World History II • Offering for 2017 • Grade 9 or above • History Sequence

Primary Instructor

Bruce McMenomy

Sections [Enrolled students will be notified if teacher schedules change between course posting at the time enrollment opens and the scheduled start of classes. Please see Tuition and Fees for refund policy.]

Section 1 Instructor: Bruce McMenomy Classes meet from September 5, 2017 to June 1, 2018 Dates and times to be arranged with enrolled students. Enrollment Policy: Full Year Only Tuition: $450.00

Website

There is currently no teacher website for this course.

Description

This is the second half of a two-year course. World History covers political, social, and economic history of all parts of the world, from ancient civilizations through to the present. It is a survey course that will provide the student with a solid grounding in the key names, dates, civilizations, and movements of world history.

Meetings

This course meets 2 times per week for discussion and review of assigned homework.

Homework

There are weekly reading assignments from the textbook, or from material provided on the website (see course page for details). Brief quizzes cover this material, and students are required to write short one-paragraph essays about the reading material before each class, as an aid to discussion. There will also be larger written assignments from time to time, giving students the opportunity to learn to think and write about history in ways that require more than memorizing historical facts.

Prerequisites

None

Recommended background

World History I is a helpful precursor, but not required.

Instructor's Notes

Note 1: a class website is under construction and will be available soon. Check back for further details. Note 2: in a departure from prior years, this course will be taught by Mr. Christiansen, with Dr. McMenomy as an occasional guest teacher.

Textbooks and Materials

A History of World Societies (Edition: 9) John P. McKay, Bennett D. Hill, John Buckler, Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Roger B. Beck, Clare Haru Crowston, Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks

This text is required. ISBN: 0312666918 Publisher's website: A History of World Societies Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore Other information: No earlier editions, please. Used versions of the current (ninth) edition are entirely acceptable, however, and are available at a substantial reduction in price. Renting the book from Amazon.com or purchasing it as an e-book is also possible. The volume linked is the combined volume, for the whole two years of the course.

Scholars Online is currently engaged in accreditation evaluation by MSA-CESS for the 2017-2018 academic year. Courses taken from Fall 2009 - Spring 2017 were fully accredited by AdvancED and NWAC. For more information on accreditation, see our Scholars Online Accreditation page.