World History Honors covers many of the key and overlapping themes in world history from 1450 to the present day. The course begins in Renaissance Italy before broadening its horizons to cover the revolutions in religion, science, political thought and exploration. This expanded viewpoint then focusses back in on the causes and consequences of imperialism with specific reference to the Industrial Revolution in England, and to colonialism in Africa generally and India specifically.
The second half of the course begins with a thematic consideration of World War One, stays Eurocentric with an analysis of the interwar years, and then takes a global view of the causes, features and consequences of World War Two.
This leads into the last two units of the course of study: The Cold War and 1990 to the present day. Both of these units will look at the nature of global power played out on a national and a local scale. For example, we look at the Korean and Vietnam wars, the Berlin airlift and the implications for global rebalancing of the rise of China.
The easiest way to contact me is to email david.pritchard@nhcs.net