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Unit 1
Lesson A
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Opening: Studying History
Activity 1: Why Study History?
Activity 2: Using Historical Thinking Skills to Analyze Modern Issues
Activity 3: Using Historical Thinking Skills to Analyze Global Rights
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Lesson B
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Activator: The World Religions
Opening: Looking at World Belief Systems and Religions
Activity 1: Using Timelines
Activity 2: Tracing the Emergence of World Religions
Activity 3: World Religions and Belief Systems
Activity 4: Using Graphs and Charts
Activity 5: Comparing Maps, Charts, and Graphs
Activity 6: Comparing Timelines and Maps
Activity 7: Cultural Diffusion
Activity 8: Unity and Division in Christianity
Activity 9: Unity and Division in Islam and Buddhism
Activity 10: Relationship Between Religions and Governments
Activity 11: Conflicts in World Religions
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Lesson C
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Activator: The World - Ancient to 1300s
Opening: Classical and Medieval Empires
Activity 1: Understanding the Concept and Foundation of Empires
Activity 2: Rise of Empires
Activity 3: Secondary Sources
Activity 4: Check for Understanding - Types of Sources
Activity 5: Examining Secondary Sources
Activity 6: Diversity in the Islamic Empire
Activity 7: Islamic Empires Assessment
Activity 8: The Mighty Will Fall
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Lesson D
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Activator: Life and Times in the Pre-Modern Era
Opening: PERSIA
Activity 1: Analyzing Images
Activity 2: Political, Economic, and Religious Aspects of Civilization
Activity 3: China
Activity 4: Western Europe
Activity 5: Japan
Activity 6: Civilization Knowledge Check
Activity 7: Role of Women
Activity 8: Intellectual and Technological Achievements
Activity 9: Technology Knowledge Check
Activity 10: Art and Architecture
Activity 11: Art and Architecture Knowledge Check
Activity 12: Putting the Civilizations Together
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Lesson E
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Activator: By Land and Sea
Opening: Push and Pull Factors
Activity 1: Migrations, Invasions, and Conquests
Activity 2: Migrations, Invasions, and Conquests Knowledge Check
Activity 3: Impact of Human Movement in History
Activity 4: Trading Networks Prior to the 15th Century
Activity 5: Cities that Trade Created
Activity 6: Cities that Trade Created Knowledge Check
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Unit 2
Lesson A
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Activator: The World 1300-1550
Opening: Trade in the Pre-Modern Period
Activity 1: The Role of Trade - History vs. Today
Activity 2: Early Trade Networks
Activity 3: Early Trade and the Rise of Europe
Activity 4: Disease and Plague - The High Cost of Trade
Activity 5: Reflections on Early Trade
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Lesson B
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Activator: The World 1300-1550
Opening: Religion in Today's World
Activity 1: Mohammed to the Ottomans
Activity 2: Religious Conflicts of Yesterday and Today
Activity 3: Women of the Ottoman World
Activity 4: A Patchwork Ottoman World
Activity 5: The Ottoman Opportunity
Activity 6: The Ottoman Economy
Activity 7: Trade under the Ottomans
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Lesson C
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Activator: The World 1300-1550
Opening: Mongol Rule in Eurasia
Activity 1: Costs and Benefits of Mongol Rule
Activity 2: Defining "Empire"
Activity 3: Aggression in Today's World
Activity 4: Rise of Ming China
Activity 5: Ming Foreign Policy: Diplomacy to Isolation
Activity 6: Ming Culture and Daily Life
Activity 7: Global Impact of Ming Commerce
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Lesson D
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Activator: The World 1300-1550
Opening: Historical Background on Chinese Religion
Activity 1: Asian Belief Systems
Activity 2: Testing in Societies
Activity 3: Tests of Faith in Ming China
Activity 4: East Meets Southeast
Activity 5: Ming Diaspora
Activity 6: Chinese Currents of Culture
Activity 7: Cultural Diffusion
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Lesson E
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Activator: The World 1300-1550
Opening: Early Europe's Social Struggle
Activity 1: Black Death, Royal War and the End of Feudalism
Activity 2: Changes to the Feudal World
Activity 3: The European Challenge
Activity 4: Larger Empires
Activity 5: Small States, Big Impact
Activity 6: The Impact of Portugal
Activity 7: The Impact of Italy
Activity 8: Expansion of European Trade
Activity 9: The Portuguese and Italians Open Trade
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Lesson F
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Activator: The World 1300-1550
Opening: The European "Rebirth"
Activity 1: A Classical Rebirth
Activity 2: The Classical Roots of the Renaissance
Activity 3: Rebirth of European Art
Activity 4: Renaissance Man
Activity 5: Evaluating the Renaissance
Activity 6: Spreading the Word of Rebirth and Reform
Activity 7: Reforming the Church
Activity 8: Impact of the Reformation
Activity 9: Reformation Cause and Effect
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Lesson G
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Activator: The World 1300-1550
Opening: Travel and Trade Comes to Africa
Activity 1: Travel, Trade and Islam in Africa
Activity 2: Timbuktu, Africa's First Islamic Capital
Activity 3: West African Trade Through Portuguese Contacts
Activity 4: East African Trade and the Swahili Coast
Activity 5: The Gold, Slave and Swahili Coasts
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Lesson H
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Activator: The World 1300-1550
Opening: Modern Migration
Activity 1: Atlantic Exploration
Activity 2: The Birth of Colonial America
Activity 3: Atlantic Exploration and American Discovery
Activity 4: Foreign Customs Meet Native Culture
Activity 5: New World Cultural Blending
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Lesson I
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Activator: The World 1300-1550s
Opening: Out with the Old World and in with the New
Activity 1: Transatlantic Exchange
Activity 2: Global Impact of the Transatlantic Exchanges
Activity 3: The Plantation System of the Americas
Activity 4: The Impact of Labor Systems in the Americas
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Unit 3
Lesson A
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Activator: The Rise of a European World 1550-1850
Opening: From the Middle to Early Modern Age
Activity 1: A Divided England
Activity 2: A Glorious Time for Democracy
Activity 3: Causes and Effects of Political Changes
Activity 4: From Word of Mouth to Words on a Page
Activity 5: The Birth of the Enlightened Age
Activity 6: An "Enlightened" Europe
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Lesson B
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Activator: The World in the 1700s
Opening: Social Groups
Activity 1: The Three Estates
Activity 2: Pre-Revolution Conditions
Activity 3: The American Revolution
Activity 4: Causes of Revolution
Activity 5: The Revolution Begins
Activity 6: Examining the Success of the Revolution
Activity 7: The American Revolution - Permanent Change
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Lesson C
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Activator: The World 1789-1850
Opening: Setting Goals
Activity 1: Goals of the Revolution
Activity 2: Know Your Goals
Activity 3: The Rise and Fall of Napoleon
Activity 4: The Actions of Napoleon
Activity 5: The Congress of Vienna
Activity 6: Goals of the Congress of Vienna
Activity 7: The Holy Alliance
Activity 8: Nationalist Revolutions
Activity 9: A Timeline of Revolution
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Lesson D
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Activator: The World 1700-1900
Opening: The Roots of Revolutionary Opportunity
Activity 1: Revolutions
Activity 2: Latin American Revolutions
Activity 3: Class System in Latin America
Activity 4: Revolutions of the People
Activity 5: Democracy in Early Mexico
Activity 6: Birth of Latin America
Activity 7: Democracy and Independence in Canada
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Lesson E
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Activator: The World 1770-1850
Opening: Revolutions Then and Now
Activity 1: From Mercantilism to Capitalism
Activity 2: The Development of Industry
Activity 3: A New Economic Cycle
Activity 4: Impacts of Innovation
Activity 5: The Birth of an Economic Revolution
Activity 6: A Second Industrial Revolution
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Lesson F
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Activator: The World 1800-1914
Opening: Industrialization and Urbanization
Activity 1: Industrialization and Population
Activity 2: Reforming the Industrial World
Activity 3: Democracy in Industrial Europe
Activity 4: The Free Labor Revolution
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Unit 4
Lesson A
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Activator: 19th Century
Opening: The World of New Imperialism
Activity 1: The Spread of Imperialism
Activity 2: Motives for Imperialism
Activity 3: Social Darwinism and the White Man's Burden
Activity 4: Western Responses to Imperialism
Activity 5: Methods of Controlling Colonies
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Lesson B
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Activator: The World 1815-1914
Opening: European Imperialism
Activity 1: The Creation of British India
Activity 2: Examining Perspective - The Lion and the Tiger
Activity 3: Examining Perspective - British Soldiers Looting
Activity 4: Examining Perspective - The Capture of the King
Activity 5: Examining Perspective - Hand Car
Activity 6: The Impact of British Rule on India
Activity 7: Growth of Nationalism in India
Activity 8: Imperialism in Southeast Asia - Comparisons
Activity 9: Examining Perspective through Letters
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Lesson C
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Activator: 19th Century Imperialism
Opening: Africa Prior to European Imperialism
Activity 1: Early Interactions between Europe and Africa
Activity 2: Review - Europe Claims Africa
Activity 3: Interactions with Africa
Activity 4: Scramble for Africa
Activity 5: European Treatment of African Labor
Activity 6: Conflict and Resistance in Africa - South Africa
Activity 7: Conflict and Resistance in Africa - Algeria
Activity 8: Conflict and Resistance in Africa - Asante
Activity 9: Conflict and Resistance in Africa - Ethiopia
Activity 10: The Zulus
Activity 11: Africa during Imperialism
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Lesson D
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Activator: The World in the 1800s
Opening: China and Imperialism
Activity 1: China Rebuffs Europeans
Activity 2: Europeans Gain Chinese Ports
Activity 3: The Chinese React to Foreign Intervention
Activity 4: Foreign Intervention and Economic Imperialism on China
Activity 5: Chinese Diaspora
Activity 6: Efforts at Chinese Reform
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Lesson E
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Activator: The World - The 19th Century
Opening: Becoming Japan
Activity 1: Japan Prior to Western Contact
Activity 2: Arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry
Activity 3: Japan Industrializes
Activity 4: Japan Demonstrates Its Power
Activity 5: Japan Shows Its Strength - Historical Investigation
Activity 6: Japan Struggles to Find Its Identity
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Lesson F
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Activator: 19th Century Imperialism
Opening: Latin American Social Structure
Activity 1: Exploring Latin American History
Activity 2: The History of Mexico
Activity 3: US Involvement in Latin America
Activity 4: Latin American Exports
Activity 5: Analyzing and Researching Economic Data
Activity 6: Latin American Women
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Lesson G
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Activator: 19th Century World Conflict
Opening: Titles for Monarchs
Activity 1: Timeline of 19th Century
Activity 2: Sick Man of Europe
Activity 3: Russian Despotism
Activity 4: Crimean War
Activity 5: Reviewing Ottoman and Russian Empires
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Lesson H
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Activator: The World 1815-1914
Opening: Explaining Responses to Change
Activity 1: Socialism Emerges
Activity 2: The Communist Manifesto
Activity 3: Supporters of Socialism
Activity 4: Education Reform
Activity 5: 18th and 19th Century Classrooms
Activity 6: Education Comparison
Activity 7: Artists Respond to Change
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Lesson I
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Activator: The World 1815-1914
Opening: The Impacts of Nationalism
Activity 1: Nationalism Unites Italy and Germany
Activity 2: Causes of Unification
Activity 3: The Role of Bismarck in German Unification
Activity 4: Nationalism Brings Conflict to the Ottomans
Activity 5: Nationalism in Europe vs. Middle East
Activity 6: Nationalism in Colonial Resistance
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Unit 5
Lesson A
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Activator: The World 1900-1914
Opening: The Causes of World War I
Activity 1: Long-Term Cause - Militarism
Activity 2: Analyzing Arms Spending
Activity 3: Long-Term Cause - Alliances
Activity 4: Long-Term Cause - Imperialism
Activity 5: Long-Term Cause - Nationalism
Activity 6: Nationalism as a Source of Conflict and Unity
Activity 7: Check for Understanding - Causes of World War I
Activity 8: The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
Activity 9: World War I Begins
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Lesson B
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Activator: The World 1914-1918
Opening: Timeline of World War I - 1914-1918
Activity 1: Industry and Imperialism - Secret Weapons of World War I
Activity 2: The Great War - Theatres of War
Activity 3: The United States Joins the War
Activity 4: Total War and Civilians - Patriotism
Activity 5: Total War and Civilians - Suffering
Activity 6: Total War
Activity 7: The Treaty of Versailles - A Plan for Peace
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Lesson C
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Activator: The World 1914 - 1945
Opening: Causes of Revolution
Activity 1: Causes of the Russian Revolution
Activity 2: Timeline of the Russian Revolution and Civil War
Activity 3: Events of the Russian Revolution and Civil War
Activity 4: Russian Revolution - Victory of Bolsheviks
Activity 5: Factors in the Russian Revolution
Activity 6: Russia and the Effects of World War I
Activity 7: Ideas and Leaders of the Russian Civil War
Activity 8: Marxist Philosophy and the Global Economy
Activity 9: Economic Systems Check for Understanding
Activity 10: Propaganda in the U.S.S.R.
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Lesson D
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Activator: The World 1918 -1929
Activity 1: Global Influenza Pandemic World Map
Activity 2: Global Influenza Pandemic
Activity 3: Consumers and the Media in the 1920s
Activity 4: The Impact of WWI on Music, Literature, and Arts
Activity 5: The Impact of WWI on Music, Literature, and Arts Discussion
Activity 6: Women's Lives Change After WWI - Equal Rights
Activity 7: Women's Suffrage Timeline
Activity 8: Women's Suffrage Historical Opposition
Activity 9: Women's Suffrage Timeline Review
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Lesson E
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Activator: The World in Depression - 1929-1936
Opening: Economic Principles and Their Relevance to Citizens
Activity 1: Economic Responses
Activity 2: Causes of the Great Depression
Activity 3: Comparing Capitalism and Marxism
Activity 4: Impacts and Choices around the World
Activity 5: The Gold Standard
Activity 6: Responses to the Great Depression
Activity 7: The Great Depression and World War II
Activity 8: Causes and Effects of Great Depression: Discussion
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Lesson F
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Activator: The World - 1939-1943
Opening: M.A.I.N. and the Causes of WWII
Activity 1: Short- and Long-Term Causes of WWII
Activity 2: M.A.I.N. Review
Activity 3: Authoritarian and Totalitarian Regimes
Activity 4: The Beliefs and Actions of Countries
Activity 5: Historical Interpretation
Activity 6: Quest for Empire
Activity 7: Causes of World War II
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Lesson G
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Activator: The World 1939-1945
Opening: Overview of World War II
Activity 1: Faces of World War II
Activity 2: Theatres of War and the Beginning of the End
Activity 3: Actions of the Leaders of World War II 1943-1945
Activity 4: Total War: Technological Innovations
Activity 5: Civilian Impact
Activity 6: An Interconnected World - Post-War Division and the United Nations
Activity 7: Independence for African Colonies After World War II - A Case Study
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Lesson H
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Activator: Changes in the Postwar World 1945-1975
Opening: A Bipolar World
Activity 1: Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine
Activity 2: East vs West - NATO and the Warsaw Pact
Activity 3: Influence in the Two-Sided Cold War
Activity 4: The Chinese Communist Revolution
Activity 5: China and the U.S.S.R.
Activity 6: The Cold War Expands
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Unit 6
Lesson A
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Activator: The World 1945-Present
Opening: Capitalism and Communism
Activity 1: China and the Cold War
Activity 2: Comparing China and the Soviet Union
Activity 3: The Cold War Expands Regional Conflicts Jigsaw
Activity 4: Overview - China as a Player in the Cold War
Activity 5: Labor's Opportunity
Activity 6: Fall of the Soviet Empire
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Lesson B
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Activator: The World - 1900s-Present
Opening: Nationalism, Individuals and Change
Activity 1: Decolonization
Activity 2: Locating Vietnam
Activity 3: Colonial History
Activity 4: End of Colonialism
Activity 5: Struggling with Independence
Activity 6: Times of Change
Activity 7: Comparing Vietnam and the United States
Activity 8: Jigsaw Case Studies - Decolonization and Independence
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Lesson C
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Activator: The World 1950-Present
Opening: Globalization
Activity 1: Research and Interpretation - Applying Historical Thinking to Today
Activity 2: The Struggle for Democracy
Activity 3: The Struggle for Human Rights
Activity 4: Challenges of a Growing World
Activity 5: Impact of Technology
Activity 6: Economic Cooperation, Competition, and Globalization
Activity 7: Global Responses to Humanitarian Crisis
Activity 8: Challenges to Democracy and Globalization
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