The textbook referred to in the units below is:

Beck, Roger B. et. al. Modern World History 'Patterns of Interaction'. McDougal Littel, Boston, 1999.

Fall Semester

Unit I: Discovery and Difference return to top of page

History:

the Age of Discovery and Exploration

 

English:

Shakespeare's The Tempest

Essential Questions:

How does knowledge and background shape perception?

Activities

1. 1491 Internet scavenger hunt questions provides a quick look and background build-up of the status of several of the cultures of Europe and the Americas before 1491.
   [click here to download the scavenger hunt as a MS Word file]
   
2. The Renaissance Art Scavenger Hunt question sheet combines a search of the textbook [pages 40-44] and the Internet to begin an understanding of how Renaissance values became reflected in the art it produced.
   
3. Quick Response prompts 1 - 4

Assessments:

Unit project:
Visual Project "When Cultures Collide..."

Textbook support:

1. Prologue: pages 1-27
2. Imperialists: pages 305 - 316
3. China: pages 89-93
4. Spanish conquests: pages 102-109
5. Renaissance: pages 37 to 44

Enrichment reading

1. Zinn, Howard. A People's History of the United States : 1492-Present . Harper Perennial Library. rev. 1995

On-line support:

1. Prologue summary outline [textbook: pages 1-27] with a focus on the growth of monarchy and democracy.
   
2. Why Europe? outline and table discussing a number of the considerations that led certain regions towards colonization and imperialism.
   
3. Two images of Zheng He's treasure ship that compare the sizes of Cina['s ships to those of Columbus
   
4. The History of the Incas: their achievements, geography and history
   
5. What inspired the Renaissance

Unit II: Revolution return to top of page

History:

The French Revolution

English:

Dickens' The Tale of Two Cities

Essential Questions:

1. When are revolutions necessary?
   
2. Are the 'costs' of revolution justified?
   
3. What is a cause worth putting your life on the line for?
   

Activities/worksheets

1. TCI: Island simulation
2. 'Why Can't I be Divine II?'
   review and present pages 156-159
3. Film: Jinnah
   Colony to Nation
4. The Age of Reason
   worksheet for textbook pages 171 -177
5. The French Revolution Begins
   worksheet for textbook pages193 - 196
6. French Revolution Timeline questions
   worksheet for pages 197 - 203
7. Napolean's Rise and Fall worksheet
   question sheet for pages 204-212
8. The Congress of Vienna worksheet
   for pages 213-216
9. Quick Response prompts 5 - 6

Assessments:

Unit Project for The French Revolution

Textbook support:

1. Spain's empire: pages 133 -137
2. French monarchy: pages 138 - 143
3. Russian czar's: pages 151 -155
4. English parliament: pages 156 -159
5. English democracy: pages 17 - 21
6. Enlightenment: pages 171 -177
7. Revolution begiins: pages193 - 196
8. Terror and war: pages197 - 203
9. Empire: pages 204 - 208
10. Napolean's collapse: pages 209 - 212
11. Congress of Vienna: pages 213 - 216

On-line support

1. The French Revolution 1789-1792
   Contains a superb linked timeline; each date goes to a clear site with at least one related image. In addition, there is a biography section that contains all the major players for 6 of the key events, with bios and pictures for person.
   http://www.woodberry.org/acad/hist/FRWEB/home%20pages/home.htm McDougal Littell's
   
2. NetActivities: The French Revolution
   Move your mouse over the picture and explore the different sights that are displayed, then clcik on 'start here' to test your knowledge.
   http://www.mcdougallittell.com/whist/netact/U5/U5frame.htm
   
3. McDougal Littell's NetActivities: links
   http://www.mcdougallittell.com/whist/netact/U5/U5tlink.htm
   
4. Paris, March 1793 [The Vendee Insurrection]
   This web site discusses the counter-revolution with excellent biographies, many of the decrees and press reports of the time, some maps, timelines, any pictures and a summary of activities in both Paris and the VENDEE REGION.
   http://www.woodberry.org/acad/hist/Vendeewww/Finished-Pages/homepage.htm
   
5. WEB MUSEUM: Paris: Revolution and restoration (1740-1860): France
   View the art and images of the period.
   http://www.navigo.com/wm/paint/theme/revolution.france.html
   
6. The French Revolution timeline
   A timeline of the Revolution from 1789 - 1799
   http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/frenchrev.html
   
7. The French Revolution home page
   A collection of links and essays to the French Revolution. It includes bibliographies, essays of many of the leading figures, pictures and images, and the text ofmany of the French Revolution writings and pamphlets.
   http://members.aol.com/agentmess/frenchrev/index.html
   
8. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
   http://members.aol.com/agentmess/frenchrev/mancitizen.html
   
9. The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Citizen
   http://members.aol.com/agentmess/frenchrev/wmanright.html
   
10. Encyclopedia. com: Results for French Revolution
    From Encyclopedia.com gives excellent overview of the French Revoution, with links to all the key figures and events, as well as links to pictures and images of the Revolution.
    http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/04748.html
    

 

Unit III: Progress return to top of page

November 15 - 24

History:

Industrial Revolution, Impact of Technology

English:

Variety of short stories [Sci-Fi and such] examining issues of progress and technology

Essential Questions:

1. Why did the Industrial Revolution lead Europe towards colonization and imperialism?

2. What price did industrializing regions pay for development?

3. What did this price pay for?

Activities

The Urbanization Game

Assessments:

section quiz

Textbook support:

1. The Beginnings: pages 253 - 258
2. Industrialization: pages 259 - 262
3. Spread: pages 263 - 266
4. Reforms: pages 267 - 272

On-line support

1. Internet Modern History Sourcebook
   This Fordham University project provides us with excellent links, text and essays in a simple outline format from very general to very specific
   http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook14.html
   
2. American Inventors and Inventions
   The Smithsonian brings some of the American inventions since the patent office opened in 1790. Nice images and brief descriptions
   http://www.150.si.edu/150trav/remember/amerinv.htm
   
3. I N N O V A T I O N: Revolutionary Changes in Industry
   From W. Rodgers, Ph.D, of the Learning Associates, we have an excellent overview of the beginnings and developing applications of many of the inventions of the Industrial revolution, from the steam engine, to the gas engine, electricity, oil and steel technology to aviation and robotics. Their overview has an exceptional set of related links built in.
   http://wcic.cioe.com/~wallyrog/innovind.htm
   
4. Encyclopedia.com
   short article on the Industrial Revolution with a few related links
   http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/06349.html
   
5. Document Studies on The Industrial Revolution
   from the History Department of the University of Hong Kong
   Great info, lectures, tables and statistics
   http://hkuhist2.hku.hk/firstyear/Share/inddoc.htm
   
6. Industrial Revolutions homepage!
   This page is a project of the University Scholars Industrial Revolutions class, fall 1998, at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA.
   The works: pictures, essays, debates and definitions about and for the the Industrial Revolution
   http://www.wlu.edu/~eprosser/IRindex.html
   
7. Industrial Revolution primary source documents
   The History department of Hanover College provides several primary source document links
   http://history.hanover.edu/modern/indrev.htm
   
8. History of Economic Thought
   The McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic includes both primary texts, studies of those texts and of their authors. For our immediate needs, it includes materials fro m Adam Smith, Toynbee, Marx and Malthus.
   http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/
   
9. Child Labor
   From Hartwick College, we have a quick article, graphic and link
   http://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/history/hist8.html

 

Unit IV: Perspectives on Imperialism return to top of page

November 29 - December 17

History:

Imperialism in Africa and Latin America
focus on the effects of imperialism

English:

Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
and/or a variety of films examining dynamics of imperialism

Essential Questions:

1. What choices can an individual make in the face of political, economic and cultural upheaval?
2. What are the consequences of those choices?
3. How does imperialism affect traditional cultures?
4. What happens to traditional values when they are threatened by outside forces?

Activities

1. Imperialism case study worksheet
   pages 310 - 315
2. TCI Social studies skill builder: The Quest for Empire: Analyzing European Motives
3. Exam Question Form

Assessments:

1. Quiz [textbook: pages 305 - 309]
2. Ghost of Imperilaism
3. Unit exam

Textbook support:

1. Imperialists divide Africa: pages 305 - 309
2. Imperialism: Nigeria: pages 310 - 315
3. Muslim lands fall: pages 317 - 320
4. British imperialsim in India: pages 321 - 325
5. Western powers rule Southeast Asia: pages 326 - 329

Enrichment reading:

1. Hochschild, Adam. King Leopold's Ghost. Mariner Books, Boston1999.
   A story of greed, terror nd heroism in Colonial Africa
2. Stories from Nigeria, edited by D. Ashliman
   Five online tales from Nigeria http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts2.html#nigeria 
3. African Stories Treasure
   Sources for both online stories and an extensive bibliography of stories and indices of print resources
   http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/opps/spin/trove.html
4. Chinua Achebe: Things Fall Apart Study Guide
   Reviewed Things Fall Apart chapter by chapter
   http://www.wsu.edu:8000/~brians/anglophone/achebe.html
5. Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924). Heart of Darkness.
   Also available online through the Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library
   http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new?id=ConDark&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public
   or you may download the full text through the ALEX Catalogue of Electronic Texts at
   http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/~emorgan/texts/literature/english/1900-/conrad-heart-372.txt

On-line support

1. Women in Achebe's World
   Discussions about contemporary women from Achebe's world
   http://www.uga.edu/~womanist/1995/mezu.html
2. Henry Stanley and Dr. David Livingston [1871]
   Compton's Encyclopedia provides these two brief bio's of Stanley and Livingston
   http://www.optonline.com/comptons/ceo/04530_A.html
3. The Berlin Imperialist Conference, 1884-5
   The European powers began showing a renewed interest in Africa. Their meetings resulted in the Berlin Act of 1885, which divided up the continent to suit their own interests.
   http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~jobrien/reference/ob45.html
4. Menelik II [1865-1896]
   He successfully defended Ethiopia from the Italian aggression. This article gives some background to this period and event.
   http://sellassie.ourfamily.com/academics/menelik.html
5. The Boer War [1899-1902]
   "1999 marks the centenary of the Anglo-Boer War, which devastated the land for three years, pitting British troops against Boer commandos - with African fighters on both sides."
   [Be sure to visit the here for images of the Anglo-Boer War.]
   http://www.artsdiary.org.za/guide99/boerwar.html 

Unit V: War and Conflict return to top of page

January 3 - February 11

History:

World W ar I and the Lost Generation [1920]

English:

Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front

WWI poetry, excerpts from This Side of Paradise

Essential Questions:

1. What is it like to live through a conflict?
2. Why do people and nations fight?

Activities:

1. Pride and Power simulation
2. WWI Webquest: What was it like to be a participant in WWI
3. Auditory Presentations
4. viewing of related video's
   • Galopoli
   • Young Indiana Jones 'Battle of Sommes'
   • The Great War

Assessments:

Lost Generation essay

jointly assessed by English and History

Textbook support:

1. the stage is set: pages 363-366 [activity sheet]
2. war in Europe: pages 367 - 372 [review sheet] open as a MS Word file
3. war affects the world: pages 373 - 380 [review sheet] open as a MS Word file
4. a flawed peace: pages 380 - 383 [review sheet] open as a MS Word file
5. an age of uncertqinty: pages 415 - 420 [review sheet] open as a MS Word file

On-line support

1. World War I: 1914 - 1918
   From Oxford University, this section gives some very basic information about World War I with emphasis on the perspectives shared throughout British society.
   http://info.ox.ac.uk/departments/humanities/rose/war.html
2. The First World War
   From The Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia, With a clear index, this site provides a great deal of information regarding Great Britain and WWI.
   http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm
3. World War I Document Archive
   From Brigham Young University's site, this archive of primary documents from World War I is international in scope, easy to use and includes lots of images.
   http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/
4. American's Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920's
   From the Library of Congress American Memory exhibit, the Nation's Forum Collection consists of fifty-nine sound recordings of speeches by American leaders at the turn of the century. The speeches focus on issues and events surrounding the First World War and the subsequent presidential election of 1920.
   http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/nfhome.html
5. The Great War
   From PBS Online, this interactive gallery will allow you to follow the changing face of eastern Europe during many of the critical events of the Great War. Excellent maps.
   http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/maps/
6. World War I - Trenches on the Web
   A member of the HistoryChannel.com Affiliate Program , this site presents an internet history of the Great War.
   http://www.worldwar1.com/
7. Links to the Great War
   Assembled in Holland, this page provides links and information for many aspects of WWI, including Internment camps, the war from many different nations view, many personal pages, magazines and more.
   http://www.xs4all.nl/~k7/mpw/links.htm
8. Using Primary Sources in the Classroom - World War I
   From the The Alabama Department of Archives and History is an excellent set of 5 lessons, each with 8 to 12 primary source documents to assist in telling the story. Topics cover the power of the press, the formation of the selective service, Black Alabamians, the homefront preparation and support of the action. Particularly good info on the range of views prevalent in Alabama, at the time.
   http://www.archives.state.al.us/teacher/ww1/index.html
9. WWI Pictures and Artwork: Three sites that contain wonderful images are from the:
   
   SUNET Index of Swedish WWW Resources
   <ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pictures/history/WWI/>
   
   Australian History Museum
   <http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/ahm/wwi/gallery1.htm>
   
   The Provincial Museum of Alberta: Poster War: Allied Propaganda Art of WWI
   <http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/vexhibit/warpost/english/page65.htm>
   
   

Spring Semester

Unit VI: Totalitarians and WWII return to top of page

February 14 - March 31

History: Rise of Totalitarians and WWII

English: Orwell's 1984 and Night

Essential Questions:

1. What are the elements, tools and weapons of a totalitarian state?

2. What (pre-) conditions might allow or encourage the creation of a totalitarian state?

Activities:

Understanding Stalin's 5-year plans: "Magnitogorsk: City of Steel"
"Wave" panel discussion questions
Night panel responses
Japanese Internment

Assessments:

Night Quiz: parts 1 and 2

Compare and Contrast 'Big Brother' to one of the listed Totalitarian leaders

Textbook support:

pages 389 - 394 (Revolutions in Russian): In-class review
pages 395 - 400 (Stalinist Russia): QR #8.

pages 415 - 420 (Age of Uncertainty): review sheet or as a file
pages 427-430 semantic maps
Library research to complete annotated timelines on post-war nationalism
pages 445-461 Allies are victorious

On-line support

 

Unit VII: Human Rights return to top of page

April 10 - June 14

History:

Human Rights around the World

English:

Julia Alvarez's In the Time of butterflies
Core Literacy Portfolio

Essential Questions:Through the debate topics, students will explore:

Topic #1:

Resolved, human rights records should have no bearing on international trade relations.

Topic #2:

Resolved, human rights should be defined and enforced only by individual nations

Topic #3:

Resolved, the United States has no right to accuse others of human rights violations until it abides by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Topic #4:

Resolved, the use of violence is justified when attempting to secure human rights. 

Activities

One-minute Human Rights presentations and notes

• introduce
• define/describe
• 'real' eaxample
• close: 'so what is the big deal?'

TCI Aparthied worker simulation

South African Apartheid laws

Human Rights Debates

Current Event

Assessments:

Human Rights Debates

Debate Packet

debate teams members
debate team topics
general instructions
evidence cards
arguments/cross-examination sheet
team strategy sheet
Position paper

Reading/video support:

textbook: read pages 606-609

video: A Dry White Season

On-line support

The United Nations Cyber School Bus

United Nations Declaration of Human Rights
Human Rights in Action

The United Nations Home Page

The Primary link for all things related to the United Nations, with a special link to information related to the Human Rights 50th Anniversary
http://www.un.org

 

Amnesty International: the on-line human rights website
http://www.amnesty.org/

Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/

 

 

Quick Response [QR] topics and prep: [return to the top of the page]

QUICK RESPONSE GRADING GUIDE AND RUBRIC
2/15 #8 [Russian Revolution]	Your QR must address both questions. 1. Stalin built the Soviet Union into a totalitarian state. What are the elements of a totalitarian state. Give specific examples. 2. What were the weapons/tools that are often used to dominate in a totalitarian state? Explain each of them?
12/6 #7 [Imperilaism]	What is the connection between the Industrial Age and the growth of global imperilaism? You may use examples from the Urbanization simulation.
10/14-15 #6 [English parliament]	Why didn't England follow the path to absolute monarchy that the rest of Europe did?
10/7-8 #5 [Absolute Monarch]	Use a European monarch of the 16th-17th century as an example to explain Absolute Monarchy.
9/13 #4 [Native Americans]	Discuss an example of the culture of one of the Native American nations before 1491.
9/9 - 9/10 #3 [China]	"Why don't we speak Chinese?"
9/2 - 9/3 #2 [Africa]	European colonial rule altered African's lives. Select one example of this change from your textbook reading assignment. Explain your choice.
8/31 - 9/1 #1 [Democracy]	…All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possesses their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression… This is a quote from Thomas Jefferson's presidential inauguration speech. Find and list three sources from the World History 'Prologue' which would support or disagree with this statement. Tell me why you chose each of the three.

 

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