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University/College-Advanced Level Course in History or International Relations

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Ages 13-17
Live 1-on-1 Lessons
In this seminar, a student will study a major topic(s) in history or IR that the student is interested in.
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Live video meetings
Meets on demand
50 min

What's included

Meets on Demand
schedule meetings as needed
50 mins
per session
Teacher support
Projects
1-2 hours per week. 1-2 per week

Class Experience

US Grade 8 - 11
Advanced Level
In this Advanced Seminar in Historical Research and Writing, a student will have an opportunity to study history/IR in a one-on-one session with the teacher, focusing on a topic that the learner is interested in learning more about. For example, we may study any major topics in global history, including but not limited to various geopolitical conflicts and their consequences, socio-economic transformations, and the relationship between culture, technology, and politics. Furthermore, a student will engage critically with the debates that exist among historians and learn how to conduct independent research. This will culminate in a research paper that investigates historical issues or problems. 

After the topic is chosen in collaboration with the teacher, the student will focus on studies exploring the topic. Dr. Brezina will introduce various perspectives on the historical concept and reading will serve as points of departure for developing skills in critical and historical thinking, research method, hypothesis formulation, and thesis prospectus drafting.

Learning Goals

This class will emphasize the development of cognitive skills such as critical thinking, analysis, writing, and relating different topics to one another. Also, students will get a chance to practice their speaking and class conversation skills.

Other Details

Parental Guidance
The study of history/IR may deal with some sensitive topics in the world such as various regional conflicts, wars, and civil wars. Dr. Brezina takes great care to present the content in an age appropriate manner.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
There are many sources that are used for teaching and discussing global history in this course. Dr. Brezina studied (and still study) various primary and secondary sources (articles, books, dissertations, etc.) during his years as a teacher and professor of history and international relations that will allow him to interpret the historical affairs objectively and address the full range of a variety of issues facing the past, including marginalized populations. For example, Dr. Brezina will draw from these books, Empires in World History by Jane Burbank, Universal Empire by Peter Fibiger Bang, Pre-modern Empires by Jerry H. Bentley, Insurgent Empire and Anti-Colonial Resistance by Priyamvada Gopal, The Afterlife of Empires by Joanna Bailkin, Protection and Empires by Lauren Benton, The Black Hole of Empires by Partha Chatterjee, The Muslim Empires of the Ottomans by Stephen Darwin, At Home with the Empire by Catherine Hall, American Empire by A.G. Hopkins, The British Empire by Philippa Levine, Visions of Empire by Krishan Kumar, and the Transcending the Nation by Stuart Ward, all of which are commonly used as objective and multi-cultural history books and textbooks in U.S. higher education. Furthermore, Dr. Brezina will use various primary sources such as the Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange, Internet History Sourcebooks Project, and Empire Online. (However, Dr. Brezina does not require students to purchase or use these books.)

Meet the teacher

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Teacher expertise and credentials
Non-US Teaching Certificate in Social Studies/History
Doctoral Degree in History from Boston University
Dr. Brezina taught various advance history courses and seminars at various university prep schools in Europe and the United States. Furthermore, for a decade I have taught CTY (the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth) advanced summer curses in the USA and Greece. 

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