TCA World History
2019-2020 School Year
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  • Fall Semester
    • Unit 1 - Renaissance
    • Unit 2 - Protestant Reformation
    • Unit 3 - Scientific Revolution
    • Unit 4 - Age of Explorers
    • Unit 5 - Absolute Monarchies and European Enlightenment
    • Fall Projects
  • Spring Semester
    • Unit 6 - French Revolution up to Napoleon
    • Unit 7 - Economic Advancements (1750-1848)
    • Unit 8 - Nationalism and Race for Empire
    • Unit 10 - World War I and Russian Revolution
    • Unit 11 - World War II and Cold War
    • Spring Projects
  • Notes
  • Class Info
  • External Links
  • Photography

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GENERAL LINKS:

  • Animoto Video Animation <http://animoto.com/create#> / Project Samples <http://gjhs.mesa.k12.co.us/library/projects/index.htm>
  • American Memory: <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html>
  • BBC History Site <http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/>
  • Timeline Maker <http://www.btinternet.com/~timeref/>
  • The History Guide <http://www.historyguide.org/index.html> Lecture Resources, Notes, Excellent Links to many topics in History.
  • The HistoryWiz <http://historywiz.com/primarysources/primarysources.html>
  • Digital Library:  <http://97.107.129.173/>

WRITING / RESEARCH RESOURCES:

  • Easy Bibliography: <www.easybib.com>
  • MLA Handbook: <http://www.mlahandbook.org/fragment/public_index>  May need a subscription...
  • Purdue Online Writing Library and MLA Formatting: <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/>
  • Video - How to Avoid Plagiarism: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnTPv9PtOoo>
  • Video - What needs to be cited?: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atTRlg6iaGo>
  • Fordham University Modern History Sourcebook <http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.asp>

RENAISSANCE

  • The Renaissance Portraits <http://www.historyguide.org/earlymod/lecture1c.html>
  • Neil R. Bonner, ed., Michelangelo Buonarroti Website, 14 December 2001, Michelangelo.COM, Inc., <http://michelangelo.com/buonarroti.html> ( 29 February 2009)
  • Joseph Manca, “Michelangelo As Painter: A Historiographical Perspective.” Artibus et Historiae, Vol. 16, No. 31 (1995), pp. 111-123. < http://www.jstor.org/stable/1483500> (Hand Out)

AGE OF EXPLORERS

  • D.J. Treich. “ Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico.” Pacific Luther University. 11 Aug 2010. < http://www.plu.edu/~treichdj/home.html >
  • The Age of Discovery <http://www.historyguide.org/earlymod/lecture2c.html>
  • Voyages of Exploration <http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/>
  • Routes of Exploration <http://users.rcn.com/farrands/explorers.htm>
  • The Atlantic slave trade, 1500-1800 < http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078607051/student_view0/unit2/chapter6/interactive_map.html#>
  • European exploration in the Atlantic Ocean, 1486-1498 < http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078607051/student_view0/unit2/chapter6/interactive_map.html#>
  • Routes of Exploration <http://users.rcn.com/farrands/explorers.htm>
  • Video Resources (BBC Horrible Histories Humorous): Inca - Pizarro / Incan Messengers /

PROTESTANT REFORMATION

  • The Impact of Luther's Teachings <http://www.historyguide.org/earlymod/lecture4c.html>
  • The Protestant Reformation <http://www.historyguide.org/earlymod/lecture3c.html>
  • The Protestant-Reformation: Treasures of the Saxon Library <http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/dres/dres3.html> Primary Sources.
  • The Protestant Reformation - Catholic Encyclopedia <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12700b.htm>
  • Luther's 95 Theses <http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/web/ninetyfive.html>
  • The Council of Trent <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15030c.htm>
  • John Calvin Biography <http://www.calvin.edu/about/about_jc.htm>
  • John Calvin Information <http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/John_Calvin.htm>
  • Anabaptists-Mennonites <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01445b.htm>
  • What is an Anabaptist? <http://www.anabaptists.org/history/what.html>
  • The Amish <http://www.religioustolerance.org/amish.htm>
  • Henry VIII's Wives <Henry VIII pbs>
  • Video Resources (BBC Horrible Histories Humorous): Philip and Mary I Story / Queen for 9 Days / Strange Tudor Laws / Tudor Diet Plans / Tudor Football /
  • Video Resources (BBC Horrible Histories Humorous): Henry VIII Song / The Tudors Song / Witch Hunt Parody

SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

  • Internet Modern History Sourcebook - The Scientific Revolution. <http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook09.html>
  • Sparknotes-Scientific Revolution Summary Information. <http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/scientificrevolution>
  • Other Scientific Revolution weblinks. <http://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/WebLinks/WebLinks-ScientificRevolution.htm>

ABSOLUTE MONARCHS

  • Louis XIV and Royal Absolutism. <http://www.etss.edu/hts/hts3/info1.htm>
  • The Age of Absolutism and Mercantilism. <http://faculty.tcc.fl.edu/hss/wallert/sswko.html>
  • Accounts of Louis XIV <http://history.hanover.edu/texts/louisxiv.html>
  • The Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Absolutism. <http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook05.html>\
  • Baroque Music. <http://www.baroquemusic.org/>
  • The Palace of Versailles - Official Site. <http://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/>
  • A Day with the Sun King. <http://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/311_A_Day_with_the_Sun_King.php>
  • Speech to the Troops at Tilbury, Elizabeth I. <http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/tilbury.htm>
  • The Thirty Years War <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14648b.htm>
  • Peter the Great Biography <http://www.saint-petersburg.com/history/peter1st.asp>
  • The Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Peter the Great. <http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/petergreat.html>
  • The Stuarts of England - English Civil War. <http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Stuarts_index.htm>
  • Frederick II - The Great. <http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/people_n2/persons6_n2/frederick.html>
  • Maria Theresa of Austria. <http://www.nndb.com/people/157/000085899/>
  • Oliver Cromwell. <http://www.historyonthenet.com/Civil_War/oliver_cromwell.htm>
  • Philip II Biography <http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/philip2.htm>
  • The Spanish Armada <http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/armada.htm>
  • Louis XIV <http://www.louis-xiv.de/index.php?id=31> Excellent Site
  • Video Resources (BBC Horrible Histories Humorous): Charles II - King of Bling; Kings and Queens of England; English Civil War; Fawkes Attempt on James I; Charles I Wedding / 
  • Video Resources:

EUROPEAN ENLIGHTENMENT

  • Enlightenment Overview: <http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/hum_303/enlightenment.html>
  • The British Museum - European Enlightenment: <http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/cultures/europe/enlightenment_europe.aspx>
  • The Enlightenment Salon - Gathering: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salon_%28gathering%29>
  • Video Resources (BBC Horrible Histories Humorous): Georgian Boxing / Constitutional Law - Dennis the Peasant Clip of Monty Python /

FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON

  • Multi-Media Presentation - Liberty, Equality, Fraternity on the French Revolution: <http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/>
  • Primary and Secondary Sources on the French Revolution: <http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.asp>
  • Napoleonic Empire (PBS): <http://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/>
  • Video Resources (BBC Horrible Histories Humorous): Napoleon / French Revolution Report /

19TH CENTURY - ECONOMIC ADVANCES AND SOCIAL UNREST

  • Industrialization in Great Britian. <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IndustrialRevolution.htm>

19TH CENTURY - NATIONALISM AND THE RACE FOR EMPIRE (IMPERIALISM)

  • Imperialism Primary Source Extracts <http://faculty.gilman.edu/us/JamieSpragins/Euro_Hum_2002-03/Conrad/Imperialism%20Documents/imperialism_primary.htm>
  • Modern History Sourcebook <http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook34.html#Imperialism>
  • Imperialism Weblinks <http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/imperial/sites.html>
  • HistoryWiz <http://historywiz.com/primarysources/imperialismprimary.html>
  • Video Resources (BBC Horrible Histories Humorous): Victorian Punishments / Victorian Names / New Victorian Maid / Victorian Eastenders / New Victorian Floral Service / Victorian Childhood / Victorian Work Song / Victorian Inventions / Victorian Chimney Sweeps / Historical Hospitals
  • Historical Film: Crimean War - British Propaganda

20TH CENTURY - WORLD WARS AND THE COLD WAR

  • Dulce et Decorum Est Video on Youtube
  • World War I: http://www.firstworldwar.com/
  • World War I: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/
  • World War I: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/w1frm.htm
  • World War I: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm
  • World War I: http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/
  • Armenian Genocide: http://www.armenian-genocide.org/photointro.html
  • German Historical Timeline 1896-1945
  • HITLER: THE RISE OF EVIL (CBS Mini-Series Guide)
  • Video Resources (BBC Horrible Histories Humorous): Prisoner of War Escapes / Causes of World War I / Scenes from the Trenches / Stalingrad /
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