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World History Alive! (MS) - ROME to the RENAISSANCE! - (Middle School/ Early HS) –
COSTUMES, SKITS, ONLINE ILLUSTRATIVE VIDEOS ETCETERA! The time period for
this World History Course will be between 130 AD/CE to 1350 AD/CE. We can’t cover
everything, but we will cover the FALL of ROMAN EMPIRE, the PLAGUES, the DARK AGES,
the CRUSADES, the RENAISSANCE and more! This course will be based on the National
Standards which means we will be analyzing the cause and effect of historical events, plus
increasing the students’ knowledge of historical data, vocabulary, and geography. The students
will have several different ways to learn including short lectures, coloring maps, studying Crash
Course videos, acting, reading, writing, and presenting their ideas. There will be approximately 1
to 2 hours of homework per week, plus extra credit assignments, weekly quizzes, a mild mid-
term and fun cumulative final. The historical information and homework will be coming from
the Crash Course World History Curriculum Project (https://www.pbslearningmedia.org), which is
online and FREE. This course also has two required books that are available on Amazon at new
and used prices. Timelines of World History – November 8, 2002 by John
Teeple (Editor) Approx. $15 World Geography 3rd Edition, by Wynn Kapit Approx. $19
Instructor: Lisa Giordano

Ancient History (HS) (Rhetoric) - **May Be Offered 2019-2020** Ancient History takes
advantage of the burgeoning adult's desire to formulate their own opinions and assert them. We
will study 3800 BC-312 AD. The world history text is purposely narrative to invite discussion and
disagreement. We will acknowledge ancient history controversies and encourage students to
explore those that interest them. Students will read the historical texts of the Bible and connect
them to ancient world history, explore some early Christian primary sources, identify some
ancient artworks, memorize a timeline, work out short, memorable descriptions of important
historical events and develop coherent arguments about two historical controversies of their
choice. The first quarter will include reviewing modern Mediterranean and Asian countries and
their capitals. We will discuss historical events, people, themes and primary sources in this
course and on-line in Engrade posts and comments during the week and connect history to
geography on-line as a class on weekly, interactive, class maps. Students will incorporate their
knowledge through a variety of creative mediums, including verbal expression (papers, verbal
explanations, discussion posts), visual art, and collaborative mapping projects and collaborative
performances. There will be four performances, including two student-written skits, and two
dramatic class recitations. Core Texts: The Bible, the version the student reads at home and in
church, National Geographic Concise History of the World: An Illustrated Timeline (ISBN 978-1-
4262-1178-2) [This text is good for 4 years of Rhetoric/HS History & Literature and 3 years of
Dialectic/MS World History & Literature], The History of the Ancient World, by Susan Wise Bauer
(ISBN 978-0-393-05974-8) Recommended, but not required: A chronological version of your
family’s preferred Bible. Instructor: Laura Keifer