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
Athens Besieged! Can you survive the Athenian Hunger Games?
Athens: Threshold of Democracy Role Play
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
Popular Hypocrisy - The Radical Phase of the French Revolution
The Convalescence - Thermidorian Reaction and Rise of Napoleon.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
Top 10 Weird Things Victorians Did for Fun
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
All Quiet on the Western Front Response Essay
Topic 12 Essay Response
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
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
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