Notes & Materials

Syllabus and Class Intro Materials

Hands On History Interest Survey

Topic 1 - The Birth of Western Civilization: The Ancient World and Greece

An Afterglow of Them - Case Studies in Ancient Civilization

EPIC Mythology from the Ancient World

The Birthplace of Civilization

Draconian Smackdown Scenario Game

Free Men Against a God-King — The Greco-Persian War

Topic 2 - From Republic to Empire: The Roman World

Topic 3 - Darkness Falls: The Medieval Period

Topic 4 - From Death to Rebirth

Topic 5 - Global Encounters and the Shock of the Reformation

Topic 5.2 - A Journey on the Silk Road

Topic 6 - Cataclysm of World Views: Wars of Religion and the Scientific Revolution

Topic 7 - Absolutism, Constitutionalism, and the Search for Order

FALL SEMESTER FINAL EXAM OPTIONS

Topic 8 - Old World Economies and New World Ideals: The Atlantic System and the Enlightenment

Topic 9 - Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité: The French Revolution and Napoleonic Era

REACTING TO THE PAST GAME

Fall of the Ancien Regime - French Revolutionary Background & 1st Phase.pdf

Enlightenment Quotes

Popular Hypocrisy - The Radical Phase of the French Revolution

The Convalescence - Thermidorian Reaction and Rise of Napoleon.pdf

Napoleon's Grand Empire.pdf

Don't Rock the Boat - Congress of Vienna & Waterloo

Topic 10 - The Age of Industrialization, Conservative Restoration -- and Its Discontents

Topic Schedule and Essay Assignments:

Cacophony of Europe (Role Playing Project)

The Man From St. Petersburg Essay

The Four Feathers Response (EXTRA CREDIT)

Ideologies & Upheavals - The Dual Revolutions of the 19th Century

Rage Against the Machine - Technology, Rebellion, and Industrial Revolution

Furnaces of Hell Source Investigation

Revolutionary Art! - Baroque, Neoclassical, & Romantic (Quick & Dirty)

Romantic Poets - Wordsworth & Blake

Marxism & the Foundations of Modern Socialism

Communism vs. Capitalism Source Analysis

Communism vs. Capitalism Claim Testing

Topic 11 - Industries and Empires: The Age of New Imperialism

Europe in the Age of Nationalism

Belle Epoch - Art and Culture From the Victorian Era to the Early 20th Century

The Art of Manliness.pdf

The Victorian Ladies

Top 10 Weird Things Victorians Did for Fun

The Age of New Imperialism

The Brown Man’s Burden — Resistance to New Imperialism

The Brown Man’s Burden by Henry Labouchere

The Man From St Petersburg (Book Discussion)

Topic 12 - Storm of Steel: The Great War and Its Aftermath

Topic 12 Reading Schedule

Topic 12 Study Guide

Writer’s War: Voices from WWI

All Quiet on the Western Front Response Essay

Topic 12 Essay Response

Troglodyte War

The Sausage Machine.pdf

Voices from WWI — Poetry Analysis Notes

From Stalemate to Checkmate.pdf

The Twenty Year Truce - Treaty of Versailles.pdf

European Culture in Crisis - The Age of Anxiety.pdf

A People's Tragedy - The Russian Revolution.pdf

End of WWI - Treaty of Versailles and Background to the Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution Role Playing

Topic 13 - The 20th Century Crises: Great Depression, Totalitarianism and World War II

Topics 13&14 Reading Schedule

The Nightingale Book Analysis & Discussion

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (link to Amazon)

The Twentieth Century In Crisis - Rise of Totalitarian Dictators

The Man of Steel - Stalin Removes Opposition

"It's Not Truth That Matters, But Victory" - Der Führer Rises.pdf

Deutschland Erwacht! - Hitler Seizes Control

Munich: The Edge of War (Netflix) Film Analysis

Blitzed - Drugs in the Third Reich

Spineless Democracies? - Appeasement of the Dictators

The Nightmare -- World War II Begins

Collaboration and Resistance in Fortress Europe

The Nightingale Book Discussion

Neighbors and Villains - The Holocaust

Fighting for the Fate of the World - the End of War and Division of Europe

Holocaust Discussion

Topic 13 Extra Credit Short Answer Responses

Anthropoid Movie Response Assignment


Topic 14 - The Cold War and Making of the Modern World

Post-War Chess Match - Europe in the Early Cold War

Peaceful Coexistence - Or Continued Competition?

The Changing Modern World - Integration, Detente, and Disintegration


SPRING SEMESTER FINAL EXAM