World History (Full Year) - Ongoing
In this ongoing course, students will study a new piece of history each week! From Ancient Greece to the Renaissance to the World Wars and everything in between, this class covers World History chronologically using primary sources!
Nicole Trusky
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What's included
1 live meeting
55 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
This is an ongoing class that covers a different piece of World History each week through primary sources and class discussion. Each week is a different topic and assignment so students can join in at any time. Most classes will start with a short lecture on the topic, then students will spend some time reading the passages for the week and answering guiding questions, and last we will discuss the readings as a class. Some weeks we will do more than one set of readings and questions during class, depending on time. I will post the class material for students each week, so students need no outside materials. Though we will cover events chronologically, we will not cover every part of World History. Instead, each week will focus on a topic (or two) that we will deep dive into. You can find a full list of the topics and dates below. All of my classes are inclusive and anti-racist. We will be covering tough subjects and tackling tough topics from the point of view of the people involved, particularly the marginalized groups involved. Fall 2024 Topics and Dates Week of 9/2/24-9/6/24 -- Martin Luther lesson Week of 9/9/24-9/13/24 -- Galileo lesson Week of 9/16/24-9/20/24 -- Dutch East India Company lesson; Colonization/Safavid Dynasty lesson Week of 9/23/24-9/27/24 -- Tokugawa Shogunate and Feudalism lesson; Portuguese Colonize Angola activity; Louis XIV and Absolute Monarchy lesson Week of 9/30/24-10/4/24 -- Glorious Revolution lesson Week of 10/7/24-10/11/24 -- no class Week of 10/14/24-10/18/24 -- French Revolution Overview; Reign of Terror lesson Week of 10/21/24-10/25/24 -- Toussaint L'Ouverture activity; Code Napoleon activity Week of 10/28/24-11/1/24 -- Factory Life lesson Week of 11/4/24-11/8/24 -- Sepoy Rebellion lesson Week of 11/11/24-11/15/24 -- French Imperialism activity; King Leopold and the Congo Free State lesson Week of 11/18/24-11/22/24 -- Battle of Adwa lesson; Indonesia Battles Imperialism activity Week of 11/25/24-11/29/24 -- no class Week of 12/2/24-12/6/24 -- Meiji Leaders and "Civilization" lesson; Meiji Restoration images activity Week of 12/9/24-12/13/24 -- Chinese Women's Freedoms in 1907 lesson; Anti-Suffrage in Great Britain lesson Week of 12/16/24-12/20/24 -- Battle of Somme lesson Week of 12/23/24-12/27/24 -- no class Week of 12/30/24-1/3/25 -- no class Week of 1/6/25-1/10/25 -- Armistice activity Week of 1/13/25-1/17/25 -- Women's War of 1929 activity; Salt March in India activity Week of 1/20/25-1/24/25 -- Ataturk and Women's Rights in Turkey lesson Week of 1/27/25-1/31/25 -- Appeasement lesson Week of 2/3/25-2/7/25 -- Invasion of Nanking lesson; Nazi Propaganda lesson Week of 2/10/25-2/14/25 -- India Partition lesson Week of 2/24/25-2/28/25 -- no class Week of 3/3/25-3/7/25 -- Cold War in Guatemala lesson; Korean War activity Week of 3/10/25-3/14/25 -- Assassination of Patrice Lumumba activity Week of 3/17/25-3/21/25 -- Cuban Missile Crisis activity Week of 3/24/25-3/28/25 -- China's Cultural Revolution lesson Week of 3/31/25-4/4/25 -- 1973 Chile Coup Week of 4/7/25-4/11/25 -- Iran-Contra Affair lesson Week of 4/14/25-4/18/25 -- Zapatista Uprising lesson Week of 4/21/25-4/25/25 -- no class Week of 4/28/25-5/2/25 -- Rwandan Genocide lesson; One Hundred Days of Genocide in Rwanda
Learning Goals
When students complete this class, they should be able to look at any historic document and "source" it. They will be able to determine who the author is, what the author's authority is, when the source was written, etc.They will also know how to take two accounts of the same story and pull corroborating facts out.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
As with any World History course, we will be covering topics like death, war, racism, slavery, and sexism. I will not shy away from these topics, but will help the students understand that though racism, slavery, sexism, etc. are part of the fabric of World History, they are not acceptable by our standards today.
Supply List
Students will be given pdfs each week that contain the in-class work. These pdfs need to be printed or if the student prefers to type answers, pdfs can be pulled up on the computer and students can type directly onto the pdfs.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined August, 2019
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Teacher expertise and credentials
2 Degrees
Master's Degree in History from Wilson College
Bachelor's Degree in History from Wilson College
My Masters degree is in American Studies and I spent a great deal of my graduate studies focusing on the Civil War, Westward Expansion, and the Industrial Revolution. I completed my Master thesis on the Americanization of Christmas.
Since graduating, I have completed many professional development courses through the Gilder Lehrman Institute and the Stanford History Education Group. My most recent courses in the summer of 2022 included American Immigration History, Black Women's History, The Civil War, and The Great Depression and the New Deal.
In addition to my degrees and continuing education, I spend a lot of time researching and reading about various topics in US History such as Westward Expansion, Pennsylvania history, the history of Christmas in America, and more.
I have been teaching both US and World History in person to homeschoolers and on Outschool since 2019. Reviews
Live Group Class
$19
weekly1x per week
55 min
Completed by 3 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 13-17
2-10 learners per class
