Welcome to Mr. Tredinnick's World History Class (Summer Session)
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This course is designed to give students an understanding of a variety of topics relating to World History. Topics to be covered include the political, social, and intellectual developments of Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Special emphasis will be placed on the development of connections across space and time. By looking at specific case studies students will engage in engaging critical thinking skills while trying to answer historically based questions. By interacting with primary and secondary sources students will also gain an understanding for the ideas and people that have shaped the modern world and helped form it into the patchwork of modern states and nations we know today.
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Unit III - Modern History (1400 - Present)
Unit III Course Schedule
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Week 3: World History from 1400-1918
Monday: Nationalism - Origins of Nationalism (Notes 3.1) - Case Study: Unification of Italy vs. Germany (Assignment 3.1) HW: Finish if not completed Tuesday: Industrialism - The Industrial Revolution (Notes 3.2) + Case Study: Japanese Industrialism (Assignment 3.2) HW: Difference between Adam Smith and Karl Marx (Reading 3.1) Wednesday: Militarism - Jingoism: Imperialism in Asia (Notes 3.3) - Case Study: The Fashoda Incident (Assignment 3.3) Thursday: Liberalism - Developments in Liberalism (Notes 3.4) - Thinkers of the Enlightenment (Assignment 3.4) + Use Reading 3.4 to answer HW: All information answered on Assignment 3.4 Friday: World War I and the Age of Anxiety - World War I: An Overview (Notes 3.5) - The Treaty of Versailles Simulation (Assignment 3.5) HW: Complete Treaty of Versailles Simulation Handout column about what actually happened at the Treaty of Versailles. (Use Reading 3.5) 
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Week 4: History of the World from 1918-Present
Monday: A tale of Two Revolutions - The Russian and the Chinese Revolution (Notes 4.1) - Compare and Contrast Poster (Assignment 4.1) HW: Debate tomorrow - You will be assigned a side and then use the Readings 4.21 and 4.22 to help prepare for the debate tomorrow Tuesday: World War II - The Second World War at a Glance (Notes 4.2) - Debate The Dropping of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki + You will be assigned teams in either supports or against the dropping HW: Debate Handout (Assignment 4.2) Wednesday: The Cold War and the Modern Era - The Holocaust (Notes 4.3) - Media Analysis of the Cold War (Assignment 4.3) HW: Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech (Assignment 4.4) Thursday: Test Day - The Cold War and De-Colonization of Asia (Notes 4.4) - In-Class Review - Final - Unit III: 1400-Present Friday: Field Trip - Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Unit III Notes
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Unit III Assignments
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Unit III Readings
Treaty of Versailles Handouts
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Unit II: The Americas - Pre-European to Present
Unit II Course ScheduleWeek 2: History of the Americas from Pre-European Contact to Present
Monday: Early Civilizations of the Americas - Early Civilizations of the Americas (Notes 2.1) - America Before Columbus (Assignment 2.1) HW: Reading - America's Forgotten City: Cahokia Tuesday: Pre-Columbian American Empires - Pre-Columbian Empires of the Americas (Notes 2.2) - Inca-Maya-Aztec Venn Diagram (Assignment 2.2) + In Class Discussion HW: Reading - The Iroquois Confederacy Wednesday: European Contact and Colonization - Europeans in the New World (Notes 2.3) - Two Worlds Collide Newspaper Article (Assignment 2.3) HW: Meeting of Cortez and Montezuma (Assignment 2.4) Thursday: South American Independence - Independence Leaders Pamphlet (Assignment 2.5) HW: Independence Movements Leaders (Assignment 2.6) Friday: Modern Latin America - The Americas since 1898 (Notes 2.5) - Unit II Test - The Americas: Pre-European to Present
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Unit II Notes
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Unit II Readings
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Unit II Assignments
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Unit I: Africa - Pre-European to Present
Unit I Course ScheduleWeek 1: African History from Pre-European Contact to Present
Monday: Pre-Contact Empires of Africa - School orientation + Class and School Expectations - Spread of Islam into North Africa (Notes 1.1) - Case Study: Mansa Musa (Assignment 1.1) HW: Reading - Pre-Contact African Empires HW: Write-Up - On bottom of Mansa Musa Case Study Assignment Page Tuesday: Late Empires and European Contact - The Bantu Migration + The Bantu Migration Illustrated + Case Study: South Africa and the Bantu Migration (Assignment 1.2) - Pre-Colonial Empires of Sub-Saharan Africa (Notes 1.2) HW: Reading - Colonization and the Slave Trade Wednesday: Colonization and Exploration, and Imperialism - The Slave Trade (Notes 1.3) - The Imperial Era + Berlin Conference Activity HW: Berlin Conference reflection due tomorrow HW: Exploration and Early Imperialism Thursday: The Early Modern Era and De-Colonization - Perspective of Colonization and Imperialism (Assignment 1.4) - Approaches to Decolonization Notes (Notes 1.4) HW: Reading - Imperialism and the Modern Era HW: Which method of de-colonization do you think would provide the most stability in the transfer of power? Defend you answer using the Assertion, Reasoning, Evidence Method Friday: Modern Africa - Modern Issues in African History (Notes 1.5) - In-Class Review - Unit I Test - African History: Pre-European to Present
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Unit I Notes
The Bantu Migration Illustrated
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Unit I Readings
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Mr. Tredinnick's principles of World History
#1 England wins History #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 |
