(100) FOUNDATIONS IN WORLD HISTORY
Full year course — 4 credits Open to 8th grade only. This smaller class is designed for students who have had significant difficulty with the reading, writing, and conceptual skills…
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(129) HISTORY OF ART: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
(129) HISTORY OF ART: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Full year course – 4 credits This cultural history course examines history through the lens of art and architecture. Focusing upon paintings, sculpture,…
*(137) SPORT: A SOCIAL HISTORY (not currently offered)
(137) SPORT: A SOCIAL HISTORY This course will look at the importance of sport in societies around the world through a historical and sociological lens. Our goal will be to…
(130) ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS (not offered 2020-2021)
(130) ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS Full year course – 4 credits Ancient Civilizations is concerned with understanding social, political and cultural experience in a past that is the foundation of the Western…
(120) MODERN WORLD HISTORY (new course)
(120) MODERN WORLD HISTORY Full year course – 4 credits Open to: 9 only This course is the study of the globalizing world from 1500 through the beginning of the…
(132) WORLD CRISES IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
(132) WORLD CRISES IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Full year course 4 credits This course is designed to introduce students to several current international political crises & US foreign policy responses…
(135) ASIAN STUDIES: TRADITION AND CHANGE IN CONTEMPORARY ASIA
(135) ASIAN STUDIES: TRADITION AND CHANGE IN CONTEMPORARY ASIA Asian Studies aims to introduce students to the history, traditions and beliefs of a region that claims two-thirds of the world’s…
(136) A HISTORY OF AFRICA AND ITS PEOPLE (not offered 2019-2020)
(136) A HISTORY OF AFRICA AND ITS PEOPLE Full year course – 4 credits As Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie says, “The problem with stereotypes is not that they are not…