WOL-Intermed World History B

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. The course is organized chronologically and, within broad eras, regionally. Lessons explore developments in religion, philosophy, the arts, and science and technology.The course introduces geography concepts and skills as they appear in the context of the historical narrative. Major topics of study include:The cultural rebirth of Europe in the RenaissanceThe Reformation and Counter-ReformationThe rise of Islamic empiresChanging civilizations in China, Japan, and RussiaThe Age of Exploration, and the civilizations that had been flourishing in the Americas for hundreds of years prior to encounters with EuropeansThe changes that came with the Scientific Revolution and the EnlightenmentDemocratic revolutions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuriesThe Industrial Revolution and its consequencesNineteenth century nationalism and imperialismThe remarkable transformations in communications and society at the turn of the twentieth century