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Day 8: Imperialism and the 18th Century
HW: None
Day 6/7: Review and Test
Day 5: Political Changes
PPT: Revolutions!
HW: Draw a cause and effect map of at least 4 items for one of the revolutions
Day 4: Enlightenment
PPT: Political Ideas
HW: Pick one person and explain their contribution to the enlightenment in a paragraph
Day 2: Exploration
PPT: Age of Discovery
HW: P560 #1c, 2a
Primary Sources:
First Voyage by Amerigo Vespucci
The Journal of Christopher Columbus - Excerpts
Magellan's Voyage Round the World - Excerpts
Rousseau: The Social Contract - Excerpts
Hume: On the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature - Excerpts
The Laws of Motion by Newton (Latin)
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolome de Las Casas
The Declaration of Independence
Declaration of the Rights of Man (France)
Secondary Sources:
What does the British Empire say about America and its Empire today? The National Interest: "Lessons from the British Empire" by Jordan Michael Smith.
Early American History isn't easy; one man's search for Ponce deLeon and Florida: Tampa Bay Times: "Can one man overcome 500 years of distorted history" by Jeff Klinkenberg.
The last king of the Aztec Empire: MexConnect.com: "Cuauhtemoc: Winner in Defeat." by Jim Tuck.
The voyages of Columbus: U-Calgary: "Christopher Columbus and the Spanish Empire" by The Applied Research Group.
A Russian California? HistoryToday: "California's Tsarist Colony" by Jeffrey Miller.
The American Revolution as the British saw it: The Weekly Standard: "Dispirit of '76" by Edward Short.
The Mayflower's Echoes: MentalFloss: "11 Famous Mayflower Descendents" by Matt Soniak.
How did the tiny nation of the Dutch establish an economic empire, while fighting the Spanish? HistoryToday: "Dutch Tiger: The Booming Economy of the Dutch Republic (1579-1650).
What is the most successful company of all time? HistoryToday: "400 Years of the East India Company" by Huw Bowen.
Who are the first Australians? (Great article - cause I did most of this stuff abroad!): National Geographic: "First Australians" by Michael Finkel.
The Peace of Westphalia: Military-History: "Peace after 30 Years" by Patrick Shierer.
The wreck of the Santa Maria: The Independent: "Exclusive: Found after 500 years, the wreck of Christopher Columbus's flagship" by David Keys.
Multimedia:
Crash Course: The Columbian Exchange 12:09
Crash Course: The Atlantic Slave Trade 11:08
Crash Course: The Spanish Empire 10:46
Crash Course: The Seven Years War 12:20
Crash Course: Captain Cook 10:33
Crash Course: The American Revolution 11:27
Crash Course: The French Revolution 11:55
Nottingham: Enlightenment 6:57
Copernicus and the Sci. Rev. 16:32
All Histories: Turning Points in History - Age of Exploration 3:19
Cloud Biography: Oliver Cromwell 2:09
International School History: The Enlightenment 6:31
A virtual map of 17th Century London via Wired.co.uk: Link here
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