World History: 2021-Present
(Honors and Standard)
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40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense Of The World
UNIT 0: WORLD RELIGIONS
Episode 3, "Empires": "Mankind, The Story of All of Us"
Polytheism and Ethicalism
Crash Course #6: Buddha and Ashoka
Crash Course #7: 2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius
Monotheism
"Fiddler On The Roof": Tradition (Judaism)
Trailer: "The Prince of Egypt" (1998)
Trailer: "The Ten Commandments" (1956)
Crash Course #11: Christianity from Judaism to Constantine
"Jesus Christ: Love Your Enemies" ("The Passion of the Christ")
Trailer: "The Passion of the Christ" (2004)
Christianity's Rise and Schism
The History Channel: "How Christianity Divided the Roman Empire"
Tiny Toons: "Istanbul, Not Constantinople"
"The Great Schism" (Breaking In The Habit)
"Orthodox vs. Catholic: What's the Difference?"
UNIT 1: THE MEDIEVAL WORLD
Episode 4, Warriors": "Mankind, The Story of All of Us"
Episode 5, "Plague": "Mankind, The Story of All of Us"
1. Kievan Rus
Crash Course #20: Russia, the Kievan Rus and the Mongols
Trailer: "Alexander Nevsky" (1938)
Honest History: "How Russia Falsifies History of Kievan Rus to Undermine Ukraine"
2. Early Middle Ages
"Witch": Women's Rights and Trials ("Monty Python and the Holy Grail")
Britannica: "Charlemagne, his Influence on Religion on Politics"
"Behind Every King: The Life and Times of Eleanor of Aquitaine"
British Library: "What Is Magna Carta?"
3. Feudalism and Manor System
HistoryHub: "What Was Feudalism"?
4. The Roman Catholic Church and the Late Middle Ages
Crash Course #14: The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?
"What Is Saint Francis of Assisi Known For?"
History Stores: The Western Schism
Disney's "Beauty and the Beast": Belle's Mother and the Plague
"Who Were The Plague Doctors And Why Did They Wear Masks?"
Trailer: "The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc" (1999)
5. Islam and the Crusades
Crash Course #13: Islam, the Quran and the 5 Pillars, All Without a Flamewar
Crash Course #15: The Crusades-Pilgrimage or Holy War?
Crash Course #16: Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa
Britannica: "Who Was The Prophet Muhammed?"
Islam Explained: "Six Basic Beliefs of Islam"
The Umayyad Dynasty: Shaping Early Islamic Civilization
NBC News: "Sunnis And Shiites: What’s The Difference?"
Real Crusades History: "The Crusades in 5 Minutes"
6. Art and Scholarship in the Middle Ages
Catholic News Agency: The History of Universities
EWTN: "Who Is St. Thomas Aquinas?"
Engineering Models: Gothic Cathedrals
UNIT 2: A WORLD REBORN
Episode 6, "Survivors": "Mankind, The Story of All of Us"
Episode 7, "New World": "Mankind, The Story of All of Us"
Episode 8, "Treasure": "Mankind, The Story of All of Us"
1. Italian Renaissance
Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince"
Crash Course #22: The Renaissance...Was It A Thing?
Opening Theme: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
2. Northern Renaissance
StoryBots: "Great Innovators, Johannes Gutenberg and the Printing Press"
"Romeo and Juliet: Death Scene" (Shakespeare In Love)
Trailer: "Romeo and Juliet" (2013)
3. The Protestant Reformation and Counter Reformation
Martin Luther: "Manic Monday" by the Bangles
Henry VIII: "Money, Money, Money" by ABBA
"Elizabeth": The Sickly Queen Mary I Speaks With A Healthy Princess Elizabeth
"Elizabeth": The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth I
"Elizabeth": "I Am No Man's Elizabeth!"
Trailer: "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (2007)
4. Exploration in "The New World"
Crash Course #21: Columbus, de Gama and Zheng He! 15th Century Mariners
Crash Course #25: The Spanish Empire, Silver and Runaway Inflation
Mr. Nicky: "Maya, Aztec and Inca" Song
Biography: "Ferdinand Magellan, Explorer"
"The Virginia Company: God, Glory and Gold" (Disney's Pocahontas)
5. The Colombian Exchange
Webquest: "Atlantic Slave Trade" from "Africans in America"
Crash Course #23: The Columbian Exchange
Crash Course #24: The Atlantic Slave Trade
NBC News: "Columbian Exchange"
"Africans in America": "The Middle Passage"
6. Absolutism on the European Continent
Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Trailer: Walt Disney Pictures' "The Three Musketeers" (1993)
Biography: "Louis XIV of France: the Sun King"
History of Russia in 100 Minutes: "Peter the Great"
7. Absolutism in England
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age": "I, Too Can Command the Wind, Sir!"
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age": Battle Speech vs. the Spanish Armada
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age": "The Battle of Gravelines, 1558 AD and the Protestant Wind"
Homeschool History: "The Glorious Revolution, 1688 AD"
UNIT 3: ERA OF REVOLUTIONS
1. Scientific Revolution
Homeschool History: "Scientific Revolution Freestyle of Galileo, Copernicus, Scientific Method"
2. The Enlightenment
"The Thinkers of the Enlightenment (Philosophes)"
3. The Impact of the Enlightenment and the American Revolution
Crash Course #26: The Seven Years War (The French and Indian War)
Crash Course #28: Tea, Taxes and The American Revolution
Schoolhouse Rock: "No More Kings"
"Too Late To Apologize": A 1776 Declaration
Smart Songs: "Three Branches of Government"
"The Declaration of Independence" (Foreign Policy Research Initiative)
4. French Revolution
Marie Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst): "I Want Candy"
Happy Learning: The French Revolution
5. Reaction to the Radical French Revolution
"Napoleon: (2023): The Beheading of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette
Britannica: Causes and Effects of the "Reign of Terror"
"La Marseillaise: the Song of Marseille": the National Anthem of France
6. Napoleon Bonaparte
Crash Course #29: The French Revolution
"Napoleon" (2023): The Coronation of Emperor Napoleon I and Queen Josephine
"Napoleon" (2023): The Invasion of Russia
Trailer: "Napoleon Bonaparte: Road to Revolution"
Engineering An Empire: "Napoleon (Bonaparte) and Beyond"
7. Independence in Latin America
Crash Course #30: Haitian Revolutions
Crash Course #31: Latin American Revolutions
The Latin American Revolutions
MIDTERM EXAMINATION: 20% of Q1/Q3 AVERAGE!
UNIT 4: THE RISE OF EMPIRES
1. Industrial Revolution
Crash Course #32: Coal, Steam and The Industrial Revolution
Ms. Holden's "Cottage Industry"
Capitalism, Socialism and Communism: Simply Explained!
2. Society in the Industrial Revolution
Crash Course #33: Capitalism and Socialism
Trailer: "Oliver Twist" (2005)
Wonders of Physics: "Albert Einstein vs. Marie Curie"
3. Nationalism in Germany, Italy, Russia and Eastern Europe
Mrs. West's "The Unification Song of Germany and Italy!"
History Videos for Kids: "The Crimean War"
Who Was Florence Nightingale?: The Lady with the Lamp
History of Russia in 100 Minutes: "Czar Alexander II"
Retrospect: "Russia's Bloody Sunday"
4. Imperialism in India and Southeast Asia
The OpenBook: "Colonization and Imperialism"
Mocomi Kids: "The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857"
Trailer: "The King and I" (1956)
"Rubber Plantation in Langkawi"
5. Imperialism in China and Japan
Crash Course #34: Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry and Nationalism
NBC News: "John Hay's Open Door Policy in China"
The History Channel: "Boxer Rebellion"
Britannica: "Meiji Restoration" in Japan
3-Minute History: "Russo-Japanese War of 1905"
Trailer: "The Last Samurai" (2003)
6. Imperialism in Africa
Scramble for Africa: Europe's Age of Imperialism
CBS Mornings: "Egypt Opens Historic Expansion of Suez Canal"
Berlin Conference 1885 AD: The Division of Africa
War Archives: "Rare War Footage from The Boer War (1899)"
Trailer: "King Leopold's Ghost" (2006)
Trailer: "The Legend of Tarzan" (2016)
UNIT 5: THE WORLD AT WAR
1. The Road to the Great War
"Trial by Fire"---(Episode 1 of "The World Wars")
Crash Course #36: Archdukes, Cynicism and World War I
Main Causes of World War I: Explained in 90 Seconds
Nationalism and Jingoism in European Classrooms: "Joyeux Noel" (2005)
Britannica: Gavrilo Princip's Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Library of Congress: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany
2. The Great War
No Man's Land: "War Horse" (2011)
The Industrialization of War and Shell Shock (1:45-6:45): The Century's "Shell Shock"
Shell Shock and PTSD: "Stop-Loss" (2008)
Trailer: "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962)
Britannica: "History and Denial of the Armenian Genocide"
3. America Enters The Great War and Its Aftermath
National Cryptologic Foundation: "Zimmermann Telegram"
"Over There": Doughboys' Anthem
This Day in History: "November 11, 1918: World War I Ends!"
Britannica: "Woodrow Wilson and the Paris Peace Conference"
Britannica: "The Consequences of the Treaty of Versailles"
4. The Russian Revolution
Crash Course #37: Communists, Nationalists and China's Revolutions
History for Kids: The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
BBC News: Russian Revolution, 100 Years Later!
Britannica: Joseph Stalin's Rise to Power
5. The Interwar Years (1920s-1930s)
"The Rising Threat"---(Episode 2 of "The World Wars")
FDR Library: "What Caused the Great Depression?"
FDR Library: "The Great Depression"
The Great Depression and the Keynesian Revolution
Finding Meaning and Inner Peace: Life Lessons from Hermann Hesse
6. The Rise of Totalitarianism
CloudBio: Hideki Tojo of Japan
Rick Steves: The Story of Fascism---Benito Mussolini’s Rise to Power
Britannica: Joseph Stalin's Rise to Power
HistoryPod: 1937 Spanish Civil War Bombing of Guernica
The World Wars: Adolf Hitler of Germany
Military Parade: Adolf Hitler and Nazi Party (1940)
7. The Brink of a Second World War
Remembering The Past: "The Rape of Nanjing"
Walt Disney and Propaganda: Donald Duck vs. the Japanese (1944)
The Anschluss: Germany's Invasion of Austria (1938)
After the Anschluss: "The Sound of Music" (1965)
Trailer: "The Sound of Music" (1965)
Munich Conference of September 30th, 1938: "About Us, Without Us"
Britannica: Germany's Invasion of Poland (World War II)
8. World War II
"Never Surrender"---(Episode 3 of "The World Wars")
Crash Course #38: World War II
Trailer: "Pearl Harbor" (2001)
Trailer: "Enemy at the Gates" (2001)
Trailer: "Saving Private Ryan" (1998)
The Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki: BBC
9. The Holocaust
Creative Translation: "Life Is Beautiful" (1997)
Trailer: "Life Is Beautiful" (1997)
Trailer: "The Boy In The Striped Pajamas" (2008)
Trailer: "Schindler's List" (1993)
"Teachers' Bet" on "Boy Meets World" (1993)
UNIT 6: THE MODERN WORLD AND GLOBALIZATION
1. The Cold War in Europe
History Channel: "What Was The Marshall Plan?"
History Brief: "The Berlin Airlift"
Simple History: "The Secret Speech of DeStalinization (1956 AD)"
Radio Free Europe: "How The Soviet Union Crushed The Prague Spring (1968 AD)"
2. The Cold War in Outer Space and the Middle East
July 20th, 1969: Apollo 11 Landing on the Moon
Trailer: "Thirteen Days" (2001)
BBC Africa: "The Non-Aligned Movement"
Afghanistan, The Wounded Land: "Resistance Against the Soviets"
Opening Scene to "Argo" (2012)
3. The Cold War in Asia
Crash Course #39: USA vs. USSR Fight! The Cold War
History Brief: "The Chinese Civil War" (1927-1949 AD)
BBC News: "Still Ashamed...of Mao's Cultural Revolution"
BFBS: "The Korean War (1950-1953) Explained in 60 Seconds"
The Tiananmen Square Massacre: 25 Years Later
4. The End of the Cold War...But the Fight Remains
Crash Course #40: Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant
Crash Course #41: Globalization I-The Upside
Crash Course #42: Globalization II-Good Or Bad
Opening Scene to "Miracle" (2004)
Radio Free: "The Coup That Killed The USSR"
ABC News: "Celebration at the Berlin Wall"
The Velvet Revolution: "Czechoslovakia's Divorce"
Al Jazeera: "Ethnic Cleansing of Bosnian Muslims"
September 11th, 2001: A Timeline
Opening Scene to "The Kingdom" (2007)
U2's "Walk On": September 11th, 2001 Tribute
NORTH CAROLINA FINAL EXAMINATIONS (NCFE):
20% of S1/S2 AVERAGE!
Unit 4: The Rise of Empires.pptxUnit 5: The World at War.pptxUnit 6: The Modern World and Globalization.pptx