Syllabus/Opening Materials
Syllabus - Modern World History
Measuring Time Presentation
Middle Ages/Medieval Period in Europe (476 CE - 1400s CE)
... From the fall of the Roman Empire until the Renaissance Period
Map Materials
Map List-w. & N. Europe
In-Class Presentations
Presentation 1: The Feudal System
Presentation 2: The Crusades
Presentation 3: The Black Plague
Videos & Links
Crash Course: Crusades (11:32)
The Black Plague (1 hr, 30 min)
Assignments/Activities
Medieval Period Pre-Unit Discovery
Crusades Primary Source Activity
Nursery Rhymes Activity
Renaissance Period (1400s-1700s)
INNOVATION OF THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD
In-Class Presentations
Presentation 1: Innovations of the Renaissance Period Presentation
Presentation 2: Renaissance Art-Leonardo da Vinci
Renaissance Presentation 3
Assignments/Activities
Pre-Unit Discovery - Renaissance
Webquest/Exit Ticket for Presentation 2
Gap notes for Renaissance Presentation 3
Reading - Renaissance.pdf | |
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Research a Renaissance Artists Project
Videos & Links
Famous Paintings of Leonardo da Vinci
THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION
In-Class Presentations
Protestant Reformation Presentation
Assignments/Activities
Protestant Reformation Pre-Unit Discovery (goes w/Presentation)
Videos & Links
Martin Luther, the 95 Theses, and the Protestant Reformation (11:43)
Crash Course Protestant Reformation (15:04)
SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION/ENLIGHTENMENT
In-Class Presentations
Presentation: Scientific Revolution
Assignments/Activities
Scientific Revolution Pre-Unit Discovery (goes w/Presentation)
Match the Renaissance Thinker Worksheet
Videos & Links
Copernicus & the Scientific Revolution - What's Past is Present (15:00)
Galileo Galilei Battle for the Heavens-Church & Science (1hr, 48 min)
Mary I - Bloody Mary (48:23)
Elizabeth I - From the Prison to the Palace (48:52)
Eat Like a King - The Food of Henry VIII (46:49)
Imperialism & the Industrial Revolution
In-Class Presentations
European Imperialism Presentation
Industrial Revolution Presentation
Assignments/Activities
Pre-Unit Discovery Imperialism & Industrial Revolution
Imperialism Primary Source Online Worksheet
Sell Your Invention - Industrial Revolution
Videos & Links
Imperialism-Crash Course (13:45)
Inventors Flashcards
Industrial Revolution Documentary (57:00)
Age of Revolution
Revolt Worksheet.pdf | |
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Research a Revolution Activity
Research a Revolution Grading Rubric
Spanish American War
Spanish American War Inquiry Graphic | |
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Spanish American War Presentation
World War I
WWI Overview Webquest
Causes of WWI
Pres. 1: Causes of WWI
Causes of WWI Graphic Organizer | |
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Political Cartoon Analysis WWI.pdf | |
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Video: Road to War (51:36)
Video guide: Road to War
U.S. Entry into WWI
Pres. 2: U.S. Entry into WWI
Woodrow Wilson Speeches
Warfare in WWI
Pres. 3: Battle Fronts of WWI
Video: Secrets of WWI (44:56)
"Over The Top" Interactive WWI Simulation Game
Battles of WWI Research Activity
Firstworldwar.com
Chart-Significant Figures of WWI
WWI: Dr. Graham Goes "Over There" Winona Daily News Article
WWI Soldier Letter Activity
Unsung Equestrian Heroes of WWI (reading & audio recording)
Video: The Great War: Animals of WWI (10:22)
The Homefront During WWI
Pres. 4: The Home Fronts of WWI (worksheet links off presentation)
Propaganda of WWI website
Harlem Hellfighters (video) (7:00)
WWI in Art (video ) (7:25)
Outcomes & Consequences of WWI
Pres. 5: Outcomes and Consequences of WWI
Outcomes of WWI - chart
Crash Course - Overview of WWI (11:44)
WWI By the Numbers Infographic
Photos of Europe During WWI & Now - Look How Little Has Changed
Video: Make Germany Pay - Outcomes of the Paris Agreement (10:52)
Video (cont.) - Make Germany Pay (8:23)
Review Questions - Prepare for Final WWI Test
"Spanish" Flu Pandemic of 1918
In-Class Presentations
The Flu Pandemic of 1918
Assignments & Activities
Map Activity - 1918 Flu
Blank Map for Map Activity
Readings #1 & #2 w/Discussion Questions
Article: Letters of the Spanish Flu
Videos & Links
Nova: 1918 Flu (12:33)
American Experience: Influenza 1918 (54:36)
World War II
1 Causes of WWII
WWII Map List
Europe Map Blank | |
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Presentation 1: Causes of WWII
Web Quest - Causes of WWII
Video: History of WWII in One Take (7:00)
2 Heading for War/The Rise of Hitler
Pre-Unit Discovery for Pres. 2: "Heading for War-Who Is Hitler?"
Presentation 2: Heading for War - Who is Adolf Hitler?
Presentation: What is Appeasement?
Activity: Appeasement Primary Source Activity | |
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3 WWII Begins - 1939
Pre-Unit Discovery (Pres. 3&4): War Breaks Out
Presentation 3: War Breaks Out - East Asia
Presentation 4: War Breaks Out - Europe
Video: The Rising Storm - Leadup to WWII in Europe (51:15)
Video: Tora, Tora, Tora - The True Story of Pearl Harbor (1 hr, 32)
4 Holocaust
Video: Path to Nazi Genocide (38:31)
Video: Survivor Story - Naomi Warren (25:42)
Presentation 5: Path to the Holocaust
Reading: Path to the "Final Solution"
Reading: Shoes on the Danube River
Schindler's List - Response to Video
Schindler's List - Alternate Assignment - Response Sheet
Schindler's List Alternate Assignment-Readings.pdf | |
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5 U.S. Involvement and Great Battles of WWII
Presentation 6: Navajo Code Talkers
Video: Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
Presentation 7: Great U.S. Involved Battles of WWII
6 End of WWII
Presentation 8: End of WWII
Reading: Should a 98-year-old MN Nazi be Tried for War Crimes?
Video: Nuremberg Trials - Hermann Goering (57:16)
Video: Victory in Europe - WWII in Color (51:17)
Video: Victory in the Pacific - WWII in Color (51:17)
Cold War
Vocab Terms - write on separate sheet of paper & define in your own words
Cold War Aims Worksheet | |
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Cold War Overview Presentation
Proxy Wars Presentation
Proxy Wars Fill-in Chart
Who Started the Cold War? Primary Source Response Sheet | |
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Nixon-Reagan & Detente | |
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