World Culture Honors Curriculum

This course offers an historical survey of major time periods and pivotal events from ancient Greece and Rome to the present, including:

• The Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
• The French Revolution and Napoleon
• The Age of Romanticism
• The Age of Imperialism
• 20^th Century wars
• The impact of communism, fascism and capitalism on politics and economics
• The post-World War II world and global interdependence
• Current events and America’s role in the world

Don’t forget about our "third strand" of the course, art and architecture. The students will complete reading and note-taking assignments from a comprehensive textbook Arts and Ideas, as well as view the well-known film series, Art of the Western World.

World Culture presents the concept of civilization as a cumulative "tapestry" of social, political, religious, economic and artistic components. Projects include a variety of writing assignments, research-based activities, and oral presentations. Students in this course are expected to demonstrate strong reading, writing and critical thinking skills. A field trip to a major art museum is typically offered in May of each year. Students are required to take a final examination and the NYS Global Regents examination in Global History and Geography.

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