Remembering and Understanding
- Students will identify and describe the chronology of major developments in American History, Western Civilization, and African, and Latin American cultures.
- Students will explain processes of historical development that direct Western, African, and Latin American cultures.
Critical Thinking and Doing
- Students will analyze, interpret, and evaluate historical texts (primary sources) and narratives written about those texts (secondary sources).
- Students will develop a plan, search for appropriate materials, and obtain sources necessary to construct a research project.
Engaging and Connecting
- Students will compose persuasive essays, reviews, papers, and oral presentations supported by appropriate evidence.
- Students will interpret the “pastness” of history, historical sources, and narratives about history, and carefully use information about the past to illumine the present.
Formation
- Students will consider the implications of a Christian world and life view through critically evaluating historical developments.