Bard High School Early College DC (Bard DC) – College Year 1 Seminar II

Apr 2026 · 2nd Semester

This course covers the periods from industrialization to globalization, course materials present the theories of the era and their manifestations in a wide range of forms. Students also investigate critical secondary articles in conjunction with the primary historical sources and maps. Building upon Year 1 Seminar I, students in this writing-intensive course work to raise their skills of critical reading, thinking, writing, and discussion to greater levels of complexity and sophistication. This course may include excerpts from the Communist Manifesto and Wealth of Nations, Mein Kampf, Mussolini's Fascist Doctrine, The Iron Curtain and Stalin's reply, and excerpts from the Camp David Accord.