World History Web Sites | |
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World History Homepage | http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/4484.html |
World History Textbooks | http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_spodek_worldhist_3/ |
National Geographic Web site | http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ |
Smithsonian Institute E-Magazine | http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ |
United Nations Web site | http://www.un.org/ |
Test your World Geography skills | http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm |
Library of Congress Web site - Many primary resources | http://www.loc.gov/index.html |
Short animation of the spread of religion | http://www.mapsofwar.com/images/Religion.swf |
Current Events | |
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Detroit News | http://www.detroitnews.com/ |
USA Today | http://www.usatoday.com |
CNN | http://www.cnn.com/ |
PBS Video Current Events | http://www.pbs.org/now/thisweek/archive.html |
BBC News | http://www.bbc.co.uk/ |
"The World's History" by Howard Spodek | Primary Sources |
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Question 1 | The Dry Bones Speak (5million B.C.E.-10,0000B.C.E.) |
Question 2 | From Village Community to City-State (10,000B.C.E.-750B.C.E.) |
Question 3 | River Valley Civilizations (7000B.C.E. - 750B.C.E.) |
Question 4 | A Polycentric World (1700B.C.E. - 1000C.E.) |
Question 5 | Dawn of the Empires (2000B.C.E.-300B.C.E.) |
Question 6 | Rome and the Barbarians (750B.C.E.-500C.E.) |
Question 7 | China (200B.C.E - 900C.E.) |
Question 8 | Indian Empires (1500B.C.E. - 1100C.E.) |
Question 9 | Hinduism and Buddhism (1500B.C.E. - 1200C.E.) |
Question10 | Judaism and Christianity (1700B.C.E - 1100C.E.) |
Question 11 | Islam (570C.E. - 1500C.E) |
Question 12 | Establishing World Trade Routes (1000-1500) |
Question 13 | European Visions (1100-1776) |
Question 14 | The Unification of World Trade (1500-1776) |
Question 15 | Migration (1300-1750) |
Question 16 | Political Revolutions in Europe and the Americas (1649-1830) |
Question 17 | The Industrial Revolution (1700-1914) |
Question 18 | Nationalism, Imperialism, and Resistance (1650-1914) |
Question 19 | Methods of Mass Production and Destruction (1914-1937) |
Question 20 | World War II and the Cold War (1937-1949) |
Question 21 | Cold War and New Nations (1945-1989) |
Question 22 | China and India (1914-1991) |
Question 23 | New Public Identities (1979-present) |
Question 24 | Regional Identities and the Twenty-First Century |