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

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Ages 11-15
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In this ongoing class, we will discuss world leaders throughout history, the good and bad!
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Live video meetings
1x per week
4-12 learners per class
50 min

What's included

1 live meeting
50 mins in-class hours per week

Class Experience

US Grade 6 - 9
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. 

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

North American Indigenous Leaders
Week of April 7th: Joseph and Molly (Mary) Brant
Week of April 14th: Tecumseh
Week of April 21st: Sitting Bull
Break Week
Week of May 5th: Geronimo 


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.

Learning Goals

Students will learn about the lives of the world leaders of countries from around the world.
Students will critically analyze how these leaders have held and maintained their power.

Other Details

Parental Guidance
- In history, there is often violence and war. As we are discussing a variety of historical leaders, there may be a discussion of violent events that occurred under their leadership. Images, videos, and discussions will be created to be age-appropriate. - In this class we use Kahoot. Kahoot is an online trivia game. During class, students will be sent a link through Zoom chat which will take them directly to the game and they will enter their first name or nickname. No personal information will be required or any downloading.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
- National Geographic - Smithsonian - Britannica - Thoughtco.com - World History Encyclopedia

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Teacher expertise and credentials
Non-US Teaching Certificate in Secondary Education
Bachelor's Degree in History from Brock University
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Nipissing University
I am a certified educator under OCT for intermediate and senior levels with teaching qualifications in history, geography, math, and special education. Material presented in this class will be fact-checked and provided from appropriate and trusted sources. 

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