WELCOME TO HONORS WORLD HISTORY

Why study history?

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In World History you will develop a greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts including interactions over time. The course highlights the nature of changes in international frameworks and their causes and consequences, as well as comparisons among other societies. The course will give a broad overview of World Religions and Ancient/Medieval influences over the modern world. The course will then emphasize modern history from 1500 to the present.

WORLD HISTORY STANDARDS

STANDARD I  / STANDARD II / STANDARD III
STANDARD IV / STANDARD V / STANDARD VI
STANDARD VII / STANDARD VIII


Course Schedule
UNIT I — ANCIENT WORLD
UNIT II — EXPANDING ZONES of EXCHANGE
UNIT III — GLOBAL INTERACTIONS
UNIT IV - THE FIRST GLOBAL AGE
UNIT V — THE AGE of REVOLUTIONS
UNIT VI — CRISES and ACHIEVEMENTS
UNIT VII — THE 20th CENTURY and BEYOND
UNIT VIII —  THE WORLD TODAY
UNIT CONCEPT MAPS

World History Notes

Resources
a. Textbook: World History Human Legacy; Holt, Rhinehart and Winston

Primary sources: textual (writings from the time period we are studying, visual (works of art or artifacts from the time period being studied), quantitative (tables and graphs from the textbook)