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History of the Modern World 2020-21
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About Mrs. Welsh
Why Study History?
Lesson 1.1: Why Study History?
Lesson 1.2: Historical Thinking Skills
Lesson 1.3: Apply Historical Thinking Skills
Additional Historical Thinking Resources
European Exploration & Colonization
Lesson 2.1: Motivations
Lesson 2.2: The Explorers
Lesson 2.3: Aztec Civilization
Lesson 2.4: Cortes v. Moctezuma (the Aztec)
Lesson 2.5: The Inca
Lesson 2.6: Pizarro v. the Inca (Guns, Germs, & Steel)
Lesson 2.7: Spanish Colonization
Lesson 2.8: Other Europeans Countries & their Colonies
Lesson 2.9: The Columbian Exchange
Lesson 2.10: Should we still celebrate Columbus Day?
Additional Unit Resources (European Exploration)
The Protestant Reformation, Absolutism, & Constitutionalism
Lesson 3.1: The Protestant Reformation
Lesson 3.2: The Spread of Protestantism
Lesson 3.3: The Counter Reformation
Lesson 3.4: Wars of Religion
Lesson 3.5: Absolutism
Lesson 3.6: England and Limited Monarchy (Constitutionalism)
Additional Unit Resources
Islamic Empires
Lesson 4.1: Islam (Origins)
Lesson 4.2: Early Islamic Empires
Lesson 4.3: The Ottoman Empire
Lesson 4.4: The Safavid Empire
Lesson 4.6: The Islamic World (Dar al-Islam)
Additional Unit Resources
Medieval Africa
Lesson 5.1: Introduction to Africa (Ancient and Classical Africa)
Lesson 5.2: Kingdoms of Early Medieval Africa
Lesson 5.3: Kingdoms of Late Medieval Africa
Lesson 5.4: African Societies and Cultures
Unit 5 Project
Asia
Lesson 6.1: Early Chinese History
Lesson 6.2: Chinese Philosophies & Belief Systems
Lesson 6.3: The Ming Dynasty
Lesson 6.4: The Ming Dynasty (Part 2)
Lesson 6.5: The Qing Dynasty
Lesson 6.6: Early Japan
Lesson 6.7: Tokugawa Japan
Additional Unit Resources
Enlightenment & Scientific Revolution
Lesson 7.1: The Scientific Revolution
Lesson 7.2: Enlightened Thinkers & their Ideas
Lesson 7.3: Enlightened Rulers & the Seven Years War
French Revolution & Napoleon
Lesson 8.1: The French Revolution Begins
Lesson 8.3: The Reign of Terror
Lesson 8.4: French v. American Revolutions
Lesson 8.5: The Rise of Napoleon
Lesson 8.6: The Fall of Napoleon
Additional Unit Resources (FR)
Revolutions of the 19th Century
Lesson 9.1: The Industrial Revolution
Lesson 9.2: Liberalism & Nationalism
Lesson 9.3: Latin & South American Revolutions
Lesson 9.4: The Revolutions of 1848
Lesson 9.5: Unification in Europe
Additional Unit Resources (Revs)
Modern Economic Systems
Lesson 10.1: Intro to Economic Systems
Lesson 10.2: Capitalism
Lesson 10.3: Socialism
Lesson 10.4: Communism
Lesson 10.5a: Tariffs
Lesson 10.5: Government & the Economy
Additional Unit Resources
Imperialism
Lesson 11.1: Intro to "New" Imperialism
Lesson 11.2: Southeast Asia
Lesson 11.3: India
Lesson 11.4: Africa
Lesson 11.5: Latin America
Lesson 11.6: China
Lesson 11.7: Japan
Unit 11 Additional Resources
World War I
The Russian Revolution
Fascism, the Holocaust, & WWII
Fascism
Hitler, the Nazis, and the "Jewish Question"
World War II
Additional Unit Resources
History of the Modern World 2020-21
Fascism
What is fascism? Why did fascism emerge in some European countries after World War I?
Rise of Authoritarianism (Fascism)
The Story of Fascism edited.mp4
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