LEE A. MAKELA

The course has been designed to provide a background against which the teaching of world civilizations may be better understood and appreciated using East Asia (particularly Japan) as an example. The workshop is also meant to provide classroom practitioners the opportunity to acquire skills useful in the development and utilization of appropriate web-based teaching materials for classroom use. 

COURSE OBJECTIVES: The following represents the major objectives to be accomplished by the conclusion of the course of study: following three weeks of workshop sessions and the post-workshop preparation of a teaching unit, students enrolled in HIS 370 / 570, SUMMER WORKSHOP - WORLD HISTORY FOR TEACHERS, should -- 

• be able to identify and explain the value and significance of major terms, concepts, methodologies and standards associated with the teaching of world history in the elementary, middle and/or secondary school setting;
• contribute -- as participant in a scheduled workshop group exercise -- to the discussion and ultimate choice, definition and justification for an instructional approach to a particular theme appropriate for classroom consideration in a "world history" course of study, evidencing in the process basic familiarity with world history curricular requirements, selection criteria and instructional demands;
• produce a web-based "world history" teaching unit utilizing an Internet-centered instructional approach and incorporating both locally-available resources and Internet materials evidencing control of world history instructional requirements and demands, mastery of web site development processes and contributing to the successful implementation of the individual instructors selected instructional approach as agreed upon in consultation with the workshop leader and justified earlier in the workshop experience.

In addition to mandated attendance at these lecture / discussion and lab sessions, all students will be required to participate in the instructional approach used in the workshop setting, to be involved in group instructional activities and to complete a useable web-based teaching unit involving concepts, methodologies and standards discussed in the workshop sessions. 

There will be no formal examinations in the course but completion of workshop assignments is expected and a portfolio-based instructional sequence (incorporating a series of journal entries) must be followed by students in the development of the required teaching unit / project. 

TEXTS AND READING MATERIALS: Most assigned readings (as noted in the Course Schedule) have been placed on electronic reserve in the Cleveland State University Library and are directly available from the course Internet web site. Other materials may be suggested in class, distributed during workshop sessions or made available on the course web site as the course proceeds.

FINAL GRADE DETERMINATION:

WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION	25%
JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT	15%
INDIVIDUAL TEACHING UNIT / PROJECT (10% x 3 for meeting each of three specified deadlines and 30% for the final project)	60%
	100%