THIS CLASS IS NOW FULL.
INSTRUCTOR: Blossom Barden (For teacher bio, click here)
EMAIL: BlossomB@empowered.academy
TIME: Full Year Fridays 10:00-11:00 CT
SUGGESTED GRADE RANGE: 9th-12th
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Our time will be spent learning about the years 1815 through the early part of the 20th century. We will look at maps, old and new, to see how boundaries have changed over time. We will also read primary source documents; the legal documents that had a major impact on our world today; and the words of the people who lived during the times. We will ‘take note’ of events and happenings through entries in a Book of Centuries, and commonplace whatever catches our attention as worthy of keeping.
This class utilizes the free resources outlined at AmblesideOnline for Y10.
Objectives
Come in contact with people and events of the past to “possess a pageant of history in the background of one’s thoughts…[so that] the present becomes enriched with the wealth of all that has gone before.”
REQUIRED RESOURCES/BOOKS
In addition to EOA’s class requirements
• The Great Democracies by Winston Churchill (ISBN: 978-0-7607-6860-0 Barnes & Noble 2005 edition; if you don’t have this exact one, it should still be fine)
OR
A History of the American People by Paul Johnson (ISBN: 0-06-016836-6 First US Edition 1997; if you do not have this exact one, you will be responsible for aligning the reading schedule to your edition)
(you do NOT need both books)
• Composition notebook (this is for note taking, new vocabulary, copying quotes, taking note of a particular individual in history, etc.)
• Word processing program (Word, OpenOffice, Pages, OfficeOnline, Google Docs, etc.) for submitting written work when assigned
• Book of Centuries (purchase, or download and print from Simply Charlotte Mason, or use your own preferred BOC)
Optional Course Materials
- Commonplace Book (notebook specifically for keeping quotes, notes, things of interest)