Honors World History
Honors World History online high school course
COURSE LENGTH:
Full Year (30 Sessions)
COURSE OVERVIEW:
Blending content and knowledge acquisition and retention with the development of an array of historical thinking skills, this full year (30 synchronous sessions) or semester (15 synchronous sessions) honors-level course aims to expose students to major themes of World History spanning ancient times, the middle ages, and the modern era. Students will grapple with many of the essential questions of World History and leave with a greater appreciation for the complexity of the human past. Students are offered learning opportunities that emphasize critical analytical, synthesis, and evaluation skills. The rigorous coursework aims for students to feel empowered to excel at a higher level with free and open written and verbal response questions focusing on document-based writing, contrasting opposing viewpoints, and interpreting historical documents. Through this process, students will learn to connect and identify larger trends in world history, such as continuity & change, causation, context, and turning points.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Build Historical Knowledge
Recognize how humans in the past shaped their own unique historical moments and were shaped by those moments
Develop a body of historical knowledge with breadth of time and place—as well as depth of detail—in order to discern context.
Understand Sourcing and Situation
Recognize history as an interpretive account of the human past—one that historians create in the present from surviving evidence.
Describe past events from multiple perspectives.
Create Historical Arguments and Analysis
Develop questions about the past and craft research strategies to answer them.
Support an argument using specific and relevant evidence
Make Connections Using Historical Reasoning
Identify patterns among or connections between historical developments and processes.
Apply historical knowledge and historical thinking to contemporary issues.