Birth and Development of European civilisation

Teaching results

TKnowledge:
• Acquisition of knowledge for building national and European identity
• Study of historical processes leading to culture and civilization formation
• Knowledge about the three fundamental pillars of European civilisation, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and Christianity which had a decisive influence on the formation of civilizational processes on the European continent
• the causes, manifestations and especially their consequences of development of civilisations, cultures, and ideologies
• Comparison of formation of the European identity with other types of identities
Competencies:
• formation of cultural and intercultural competencies
• development of linguistic competence of students in English language
• development of critical thinking and logics
• study of the reasons of historical movements and their consequences which have an impact on the current world and the position of Europe in it
Skills:
• development of all the basic language skills - listening, reading comprehension, writing, and speaking
• development of presentation skills of the students
• preparation for literary research and analysis of various sources while writing seminar papers