ABSTRACT

Spanning the time period from 750 CE to the present day, Inquiry-Based Lessons in World History (Vol. 2) focuses on creating global connections between people and places using primary sources in standards-based lessons. With sections on the world in transition, the era of revolutions, imperialism and global war, and the modern world, this book provides teachers with inquiry-based, ready-to-use lessons that can be adapted to any classroom and that encourage students to take part in the learning process by reading and thinking like historians. Each section contains chapters that correspond to the scope and sequence of most world history textbooks. Each inquiry lesson begins with an essential question and connections to content and literacy standards, followed by primary source excerpts or links to those sources. Lessons include step-by-step directions, incorporate a variety of literacy strategies, and require students to make a hypothesis using evidence from the texts they have read.

Grades 7-10

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

part I|67 pages

750-1500 The World in Transition

chapter Chapter 1|16 pages

Kingdoms of Asia and Africa

chapter Chapter 2|18 pages

Kingdoms of Europe

chapter Chapter 3|14 pages

Civilizations in the Americas

chapter Chapter 4|17 pages

Global Exploration and Expansion

part II|66 pages

1500-1860 An Era of Revolutions

chapter Chapter 5|16 pages

Renaissance and Reformation in Europe

chapter Chapter 6|14 pages

Empires in Transition

chapter Chapter 7|17 pages

A Revolution of Ideas

chapter Chapter 8|16 pages

Economic and Political Revolutions

part III|52 pages

1860-1945 Imperialism and Global War

chapter Chapter 9|12 pages

The Rise of Imperialism and Industrialism

chapter Chapter 10|14 pages

World War I and the Russian Revolution

chapter Chapter 11|12 pages

Economic and Political Crises

chapter Chapter 12|12 pages

World War II and Aftermath

part IV|46 pages

1945-Present The Modern World

chapter Chapter 13|18 pages

The Cold War

chapter Chapter 14|15 pages

The Struggle for Political and Human Rights

chapter Chapter 15|10 pages

The Post-9/11 World