This course is designed for the student who is planning on attending college. There will be an intensive focus on proper writing skills that demonstrate the factual knowledge necessary to analyze historical themes. These themes include religion, government, philosophy, economics, and fine arts from the Renaissance through the Cold War. This course requires assignments, primary document readings and interpretation, and various projects that investigate course themes. The online classroom program Blackboard will be used regularly in this class. The course material is also available on ITunes U (link below) if you would like to read materials on your iOS device.