World History Course Overview

Unit

Title of Unit

Viewing Guide Content

1

Introduction to World History

  • None
2

Rise of Deomcracy: Greece, Rome, and the Judeo-Christian Tradition

  • Introduction to Art History - The first look at art for students in world history. Includes a "Viewing art guide".
  • PowerPoint - A comparison of Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance art.
3

Transformation to Modern World

  • Introduction to Art History - The first look at art for students in world history. Includes a "Viewing art guide".
  • PowerPoint - A comparison of Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance art.
4

Enlightenment and Revolutions

  • Baroque PowerPoint

5

Industrial Revolution

  • Neoclassical, Romantic, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist PowerPoint - An overview.

7

World War I

  • A Soldier's Life - A PowerPoint presentation showing the conditions that individual soldiers had to face during the war.

8

World War II

  • Introduction to Propaganda Activity - Students are exposed to the different techniques associated with propaganda. This web-based activity has students identified different techniques used in WWII.
  • Creating an Enemy - A PowerPoint presentation done in conjunction with Scott Berry. Looks specifically at government attempts to dehumanize the enemy.
  • Propaganda Poster - Students create their own WWII propaganda posers using techniques discussed. Student work was published online.
  • Artistic Reaction to War and the Modern World - A PowerPoint presentation that shows different reactions to the war, rise of totalitarian leaders, and the extreme nationalism that existed before WWI and WWII.

9

Cold War

  • None
10

Modern Problems

  • None
11

Culminating Project

  • History Through Art WebQuest - In this culminating project, students are asked to select one of nine artistic movements that span the last four hundred years and investigate the art movement, an artist of that period, and the historic influences on both. Finally, students create an original or copy an exhisting work of art typical of the movement studied. Student work is published online.