Welcome to Honors World History!
It is commendable that you have chosen to accept the challenge of this course. Although not an Advanced Placement course, Honors World History will be taught with the expectation that you will continue through the Advanced Placement program. It is designed to provide the student with the analytic skills and factual knowledge to deal with problems and materials in World History. The purpose of the course is to develop greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts, in interaction with different types of human societies. The program prepares you for intermediate and advanced college courses by making demands upon you equivalent to those in full year college courses. You will assess historical materials, their relevance to a given interpretive problem, their reliability, their importance, and to weigh the evidence and interpretations presented in historical scholarship.
Both students and parents need to know from the outset that Honors World History is not for everyone.Tthere will be great demands on your time. You will not succeed unless you spend a bare minimum of ten hours a week studying outside of class. Additionally, many of the course materials are online and can be accessed outside the classroom and the school. Computer access is important. You must carefully consider your priorities before making a commitment to the course.
The focus of the course is primarily on the last 1000 years of human existence. It is focused on the global experience and builds on the understanding of cultural, institutional, and technological changes that occurred.
It is commendable that you have chosen to accept the challenge of this course. Although not an Advanced Placement course, Honors World History will be taught with the expectation that you will continue through the Advanced Placement program. It is designed to provide the student with the analytic skills and factual knowledge to deal with problems and materials in World History. The purpose of the course is to develop greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts, in interaction with different types of human societies. The program prepares you for intermediate and advanced college courses by making demands upon you equivalent to those in full year college courses. You will assess historical materials, their relevance to a given interpretive problem, their reliability, their importance, and to weigh the evidence and interpretations presented in historical scholarship.
Both students and parents need to know from the outset that Honors World History is not for everyone.Tthere will be great demands on your time. You will not succeed unless you spend a bare minimum of ten hours a week studying outside of class. Additionally, many of the course materials are online and can be accessed outside the classroom and the school. Computer access is important. You must carefully consider your priorities before making a commitment to the course.
The focus of the course is primarily on the last 1000 years of human existence. It is focused on the global experience and builds on the understanding of cultural, institutional, and technological changes that occurred.
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