World History

Instructor: Steven Bredberg

E-Mail Address: sbredberg@mps-edu.org
Conference Periods: Period C and Period G
Ext. 7420
Tutorials: TBA
Course Objectives and Goals:
Upon completing the course, the student will be able to:
1. Analyze and critique documents of various types, notably primary and secondary
sources.
2. Explain large-scale and long-term historical developments of regional, interregional,
and global scope.
3. Assess significant key points in world history.
4. Describe the development and explain the significance of differing forms of political,
social, and economic organization.
5. Identify major discoveries, inventions, literature, and philosophy, and assess their
impact on human society.
6. Be able to compare and contrast differing social, economic, and political orders.
7. Explain the ideals, practices, and historical developments of major belief systems and
religions.
Supplies/Materials:
Students will be required to bring their chromebooks, something to write with and lined
notebook paper. If students are required to bring anything else, they will be informed well in
advance by the instructor. All other materials will be provided by the instructor.

Classroom Expectations:
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Come to class on time and with needed materials.

Take care of private matters before class starts. (restroom/water/locker)
Be respectful of classmates as well as your teacher.
Be actively involved in class.
All policies in the Student Handbook will be followed.

Non-Academic Work/Behaviors: Work or behaviors that are not supported by the standards
are considered non-academic. Misunderstanding regarding how one is expected to behave at
the high school level are common and can be addressed under the Classroom Expectations of
this syllabus as well as the Student Handbook. Failure to align with these standards are
addressed by the schools discipline policy.
Reassessment: A student may reassess a minor/major summative assessment only after the
student has demonstrated new learning to justify a reassessment. This acknowledges that
students process and master material at different rates.
An assessment may be reassessed once. Reassessments are worth full credit. The instructor
reserves the right to refuse reassessments based on circumstances related to appropriateness of
work, student behavior, or other mitigating factors. However, the instructor will make every
reasonable effort to make reassessments available.
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A Note from Mr. Steven Bredberg:

World History II is a course designed to introduce students to the major ideas, events, and
actions of the period of human history running from Eurasian/African contact with the Americas
to the present day. While no individual course can completely cover all of the events of the last
500 years, the purpose of this class is to provide a certain level of familiarity with the time
period.
In my experience as a teacher, I have taught middle school, high school, and college level,
teaching a very diverse range of students. The courses I have taught include World Geography,
World History, Sociology, Economics, Government, U.S. History, the Cold War, among others. My
academic area of study has been class conflict in the American Feminist Movement of the Gilded
Age and Progressive Era, over which my thesis, Ladies Versus Women, was published in 2009.
I expect this class to be an invigorating and entertaining look at the human experience of
the last 500 years and look forward to working with you!