A COURSE SYLLABUS IS AVAILABLE FOR EACH OF THE COURSES OFFERED BELOW:
| Course Name | Level | Course Syllabus |
| Modern World | Standard | 3012 |
| Modern World | Honors | 3013 |
| Modern World | Advanced | 3014 |
| Course Name | Level | Course Syllabus |
| American Nationhood | Standard | 3016 |
| American Nationhood | Honors | 3017 |
| American Nationhood | Advanced | 3018 |
This course will incorporate the
following learning standards: chronology and cause, historical
understanding, research, evidence and point of view, society, diversity,
commonality and the individual, interdisciplinary learning, religion,
ethics, philosophy, literature, natural science, mathematics and
technology in History.
This course covers the modern era of world history from 1815 to the Cold
War. The course will promote historical understanding by emphasizing
historical events and thoughts in the context of their times and
recognize biases in historical writings in both primary and secondary
sources.
This course will include substantial consideration of United States
individuals and events that helped shape world affairs since the
beginning of the 19th century.
American Nationhood
What does it mean to be an American? This question serves as a focus for
the study of American experience from 1607-1830. The study begins with
the efforts of Europeans to accommodate their heritage with the American
environment. It concludes with the construction of an intellectual,
social, economic, and political framework for modern America.
The role of the frontier, the philosophy of the Declaration of
Independence, the structure and safeguards of our Constitution and Bill
of Rights, and their application to the events of this period will be
examined. Students will evaluate the interaction of the American people
with their political, moral, and intellectual leaders concerning
national and international events. The values and institutions of 1607
to 1830 will be identified as catalysts for such later developments as
industrialization, urbanization, and the growth of America as a world
power.