Bloody History: Pirates, Witches, & Vikings (Semester Long)
Get hooked on history with this online class full of fascinating legends, facts, and trivia that will challenge what you know about pirates, witches, & vikings. See below for details.
Leeyanne Moore MFA
Average rating:
4.8
Number of reviews:(228)
What's included
12 live meetings
10 in-class hoursAssignments
1 hour per week. Students are encouraged to continue filling out handouts at the end of class if they haven't been able to finish taking notes during class.Assessment
Each morning after the first day there is a quiz to test knowledge. Students can receive a letter grade and an overall average on their quiz scores if parents wish.Class Experience
US Grade 6 - 9
The Bloody History Series is a series of history classes where each week students will learn about a fascinating popular cultural phenomenon during a certain period of time. In this class we'll start with examine witch lore and witch hunters in history, while looking at the cultural, international, and religious reasons behind accusations of witchcraft. Then we'll turn to the Viking Era of the Middle Ages and their culture, as we ponder how peaceful farmers turned into violent raiders for four hundred years, dominating the European landscape and changing the leadership patterns in Europe. What led to their eventual disappearance? Finally we'll examine the scullduggery of piracy, traveling around the world to look at the history of pirates in various cultures, before focussing on the hey day of pirates and privateers in the 1600's to the 1800's. Every day students will have a new handout to fill out during class. Willing students will face a classroom quiz every day to see who has learned their bloody history! This class is meant to get kids hooked on learning history. We will also challenge stereotypes for each unit, and explore more recent knowledge gleaned from archeological findings. Each week we'll explore the topics below: Lessons about witches will cover the following material: What counts as a witch? inventions of the 1400's & plague years: the need for emotional catharsis in the public famous witches The Hammer of the Witches & the rise of witch hunts women healers & herbal medicine in conflict with the rise of modern medicine women accused: looking at age, status, mental health, and property famous witch trials Salem witch trials Lessons about Vikings will include the following material: Viking technology pt 1: Viking ships & navigation Viking technology pt 2: swords, Berserker warriors how Vikings lived magic, seers, & death female Viking warriors Viking rule lost Viking colonies the assimilation of Vikings Lessons about Pirates will include: origins of pirates pirating in different parts of the world legal piracy: the creation of privateers, pirate havens, codes & customs famous female pirates famous male pirates modern day piracy internet piracy
Learning Goals
learning new academic vocabulary:
archeological evidence
evidence based conjecture
hypothesis
ethnobotanistslearning ways to challenge popular stereotypes of a culture through inquiry models and critical thinking skills.
Other Details
Learning Needs
This class is lecture and discussion based with a quiz format for testing knowledge acquisition. Inquiry based models are used to illicit analytical and critical thinking skills.
Parental Guidance
None. We will stay away from anything really graphic about witch burnings and viking violence.
Pre-Requisites
Students should have the ability to attend to lectures, take very basic notes, and to engage verbally in class.
Joined May, 2020
4.8
228reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
My desire is to hook learners on history, by presenting captivating people and relay how history from the past present us with an understanding of today. As a college rhetoric instructor I've found that students will learn very challenging material if they are able to present to me what they already know and either challenge that learning or build upon that knowledge. Moreover, I frame learning about history by teaching students how to become mini-academics and look at anecdotal evidence using some of the very basic skills a scientist or historian would use. Students will become active learners as they attempt to use these skills to figure out why people thought witches cast dangerous spells and hexes--and why they thought these spells worked.Reviews
Live Group Class
$220
for 12 classes1x per week, 12 weeks
50 min
Completed by 11 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 12-15
3-4 learners per class
