World History
(World History)

World History is a course designed to develop greater understanding of the evolution of global processes, contacts, and interaction with different types of human societies. World History provides a study of the history of human society from early civilization to the contemporary period, examining major themes and relationships between major civilizations throughout the world. These themes include the impact of interaction among major societies through political, economic, social, religious, military, scientific, and cultural developments. You will analyze and interpret a variety of historical resources using primary and secondary sources, maps, and pictorial and graphic evidence of historical events. This course stresses application, problem-solving, higher-order thinking skills, and use of classroom performance-based/open-ended assessments with rubrics.