Grades 7-12 (+ mature 6th graders ok !)

Instructor: Dr. Karen Felzer

This course can be taken with different levels of homework so that it can be used as a High School A-G World History course or history/social studies elective, a Middle School Ancient World History/social studies course, or a high school or middle school elective. 

This course will combine study of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Ethiopia, China, Japan, India, Greece, Rome, South America, Australia, Amazonia and selected societies made up of tribes and villages with in depth and hands on exploration of how people solved problems of survival and living as human beings before the industrial age. This part of the course will include hands on laboratory activities. We will learn how people used and processed plants for food, cordage and clothing, how people fermented and preserved foods, how people worked with fire and obtained light at night, how dogs, cats, and people have crucially worked together for survival, and how people optimized their house designs for a world without central heat and air conditioning. We will look at the global development of different language groups, human migrations across the planet, development of communications and music, and power structures within societies. The class includes one optional Saturday foraging field trip.

For high school A-G charter school students: The course is A-G aligned but must receive official A-G approval from your charter school to get A-G credit. Please contact the instructor as soon as possible to arrange for approval. Private home school students may use this course for A-G matching if they chose the A-G homework option.

Course cost: $285.00 per semester private pay, includes lab materials and a printed course reader. $10 discount if you do not want a printed course reader (contact instructor). 

Charter school pay: $335.00 per semester (same $10 discount without a printed course reader)

To register please email karenfelzer@gmail.com