HISTORY AND CIVICS: 4 periods per week in 1st, 2nd and 4th year.
1st year: The history of the classical ancient peoples with special emphasis on
cultural and artistic history, philosophy and mythology of the Greeks and Romans.
The early Middle Ages and the Viking period. - National History of Iceland 8701262.
2nd year: The later Middle Ages in Europe. The Renaissance in Italy. The
discovery of Africa, Asia and America round 1500 and the 16th century. The
Reformation in the 16th century: The Lutherans, the Calvinists and the Anglicans.
The scientific revolution in the 17th century and the absolute monarchy in Europe.
The Enlightment in the 18 century. The American and the French Revolution, new
ideas of democracy. The Industrial Revolution in England in the 18th and the 19th
centuries.
Icelandic history from the settlement about 870-900. The founding of the Icelandic
state and the medieval church. The age of the Sturlungs, the power struggle between
clan chieftains in Iceland in the 13th century. The fishing and trading of the English
in the 15th century. Iceland under Noewegian rule. The Reformation in Iceland.
Agriculture and fishing in Iceland mainly in the 18th century. Trade and
communication. The daily life of the people in a primitive, agricultural society.
3rd year: The twentieth century with special emphasis on the development of
political ideas and international relations. The Icelandic struggle for independence
and the effect of two world wars on national life, the founding of an independent
republic in 1944 and the post-war period.
In the history of the 19th and 20th centuries the study is concentrated on the following
subjects:
1.
The political trends of the 19th century - Conservatism, Liberalism, Socialism.
2.
The major European Powers in the latter part of the 19th century- Britain,
France,
Germany, Italy, The Austro-Hungarian Empire, Russia.
3.
Events leading up to the Great War.
4.
The World War of 1914-1918.
5.
The Treaty of Versailles and European affairs after the war.
6.
The Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union 1917-1939.
7.
The U.S.A. 1918-1939 and the Depression.
8.
The Weimar Republic in Germany 1918-1938.
9.
Fascism in Italy.
10.
German National Socialism and the Third Reich.
11.
Events leading up to the Second World War 1933-1939.
12.
The Second World War.
13.
The Cold War.
14.
The Arab-Israeli conflict.