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Education 613 Virtual Class Syllabus

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Welcome to Education 613

New Developments in History and Political Science Education

3 Credits

An Asynchronous Remote Class for Spring 2021

Course Teaching Team

Robert W. Maloy, College of Education

Casey Moriarty, Undergraduate History/English Major

Elisabeth Burns, Undergraduate History/Legal Studies Major

Alex Fossa, Undergraduate History Major

Grace Barton, Undergraduate History Major

New Developments in History and Political Science in Secondary Schools (Education 613) is a three credit, graded course in the College of Education. It is intended for undergraduate or graduate students who are interested in becoming history teachers.

The course explores the academic curriculum content in the Massachusetts History & Social Science Curriculum Framework and the Advanced Placement (AP) U.S History, World History, and American Government learning standards along with the ways that new digital technologies can be used to teach history, government, geography and economics to middle and high school students. Digital technologies include computers, the Internet, simulation and serious learning games, online video resources, social bookmarking, wikis, blogs, apps and other new and emerging instructional tools.

CLASS SCHEDULE AND TOPICS (click on the link to access the class)

Class 1: February1 Introduction to the Course and the History Teacher Test

Class 2: February 8: World Cultures and Geography I

Class 3: February 15: World Cultures and Ancient Civilizations II

Class 4: February 22: World History: 500 BCE to 1400

Class 5: March 8: World History: 1492 to the 20th Century

Class 6: March 15: World History: World War II to Present

Class 7: March 22: Colonial American History and the United States Before the Civil War

Class 8: March 29: The Civil War to World War II

Class 9: April 5: The Cold War to the End of the 20th Century

Class 10: April 12 American Government and Politics

Class 11: April 19 Government and Politics