Social studies
Ages 14-18
● Media ready
AP®/College World History
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10 units
93 lessons
6 videos
2 on CDN
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Unit 2 The Global Tapestry
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History Themes | 1.0
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Developments in East Asia | 1.1
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Developments in Dar al-Islam | 1.2
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Developments in South and Southeast Asia | 1.3
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State Building in the Americas | 1.4
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State Building in Africa | 1.5
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Developments in Europe | 1.6
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Comparison in the Period from c. 1200 to c. 1450 | 1.7
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Globalization: Unit test
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Unit 3 Networks of Exchange
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Unit Overview | 2.0
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The Silk Roads | 2.1
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The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World | 2.2
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Exchange in the Indian Ocean | 2.3
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Trans-Saharan Trade Routes | 2.4
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Cultural Consequences of Connectivity | 2.5
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Environmental Consequences of Connectivity | 2.6
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Comparison of Economic Exchange | 2.7
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Unit 4 Land-Based Empires
Unit 5 Transoceanic Interconnections
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Unit 4 Overview | 4.0
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Technological Innovations from 1450 to 1750 | 4.1
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Exploration: Causes and Events from 1450 to 1750 CE | 4.2
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Columbian Exchange | 4.3
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Maritime Empires Established | 4.4
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Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed | 4.5
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Internal and External Challenges to State Power from 1450 to 1750 CE | 4.6
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Changing Social Hierarchies from 1450 to 1750 CE | 4.7
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Continuity and Change from 1450 to 1750 CE | 4.8
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Unit 6 Revolutions
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Unit 5 Overview | 5.0
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The Enlightenment | 5.1
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Nationalism and Revolutions in the Period from c. 1750–1900 CE | 5.2
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The Industrial Revolution Begins | 5.3
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The Industrial Revolution Spreads in the Period from 1750 to 1900 CE | 5.4
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Technology of the Industrial Age | 5.5
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Industrialization: Government's Role from 1750 to 1900 CE | 5.6
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Economic Developments and Innovations in the Industrial Age | 5.7
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Reactions to the Industrial Economy from 1750 to 1900 CE | 5.8
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Society and the Industrial Age | 5.9
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Continuity and Change in the Industrial Age | 5.10
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Unit 7 Consequences of Industrialization
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Unit 6 Overview | 6.0
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Rationales for Imperialism from 1750 to 1900 CE | 6.1
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State Expansion from 1750 to 1900 CE | 6.2
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Indigenous Responses to State Expansion from 1750 to 1900 CE | 6.3
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Global Economic Development from 1750 to 1900 CE | 6.4
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Economic Imperialism from 1750 to 1900 CE | 6.5
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Causes of Migration in an Interconnected World | 6.6
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Effects of Migration | 6.7
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Causation in the Imperial Age | 6.8
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Unit 8 Global Conflict
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Unit 7 Overview | 7.0
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Shifting Power After 1900 CE | 7.1
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Causes of World War I | 7.2
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Conducting World War I | 7.3
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The Economy in the Interwar Period | 7.4
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Unresolved Tensions After World War I | 7.5
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Causes of World War II | 7.6
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Conducting World War II | 7.7
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Mass Atrocities After 1900 | 7.8
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Causation in Global Conflict | 7.9
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Unit 9 Cold War and Decolonization
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Unit 8 Overview | 8.0
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Setting the Stage for the Cold War and Decolonization | 8.1
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The Cold War | 8.2
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Effects of the Cold War | 8.3
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The Spread of Communism After 1900 | 8.4
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Decolonization After 1900 | 8.5
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Newly Independent States | 8.6
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Global Resistance to Established Order After 1900 | 8.7
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The End of the Cold War | 8.8
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Causation in the Age of The Cold War and Decolonization | 8.9
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Unit 10 Globalization
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Unit 9 Overview | 9.0
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Advances in Technology and Exchange after 1900 | 9.1
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Technological Advances and Limitations After 1900: Disease | 9.2
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Technological Advances: Debates About the Environment After 1900 | 9.3
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Economics in the Global Age | 9.4
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Calls for Reform and Responses After 1900 | 9.5
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Globalized Culture After 1900 | 9.6
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Resistance to Globalization After 1900 | 9.7
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Institutions Developing in a Globalized World | 9.8
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Continuity and Change in a Globalized World | 9.9
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