ABSTRACT
Traditional Curriculum Calendar is a very traditional approach to global history. It is linear and chronological with a focus on the European world without too many tangential side trips to Africa, Asia, and Latin America that teachers rarely make voluntarily. Developments in global history between 1750 and 1914 were often responses to instabilities in the colonial system that emerged from the Columbian Exchange. The North and South American Wars for Independence left colonial elites in power in newly established independent states. An important comparative study in the calendar areas of study (CAS) are the alternative paths taken by India, China, and Japan in the 19th century. Between 1757 and 1857, first through economic concessions and then through military operations, Great Britain gradually increased its influence on the Indian sub-continent until it finally established full colonial control. A major goal in this CAS is to help students realize that the same forces can be both destructive and creative.
