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Join this world history course and take a journey through time, from the beginning of civilization up to today. You’ll explore how human beings have dramatically changed the world through exploration and innovation.
How to get the most out of World History: A Look at Big Trends in Human History with Christopher Martin, Ph.D.:
- Download the pre-course materials (e.g., syllabus) found at the end of the course introduction, but before the weekly materials.
- Review the week's PowerPoint slides before attending the class meeting.
- Have a notebook ready and available for class notes during each class meeting.
- Attend the week's meeting.
- Do the assignments, quizzes, and any extra work assigned for that week.
- Repeat the above for each week.
- Once the course is completed to the parent's and professor’s satisfaction, there is a Certificate of Completion at the end to be filled in for your records.
Note: This course includes a writing component.
Total classes: 14
Duration: 55 minutes per class
Prerequisite: None
Suggested grade level: 9th to 12th grade (NOTE: adjustments can be made to assignments in order to accommodate middle school students)
Suggested credit: One full semester History or World History
Instructor: Christopher Martin, PhD
Instructor email: chrisgooverthere@yahoo.com
Course Description: Human beings have advanced drastically since their earliest days . . . inventing new ways of growing and harvesting, thinking and communicating, as well as war and peace making. This course distills human history down to the biggest themes of developments over time, in order to better understand how worldwide civilization has come to be the way it is today.
Course Outline:
Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: The Beginning of Human History
Week 3: Shifting to Food Production
Weeks 4-5: The First Civilizations
Week 6: Wealth, Power and the Axial Age
Week 7: Christendom and Islam
Week 8: Fusing the World together
Week 9-10: Industrialism and Imperialism
Weeks 11-13: Superpowers and technological booms
Week 14: Big Pictures, Long Prospects
Course materials: None required. All materials provided FREE by the instructor.
Homework: Writing is an integral part of demonstrating both the assimilation of knowledge, and the articulation thereof. Therefore, students will be guided through the process of writing a short (3- to 5-page, double-spaced) review of a book of their choice relevant to the subject matter.
NOTE: Middle school students taking this course must instead write a 1- to 2-page book report.
One to two short (5-10 minutes), ungraded review quizzes based on classroom lectures and discussions.
- Teacher: Christopher Martin