The study of world history helps students gain a better understanding of the events that have shaped our world, understand current world issues and how they relate to each other. It focuses on the history of early civilizations, various nations, and their differences and similarities. This means that a middle school world history curriculum should include information that spans several time periods, places, ancient empires, and more. A survey of World history encourages students to think historically by making connections and comparisons between events and people across periods of time and geography. Basically, students learn to think about the past from a cross-cultural and comparative perspective.

At the end of the course, your child should be able to compare and contrast past events and current issues, identify recurring themes in history and develop and organize argumentative papers on historical topics. Parents can supplement our adaptive curriculum and active learning with activities like role-playing, debates, and more to keep students engaged. 

Having taught History as a core curriculum internationally makes me qualified to teach this course creatively and with passion. 

Below is what you can expect your child to learn with a middle school world history curriculum.
WEEKLY BREKDOWN: 

WEEK 1 & 2: The beginnings of human societies
WEEK 2 & 3: How the Sumerians created the world’s first advanced society
WEEK 3 & 4: The beginning of human migration
WEEK 5 & 6: Egyptian and Babylonian development.
WEEK 7& 8: Early civilizations in the world
WEEK 9 & 10:  The middle ages and renaissance
WEEK 11 & 12: How the crusades changed Europe forever  & Imperialism, World War I and World War II
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HOURLY CLASS BREAKDOWN: 

5-10: Meet & Opening Game
15: Class Assignment/Homework Check-in/Presentation (will vary with the number of students). 
30 min: Course Topic and New Assignment
5-10 min: Close class and subject questions

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EACH WEEK: Students will be given the task of exploring the details of our topics and to present
(in their own chosen style) 
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COURSE GOALS FOR STUDENTS: 
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Upon completing this course the student will be able to:

Describe features of the world's physical and natural environment, and explain how the environment has affected and been affected by historical developments. Explain large-scale and long-term historical developments of regional, interregional, and global scope.

Analyze ways in which human groups have come into contact and interacted with one another, including systems of communication, migration, commercial exchange, conquest, and cultural diffusion. Assess the significance of key turning points in world history.

Describe the development and explain the significance of distinctive forms of political, social, and economic organization.
Identify major discoveries, inventions, and scientific achievements, and assess their impact on society.
Identify achievements in art, architecture, literature, and philosophy, and assess their impact on society.
Compare the world we live in today with past eras such as the lower paleolithic, upper paleolithic, neolithic, agrarian, and industrial ages. Explain ideas, practices, and historical developments of major belief systems.
Identify challenges that humans have faced in the ecological, economic, political, and other spheres of life, and explain how they have responded to those challenges.

Reflect upon choices humans have made in the past and consider how choices made today may affect the future.
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TEACHER EXPERTISE: I have been teaching World History in American and English school systems. My years of experience teaching this and many other relevant common core subjects makes me a great teacher with references on request. The booklist has been directly approved by the national curriculum. Students will NOT be required to purchase any books or equipment, as excerpts will be provided in class.