They Ruled: History's Best, Worst, and Weirdest Leaders (Summer Camp)

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Each week we will examine a different king, queen, president, or other leader from history, using images, primary sources, & discussion to examine their life and evaluate their leadership qualities.

Nelson Dean, M.Ed.

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8-13

year old learners

4-12

learners per class

$55

Charged weekly

$11 per class

Meets 5x per week

Runs week after week

35 minutes per class

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Available times

Pacific

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Class Experience

US Grade 3 - 6

In this class, we will look at mighty, magnificent, and misinformed people who found the leadership of their people thrust upon them. Using primary sources and images from their rule, we will examine both the basic story of their upbringing and career, as well as analyze the way they justified and maintained their position of power. We will close by trying to make an assessment of their leadership, drawing connections to our own time and to other figures we have examined in the course. In...

I have taught AP World History, AP European History, AP Art History, and AP English for ten years in a brick-and-mortar high school, and I have worked with students on Outschool for three years ranging in age from 6 to 16, so I have a strong background in historical content knowledge and analysis, as well as experience working with a wide array of different learners.

2 hours 55 minutes per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.

While this does not represent an exhaustive list of sources used, these are some of the main secondary authors used by the instructor to prepare for the course:

Michael Farquar's A Treasury of Royal Scandals
A. Adu Boahen's Yaa Asantewaa and the Asante-British War
Jung Chang's Empress Dowager Cixi
Alison Weir's Queen of the Crusades, Isabella: She-Wolf of France
Catherine Roehig's Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh
Richard Huscroft's The Norman Conquest
Franz Herre's Ludwig II, Maria Theresa: the Great Habsburg
Modern Europe: Sources & Perspectives (ed. Swanson & Melancon)

Meet the teacher

Nelson Dean, M.Ed.

Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(283)

I have been a high school music teacher for seventeen years, and a high school history and English teacher for the last thirteen years. In that time, I have taught a wide variety of classes including Percussion Methods, Geography, U.S. History, AP...