History

History K: The basics of world geography through a storybook tour of the seven continents, and an introduction to American history and civics through biographies of famous Americans. Students explore from the Great Wall of China to the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, and learn about great U.S. Presidents, as well as major figures in history such as Sacagawea, Harriet Tubman, Thomas Edison, the Wright Brothers and Martin Luther King, Jr.

History 1:   Begins an overview of world geography and history throughout the elementary years, from the Stone Age to the Space Age. Through lively stories and activities, First Grade students meet nomadic children in ancient Mesopotamia who settle the Fertile Crescent; learn about the origins of democracy and study myths in ancient Greece; visit ancient India and hear stories of the origins of Hinduism and Buddhism; and much more.

History 2: This course focuses on ancient Rome through the later Middle Ages. Through lively stories and activities, students will, for example, explore ancient Rome and meet Julius Caesar; learn about the beginnings of Christianity; appreciate the achievements of early Islamic civilization; visit medieval African kingdoms; travel the Silk Road across China, and meet the powerful emperor, Kublai Khan.

History 3: Student will study the Renaissance through the American Revolution. Topics include: understanding the lives of artists, scientists, explorers and leaders such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Gutenberg, Galileo, Da Gama, Magellan, Queen Elizabeth, Sir Walter Raleigh and Shakespeare; getting to know the Maya, Aztecs, and Incas; exploring Jamestown, Plymouth, and the 13 colonies in Colonial America; learning about the American Revolution.

History 4: Concludes a Grade 1-4 program that explores world geography and history. This course focuses on the period from the Scientific Revolution to modern times. Through lively stories and activities, students will learn about the Age of Enlightenment; explore the French Revolution; learn about independence movements in Latin America; get to know many inventors and innovators; see how great changes—nationalism, industrialism, and imperialism—shaped, and sometimes shattered, the modern world, leading to the two World Wars.

American History Before 1865: The first half of a detailed two-year survey of the history of the United States. Building on the award-winning series from Oxford University Press, A History of US , this course will guide students through critical episodes in the story of America. Students will: explore the development of various Native American civilizations; learn about European exploration; investigate the causes and consequence of the American Revolution; examine westward expansion and “manifest destiny”; study the Civil War and Reconstruction.

American History Since 1865: The second half of a two-year survey, this course takes students from the end of the Civil War to the dawn of the twenty-first century and continues to build on the award-winning series from Oxford University Press, A History of US . Students will: examine the impact of settling the American West; investigate the changes that resulted from industrialization; explore the changing role of the US in international affairs; study political and cultural changes from World War I through the Great Depression; explore the causes and results of US involvement in World War II; trace major trends in the United States since 1945.

Intermediate World History A: From Prehistory Through the Middle Ages: In this first part of a survey of World History from prehistoric to modern times, K¹² online lessons and assessments complement The Human Odyssey , a textbook series developed and published by K¹². This course focuses on the development of civilization across a twelve-thousand year span: from the Ice Age to the Middle Ages; from cave paintings to stained glass windows; from crude huts to Gothic cathedrals.

Intermediate World History B: Our Modern World, 1400 to 1917: Continuing a survey of World History from prehistoric to modern times, K¹² online lessons and assessments complement the second volume of The Human Odyssey , a textbook series developed and published by K¹². This course focuses on the story of the past from the fourteenth century to 1917 and the beginning of World War I. Lessons explore developments in religion, philosophy, the arts, and science and technology. Students meet trailblazers, innovators, and upstarts as they launch scientific, artistic, democratic, and industrial revolutions.