJOR ACTIVITIES:

1.  Short Essays.
2.  Attend local lectures, history presentations, museums, etc, and keep a log of learning.
3.  Worksheets.
4.  Projects: Live News Reports, Dramas, Games, Travel Journals, Newspapers, Debates, Speeches, Timelines, Medieval Faire, and students teach the exploration chapter.
5.  Tests, with various styles of reviewing: written and oral.
6.  Films: Classics, as well as, History Channel films.

MAJOR RESOURCE MATERIALS:
1.  Selected text.
2.  World History Encyclopedia Millennium Edition, Anita Ganeri, Hazel Mary Martell, Brian Williams, Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1998.
3.  The Usborne History of The Twentieth Century, Christina Hopkinson, EDC Publishing, Tulsa, 1995
4.  World History Challenge, Kathy Sannnis, J. Weston Walch, Publisher, Portland, Maine, 1993.
5.  The History Channel Films
6.  Atlas of World History, RI Moore, Ed.,Rand McNalley, 1995.



MEANS OF STUDENT EVALUATION:
1.  Worksheets and notes.
2.  Quizzes and Tests.
3.  Discussion Participation Points.
4.  Individual reports and projects.