About History of the World 

This course offers a sweeping overview of the history of the entire world from prehistoric times to the modern era, while at the same time encouraging students to improve their reading comprehension and critical-thinking skills.  Starting in ancient Egypt and through through time and around the globe, we will pay special attention to the ways that differing environments influenced pre-historic and historic peoples:  their cultural practices, their languages, their religious beliefs, their daily lives, their relationships with animals and plants, and the artifacts they made and left behind for us to discover.

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This class uses Susan Wise Bauer's Story of the World series, along with supplementary materials appropriate to students' individual reading levels. Each book (there are four) focuses on a different period of world history.  As such, there are three different semesters of this class; however, students may join in for any section of the overall course.  Because this history course also aims to develop students' critical reading skills, ESL learners are very welcome to attend.