World History begins with a focus on the skills needed to read, understand, and analyze history. Students will discover how historians and social scientists arrive at conclusions about human history. In this course students will learn about the history of civilization, from hunter-gatherer societies through the earliest civilizations, to the Enlightenment period of Western Europe. In this course students will explore early intellectual, spiritual, and political movements, and their impact on interactions among world cultures.
Major topics include:
Early civilizations
The first cities and empires
Roots of the world’s religions
The Middle Ages
The Age of Exploration
The Reformation
The Renaissance
The Age of Reason
The Enlightenment
Students learn through online lesson activities, videos, and interactive activities. Each module begins with a pretest, proceeds to lessons that conclude with a brief self-check, and wraps with a module exam. The course concludes with a cumulative exam.
This paced course uses content from Accelerate Education taught by a VHS Learning instructor who is certified in their content area and who follows VHS Learning policies. The course will be hosted in the Buzz learning management system. The course will include a variety of individual assignments and projects, as well as class discussions.
