Democratic Revolutions
- Political Ideology, Lesson: “How did the concepts of tyranny and rule of law affect American revolutionaries?”
- Citizenship in the French Revolution. Rights of Men and Women, Lesson: “What do the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Declaration of the Rights of Woman demonstrate about the French Revolution?”
Industrial Revolutions
- Great Britain, Lesson: “What were the effects of fossil fuel use during the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain?“
- Results of Urbanization, Lesson: “What were the results of urbanization? How did industrialization cause changes in the cities and human environment?”
The Rise of Imperialism and Colonialism
- The First Opium War. MIT Visualizing Cultures, external link
- Black Ships & Samurai, The American-Japanese Encounter. MIT Visualizing Cultures, external link
Causes and Course of World War I
- Experiences of War, Lesson: “What were man and women’s experiences of World War I?”
- Armenian Genocide, Lesson, “What was the Armenian Genocide?”
Effects of World War I
- Women in the Russian Revolution, Lesson, “Why did the Russian Revolution develop, and how did it become popular?”
- Revolution & Animal Farm, Lesson, What caused the Russian Revolution? George Orwell’s Animal Farm as an Allegory
- The Lost Generation, Lesson, “Why does the term “lost generation” refer to those who lived through or came of age during the First World War years?”
Rise of Totalitarian Governments after World War I
- Totalitarianism & Animal Farm, Lesson, “What was totalitarianism? How was it implemented in the Soviet Union? George Orwell’s Animal Farm as an Allegory”
- Rise of the Nazi Party in Germany, Lesson “Who was and was not a citizen in Nazi Germany?”
- Key Ideas of Communism, Lesson “What were key ideas of communism? How were the ideas translated on the ground?”
Causes and Consequences of World War II
- Causes of World War II, Lesson: “What does the Rape of Nanking demonstrate about Japanese militarism?”
- Consequences of World War II, Lesson and Resources: “Why do we need to know about comfort women?”
- How was the Holocaust Enacted?, Lesson What was the Holocaust? How was it enacted?
- The Holocaust and the Righteous Among the Nations, Lesson “Who helped Jews survive in the Holocaust? Should citizens ever break the law?”
International Developments in the Post-World War II World
- Partition, Lesson: “What were the consequences of Partition for the people of India and Pakistan?”
- Fall of the Berlin Wall, Lesson: “How and why did the Cold War end?”
Nation-Building in the Contemporary World
- South Africa, Lesson: “How did Apartheid define South African History?”
- Education & Health Care, Lesson: How are activists fighting for access to education and healthcare?
The New Geopolitics
Rights, Religion, and Identity
- Identity and Politics, Lesson: “What is political Islam?”
- Islam, PowerPoint: “What is political Islam?”
Current Context
- Resisting Empire, Resurging Empire: Hong Kong
- Resisting Empire, Resurging Empire: Ukraine
- How Revolutionary was the Arab Spring, Lesson: “How revolutionary was the Arab Spring?”
