美 國(guó) 歷 史

課程日期：10月8號(hào)至1月28號(hào)

課程時(shí)間：美東周日早上8:30-10:30，15周30課時(shí)

適合年級(jí)：9-11年級(jí)

授課老師：Dr. Barnes from St. Mark's School

課程簡(jiǎn)介：

R.G. Collingwood, a British philosopher, suggested that history is an inquiry that helps us understand who we are by instructing us about what we have done. Prepedu tries to accomplish this by exposing students both to the interesting narratives that compose history and to the processes of discovering, understanding, interpreting, and explaining those narratives. These processes are catalysts for intellectual growth, for they broaden and enrich one's perception of human activity as they sharpen one's powers of analysis and communication. By extension, this course is designed for furthering our knowledge and appreciation of the nation's past, present, and future. We will collectively develop an understanding of social, political, economic, and cultural experiences that have played a crucial role in shaping the history of the nation. Students will work with complex primary source material, practice their presentation, debate, and writing skills.

英國(guó)哲學(xué)家科林伍德認(rèn)為，歷史是人類(lèi)對(duì)自身的探究，它通過(guò)指導(dǎo)我們回顧以前所做過(guò)或經(jīng)歷過(guò)的事情來(lái)幫助了解我們究竟是誰(shuí)?；诖四康?，惠宜教育試圖通過(guò)讓學(xué)生接觸構(gòu)成歷史的有趣敘事，發(fā)現(xiàn)、理解、解釋這些敘事的過(guò)程來(lái)實(shí)現(xiàn)這一目標(biāo)。歷史的學(xué)習(xí)和探究，可以說(shuō)是個(gè)體心智增長(zhǎng)的催化劑，因?yàn)樗貙捄拓S富了一個(gè)人對(duì)人類(lèi)活動(dòng)的認(rèn)識(shí)，同時(shí)增強(qiáng)了他的分析和交流能力。推而廣之，本歷史課程也可加深我們對(duì)國(guó)家過(guò)去、現(xiàn)在和未來(lái)的了解。我們將加深對(duì)社會(huì)、政治、經(jīng)濟(jì)和文化經(jīng)歷的理解，以及這些因素在塑造國(guó)家歷史方面發(fā)揮的至關(guān)重要的作用。學(xué)生將使用復(fù)雜的原始資料，練習(xí)他們的演講、辯論和寫(xiě)作技巧。