World Leaders of History: Kings, Queens, Dictators, Presidents, and More!

Welcome to your course on the Leaders of History! 

Royal families and leaders have overseen countries, led armies, and ruled people all over the world, but what makes them so unique? In this course, we will dive into the lives, drama, and actions of different leaders. 
We will look at a variety of leaders throughout history, some of whom have been loved, tolerated, and even despised by their people and the world. Each week we will focus on a different world leader in history. We will examine their childhood, upbringing, accession to power, leadership the end of their life, and legacy. Our goal is to answer the question, "Why was this leader memorable?"

This is an ongoing class, and students are welcome to join the course at any point. Each class will be independent of itself meaning students will not require any prior knowledge to attend. We will focus on different empires throughout the course for four weeks at a time but again, students can join within these weeks as these leaders are not connected to one another and will be treated as a new topic each week. We will circulate back to previous empires covered in the course but focus on different leaders. Please see the course breakdown below.

During our class time together, students will learn about the lives of royal leaders through a slideshow presentation using pictures, videos, and discussion questions. At the end of each class, students will get the opportunity to play a game of Kahoot to test their knowledge of that leader. 

Ruthless Powerful Leaders
Week of October 7th: Countess Elizabeth Báthory
Week of October 14th: Maximilien Robespierre 
Week of October 21st: Vladimir Lenin
Week of October 28th: Joseph Stalin
Week of November 4th: Idi Amin
Week of November 11th: Augusto Pinochet

Presidential Scandals in the United States
Week of November 18th: Andrew Jackson
Week of November 25th: Break Week
Week of December 2nd: John Tyler
Week of December 9th: Ulysses S. Grant
Week of December 16th: Warren G. Harding

Winter Break 

Assassinations 
Week of January 6th: Phillip II of Macedon
Week of January 13th: Abraham Lincoln 
Week of January 20th: Martin Luther King Jr.
Week of January 27th: Queen Min
Week of February 3rd: Leon Trotsky

Week of February 10th: Special Student Request: Winston Churchill 
Week of February 17th: Special Student Request: Alexander Hamilton 

Break Week

Shortest Reigning Leaders
Week of March 3rd: Lady Jane Grey
Week of March 10th Joseph Goebbels
Week of March 17th: Pope Urban VII, Berenguela of Castile
Week of March 24th: Napoleon II, King Luís Filipe of Portugal 
Week of March 31st: President James Garfield


This course will continue and cover other empires, as well as return to empires previously covered. Additional topics will be added as the course progresses.