COURSE DESCRIPTION & OVERVIEW
This course gives students skills in historical research and analysis, in chronological understanding, and in factual knowledge from the dawn of civilization to 1700. Students receive historical, factual, cultural, and geographical knowledge of ancient history and its relationship to the Bible. They learn how to analyze significant political, socioeconomic, and cultural developments up to the early modern world civilizations within the interrelationships of societies and cultures.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course, each student should be able to:
- Examine the major characteristics of the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Near East, the Indus Valley and China.
- Investigate the influence and major contributions of religions and philosophies on classical civilizations, specifically Christianity, Islam and Buddhism and the classical polytheism of the Greeks and Romans.
- Describe the development of classical political systems.
- Analyze the social organizations found in cultures.
- Evaluate the importance of the expansion of trade and exploration on societies.
COURSE GOALS (MINDSET)
Upon completion of this course, each student should have opportunity to:
- Understand characteristics of the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Near East, the Indus Valley and China.
- Acknowledge the influence and contributions of religions and philosophies on classical civilizations, specifically Christianity, Islam and Buddhism and the classical polytheism of the Greeks and Romans.
- Understand the development of classical political systems.
- Appreciate the social organizations found in cultures.
- Value the importance of the expansion of trade and exploration on societies.
- Teacher: Kyle Taft