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"A generation which ignores history has no past and no future." - Robert Heinlein

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Chapter 1 - First People

Section 1 - Prehistory vs. History
Section 2 - New Stone Age
Section 3 - Rise of Civilizations
Primary Source - The Cro-Magnons
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Video: What is Historical Thinking?
Ancient city unearthed in Iraq may be 3,300 years old
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Chapter 2 - Early Civilizations

Chapter 3 - Major Religions

Section 1 - Hinduism
Section 2 - Buddhism
Section 3 - Judaism
Primary Source - Life of the Buddha
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Chapter 5 - Greeks

Section 1 - Ancient Greece
Section 2 - Warring City States
Section 3 - Greece's Golden Age
Section 4 - Alexander: Why so Great?
Primary Source - Spartan Discipline Code for Youths
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Chapter 6 - Romans

Section 1 - Roman Republic
Section 2 - Roman Empire
Section 3 - Rise of Christianity
Section 4 - Fall of Rome
Primary Source - Gospel According to Matthew
Fall of Greece and Rome
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Chapter 10 - Muslim World

Section 1 - The Muslim World
Section 2 - Islam Expands
Section 3 - Muslim Culture
Primary Source - The Qur'an
Primary Source - Men and Women
Primary Source - Don't Demonize Islam
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Chapter 12 - Mongols and Marco Polo

Section 1 -Mongol Conquest
Section 2 - Mongol Empire
Primary Source - The Court of the Great Khan
Primary Source - Merits of the Turks
Important People - Gheghis Khan
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Chapter 13 - Middle Ages

Section 1 - Middle Ages
Section 2 - Feudalism
Section 3 - Age of Chivalry
Primary Source - Life of Charlemagne
Primary Source - Letters Concerning the Investiture Controversy
Key Concept - Feudal Life
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Chapter 14 - Formation of Western Europe

Section 1 - Formation of Western Europe
Section 2 - Changes in Medieval Society
Section 3 - Years of Turmoil
Primary Source - A Description of the Most Nobel City of London
Primary Source - Battle of Agincourt
Important People - Joan of Arc
EyeWitness to History - The Black Death, 1348
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Chapter 17 - Renaissance and Reformation

Section 1 - Renaissance
Section 2 - Northern Renaissance
Section 3 - Reformation
Section 4 - Reformation Spreads
Primary Source - The Art of Painting
Primary Source - The 95 Theses
Primary Source - The St. Bartholemew's Day Massacre
Important Concepts - Renaissance Life
Important People - Martin Luther
Important People - Henry VIII
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Chapters 19 & 20 - European Exploration

Section 1 - European Exploration
Section 2 - Portugal and Spain
Section 3 - More Explorers Take the Seas
Section 4 - Spanish Conquistadors
Primary Source - Letter to King George III
Primary Source - Letter to the King of Portugal
Primary Source - Letter To My Old Master
Important People - Christopher Columbus
Important People - Henry the Navigator
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Chapter 23 - French Revolution

Section 1 -Origins of the French Revolution
Section 2 - End of the Old Regime
Section 3 - French Republic
Section 4 - Napoleon Creates an Empire
Section 5 - Collapse of Napoleon's Empire
Primary Source - Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
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Primary Source - Execution by Guillotine
Primary Source - Letter to Napoleon
Primary Source - Battle of Waterloo
Important People - Louis XVI
Important People - Marie Antoinette
Important Inventions - The Guillotine
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Chapter 25 - Industrial Revolution

Section 1 - Industrial Revolution
Section 2 - Industrial Economy
Section 3 - Socialist Propose Radical Change
Primary Source - Child Labor in the Mines
Primary Source - New England Girlhood
Primary Source - The Communist Manifesto
Secondary Source - Child Labor
Secondary Source - Impacts of the Industrial Revolution
Important People - Karl Marx
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Chapter 29 - World War I

Section 1 - Underlining Causes
Section 2 - Crisis in the Balkans
Section 3 - Bloody Stalemate
Section 4 - Russian Revolution
Section 5 - Allies are Victorious
Section 6 - A Flawed Peace
Primary Source - The German Army Marches Through Brussels
Primary Source - A Suffolk Farmhand at Gallipoli
Primary Source - 14 Points
Important People - John J. Pershing Bloody Stalemate
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Chapter 31 - Years of Crisis

Section 1 - The Great Depression
Section 2 - Fascism in Europe
Section 3 - Stalin Builds a Totalitarian State
Section 4 - League of Nations Fails
Primary Source - The Death of God
Primary Source - Famine in Russia
Primary Source - Memos on the Aims of Germany and Japan
Important People - Rise of Hitler
Important Events - A Photo Essay on the Great Depression
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Chapter 32 - World War II

Section 1 - Another Great War
Section 2 - War in the Pacific
Section 3 - The Holocaust
Section 4 - Allied Victory
Primary Source - Nazi Propaganda
Primary Source - Testimony Before the Special Senate Committee on Atomic Energy
Primary Source - Affidavit Given At Nuremberg
Important People - Adolf Hitler
Important People - Mussolini
Important People - Winston Churchill
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Chapters 33-35 - Cold War

Section 1 - Cold War
Section 2 - Cold War Heat Up
Section 3 -End of the Cold War
Primary Source - Peace Without Conquest
Primary Source - Speech Given by President Bush Following 9/11
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