New York State Curriculum Unit	Topics	Text Chapter
VI.  THE AGE OF           REVOLUTIONS           [1750 -- 1914]      (Continued from Global       History & Geography I)	THE RISE OF EUROPEAN ROYAL ABSOLUTISM       The Age of Louis XIV       Peter the Great & Westernization       The Evolution of Limited, Constitutional Monarchy in             England THE EUROPEAN ENLIGHTENMENT ENLIGHTENED DESPOTISM THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT THE ATLANTIC REVOLUTIONS:         The American Revolution         The French Revolution                 The Revolution Itself                 The Age of Napoleon         Latin American Independence Movements THE AGE OF REACTION:         The Congress of Vienna         The European Revolutions of 1848         The Failure of Democracy in Latin America ECONOMIC & SOCIAL REVOLUTIONS:         The Beginnings of Industrialization         Britain As the 'Workshop of the World'         Global Changes Brought About By Industrialization         Case Studies:  Ireland / India         Responses to Industrialization 19c & EARLY 20c JAPAN -- FROM ISOLATION TO WORLD ECONOMIC  & MILITARY POWER GLOBAL NATIONALISM:         Unification of Germany & Italy         Nationalist Movement in India EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM:         Reasons for the "New" Imperialism         The British Raj         The "Mad Scramble" for Africa         European Imperialism Threatened China/Southeast Asia	19-1 19-2 18-1/18-2/18-3 20-1/20-2 20-3 20-4 20-4 21-1/21-2 21-3/21-4 23-3 23-1 23-4 25-6/29-3 22-1 22-2/22-3 22-4 24-1/24-2 25-5 23-2 24-3 25-1 25-3 25-2 25-4
VII.  A HALF CENTURY         OF CRISIS AND         ACHIEVEMENT         [1900-1945 C.E.]	THE TURN OF THE CENTURY -- LA BELLE EPOCHE? SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGIC ADVANCES WOMEN'S RIGHTS EUROPE FACES RISING TENSIONS WORLD WAR I THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION THROUGH THE RISE OF STALIN THE INTER-WAR YEARS         The Versailles Treaty         Indian Push for Independence         Nationalist Movements in the Middle East         The End of the Emperors --> Internal Strife in Nationalist                 China         Europe Between the Wars         The Great Depression         The Rise of Fascist Dictators         The Road to War Again WORLD WAR II         The War in Europe         Japan Creates an Asian Empire         The Allied Offensive         The Immediate Aftermath of World War II	26-1/26-4 26-2 26-3 26-5 27-1/27-2/27-3 28-1/28-2/28-3 27-4 29-1 29-2 29-4 30-1/30-2 30-3 30-4 30-5 31-1 31-2 31-3 31-4
VIII.  THE 20c SINCE          1945	THE COLD WAR BALANCE OF POWER         The Emergence of the Two Super Powers         The Bipolarization of Europe         Western Europe -- Cooperation & Common Market         Eastern Europe -- Communist Domination JAPAN -- THE ECONOMIC MIRACLE CHINA UNDER COMMUNIST RULE THE COLLAPSE OF THE BRITISH RAJ  SOUTHEAST ASIAN CONFLICTS THE END OF IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA         The Legacy of European Colonialism         Change in Africa After Independence         A Case Study -- South Africa CONFLICTS & CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE EAST THE AMERICAS IN THE POST-WAR WORLD         Political Instability in Latin America         The Struggle for Democracy in Latin America         Problems in the Caribbean Basin THE COLLAPSE OF COMMUNISM IN EASTERN EUROPE & THE BREAKUP OF THE SOVIET UNION         The Era of Gorbachev         German Unification & New Problems Facing Eastern                 Europe         Crisis in the Balkans	32-1 32-2 32-3 32-4 33-1 33-2/33-3 33-4 33-5 34-1 34-2 34-3 34-4/34-5 35-3 35-2 35-3 37-1 37-2 37-2
IX.  GLOBAL           CONNECTIONS &           INTERACTIONS	SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY GLOBAL PROBLEMS HUMAN RIGHTS CONFLICTING TRENDS SHAPE OUR WORLD THE NORTH-SOUTH DICHOTOMY THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS PATTERNS OF GLOBAL MIGRATION STATUS OF WOMEN VS. WOMEN'S RIGHTS MODERNIZATION VS. TRADITION -- FINDING A BALANCE	36-1 36-2 36-3 37-3 supplemental materials, since these topics are not covered well in the textbook. 37-4

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