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World History A — Ideas, Revolutions, Industry and Empire (California)
Curriculum
4 Sections
20 Lessons
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Unit 1: Ancient Roots and the Revolutions of England and America
5
1.1
Law, Reason and Faith — Athens, Rome and Jerusalem
50 mins
1.2
Philosopher-Kings or the Rule of Law? Plato and Aristotle on Tyranny
50 mins
1.3
Seminar — From Magna Carta to the Glorious Revolution
50 mins
1.4
Workshop — The American Revolution and Its Echoes Abroad
50 mins
1.5
Performance Task — Ideas into Revolution: A Document-Based Argument
150 mins
Unit 2: The French Revolution, Napoleon and the Revolutions of the Americas
5
2.1
Why France Exploded in 1789
50 mins
2.2
From Constitutional Monarchy to Terror to Empire
50 mins
2.3
Seminar — Whose Revolution? Haiti, Mexico and Bolívar’s America
50 mins
2.4
Workshop — Nationalism from Napoleon to 1848
50 mins
2.5
Performance Task — Structured Academic Controversy: Napoleon and the Revolution
150 mins
Unit 3: The Industrial Revolution and Its Critics
5
3.1
Why Britain First? Coal, Capital, Markets and Ideas
50 mins
3.2
Steam, Steel, Electricity and Germs — Technology Remakes the World
50 mins
3.3
Seminar — Who Paid for Industrialization? Work, Slavery, Migration and Unions
50 mins
3.4
Workshop — Capitalism and Its Challengers, from Owen to Marx to Blake
50 mins
3.5
Performance Task — Progress and Its Price: A Document-Based Argument
150 mins
Unit 4: New Imperialism and the Great War
5
4.1
Why Empire? Industry, Rivalry and the Language of Race
50 mins
4.2
Resistance and Independence — The Colonized Respond
50 mins
4.3
Seminar — How Did Europe Go to War in 1914?
50 mins
4.4
Workshop — Fronts, Turning Points and Geography of the Great War
50 mins
4.5
Performance Task — Digital Museum Exhibit: The World’s War, 1914-1918
200 mins
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