Advanced Modern World History (Period 7) Assignments

This is a rigorous class designed to prepare students for A.P. World History their sophomore year of high school. As such it involves more reading, homework, and writing assignments than the regular Modern World History class. Class time is spent on high level discussions of the standards, connecting learning, and looking at outside sources that shed light on the material in the textbook. Students that do not maintain a B average will be dropped from the Advanced course and enrolled in the regular Modern World History course. AREA OF STUDY Students study a wide range of events, peoples, and movements including: 1. The ancient world 2. American Revolution and the Enlightenment 3. French Revolution and Napoleon 4. Industrialization and Nationalism 5. Democracy 6. Imperialism 7. Modernizing China and Japan 8. World War I 9. Nazi Germany 10. World War II 11. The Cold War 12. Contemporary Western World 13. Latin America 14. African and the Middle East 15. Asia and the Pacific