Social Sciences and History - Modern States

Course Type CLEP
Subject History and Social Sciences
Level Introductory
Length 4 Weeks
Effort 6 hours/Week
Institution Modern States

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ABOUT THIS COURSE

It covers a wide range of topics from the social sciences and history disciplines, although is based on no specific college course. Its content is drawn from introductory college courses that cover United States history, Western civilization, world history, economics, geography, and political science.

Our course, taught by Dr. Ethan Hawkley, from Wesley College, will review the fundamentals in the social sciences and history areas.

“Social Sciences and History” is a completely self-paced course. It has no prerequisites and it is offered entirely for free. Our goal as creators of this course is to prepare you to pass the College Board’s CLEP examination and obtain college credit.

Instructors

Ethan Hawkley, Ph.D.

Wesley College

Course Overview

Social Sciences and History Course Overview - Modern States

Module	Topic	Video Length	Total pages of required reading
Module 1: World History and Western Civilization (20%) 03:27:23 total video length 7+ total reading pages	1.0 Introduction	0:05:46	–
	1.1 Pre Classical Era, 250,000 BP-600 BCE	0:01:19	1+
	1.1.1 Pre Classical Era	0:03:51	–
	1.1.2 First Civilizations	0:05:23	–
	1.2 Classical Era, 600 BCE-600 CE	0:02:06	–
	1.2.1 Classical Empires	0:08:30	1+
	1.2.2 Classical Wisdom Traditions	0:14:09	1+
	1.2.3 Origins of World Trade	0:07:42	–
	1.3 Post Classical Era, 600-1450	0:04:08	1+
	1.3.1 Post-Classical Empires	0:12:43	–
	1.3.2 Wisdom Traditions Spread	0:13:01	–
	1.3.3 World Trade Expands	0:09:44	–
	1.4 Early Modern Era, 1450-1750	0:02:21	1+
	1.4.1 Early Modern Empires	0:14:19	–
	1.4.2 Origins of Modernity	0:11:16	–
	1.4.3 Early Modern Global Trade	0:12:39	–
	1.5 Modern Era, 1750-1900	0:02:55	1+
	1.5.1 Atlantic Revolutions	0:10:25	–
	1.5.2 Industrial Revolution	0:05:37	–
	1.5.3 Modern Ideologies	0:05:19	–
	1.5.4 European Imperial Expansion	0:08:18	–
	1.6 Late Modern Era, 1900-Present	0:01:26	1+
	1.6.1 World Wars	0:12:55	–
	1.6.2 The Cold War	0:13:39	–
	1.6.3 Decolonization	0:12:47	–
	1.6.4 Globalization	0:05:05	–
Module 2: US History (40%) 2:25:33 total video length 266 total reading pages	2.0 Introduction	0:02:10	–
	2.1 Colonial Era and Revolution (1607-1789)	0:01:11	–
	2.1.1 Colonial North America	0:05:43	19
	2.1.2 Colonial North and Colonial South	0:06:59	10
	2.1.3 Revolutionary Era	0:07:45	14
	2.2 Early Republic (1789-1850)	0:01:12	–
	2.2.1 Launching a New Government	0:07:56	13
	2.2.2 Westward Expansion	0:05:27	30
	2.3 Nation Torn Asunder (1850-1877)	0:01:46	–
	2.3.1 A House Divided	0:08:00	14
	2.3.2 The Civil War	0:06:47	17
	2.3.3 Reconstruction	0:05:59	13
	2.4 Becoming Modern (1877-1929)	0:01:59	–
	2.4.1 The Gilded Age	0:07:02	13
	2.4.2 Progressive Era	0:05:29	7
	2.4.3 Imperialism, Immigration, and War	0:07:16	24
	2.5 Depression and War (1929-1954)	0:02:00	–
	2.5.1 The Great Depression	0:05:02	21
	2.5.2 WWII	0:05:58	13
	2.5.3 The Cold War	0:09:01	9
	2.6 The Long 60’s (1954-1976)	0:02:06	–
	2.6.1 Ike, JFK, LBJ, and Nixon	0:07:47	13
	2.6.2 Proxy Wars	0:09:30	6
	2.6.3 Civil Rights and Social Movements	0:07:00	10
	2.7 A New World Order (1976-Present)	0:01:50	–
	2.7.1 The End of the Cold War	0:05:59	13
	2.7.2 Globalization and Terror	0:06:39	7
Module 3: Economics (20%) 00:56:40 total video length 90 total reading pages	3.0 Introduction	0:07:42	–
	3.1 The Economic Problem	0:07:15	6
	3.2 Supply and Demand	0:06:45	16
	3.3 Economic Systems	0:11:17	20
	3.4 The Public Sector in the American Economy	0:04:22	11
	3.5 Money and Banking	0:10:47	15
	3.6 The Federal Reserve System	0:08:32	22
Module 4: Geography (20%) 1:05:48 total video length 7+ total reading pages	4.0 Introduction	0:02:00	–
	4.1 Terms and Maps	0:06:56	1+
	4.2 Physical Geography	0:09:09	1+
	4.3 Political Organization of Space	0:08:45	1+
	4.4 Cultural Geography	0:08:00	1+
	4.5 Population	0:05:23	1+
	4.6 Rural Land Use	0:07:37	1+
	4.7 Urban Land Use	0:07:09	1+
	4.8 Spatial Interaction	0:10:49	–
Module 5: Government and Political Science (20%) 01:28:03 total video length 109 total reading pages	5.0 Introduction	0:01:30	–
	5.1 Comparative Government and Politics	0:08:08	13
	5.2 International Relations (IR)	0:08:31	–
	5.3 The US Constitution	0:13:35	16
	5.4 US Government Structure	0:01:02	15
	5.4.1 The Legislative Branch	0:10:58	–
	5.4.2 The Executive Branch	0:08:29	–
	5.4.3 The Judicial Branch	0:08:55	–
	5.4.4 Federal Bureaucracy	0:07:06	–
	5.5 US Civil Rights	0:07:48	16
	5.6 US Elections and Political Parties	0:05:52	30
	5.7 US Political Culture and Special Interests	0:06:09	19

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