This is a self-paced version of my popular live World History 1 course.  This class can coordinate with my World Literature courses if desired.  

This course is the first half of a rhetorical level course intended to introduce the student to the major themes and moments in world history.  This course will involve both writing and reading.  We will be reading a full-range of primary documents from each time period and geographical area we study.  You will be learning how to read, think about, analyze, argue with, and present ideas about history and to connect events to the larger trends and themes in world history.

As a flexible schedule version of my World History 1 course, this course will offer no live class meetings.  Instead, your student will have access to 1-2 class recordings weekly to watch, as well as additional written and visual documents to augment the recording.  The student will also have various quizzes and interactive assignments to check their understanding of the video content, creating a workshop feel during the 15 weeks.  Also each week, student's will have an opportunity to complete their own longer writing assignments related to the class content and to receive individualized teacher feedback.  I will be available for office hours and meetings throughout the course by appointment to work with your schedule and your time zone. 

Each week you will be responsible for reading background material and assigned primary documents.  You will be expected to write a reading response for each of your readings.  These reading responses should be 1-2 pages on the background material for each time period in history and the important elements of the work.  You should be building a timeline of major events in world history across geographical boundaries.  In class videos, I will discuss our reading, putting themes in their historical context and asking questions about the author’s and our own worldviews.  You will then participate in this discussion via activities over the week. 

1-What is history?  Neolithic revolution, evaluating documents

2-Mesopotamia and the Near East
	
3-Egypt—introduce DBQ’s and practice in class

4-Ancient China

5-Chinese philosophy and Han dynasty

6-Ancient India

7-Persia

8-Minoans and Mycenaeans

9-Greek city states;  drama

10-Greek philosophy and art

11-presentations on Greek contributions

12-Olmec and Maya

13-Japan and Africa

14-Hellenistic age

15-Test 1

16-Early Rome

17-Roman Republic

18-Roman Empire

19-Decline of the empire

20-early Christianity/Byzantine

21-Islam

22-Carolingians

23-Economics and social systems of the Middle Ages

24-High Middle Ages

25-Vikings and Mongols

26-Late Middle Ages

27-Renaissance 1

28-Renaissance 2 presentations on art

29-Reformation

30-Test 2