WELCOME TO HONORS WORLD HISTORY
Why study history?
In World History you will develop a greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts including interactions over time. The course highlights the nature of changes in international frameworks and their causes and consequences, as well as comparisons among other societies. The course will give a broad overview of World Religions and Ancient/Medieval influences over the modern world. The course will then emphasize modern history from 1500 to the present.
WORLD HISTORY STANDARDS
STANDARD I / STANDARD II / STANDARD III
World History Notes
a. Textbook: World History Human Legacy; Holt, Rhinehart and Winston
Primary sources: textual (writings from the time period we are studying, visual (works of art or artifacts from the time period being studied), quantitative (tables and graphs from the textbook)