Questions on the Western Civilization I exam require candidates to demonstrate one or more of the following abilities:

Understanding important factual knowledge of developments in Western civilization
Ability to identify the causes and effects of major historical events
Ability to analyze, interpret, and evaluate textual and graphic historical materials
Ability to distinguish the relevant from the irrelevant
Ability to reach conclusions on the basis of facts

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Homework Offered
Homework is assigned weekly and is graded for completeness.
1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Assessment will be formal and informal.  They are designed provide practice for students to succeed in future higher level Western Civilization courses.
Grades Offered
Homework and tests will be graded to allow students and parents to judge progress and readiness for future learning.

This course can be adjusted to accommodate any special learning needs of the student. Please contact teacher to make arrangements.

--Magna Carta
--National Geographic Maps
--Library of Congress Resources
--World History: Patterns of Interactions by McDougal Littell 
--Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
--The 1619 Project--https://pulitzercenter.org/lesson-plan-grouping/1619-project-curriculum
--Teaching Tolerance--https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/teaching-tolerance/  
--Howard Zinn--"A People's History of the United States"
--PBS (Public Broadcasting Service, funded by U.S. government) Image, “Triangular” Trade 
--Ronald Takaki, A Different Mirror for Young People: A History of Multicultural America
--Technology in America--Eli Whitney
--Woodrow Wilson, Fourteen Points Address to Congress, January 8, 1918
--Henry Cabot Lodge, Opposition to the Treaty of Versailles, August 12, 1919
--World War I Propaganda Posters
--Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s speech December 8, 1941 (“A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”)
--"Iron Curtain Speech", by Winston Churchill, March 5, 1946

World Religion Sources
-- PBS Learning Media: World Religions 
-- History.com
--Myrtle Langely, DK Eyewitness Religion
--Carla Mooney, Comparative Religion: Investigate the World Through Religious Tradition
--Major Texts of Several Religions--The Qur'an, The Veda, The Torah, and The Bible.