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TOPICS/MATERIALS
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Session 1
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HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN |
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1. Prehistoric Britain (c. 500 000 BC - 43 AD)
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COURSEBOOK: 1. The Foundation Stones (pages 3 -- 6)
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2. Roman Britain (AD 43-410)
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- COURSEBOOK: 1. The Foundation Stones (pages 6 -- 10)
- 02 Hadrian's Wall West Bank Barrier Comparison-seminar worksheet
- 02 Hadrian's Wall, history-article
- 02 What is the West Bank Barrier-BBC News article
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3. The Anglo-Saxon Period (440-1066)
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- COURSEBOOK: 2. The Saxon Invasion (pages 11 -- 17)
- 03 Anglo-Saxon Britain-video-worksheet
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4. The Early Middle Ages (1066-1307)
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COURSEBOOK: 4. Conquest & Feudal Rule, 5. The Power of the Kings of England, 6. Government & Society (pages 23 -- 43)
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Session 2
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5. The Late Middle Ages (1290-1485)
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COURSEBOOK: 7. The Century of War Plague & Disorder, 8. The Crisis of Kings & Nobles, 9. Government & Society
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6. The Tudor Age (1485-1603)
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COURSEBOOK: 10. The Birth of the Nation State, 11. England & her Neighbours, 12. Government & Society
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7. The Stuarts (1603-1688)
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COURSEBOOK: Crown & Parliament, 14. Republican & Restoration Britain, 15. Life & Thought
- 08 Charles I: Living in a World of One's Own-classroom activity.doc
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8. The Eighteen Century (1688-1789)
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COURSEBOOK: 16. The Political World, 17. Life in Town & Country,
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Session 3
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9. The Age of Industrial Revolution
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COURSEBOOK: 18. The Years of Revolution
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10. The Age of Liberalism (1851-1914)
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- COURSEBOOK: 20. The Years of Sefl-confidence
- Self-Confidence of Mid-Victorian Age-article
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HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
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Session 4
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1. Colonial Period |
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- COURSEBOOK: A NEW WORLD (subchapters 1. The First Americans, 2. Explorers from Europe, 3. Virginian Beginnings, 4. Puritan New England, 5. Colonial Life in America)
- Colonial period-seminar video worksheet
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2. Towards Independence |
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- COURSEBOOK: A NEW WORLD (subchapters 6. The Roots of Revolution, 7. Fighting for Independence)
- Declaration of Independence-seminar activity
- Declaration of Independence-original text
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3. The Formation of a National Government |
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- COURSEBOOK: A NEW NATION (subchapters 8. Forming the new nation)
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4. Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny |
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- COURSEBOOK: A NEW NATION (subchapters 9.Years of Growth, 10. West to the Pacific)
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Session 5
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5. The Civil War & Reconstruction (1861 - 1877) |
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- COURSEBOOK: A NEW NATION (11. North & South, 12. The Civil War, 13. Reconstruction)
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6. Years of Growth: American Empire |
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- COURSEBOOK: YEARS OF GROWTH (14. Miners, railroads & cattlemen, 15. Farming the Great Plains, 17. Inventors & industries, 18. The Golden Door, 20. An American Empire
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7. Discontent & Reform |
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- COURSEBOOK: YEARS OF GROWTH (19. Reformers & progressives)
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8. War & Prosperity |
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- COURSEBOOK: TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICANS (21. A War and a peace, 22. The Roaring Twenties)
- The Fourteen Points (original test)
- Wilson Imagines a Better Future-article
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Session 6 |
9. Depression & the New Deal |
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- COURSEBOOK: TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICANS (23. Crash & Depression, 24. Roosevelt's New Deal)
- 10 Depression and New Deal-seminar video worksheet 2005.doc
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10. From Isolationism to Hiroshima |
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- COURSEBOOK: TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICANS (25. Arsenal of Democracy)
- Conflicting Historical Viewpoints-Why Was Atom Bomb Used on Japan.doc
- Origins of Cold War, Diplomatic Crossroad-Atomic Bomb at Hiroshima, 1945.doc
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