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Status

Open

Estimated Completion Time

Approximately 24 weeks

Overview

This listing provides details for the United States History Projects pathway – please click on the Projects button above for additional information. This offering can also be completed as a traditional course – if you are more interested in taking the course, please view that separate listing in the Learning Catalog.

Major Topics and Concepts

Please review the COMPETENCIES listed on the right side of the page as these statements describe the major topics and concepts covered in this offering.

Career

Each competency will be addressed through a project that is based on a real-life career task. Here are the careers you will explore: Podcaster, Photo Curator, Military Historian, Set Designer, Conflict & Stability Operations Specialist, Political Scientist, Speechwriter, Script Writer, and Historic Preservation Specialist.

Status

Open

Estimated Completion Time

3-4 Weeks

Competency

Please review the competency statements on the right to learn the major topics and concepts covered in this offering.

Project

Overview: Projects allow students to demonstrate their understanding of concepts and skills by completing a job-related task. The assignment might be to create a mural, a package design, a speech, a film review, or a movie set – you name it! These creative projects are about applying your learning acquired through in-depth research to real-world career tasks.

Credits 1

Competencies

  • Ancient Empires
    Students will demonstrate an understanding of ancient empires by describing early African nations, comparing Mesoamerican and Andean civilizations, and analyzing the impact of ancient Mesoamerican and Andean leaders.
  • Development of Monotheistic Religions
    Students will demonstrate an understanding of the development of the monotheistic religions by comparing the ideals of the monotheistic religions, summarizing the expansion of the Islamic Empires, and summarizing contributions of the Byzantine Empire before its decline.
  • Medieval Europe and Japan
    Students will demonstrate an understanding of medieval Europe and Japan by summarizing medieval social hierarchy in Europe, describing intellectual and artistic achievements of the Middle Ages, and comparing Japanese feudalism with Western European feudalism during the Middle Ages.
  • Postmedieval Ideas
    Students will demonstrate an understanding of postmedieval ideas by describing the effects of the plague, analyzing the cultural impact of the Renaissance, and summarizing the effects of the Age of Exploration.
  • Globalism
    Students will demonstrate an understanding of globalism by describing the aftereffects of WWII, explaining the fighting of proxy wars, and analyzing the pros and cons of a globalization.
  • Industrialization and Imperialism
    Students will demonstrate an understanding of industrialization and imperialism by explaining the impact of the Industrial Revolution on society, summarizing resulting economic ideologies, explaining imperialism, and analyzing reform movements.
  • Influence of the Enlightenment
    Students will demonstrate an understanding of the influence of the Enlightenment by summarizing the effects of settled nations, describing the Scientific Revolution, and analyzing the Enlightenment’s influence on the French Revolution.
  • The World Wars
    Students will demonstrate an understanding of the world wars by explaining the events leading to WWI, describing the causes of the world wars, analyzing the ending of WWII, and explaining the crime of genocide. 
  • Students will demonstrate an understanding of the development of our nation since the end of the Cold War by analyzing issues such as globalization, economic and environmental concerns, political impact, terrorism, human rights, and the new millennium.

Pre-Requisites

None
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