Global History
Frequently Asked Questions
Welcome to Global History!
Welcome to Albert's Global History course!
This page provides specific content-related information for Albert's Global History course, including how it is organized, how to find questions using standards or tags, and ideas for classroom uses. If you need technical assistance, please visit our Help Center or contact hello@albert.io.
Subject Organization
Albert's Global History course is currently organized into 11 themes, which each focus on the historical themes of a specific chronological period across the world. Topics within each theme cover specific regions or cultures. These themes and topics are consistent across the Practice, FRQ, and Assessment guides.
Themes
- Early Civilizations
- World Religions
- Classical Cultures
- Shifting Power Structures
- The Early Modern World
- Cultures Collide
- Political Revolutions
- Industrialization
- World Wars
- The Cold War and Decolonization
- Globalization
Topics
Each theme contains a range of specific topics. For example, here are the topics within Theme 3 | Classical Cultures.
- Ancient Greece
- Rome - Republic to Empire
- Ancient Persia
- Chinese Dynasties
- Indian Empires
Assessments
In addition to our practice guide, Global History includes topic quizzes that include questions unique from those on our practice guide. Many of our course themes have topic quizzes at this point, with more to come!
Free Response Questions
Global History includes three types of Free Response Question: Document-Based Questions, Long Answer Questions, and Short Answer Questions. Each one contains a rubric, sample answer, and explanation to assist with students' development of historical writing skills.
Using Standards and Tags to Find Questions
Standards
All Albert questions are aligned to state standards relevant to the subject matter.
This standards-alignment provides another easy way to find useful questions besides the Theme and Topic organization. Using the Standards button at the top left corner of any subject page, you can filter for just your state’s standard set then simply search for your state’s standards to find all questions in our course library aligned to that standard! For more details, please see this article in our Help section.
This course also includes Albert’s own Social Studies Standards, which can also be used to search for content. The standards follow the format of Albert GH.1.A.1 for content standards and Albert GH Skill 1.A.1 for skills standards.
In addition to searching by the standards’ names, you can also search by their content! Simply type in a few words from the standard description to see all relevant standards pertaining to that content.
Tags
Albert’s courses include two types of tags, content and skill. These are words or phrases that provide information about what a question covers, such as the content tag neolithic-revolution or skills tag point-of-view. Tags provide another easy way to search for relevant content in our course library. Simply search using the Tags button at the top left corner of any guide level. Tags are all one to three words long, connected by a dash.
Question Types
Global History uses a variety of question types to test students’ understanding of content and provide meaningful practice of important skills.
- Multiple Choice
- Multiple Select
- Two-Way Tables
- Fill-in-the-blank
- Snippet Select
- Free Response
- Document-Based Questions
- Long Answer Questions
- Short Answer Questions
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