Welcome to Amazing People From History! During each of these classes we will explore a brief biography of different people in history, their life, the society and culture that shaped them, and what contributions they made in their field. We will discuss how their lives would be different if they had been born in different times and cultures and what shaped them into achieving their goals.

Week 1 - Nina Simone
Week 2 - Amelia Earhart
Week 3 - Nellie Bly
Week 4 - Sybil Luddington
Week 5 - Elvis Presley
Week 6 - Anne Frank
Week 7 - Edgar Allen Poe
Week 8 - Bruce Lee
Week 9 - Alexander the Great 
Week 10 - Hipocrates
Week 11 - Eleanor Roosevelt
Week 12 - Martin Luther King Jr.
Week 13 - Ella Fitzgerald
Week 14 - Bill Gates
Week 15 - Isaac Newton
Week 16 - Sojourner Truth
Week 17 - Noor Inayat Khan
Week 18 - Christopher Columbus
Week 19 - Leonardo Da Vinci
Week 20 - Temple Grandin


Each week, by Wednesday evening (9pm PST) -

-I will email each student a link that weeks lecture and assignments. This will be on YouTube and is in a private account that is embedded into the Outschool classroom page.  
-  Assignments will consist of discussion and essay questions, short research topics, Youtube videos, and worksheets. These will be posted on the classroom page. 
- In my flex classes, each family can determine the level of participation in the course. 
- Communication will be done through the Outschool classroom.  
-I will check in with each student several times during the week to check on progress of the homework, address any questions, or to engage in a discussion about the topic covered. Each student is encouraged to message (through the Outschool classroom) me anytime they have any questions or thoughts about the class.  
- Each week, there may be additional articles, videos, or pictures that will be posted to the classroom page to engage students in open conversations about that weeks topic. 
-Please message me before the start of class if you have any questions.  

For information on the other parts of this course, or other U.S. History courses, my course catalog is available in pdf: 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10WtnUIRwVRw7Awo6FskitgUKeNUjuAvf/view