Modern+World+History

=Modern World History:= Assignments and messages are entered in chronological order. The first day of school would be at the bottom of the page, yesterday's material would be at the top. Look here for Unit Guides that describe in detail what we are doing, lecture notes, class activity directions, assignment requirements, etc.

Unit #6: [[file:china and japan syllabus 2018 (2).doc|Partner or Rival: Weighing China's Rise]]
Video: Tojo's War. Screened in class 5/1 & 5/3. Presents a history of Japan's WWII experience through the biography of her wartime head of state Hideki Tojo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZeuV-4dLoE&t=585s

History of Japan in 6 Broad Strokes

Buhdism Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tilBs32zN7I

Confucianism Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUhGRh4vdb8

Taoism Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFb7Hxva5rg

Unit #5: [[file:Russian Transformations Student Only.docx|Russian Transformations & US Foreign Policy]]
Essay in the Washington Post posing a simile between life in communist E. Europe and the American South, worth a look: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-the-soviet-bloc-and-the-american-south-have-in-common/2018/03/21/aba45f58-2d1d-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html?utm_term=.95bd1097daff&wpisrc=nl_opinions&wpmm=1 Video: //People's Century: Red Flag -// Screened 12 March 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZDXZBnsKRQ

//__One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich__//

Cold War Begins:

President Trump's Russia Connections told through Cartoons run in the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/opinions/amp-stories/ann-telnaes-trump-russia/

Brookings Brief Link, on Russian info wars: https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-future-of-political-warfare-russia-the-west-and-the-coming-age-of-global-digital-competition/?utm_campaign=Brookings%20Brief&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=61125787

5 March NYTimes Report of Russian Dangling Salaciouse claims about Russian interference in 2016 Election: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/world/asia/nastya-rybka-trump-putin.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fus&action=click&contentCollection=us®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=13&pgtype=sectionfront

Unit #4: [[file:World War Unit Guide 2018.docx|World War]]


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Richard Overy: Lecture titled "Writing the History of the Second World War: Anything More to Say". Professor Overy offers his "Ultimate" perspective that WWII was the last of the Imperial wars and the end of European Imperialism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eub0JuAMSiI



Film: The Great War & the Shaping of the 20th Century Episode #1 "Explosion" scenes shared as part of lesson #2: well known for some bad quality or deed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRtdSoeYQYk&index=1&list=PL3H6z037pboEHxnyHECLD5881OH_FvPtF



Recommended Films for Unit: View as extensions for class instruction:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxbdPN0SVUo
 * American Experience: Victory in the Pacific.** Riveting documentary that takes up the last 6 months of WWII in the Pacific, a time in which 90% of the deaths in that conflict occurred. If you at all want to understand our nations use of atomic weapons against Japan you should watch this. Highly recommended.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQZVksi3zNE
 * American Experience: //Guts and Glory, D-Day and the Battle of Bulge//**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK9ToFlRLR4
 * American Experience: //The Bombing of Germany://** Riveting documentary on this subject. Highly recommended:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdBSwhms7O4
 * //World War II From Space//:** History Channel documentary that narrates WWII from start to finish. If you don't like reading the text book this does a good job in 90 minutes. Dumb name, not a dumb program:

//**The Tuskegee Airmen**//: 1995 Dramatization of African American fighter pilots in WWII: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaGPsrqfGjA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVnwxf5nwa8
 * //Paths of Glory//**: Drama, 1957. Stanley Kubrick's first big movie staring Kirk Douglas as a French Col. trying to lead his men ethically and with honor through an experience that leaves no room for human ethics and honor. One of my favorite movies, I show in my AP Euro class every spring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOQ83n3cWl4&list=PLo5KK_lDUjDv_DjC51av7PraIpLV2fyVP
 * //All Quiet on the Western Front//**: 1979 Dramatization of Erich Maria Remarque's famouse book by the same title. I encourage you to read the novel - it is short. But if your not going to do that, by all means watch this film adoption. Made for TV but an amazingly good made for TV film. Highly recomend you read //All Quiet on the Western Front// then watch this film:

Unit #3: Imperialism and Independance
Henry Louis Gates PBS Documentary series on the history of Africa: See Episode #5 for a different take on 19th Century imperialism: http://www.pbs.org/show/africas-great-civilizations/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fie7H9EThUQ
 * Film: People's Century: Freedom Now! Screened in class 8 & 12 December**

http://brown.edu/Research/AAAH/map.htm
 * Interactive Colonial Map of Africa**:

Choices Video: What Methods Did Europeans Use to Control African Colonies http://www.choices.edu/video/methods-europeans-use-subjugate-african-colonies/

Unit #2: [[file:French and Industrial Rev Unit Guide 2017.docx|French and Industrial Revolutions - The Midwives of Modernity]]
Fordam University Website that contains collections of primary source documents. This link will take you to documents related to the Industrial Revolution that you may use on your flow chart: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/modsbook14.asp

Washington Post OP-ED on "4rth Industrial Revolution": https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-fourth-industrial-revolution-is-upon-us/2017/11/22/5ff97086-cd62-11e7-9d3a-bcbe2af58c3a_story.html?utm_term=.55da2f6283d9&wpisrc=nl_opinions&wpmm=1



Video: Credit Where Credit it Due Screened in class 26 Oct.: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2cjlmb



Radical Phase through Legacies:

PBS "Empires" Documentary series on Napoleaon. 4 45mn. episodes chronicle Napoleon's rise and Fall. Well made and historically substantive film. Take a look if you want to learn more about Napoleon! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gy7uzwUgEw&list=PLZxIFAN12m6xu_yo4LNT_QdKJuusajxeI

Causes and First Phase of the French Revolution:



French Revolution Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbX5j9z50Gw

Enlightenment:

Slide Lecture: Breaking the Chain -

Unite #1: Geography and History's Broadest Pattern [[file:Geography and Historys Broadest Patterns.docx|Unit Guide]]


New York Times article describing the domestication of corn from its wild ancestor grass teosinte and how archaeologists have come to understand where, when,m and how corn was domesticated: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/science/25creature.html?_r=0

"The World in 60 Maps": take a look at this site for ideas and inspiration for your map project: http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world/



Citation Making Cite for Map Project: Use MLA style http://www.easybib.com/

Guns Germs and Steel Episode #2:
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//Guns, Germs, and Steel// Pt. #1: Shown in Class 1 Sept.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwZ4s8Fsv94&t=9s

Great collection of Map Types. The Maps shared in class are all from this collection:
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Power Point Presentation on Map Projections, Landforms, Physical Geography.

handed out in class

History in Dispute: Chalottesville and Confederate Monuments: site that has the video's shown on first day of class. https://outlook.office365.com/owa/?realm=pps.net&path=/mail/search

"America's Own Cultural Revolution" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/americas-own-cultural-revolution/2018/01/01/1f53438e-ef38-11e7-b390-a36dc3fa2842_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions&wpmm=1

Writting Resource Page: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/553/04/