Why and how did human impact on the environment become regional and global in this period, and what were the effects?Most of the environmental degradation we decry today was set in motion in the nineteenth century, but it greatly accelerat…

This unit examines wide-ranging changes in the first half of the twentieth century in the fundamentals of what we know, and how we know it, about the universe, the composition and behavior of matter, and our biological inheritance. Rapid g…

This landscape unit gives students the opportunity to debate the causes of the global conflict using historians’ rather than politicians’ tools. Students will practice analyzing primary sources, mostly photographs, posters, and speeches. M…

The large number of nationalist movements protesting against various types of colonial rule formed a major theme in this Big Era. In many cases European and American ideologies, especially Marxism and liberal democratic philosophy, exercis…

In the late 1920s, a deep economic depression engulfed much of the world. Its scope and severity were unprecedented. Although commonly associated with the United States, countries as different as Indonesia and Canada, Peru and Japan, Great…

This unit explores global developments in the 1920s and 1930s. Because of the horrors of WWI (1914-1918), people around the world made desperate searches for peace and stability. Social, political, and economic relations between women and …

This unit examines the mistakes that brought the world to the battlefields of World War I. It explores how alliances were formed, and how millions of youths died defending those alliances and misspending dreams of glory. It investigates wh…

Teaching Unit 8.1The causes and global consequences of World War I1900-1920 CE Teaching Unit 8.2The search for peace and stability in the 1920s and 1930s1920-1930 CE Teaching Unit 8.3The Great Depression1929-1939 CE Teaching Unit 8.4Social…

マンセー 万歳事件 youtu.be Korea is located in the northeastern part of the Asian continent, neighboring China, Russia, and Japan. The name Korea means “Land of Morning Calm.” Yet, throughout its existence, Korea has been involved in numer…

Teaching Unit 8.1The causes and global consequences of World War I1900-1920 CE Teaching Unit 8.2The search for peace and stability in the 1920s and 1930s1920-1930 CE Teaching Unit 8.3The Great Depression1929-1939 CE Teaching Unit 8.4Social…

Multiple Closeup Teaching Units will be developed for each of the Big Eras. Closeup units address topics in world history that are relatively more restricted in time, space, and subject matter than either Panorama or Landscape units. Some …

http://worldhistoryforusall.ss.ucla.edu/units/eight/landscape/08_landscape4.pdf his unit should take approximately eight days. If time is limited the teacher may concentrate on one or two of the four case studies. Because India was the fir…