World History Honors (Period 1)

World History, Geography and Cultures / Honors

This course prepares students to become better critical thinkers with an emphasis on developing; knowledge and cultural understanding, democratic understanding and civic values, and reading, writing and speaking skills. Students will practice reading literacy in order to cite textual evidence, determine the central ideas of a primary or secondary source, determine cause and effect, determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, recognize text structure, compare points of view, integrate information from diverse sources and compare and contrast the same topic in several sources. Students will practice writing in order to write arguments to support claims, write informative texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information, produce clear and coherent writing, and conduct research projects. While practicing literacy skills, students will examine significant social, economic and political developments, trends and events in the world from 1750 to present day. Assignments are designed to prepare students for the expectations and rigor of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses.