SEMESTER ONE:
Unit 1 - The World Prior to 1750 (4000 BCE - 1750 CE)
Guided Reading: Chapter 1 Learning Outcomes
Notes: Persians, Greeks, Romans Part I, Romans Part II
Movie: What is Democracy? Documentary
DBQ: How to Write a DBQ, Fall of Western Roman Empire, Middle Ages, Dark Ages, Age of Faith, Age of Feudalism, or a Golden Age?
Book/Socratic: The Prince | Guided Reading Questions | Abridged Version
Socratic: Plato's Republic (Criticism of Democracy)
Activity: Student Congress
Crash Course: The Roman Empire. Or Republic. Or....Which was it?, The Dark Ages....How Dark were They, Really?, The Renaissance: Was it a Thing?
Oversimplified: The War that Changed the English Language | Henry VIII
Unit 2 - Absolutism, Enlightenment, Revolutions, and Napoleon (1550-1815 CE)
Guided Reading: Chapter 2 Learning Outcomes, Chapter 3 Learning Outcomes, Chapter 4 Learning Outcomes
Notes:
Movie: French Revolution Documentary | Guided Questions
DBQ: Absolutism, Enlightenment, Global Flow of Silver (2006)
Book: Lord of the Flies | Guided Questions
Activity: Student Congress | Three Estates | A's, B's, and C's
Crash Course: The Spanish Empire, Silver, and Runaway Inflation, The French Revolution, Tea, Taxes, and the American Revolution, Haitian Revolutions
Oversimplified: French Revolution Part I, French Revolution Part II, The American Revolution Part I, The American Revolution Part II
Unit 3 - Industrialization (1800-1914 CE)
Guided Reading: Chapter 5 Learning Outcomes, Chapter 6 Learning Outcomes
Notes:
Movie: Oliver Twist (DVD) | Guided Questions
DBQ: Factory Conditions, Industrialization, Mechanization of Cotton Industry (2010)
SAQ: Industrialization as a Turning Point (2017)
Book: The Communist Manifesto | Guided Questions
Activity: The Urban Game
Crash Course: Coal, Steam, and the Industrial Revolution, Capitalism and Socialism
Unit 4 - Imperialism + Survey of World History (1800-1914 CE)
Guided Reading: Chapter 7 Learning Outcomes, Chapter 8 Learning Outcomes
Notes:
Movie: The Jungle Book | Guided Questions
DBQ: Age of Imperialism, Decline of Chinese Dynasties, China's Communist Party (2014), Railways and Empire Building (2018), African Responses to Scramble for Africa (2009)
SAQ: Mughals and the BEIC (2018)
Book: Heart of Darkness, The White Man's Burden
Activity: Scramble for Africa
Crash Course: Imperialism, Latin American Revolutions, Communists, Nationalists, and China's Revolutions, Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism
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SEMESTER TWO:
Unit 5 - World War I: Causes and Consequences (1914-1919 CE)
Guided Reading: Chapter 9
Notes:
Movie: War Horse (Amazon) | Guided Questions
DBQ: WWI Cause, Treaty of Versailles, Responses to Spread of Influenza after WWI (2015)
Book: All Quiet on the Western Front | Guided Questions
Activity: Trench Warfare
Crash Course: Archdukes, Cynicism, and WWI
Oversimplified: World War I Part I, World War I Part II
Most Evil Men in History: Rasputin, Stalin
Unit 6 - World War II: Causes and Consequences (1919-1945 CE)
Guided Reading: Chapters 10, 12
Notes:
Movie: Swing Kids (Amazon) | Guided Questions
DBQ: WWII Causes, Totalitarianism
SAQ: Mass Violence by Totalitarian States (2018)
Book: Mein Kampf | Guided Questions
Activity: The German Election of 1932
Crash Course: World War II
Oversimplified: Hitler Part I, Hitler Part II, World War II Part I, World War II Part II
Most Evil Men in History: Hitler
Unit 7 - Survey of World History (1919-1993 CE)
Guided Reading: Chapter 11 Learning Objectives, Chapter 14 Learning Objectives
Notes:
Movie: Hotel Rwanda | Guided Questions
DBQ: Israel/Palestine, Gandhi, Gender and Politics in Latin America (2016)
LEQ: Political Ideologies (2018)
Book: Persepolis | Guided Questions
Activity: Model United Nations
Crash Course: Decolinization
Most Evil Men in History: Idi Imin, Pol Pot
Unit 8 - The Cold War (1945-1989 CE)
Guided Reading: Chapter 13 Learning Objectives, Chapter 15 Learning Objectives
Notes: Cold War (Overview), Korea and Vietnam, Soviet Invasions
Movie: October Sky (Amazon) | Guided Questions
DBQ: Causes of the Cold War
Book: Animal Farm | Guided Questions
Activity: Communist Russia Activity
Crash Course: USA vs. USSR Fight!
Oversimplified: The Cold War Part I, The Cold War Part II
Unit 9 - The Modern World (1989-Present)
Guided Reading: Chapter 16 Learning Objectives, Chapter 17 Learning Objectives
Notes:
Movie: Living on One Dollar | Guided Questions
DBQ:
SAQ: GDP and Life Expectancy (2019), Technology and Globalization (2017)
Book: Fast Food Nation | Guided Questions
Activity:
Crash Course: Globalization I, Globalization II