Unit 5 The Catastrophe of the Modern Era: 1919-Present CE

Unit Description

Lesson Sets

Chapter 13: Post WWI
Lesson 1
The Global Question: “Return to Normalcy?”`
Lesson 2
France and Britain in 1920s`
Lesson 3
Protecting Humanity after World War I: Successes and Failures`
Lesson 4
Chinese Democracy`
Lesson 5
Interwar Africa`
Lesson 6
Middle East Between the World Wars`
Lesson 7
Challenges of Interwar Latin America`
Lesson 8
The Russian Revolution, the Russian Civil War, and the Formation of the Soviet Union`
Lesson 9
Splintering of Eastern Europe: Poland and Ukraine`
Lesson 10
Communism and the Man of Steel: The Rise of Joseph Stalin, 1922-1938`
Lesson 11
Culture in the 20’s`
Lesson 12
The Great Depression`
Lesson 13
Spanish Civil War`
Lesson 14
Rise of Totalitarian Regimes`

Chapter 14: The World Afire: World War II
Lesson 1
Japanese Invasion of Manchuria`
Lesson 2
Hitler's Prewar Territorial Gains`
Lesson 3
Mussolini’s Prewar Territorial Gains`
Lesson 4
Technology of a Modern War`
Lesson 5
September 1939: The Invasion of Poland`
Lesson 6
The United States, 1939-1941: Neutrality?`
Lesson 7
Neutral Nations in World War II`
Lesson 8
An Axis Europe, 1939 – 1942`
Lesson 9
War in the Colonies`
Lesson 10
Turning the Tide in Europe`
Lesson 11
Road to Allied Victory`
Lesson 12
Japanese Expansion November 1941 to June 1942`
Lesson 13
War in the Pacific: Midway to Okinawa`
Lesson 14
War in China, Burma, India`
Lesson 15
War Crimes: The Pacific`
Lesson 16
War Crimes: The Holocaust`
Lesson 17
Hiroshima and Nagasaki`
Lesson 18
Declaration of Human Rights and the United Nations`
Lesson 19
War Crimes Trials: Nuremberg and the Pacific`

Chapter 15: Cold War & Decolonization
Lesson 1
Division of the World: Capitalism vs Communism`
Lesson 2
Soviet Union During the Cold War`
Lesson 3
United States During the Cold War`
Lesson 4
Non-Alignment and the Third World Order`
Lesson 5
Chinese Revolution`
Lesson 6
Cold War Conflicts`
Lesson 7
Asia`
Lesson 8
Oceania During the Cold War`
Lesson 9
Africa`
Lesson 10
Latin America`
Lesson 11
End of the Cold War`

Chapter 16: Globalization
Lesson 1
Economic Globalization`
Lesson 2
Tiger Economies`
Lesson 3
China and Globalization`
Lesson 4
Post Cold War Latin America`
Lesson 5
Oceania in a Globalized World: Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia`
Lesson 6
Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Postwar Era`

Chapter 17: Post-Cold War International Structure
Lesson 1
The Global War on Terror`
Lesson 2
Economic Recession in the Early 21st Century`
Lesson 3
Environmental Challenges and Environmentalism`
Lesson 4
Contemporary Africa`
Lesson 5
Contemporary Latin America`
Lesson 6
Space Exploration`
Lesson 7
The Chameleon in the Kremlin: Contemporary Russia under Putin`
Lesson 8
Contemporary China and India`
Lesson 9
Global Culture`