Intro to Military History: Weapons, Battles, and Commanders for Younger Students
A class to support a younger student's interest in Military History by introducing them to key principles, tactics, strategies in the context of weapons, battles and generals piquing their interest by developing solid historical skills
Keith (M.A. Military History)
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What's included
1 live meeting
55 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
US Grade 1 - 4
Beginner Level
This introductory class stems from the Military History Club - Most Decisive Battles class and the Greatest Generals class which has successfully run over the past three years on Outschool. This class is for the younger learner (ages 6-11) who has a keen interest in Military History and want to learn about the principles of war, weapons, tactics, military doctrine and strategy of wars from Antiquity to the 21st century. The key terms and vocabulary of Military History will be emphasized throughout the class. In this class we will explore a new topic each day: some days may be about a specific commander whereupon we will discuss the nature of military leadership, decision-making, and the art of command. Other days may consist of talking about various weapons used in war. Ultimately, the topics for this class will be inspired by the students, however the first four weeks will follow this format: Week of 1 March - Weapons of World War One Week of 8 March - Genghis Khan and the Mongols Week of 15 March - The Ancient Greeks vs the Persians Week of 22 March - The Battle of the Bulge 1944
Learning Goals
Students will learn about weapons, tactics and strategy
Students will learn about the Principles of War and how to apply them to Military History
Students will learn about military leadership
Students will learn about the changing nature of war
Other Details
Parental Guidance
This is a class about warfare through the ages. There will be discussion of weapons, battles and their consequences. Discussions and presentations will de-emphasize the realities of warfare due to the age group.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
General Military History
Canada's Mechanized Infantry: The Evolution of a Combat Arm, 1920-2012
Peter Kasurak. University of British Columbia Press, 2020.
The Decline of Empires in South Asia: How Britain and Russia Lost Their Grip Over India, Persia, and Afghanistan
Heather A. Campbell. Pen & Sword Military, 2022.
Defense Engagement since 1900: Global Lessons in Soft Power
Greg Kennedy, ed. University Press of Kansas, 2020.
Front Toward Enemy: War, Veterans, and the Homefront
Daniel R. Green. Rowman & Littlefield, 2021.
Killer High: A History of War in Six Drugs
Peter Andreas. Oxford University Press, 2020.
On Contested Shores: The Evolving Role of Amphibious Operations in the History of Warfare
Timothy Heck and B.A. Friedman. Marine Corps University Press, 2020.
On Distant Service: The Life of the First U.S. Foreign Service Officer to Be Assassinated
Susan M. Stein. Potomac Books, 2020.
Patton: Battling With History
J. Furman Daniel III. University of Missouri Press, 2020.
Rangers, Scouts, and Raiders: Origin, Organization, and Operations of Selected Special Operations Forces
Michael F. Dilley. Casemate, 2023.
Small Armies, Big Cities: Rethinking Urban Warfare
Louis A. Tumchewics, ed. Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2022.
Twenty Years of Service: The Politics of Military Pension Policy and the Long Road to Reform
Brandon J. Archuleta. University Press of Kansas, 2020.
Victory Through Influence: Origins of Psychological Operations in the US Army
Jared M. Tracy. Texas A&M University Press, 2022.
Pre-World War One
The 10 Key Campaigns of the American Revolution
Edward G. Lengel, ed. Regnery History, 2020.
The Battle of Harlem Heights, 1776
David Price. Westholme, 2022.
Early Struggles for Vicksburg: The Mississippi Central Campaign and Chickasaw Bayou, October 25-December 31, 1862
Timothy B. Smith. University Press of Kansas, 2022.
From the Mountains to the Bay: The War in Virginia, January-May 1862
Ethan S. Rafuse. University Press of Kansas, 2022.
The Frontiersmen Who Couldn't Shoot Straight: The Army vs. the Pioneers, 1815-1845
Gregory Michno. Caxton Press, 2020.
Gettysburg's Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond
Hampton Newsome. University Press of Kansas, 2022.
Gunboats, Muskets, and Torpedoes: Costal South Carolina, 1861-1865
Michael G. Laramie. Westholme, 2022.
January Moon: The Northern Cheyenne Breakout from Fort Robinson, 1878-1879
Jerome A. Greene. University of Oklahoma Press, 2020.
John P. Slough: The Forgotten Civil War General
Richard L. Miller. University of New Mexico Press, 2021.
The Journal of James A Brush: The Expedition and Military Operations of General Don Francisco Xavier Mina in Mexico, 1816–1817
Karen Racine and Graham Lloyd, eds. University of New Mexico Press, 2020.
The Lion at Dawn: Forging British Strategy in the Age of the French Revolution, 1783-1797
Nathaniel Jarrett. University of Oklahoma Press, 2022.
Napoleon Absent, Coalition Ascendant: The 1799 Campaign in Italy and Switzerland, Volume 1
Nicholas Murray and Christopher Pringle, eds. University Press of Kansas, 2020.
On the Plains in '65: The 6th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry in the West
George H. Holliday. Ohio University Press, 2021.
Strike Fear in the Land: Pedro De Alvarado and the Conquest of Guatemala, 1520-1541
W.George Lovell, Christopher H. Lutz, Wendy Kramer. University of Oklahoma Press, 2020.
Till Death Do Us Part: The Letters of Emory and Emily Upton
Salvatore G. Cilella Jr. University of Oklahoma Press, 2020
Time in the Wilderness: The Formative Years of John “Black Jack” Pershing in the American West
Tim McNeese. Potomac Books, 2021.
Twelve Days: How the Union Nearly Lost Washington in the First Days of the Civil War
Tony Silber. Potomac Books, 2023.
Unburied Lives: The Historical Archaeology of Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Davis, Texas, 1869–1875
Laurie A. Wilkie. University of New Mexico Press, 2021.
Union General: Samuel Ryan Curtis and Victory in the West
William L Shea. Potomac Books, 2023.
The United States Army and the Making of America: From Confederation to Empire, 1775–1903
Robert Wooster. University Press of Kansas, 2021.
A Volunteer in the Regulars: The Civil War Journal and Memoir of Gilbert Thompson, US Engineer Battalion
Mark A. Smith, ed. University of Tennessee Press, 2020.
War and Peace on the Rio Grande Frontier, 1830-1880
Miguel Angel Gonzalez-Quiroga. University of Oklahoma Press, 2020.
Warfare and Logistics Along the US-Canadian Border During the War of 1812
Christopher D. Dishman. University Press of Kansas, 2022.
1914 to 1945
All Souls Day: The World War II Battle and the Search for a Lost U.S. Battalion
Joseph M. Perreira and John L. Wilson. Potomac Books, 2020.
The American Army in Germany, 1918-1923
Dean A. Nowowiejski. University Press of Kansas, 2021.
Awaiting MacArthur's Return: World War II Guerrilla Resistance against the Japanese in the Philippines
James A. Villanueva. University Press of Kansas, 2023.
Braided in Fire: Black GIs and Tuscan Villagers on the Gothic Line
Solace Wales. Knox Press, 2020.
Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II
Bruce Henderson. Knopf, 2022.
Buffalo Soldiers in Alaska: Company L, Twenty-Fourth Infantry
Brian G. Shellum. Bison Books, 2021.
Forging the Anglo-American Alliance: The British and American Armies, 1917-1941
Tyler R. Bamford. University Press of Kansas, 2022.
The Holy Warrior: Osama Bin Laden and his Jihadi Journey in the Soviet-Afghan War
Reagan Fancher. Vernon Press, 2022.
Island Infernos: The U.S. Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944
Mark John C. McManus. Caliber, 2021.
A Machine Gunner's War: From Normandy to Victory with the 1st Infantry Division in World War II
Albert Andrews Jr. Casemate, 2022.
Monty and the Canadian Army
John A. English. Monty and the Canadian Army, 2021.
Mother of the Company: SGT. Percy M. Smith's World War II Reflections
Philip M. Smith, ed. Texas A&M University Press, 2022.
No Sacrifice Too Great: The 1st Infantry Division in World War II
Gregory Fontenot. University of Missouri Press, 2023.
Physician Soldier: The South Pacific Letters of Captain Fred Gabriel from the 39th Station Hospital
Michael P. Gabriel. Texas A&M University Press, 2020.
“A Pitiful, Unholy Mess:” The Histories of Wheeler, Bellows, and Haleiwa Fields and the Japanese Attacks of 7 December 1941
J. Michael Wenger, Robert J. Cressman, and John F. Di Virgilio. Naval Institute Press, 2022.
Plotting for Peace: American Peacemakers, British Codebreakers, and Britain at War, 1914–1917
Daniel Larsen. Cambridge University Press, 2021.
A Private in the Texas Army: At War in Italy, France, and Germany with the 11th Engineers, 36th Division, in World War II
John A. Pearce. State House Press, 2021.
Red Army into the Reich
Simon Forty, Patrick Hook & Nik Cornis. Casemate, 2021.
Ritchie Boy Secrets: How a Force of Immigrants and Refugees Helped Win World War II
Beverley Driver Eddy. Stackpole Books, 2021.
The Road to Pearl Harbor: Great Power War in Asia and the Pacific
John H. Maurer and Erik Goldstein, eds. Naval Institute Press, 2022.
Soldiers of Siam: A First World War Chronicle
Khwan Phusrisom. Lemongrass Books, 2020.
Unraveling the Myth of Sgt. Alvin York: The Other Sixteen
James P. Gregory Jr. Texas A&M University Press, 2023.
The Weekly War: How The Saturday Evening Post Reported World War I
Chris Dubbs and Carolyn Edy. University of North Texas Press, 2023.
1946 to the Present
America and Vietnam, 1954-1963: The Road to War
Michael M. Walker. McFarland & Company, 2022.
Arming East Asia: Deterring China in the Early Cold War
Eric Setzekorn. Naval Institute Press, 2023.
Blackhorse Tales: Stories of the 11th Armored Cavalry Troopers at War
Donald C. Snedeker. Casemate, 2021.
Blind Obedience and Denial: The Nuremberg Defendants
Andrew Sangster. Casemate, 2022.
The Challenge to NATO: Global Security and the Atlantic Alliance
Michael O. Slobodchikoff, G. Doug Davis, and Brandon Stewart, eds. Potomac Books, 2021.
Connected Soldiers: Life, Leadership, and Social Connections in Modern War
John Spencer. Potomac Books, 2022.
Drawn Swords in a Distant Land: South Vietnam’s Shattered Dreams
George J. Veith. Encounter Books, 2021.
First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance
Annie Jacobsen. Dutton, 2021.
The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan’s Pech Valley
Wesley Morgan. Random House, 2021.
Just Another Day in Vietnam
Keith M. Nightingale. Casemate, 2023.
Korean Showdown: National Policy and Military Strategy in a Limited War, 1951–1952
Bryan R. Gibby. University of Alabama Press, 2021.
The Ledger: Accounting for Failure in Afghanistan
David Kilcullen and Greg Mills. Hurst, 2022.
Lessons Unlearned: The U.S. Army's Role in Creating the Forever Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
Pat Proctor. University of Missouri Press, 2020.
Long Ago and Far Away: Remembering Vietnam Fifty Years On
Robert K. Griffith Jr. Dorrance Publishing, 2022.
A Military History of India Since 1972: Full Spectrum Operations and the Changing Contours of Modern Conflict
Arjun Subramaniam. University Press of Kansas, 2021.
Moral Imperative: 1972, Combat Rescue, and the End of America’s War in Vietnam
Darrel D. Whitcomb. University Press of Kansas, 2020.
Quagmire: Personal Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan
Donald Anderson, ed. Potomac Books, 2021.
Rain in Our Hearts: Alpha Company in the Vietnam War
James Allen Logue and Gary D. Ford. Texas Tech University Press, 2020.
Service Above Self: Women Veterans in American Politics
Erika Cornelius Smith. University Press of Kansas, 2022.
SOG Kontum: Top Secret Missions in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia 1968-1969
Joe Parnar and Robert Dumont. Casemate, 2022.
A State of Secrecy: STASI Informers and the Culture of Surveillance
Alison Lewis. Potomac Books, 2021.
Unforgotten in the Gulf of Tonkin: A Story of the U.S. Military’s Commitment to Leave No One Behind
Eileen A. Bjorkman. Potomac Books, 2020.
U.S. Go Home: The U.S. Military in France, 1945 to 1968
M. David Egan and Jean Egan. Schiffer Military, 2022
Vietnam Combat: Firefights and Writing History
Robin Bartlett. Casemate, 2023.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Angel Fire: War, Remembrance, and an American Tragedy
Steven Trout. University Press of Kansas, 2020.
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Teacher expertise and credentials
3 Degrees
Master's Degree in History from American Military University
Bachelor's Degree in Education from University of Maine at Farmington
Bachelor's Degree in History from Acadia University (Nova Scotia, Canada)
I have taught history in both public and private schools for the past 30 years. Military History has been my passion since I was very young. I love to share my knowledge and learn from others. Reviews
Live Group Class
$20
weekly1x per week
55 min
Completed by 4 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 6-11
3-10 learners per class
