The aim of World History and Individuals and Societies (I&S) is to encourage students to gain and develop knowledge, conceptual understanding, research skills, analytical and interpretive skills, and communication skills, contributing to the development of the student as a whole within a Biblical worldview.. World History aims to encourage students to respect and understand the world around them and to provide a skills base to facilitate further study.  This is achieved through an inquiry-based study of individuals and societies in a wide context:  political, innovation, environment, economy, social, and culture.



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An elective social science course designed to develop cultural literacy by learning to make sense of everyday life especially through learning to read cultural scripts and trends. This class emphasizes the systematic study of people’s interactions within the context of social structures from a decidedly Christian and Biblical perspective. As an introductory course, we will study the foundational sociological paradigms and their relationship to social interaction and structures. In so doing, we will not only learn how these influence our behavior but will to carefully observe and study in our local and global settings. An emphasis will be placed upon problem solving; problems, directly applicable to what has been learned, will be presented that are both hypothetical and real to our experience. This will empower us and better equip us to love our neighbor as ourselves both in our communities and in the world.

The aim of World History and Individuals and Societies (I&S) is to encourage students to gain and develop knowledge, conceptual understanding, research skills, analytical and interpretive skills, and communication skills, contributing to the development of the student as a whole within a Biblical worldview.. World History aims to encourage students to respect and understand the world around them and to provide a skills base to facilitate further study.  This is achieved through an inquiry-based study of individuals and societies in a wide context:  political, innovation, environment, economy, social, and culture.