Pre-AICE World History and Geography to 1500

This pre-collegiate course explores the nature and use of historical evidence, causes and consequences, continuity and change, and similarities and differences related to human activity of the past. Topics include: Early Man through Rome, The Late Roman Empire, The Rise of Islam, Feudalism and the Early Middle Ages, Crusading and the Crusader States to 1204, Carolingians and Charlemagne, Early Religions and Trade Routes, The Rise of New Monarchies, The Ottoman Empire, European Social and Economic Development, and The Renaissance. This course has an associated Standards of Learning (SOL) test. Students will participate in these tests only when they have not yet earned sufficient credit for graduation and/or satisfied federal testing requirements.