Welcome to Mr. Tredinnick's World History Class!
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Second semester of World History will focus on the world since the year 1400. The world has undergone a massive transition in the modern era from a group of mostly isolated cultures spread out across the different corners of the globe, to an increasingly interconnected patchwork of states connected by languages, religions, economies, and political systems. The modern era is a tale of unification and consolidation of the world's territories into nation-states and empires By looking at historical figures and events we will seek out an understanding of how and why the world has developed to its’ current state. Throughout the course of the year students will be analyzing primary and secondary sources in order to expand their historical knowledge and develop necessary skills.
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Unit VI - Accelerated Global Change and Realignments
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Unit VI Themes1. Conflict and Compromise
- The frequent wide spread wars of the 20th century and the process of creating peace at the conclusion 2. Reconciliation - Trying to heal old and new wounds in the relations between countries and peoples. 3. Hegemony - The rise of dominating super powers. 4. Independence - The push for previously controlled peoples to break away and form new states. |
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Unit VI Course Schedule
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Week 12: The War to End All Wars
(Apr 18-122) Monday: Setting up the Modern World - Origins of World War I (Notes) Tuesday: No Class "B" Day Wednesday: Fighting World War I - Timeline of World War I (Notes) + Pictorial History of World War I (Notes) Thursday: No Class "B" Day Friday: The Peace Process: World War I Half Day - Staff Development - Treaty of Versailles Poster (Assignment) HW: Problems of Versailles (Assignment) 
Week 15: Setting Up Post-War World
(May 9-13) Monday: No Class "B" Day Tuesday: The Peace Process: World War II - World War II Reconciliation (Assignment) HW: Judgment at Nuremburg (Assignment) Wednesday: No Class "B" Day Thursday: Beginning the Cold War - Origins of the Cold War (Notes) - Media Analysis of the Cold War (Assignment) HW: Iron Curtain Speech (Assignment) Friday: No Class "B" Day 
Week 18: The Modern World
(May 30 - June 3) Monday: No School - Memorial Day Tuesday: The Modern World - The World After 1991 (Notes) HW: Unit VI Test Wednesday June 3rd Wednesday: No Class "B" Day Thursday: Review Day Friday: No Class "B" Day |
Week 13: Post-War Problems
(Apr 25-29) Monday: No Class "B" Day Tuesday: Communist Revolutions - A Tale of Two Revolutions (Notes) Wednesday: No Class "B" Day Thursday: Origins of World War II - The Beginnings of World War II (Notes) + World War II Origins Note Sheet (Assignment) - Conditions Leading to World War II (Assignment) HW: Post-Activity Thought Question Friday: No Class "B" Day 
Week 16: The Cold War
(May 16-20) Monday: Fighting the Cold War - Battle of the Cold War (Notes) Tuesday: No Class "B" Day Wednesday: Africa in the 20th Century - Approaches to Decolonization (Notes) - Modern Issues in African History (Notes) Thursday: No Class "B" Day Friday: The Americas in the 20th Century - The Americas Since 1898 (Notes) HW: Mexican Drug War (Assignment) 
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Week 14: World War II
(May 2-May 6) Monday: The War in Europe and Africa - World War II: The Atlantic Theater (Notes) Tuesday: No Class "B" Day Wednesday: The War Against Japan - World War II: The Pacific Theater (Notes) HW: The Atomic Bombs (Assignment) Thursday: No Class "B" Day Friday: Hitler's Final Solution - The Holocaust (Notes) HW: The Life of Anne Frank (Assignment) 
Week 17: The Wider World
(May 23-27) Monday: No Class "B" Day Tuesday: Asia in the 20th Century - Post World War II Asia (Notes) HW: The Sacred Warrior (Assignment) Wednesday: No Class "B" Day Thursday: Ending the Cold War - Fall of the Soviet Union (Assignment) HW: Fall of the Soviet Union Thought Question Friday: No Class "B" Day
Week 19: Finals Week
(Jun 6-10) Monday: Unit VI Test - Accelerated Global Change and Realignment Monday June 6th Tuesday: B Day Finals Wednesday: Make-Up Finals Thursday: Graduation Day Friday: No School - Summer Break |
Unit VI Notes
Unit VI Test Preparation
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Unit VI Assignments
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Unit VI Additional Resources
Unit V - Industrialization and Global Integration
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Unit V Themes1. Changing Political Thought
- Rise of political movements away from the traditional landed aristocracy 2. Liberty - The drive for freedom of thought and self-determination for nations and classes 3. Efficiency - Smooth operation of business and government 4. Global Integration - Further connecting regions of the world economically and politically |
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Unit V Course Schedule
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Week 6: Political Ideologies
(Feb 29 - Mar 4) Monday: Absolutism - Perspectives of Absolutism (Assignment) HW: Perspectives of Absolutism Thesis (Assignment) Tuesday: No Class "B" Day Wednesday: Rise of Liberalism - The Origins of Liberalism (Notes) HW: The Iroquois Confederacy (Assignment) + Reading Quiz on Monday Thursday: No Class "B" Day Friday: No Classes - Student Testing |
Week 7: Enlightenment and French Revolution
(Mar 7-11) Monday: No Class "B" Day Tuesday: Enlightenment - The Iroquois Confederacy Reading Quiz - European Enlightenment (Assignment) HW: Finish Wednesday: No Class "B" Day Thursday: French Revolution - The French Revolution (Notes) Friday: No Class "B" Day |
Week 8: Revolutionary South America
(Mar 14-18) Monday: Liberalism Expands - The Spread of Liberalism in Europe (Assignment) - Case Study: German Unification (Assignment) HW: Finish Tuesday: No Class "B" Day Wednesday: Independence Project - Independence Movements Leaders (Assignment) HW: Finish Thursday: No Class "B" Day Friday: Independence Project - Political Leaders of South American Independence (Assignment) HW: Finish |
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Week 9: Industrialism
(Mar 21-25) Monday: No Class "B" Day Tuesday: Introduction to Industrialism - The Industrial Revolution (Notes) HW: Marx and Engles (Assignment) Wednesday: No Class "B" Day Thursday: Impacts on Asia -The Meiji Era and the Modernization of Japan (Assignment) HW: Industrialization Thought Questions (Assignment) Friday: No Class "B" Day |
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Week 10: Imperialism
(Mar 23-27) Monday: Asian Imperialism - Imperialism in Asia (Notes) Tuesday: No Class "B" Day Wednesday: Berlin Conference - Berlin Conference Simulation HW: Berlin Conference Reflection Questions Thursday: No Class "B" Day Friday: Perspectives of Imperialism - Perspectives of Colonization and Imperialism (Assignment) HW: Begin reviewing Half Day - Spring Break |
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Spring Break
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Week 11: Review & Test
(Apr 11-15) Monday: No Class "B" Day Tuesday: Review Day HW: Unit V Test - Industrialization and Global Integration on Thursday Wednesday: No Class "B" Day Thursday: Unit V Test - Industrialization and Global Integration Thursday April 14th Friday: No Class "B" Day |
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Unit V Notes
South American Independence Leaders
Unit V Test Preparation
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Unit V Assignments
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Unit V Additional Resources
Unit IV - Inter-Regional Connections
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Unit IV Themes1. Exploration
- The drive to "discover" new lands resulting in shifts of people's understanding of the world and their place in it 2. Ideological Shifts - Changes in Political and social thought 3. Mercantilism - The need for resources that drives the search for empire 4. Exploitation - The use of power to gain an unfair advantage over another group |
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Unit IV Course Schedule
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Week 1: Course Introduction
(Jan 25-29) Monday: No Class - New Student Orientation Tuesday: No Classes - Service Learning Wednesday: Syllabus Day - Get to know you - Course Expectations - Course Preview - I want to learn about... - Semester II Warm-Up (Assignment) Thursday: No Class "B" Day Friday: Establishing the Modern World - The Renaissance (Notes) + The Book of the Courtier (Notes) HW: The Prince and Leadership (Assignment) |
Week 2: Origins of the Modern World
(Feb 1-5) Monday: No Class "B" Day Tuesday: Establishing the Political Landscape - Origins of Nationalism (Notes) HW: The Reformation and Nationalism Wednesday: No Class "B" Day Thursday: European Contact and Colonization - Europeans in the New World (Notes) HW: Meeting of Cortez and Montezuma (Assignment) Friday: No Class "B" Day |
Week 3: Outside influence in Africa
(Feb 8-12) Monday: Early Expeditions to Africa - Early Expeditions of the Southern Hemisphere (Assignment) HW: Finish Early Expeditions of the Southern Hemisphere Assignment Tuesday: No Class "B" Day Wednesday: Exploitation of Africa - The Slave Trade (Notes) + Amistad Clip Thursday: No Class "B" Day Friday: Asia and the World System - Integrating Asia into the World System (Notes) HW: The Russian Conquest of Siberia (Assignment) |
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Week 4: Asia and the South Pacific
(Feb 15-19) Monday: No School - Presidents Day Tuesday: No Class "B" Day Wednesday: Building Empires in Asia - Colonization of the Philippines (Assignment) HW: Finish Thursday: No Class "B" Day Friday: The Exploration the South Seas - Finish Colonization of the Philippines assignment - Exploration of Oceania (Assignment) HW: Finish Exploration of Oceania |
Week 5: Finish Unit IV
(Feb 22-26) Monday: No Class "B" Day Tuesday: Review Day HW: Unit IV Study Guide Wednesday: No Class "B" Day Thursday: Unit IV Test - Inter-Regional Connections - Unit Test Feb 25th Friday: No Class "B" Day
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Unit IV Notes
Unit IV Test Preparation
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Unit IV Assignments
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Unit IV Additional Resources
Crash Course: The Columbian Exchange
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Mr. Tredinnick's principles of World History
#1 England Prevails #2. France Always loses Exception: When led by a non-frenchMAN or fighting along with allies #3 Don't mess with Asia! #4 Italy Always loses Exception: Rome, and when fighting the French #5 The country with the simpler uniform wins #6 The more power they have, the crazier/more paranoid they get #7 What works in one area will not always work everywhere #8 The bigger you get, the more people hate you #9 "isms" are dangerous, the only thing more dangerous is Religion |
