Program History

HISTORY

CLASS I

PURPOSE.

To know the past in order to understand the present
To grasp the relationship between environmental, economic and social conditions and historical events
To develop the ability to grasp the relationship between cause and effect in interpreting historical events
Make the student understand the importance of artistic works in the interpretation of historical facts
Raise student's awareness of the value of the cultural heritage of past peoples

GOALS
Develop the competence to:
use historical dates to orient themselves in the past
grasp the interaction between historical discipline and other social sciences
use the specific vocabulary of the discipline
describe the main economic, social, political and cultural characteristics of a people

MAIN TOPICS COVERED
Prehistory and ancient civilizations
Greek civilization
Classical Greece
The crisis of the city-states and Alexander's empire
The beginnings of Rome
Rome's expansion in Italy and the Mediterranean
The late republic

CLASS II

PURPOSE

Knowing the past to understand the present
Grasp the relationship between environmental, economic and social conditions and historical events
Consolidate the ability to grasp the relationship between cause and effect to interpret historical events
Understand the importance of artistic works in interpreting historical facts
Further sensitize the student to the value of the cultural heritage of past peoples

GOALS
Consolidate the competence to:
use historical dates to orient themselves in the past
grasp the interaction between historical discipline and other social sciences
use the specific vocabulary of the discipline
describe the main economic, social, political and cultural characteristics of a people

MAIN TOPICS COVERED
The principate of Augustus
The empire in the 1st- 2nd centuries A.D.: the consolidation of the empire- the Julio-Claudian dynasty- the Flavian dynasty- the 2nd century A.D.- culture- political history from Nerva to Trajan
The Far East: India and China
The transformation of the ancient world: the Christians from Jewish sect to heirs of ancient civilization- the crisis of the Roman empire in the 3rd cent. AD- the end of the Western empire
New civilizations around the Mediterranean: the Roman-Barbarian kingdoms and the Byzantine empire-the Lombards and the rise of the papacy-the Arab civilization and the "golden age" of the Byzantine empire
The early Middle Ages : medieval society and culture- the Carolingian empire- new peoples and new empires

CLASS III

PURPOSE.

To be able to recognize within the historical course examined the characteristic aspects of transformations and change in the political, economic, and social spheres.
To know how to use key concepts and linking historical facts.

GOALS
Knowledge of the main historical facts.
Ability to interpret and comment on a historical event.
Adoption of appropriate historical/political vocabulary.
Know how to recognize moments of rupture and turning points in the historical, political and social course of humanity.

MAIN TOPICS COVERED
Historical period: from the revival after the year 1000 to the 16th century.
Main moments/events.
Communal civilization: birth and establishment of the Communes in Italy and struggles against Emperors Frederick I and Frederick II.
The Contrast between Papacy and Empire Struggle for investitures, Theocracy.
From the Communes to the Signories: regional states in Italy and the lack of national unity.
The birth and consolidation of the major states in Europe: France England, Spain.
The discovery of America, the Conquistadors and the rise of colonialism.
The crisis of the Papacy and the Protestant Reforms.
The Copernican Revolution, Galileo and the establishment of science.

CLASS IV

PURPOSE.

- To know how to analyze phenomena and events in their historical constitution
- To be able to recognize moments of rupture and turning points in the historical, political and social course of humanity
- To know how to connect events according to cause and effect relationships, recognizing continuity and discontinuity in the historical course

GOALS
- To know the main historical facts from the second half of the 1600s to the first half of the 1800s
- Interpret and comment on a historical event
- Acquire vocabulary appropriate to the description and evaluation of a historical fact

MAIN TOPICS COVERED
Chronological period: second half of the 1600s to the second half of the 1800s
- The second half of the 1600s: Ancien Regime, the English Revolution, French absolutism, the cases of Russia and Prussia
- The Enlightenment Spring: characters of the phenomenon. Enlightened despotism. The French Revolution. The American Revolution.
- The Napoleonic Age: The government of the Directory. The rise and empire of Napoleon.
- The first industrial revolution.
- Restoration and opposition: The Congress of Vienna. Romanticism and nationalism. The uprisings of the '20s and '30s. The '48 in Europe and Italy.
- Italian and German unification.