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| | Famous People in World History 1688-1900 [Product Details.]
 Famous People in World History 1688-1900. Start each class with engaged students. Within 5 minutes, your class can be focused on history. Who's included? , 1572 Catherine de Medici, 1624 Louis XIII, 1628 Cardinal Richelieu, 1682 Louis XIV, 1665 Jean Colbert, 1740 Frederick the Great, 1480 Ivan the Great, 1565 Ivan the Terrible, 1703 Peter the Great, 1785 Catherine the Great, 1603 James I, 1625 Charles I, 1649 Oliver Cromwell, 1651 Thomas Hobbes, 1660 Charles II, 1685 James II, 1688 William & Mary, 1721 Walpole, 1689 John Locke, 1748 Montesquieu, 1759 Voltaire, 1762 Rousseau, 1776 Benjamin Franklin, 1776 Thomas Jefferson, 1787 James Madison, 1789 George Washington, 1820 Simon Bolivar, 1789 Louis XVI, 1789 Marie Antoinette, 1789 Lafayette, 1793 Robespierre, 1812 Napoleon, 1815 Duke of Wellington, 1799 Toussaint L’Ouverture, 1815 Prince Metternich, 1815 Prince Talleyrand, 1776 Adam Smith, 1798 Thomas Malthus, 1817 David Ricardo, 1769 James Watt, 1769 James Hargreaves, 1769 Richard Arkwright, 1797 Eli Whitney, 1807 Robert Fulton, 1829 George Stephenson, 1856 Henry Bessemer, 1831 Michael Faraday, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell, 1879 Thomas Edison, 1898 Guglielmo Marconi, 1837 Charles Dickens, 1832 Jeremy Bentham, 1859 John Stuart Mill, 1833 Robert Owen, 1900 George Bernard Shaw, 1848 Friedrich Engels, 1848 Karl Marx, 1891 Pope Leo XIII, 1833 William Wilberforce, 1868 William Gladstone, 1874 Benjamin Disraeli, 1916 David Lloyd George, 1793 Thaddeus Kosciusko, 1848 Louis Kossuth, 1852 Count Cavour, 1860 Garibaldi, 1870 Bismarck, 1858 Queen Victoria, 1857 The Sepoys, 1899 Rudyard Kipling, 1869 Ferdinand de Lessups, 1869 Stanley & Livingstone, 1878 King Leopold of Belgium, 1870 Cecil Rhodes, 1899 The Boers, 1853 Commodore Matthew Perry, 1868 The Meiji Emperor, 1900 The Boxers, 1900 Mark Twain, 1898 Emilio Aguinaldo, 1796 Edward Jenner, 1850 Louis Pasteur, 1860 Joseph Lister, 1859 Charles Darwin, 1890 Ivan Pavlov, 1890 Sigmund Freud, 1898 Madame Curie, 1854 Florence Nightingale, 1895 Alfred Nobel
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| | Recent History of the Middle East (1948-Present) [Product Details.]
No one region of the world produces as much headline news as the region we call the Middle East. Your students must understand the history of the region to have a clue what's going on with current events. This book provides a brief overview of the Ancient and Middle Age History of the Middle East it goes on to provide a more thorough look at the recent history (1948 - present) of this volatile region of the world.
| | World Statistics 2010-2011 [Product Details.]
A set of CHARTS you will use over and over again in World Cultures and World Geography. Not to mention Current Events. What is the most popular chart? Minimum wages around the world! (In China, it’s 43 cents an hour.) Book includes the following statistics: The Seven Continents. Land size
List of countries by land size
List of countries by population.
List of countries by urbanization.
The world’s most populous cities.
The top oil-producing countries.
The most industrialized countries.
List of countries by GDP.
List of countries by per capita income.
List of countries by minimum wage
List of countries by quality of life.
List of countries by infant mortality rate.
List of countries by life expectancy rate.
List of countries by literacy rate.
List of countries by poverty rate.
List of countries by income inequality.
List of countries by trade deficit.
List of countries by foreign debt.
List of countries by military expenditures.
| | World Regions - South America [Product Details.]
Hands down - the best resource for teaching South America. Explore this diverse continent with our action packed lessons covering the geography, history, politics, economy and culture.
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| | America in World War II [Product Details.]
While World History classes teach World War II from the world's perspective, this book is designed to focus on the American's effort and impact on the war. From isolationism to the Lend Lease Act of 1941 to Total War - this book covers it all in an engaging way that will keep your students at the forefront of the action in your Social Studies classroom.
| | The New Deal [Product Details.]
Out with the old - in with the New Deal. After an apparent lack of response from President Hoover, FDR wasn't going to make the same mistake. In his first term in office, President Roosevelt (FDR) presented the 3 R's to the American People: Relief. Recovery. Reform. A series of economic and social legislation to help pull America out of the Great Depression were passed between 1933 and 1936. The big question: Did it work? Your students will be the judge of that.
| | The Civil War [Product Details.]
Everything you need to know about the Civil War from A to Z: Causes, events, battles, turning points, leaders, and consequences. The concepts: states’ rights vs federalism, sectionalism, nullification and secession. Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and his speeches. 699 test questions.
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United States History and Government
Teacher Toolbooks | | The Age of Exploration [Product Details.]
Trace the routes of the great explorers.
The story of Magellan.
How the discovery of new continents made the Europeans re-think.
How the cultural exchange with Africa, Asia, and the Americas made Europeans re-think.
The impact of the cultural exchange on all the continents.
The rise of mercantilism on a global scale.
The changing international trading and marketing patterns.
| | Colonial America [Product Details.]
Everything from A to Z. Why the colonies were founded, life in colonial America, compare and contrast the three regions - New England, the Middle colonies, and the South. Why representative government arose in the Thirteen Colonies. 516 test questions.
| | The American Revolution [Product Details.]
Everything you need to know about the American Revolution, from A to Z. The Causes. The Revolutionary War. The Leaders. The Results. A full analysis of the significance of the Declaration of Independence. 200 test questions.
| | The U.S. Constitution [Product Details.]
You can’t touch this - no other workbook comes close. Topics: The origins, fundamental principles, Constitutional Convention, Bill of Rights, and how the Constitution works. The centerpiece: Guys and gals recreate the Constitutional Convention. (It’s easy, we provide a worksheet for each student in your class.) Action games and analysis of documents help students appreciate the principles that underlie our Constitution. 551 test questions.
| | The Early Republic [Product Details.]
The Federalist era and the rise of the two-party system. Compare and contrast Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase. The War of 1812: causes, events, people, and results. The Industrial Revolution: inventors, factories, and immigrant labor. 505 test questions.
| | Growth and Conflict [Product Details.]
From 1830 onward, this explains the causes of the Civil War. Andrew Jackson and Jacksonian democracy. Westward expansion. The Mexican War. Slavery and slave resistance. The Abolitionists. The Reformers: Horace
Mann and many more. 699 test questions.
| | The Civil War [Product Details.]
Everything you need to know about the Civil War from A to Z: Causes, events, battles, turning points, leaders, and consequences. The concepts: states’ rights vs federalism, sectionalism, nullification and secession. Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and his speeches. 699 test questions.
| | The Industrial Age [Product Details.]
The Industrial Revolution, 1870 to 1900. Railroads and high-tech farming shaped a new federal Indian policy. The Sioux Wars. The Homestead Act. Inventors and inventions: Edison, Bell, the Wright brothers. Industrialists and bankers (Carnegie, Rockefeller, Stanford, Morgan) shaped both economics and politics. Urbanization and industrialization. Child labor. Laissez-faire. The labor movement. Immigration. The Populist Party. 240 test questions.
| | The U.S. as a World Power [Product Details.]
The Spanish-American War, 1898. The Open Door policy. The Panama Canal. Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick diplomacy. Taft’s dollar diplomacy. Woodrow Wilson’s moral diplomacy. 603 test questions.
| | The Progressive Era [Product Details.]
The Muckrakers. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. Life in the industrial cities: sweatshops and slums, and the political machine. Corporate mergers and the Trust. Social Darwinism and the Social Gospel. The Progressive Party. Federal regulation of big business. President Theodore Roosevelt. 944 test questions.
| | America in World War I [Product Details.]
Everything you need to know about World War I (at home and abroad), from A to Z. The causes, events, people, and consequences of the war. Plus: What was happening on the home front? 414 test questions.
| | The Roaring Twenties [Product Details.]
Three Republican presidents: Harding, Coolidge and Hoover. The Palmer Raids. Marcus Garvey. The KKK. Immigration quotas. Groups that tried to protect individual rights: ACLU, NAACP, Anti-Defamation League. The 18th, 19th, and 21st Amendments. The new status of women. The Harlem Renaissance. Radio, movies, and
popular culture. 586 test questions.
| | The Great Depression [Product Details.]
The causes and consequences of the Great Depression. The Dust Bowl. FDR and the New Deal. Expansion of the federal government: WPA, Social Security, NLRB, farm programs, and the TVA. The role of organized labor. 784 test questions.
| | The Modern World - World War II [Product Details.]
Everything you need to know about World War II, from A to Z. The causes, events, people, and consequences of the war. The Axis and Allies. Appeasement. Theaters of war, turning points, and war conferences. Churchill, FDR, Hirohito, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, MacArthur, and Eisenhower. The Holocaust. Plus: What was happening on the home front? 656 test questions.
| | The Modern World -The Cold War Across The Globe [Product Details.]
Everything you need to know about the Cold War, from A to Z. The two superpowers (U.S. and U.S.S.R.) face
off. The causes: Yalta, Eastern Europe, the nuclear arms race. The Marshall Plan, rebuilding Germany and Japan. The Truman Doctrine, the Korean War, Vietnam. Competition for hearts and minds in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. China from Mao to Tiananmen Square. Eastern Europe from the Iron Curtain to the 1990s. The Middle East from the birth of israel to the 1990s. 602 test questions.
| | The Civil Rights Movement [Product Details.]
How World War II changed expectations. Brown v. Board of Education. The leaders: A. Philip Randolph, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Thurgood Marshall, James Farmer, and Rosa Parks. Dr. King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail and his “I Have a Dream” speech. Resistance at Little Rock and Birmingham. The movement spreads to northern cities. The 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the 24th Amendment. The impact on American Indians, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and the women’s movement of the
1960s. 625 test questions.
| | Origins of the U.S. Constitution [Product Details.]
American Government Part I: The Us Constitution - The Concepts Were Revolutionary and Remain So to This Day. How did the founding fathers come up with the concepts embedded in the U.S. Constitution? The main purpose of government is to promote the public good. The Classical Age - The Greeks invented democracy. The Romans invented the republic and citizenship.
Medieval England - The Magna Carta established the principle of limited government. The main purpose of government is to protect individual rights.
The Judeo-Christian Ethic - the importance of the individual.
The Glorious Revolution - A constitutional monarchy and the English Bill of Rights. John Locke - Natural Rights and the Social Contract.
Montesquieu - Three Branches, Separation of Powers, Checks & Balances, plus Majority Rule/Minority Rights. The Mayflower Compact - Consent of the Governed.
The Great Awakening - Separation of Church & State. The Declaration of Independence - Political equality ("All men are created equal.")
| | Principles beneath the Constitution [Product Details.]
Students recreate the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and then examine the principles beneath the Constitution: tyranny of the majority, separation of powers, checks and balances, an independent judiciary, enumerated powers, the rule of law, federalism, and civilian control of the military.
| | The Three Branches [Product Details.]
Examine all seven articles of the Constitution, then zoom in on the 3 branches of government - the President, Congress and Supreme Court. Each branch: What is its purpose? What power does it have? How is its power checked by the other branches?
| | Civil Liberties [Product Details.]
The First Amendment. Landmark court cases. Freedom of speech (symbolic speech, libel, obscenity, sedition). Freedom of the press (propaganda and prior restraint). Freedom of assembly (civil disobedience). Freedom of petition (the right to lobby). Freedom of Religion (Separation of Church & State, school prayer, the Ten Commandments, and the Pledge of Allegiance).
| | Rights of the Accused [Product Details.]
Amendments 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. When accused of a crime, what rights do you have - and why?
| | The Right to Privacy [Product Details.]
Amendment 9: The right to privacy, reproductive rights, economic rights, freedom of association, and more. Amendment 10: States’ rights, full faith and credit, and same-sex marriage.
| | Civil Rights [Product Details.]
The 14th Amendment - the Civil Rights struggle from integration to affirmative action. The 15th Amendment - the Civil Rights movement won the right to vote.
| | The Two-Party System [Product Details.]
The rise of the two-party system - and the role of third parties in U.S. history.
The Progressives: direct democracy - the initiative, referendum and recall.
The Conservatives: reapportionment, redistricting, and gerrymandering.
| | The Presidential Campaign - 2008 [Product Details.]
Everything you needed heading into the 2008 presidential race! The political parties. The candidates. The issues. Campaign finance.
Campaign advertising. The Primary. Polls. Voting behavior. Electronic voting machines. The Electoral College.
| | Comparative Governments [Product Details.]
Forms of government.
Part I: Constitutional Democracy: The parliamentary system.
Part II: Totalitarianism: Communism & Fascism. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The fall of communism.
Part III: Authoritarian regimes, especially military dictatorships.
Part IV: The trend today is democracy.
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Predicting the Past (Daily Warmups) | | Presidents: Washington to Lincoln [Product Details.]
Presidents: George Washington to Abraham Lincoln
| | Presidents: Johnson to McKinley [Product Details.]
Presidents: Andrew Johnson to William McKinley
| | Presidents of the 20th Century [Product Details.]
| | African Americans of the 20th Century [Product Details.]
| | Women of the 20th Century [Product Details.]
Your students won't soon forget the famaous American Women of the 20th Century. From Helen Keller to Hillary Clinton, this book tells a memorable story about each woman ad asks students to predict how things turn out. Perfect daily warm up and great for knowing those people who will be on the test.
| | Daily Warm Ups: Famous People of the 20th Century [Product Details.]
Daily Warm Ups: Famous People of the 20th Century. Start each class with engaged students. Within 5 minutes, your class can be focused on history.
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Downloadable Units (Micro-Toolbooks) | | The War of 1812 [Product Details.]
Everything you need to teach the War of 1812. Causes, results, major action, the turning points and the major players. Unit guide contains lecture notes, graphic organizers, maps, mapping activities, homework activities, YouTube videos, group activities, brain games, document analysis, and a guarantee to engage your students. Over 30 lesson plans and scores of practice test questions.
| | Causes of the Civil War [Product Details.]
US History Resource, The Causes of the Civil War
| | The Civil War [Product Details.]
US History Resource, The Civil War
| | Reconstruction Told Through Political Cartoons [Product Details.]
US History Resource, American Reconstruction told through political cartoons.
| | US Reconstruction (1865-1877) [Product Details.]
US History Resource, American Reconstruction told through political cartoons.
| | The Spanish American War [Product Details.]
Everything you need to teach the Spanish-American War (1898). Causes, results, major action, the turning points and the major players. Unit guide contains lecture notes, graphic organizers, maps, mapping activities, homework activities, YouTube videos, group activities, brain games, document analysis, and a guarantee to engage your students. Over 50 lesson plans and hundreds of practice test questions.
| | The Vietnam War [Product Details.]
US History Resource, The Vietnam War
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Testbooks | | Testbook: U.S. History 1609-1900 [Product Details.]
Over 4400 unique test questions covering Colonial America, The American Revolution, The U.S. Constitution, The Early Republic, Growth & Conflict, The Civil War, and The Industrial Age.
Using Bloom's Taxonomy, we take every term, person, quote and event and ask questions 6 different ways. This is how the people that write End Of Course Tests do it. It is the practice your students need!
| | Testbook: U.S. History - The 20th Century [Product Details.]
Over 5200 unique test questions covering The U.S. as a World Power, The Progressive Era, World War I, The Roaring Twenties, The Great Depression & New Deal, World War II, The Cold War, and The Civil Rights Movement.
Using Bloom's Taxonomy, we take every term, person, quote and event and ask questions 6 different ways. This is how the people that write End Of Course Tests do it. It is the practice your students need!
| | Testbook: U.S. Government / Civics [Product Details.]
Over 3200 unique test questions covering The U.S. Constitution, The Bill of Rights, The Two-Party System, and Comparative Governments.
Using Bloom's Taxonomy, we take every term, person, quote and event and ask questions 6 different ways. This is how the people that write End Of Course Tests do it. It is the practice your students need!
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World History | | The Stone Age [Product Details.]
From the Stone Age to the Agricultural Revolution. 53 test questions.
| | Ancient Mesopotamia [Product Details.]
Birthplace of the world’s first civilization! The Fertile Crescent, Tigris & Euphrates rivers, irrigation, polytheism
and Hammurabi’s Code. Cuneiform, Sumerian math, the wheel and sail. Compare and contrast Mesopotamia
and Egypt. 84 test questions.
| | Ancient Egypt and Kush [Product Details.]
The Nile River Valley, the afterlife, pharaohs, pyramids. Hieroglyphs and the Rosetta Stone. Mediterranean
trade. Queen Hatshepsut and Ramses the Great. Includes the Kingdom of Kush. 104 test questions.
| | The Ancient Hebrews [Product Details.]
The world’s first monotheists! The Hebrew Bible. The religion of Judaism. Mapping the Exodus. Speeches from
Abraham, Moses, Naomi, Ruth and David. The Babylonian Captivity, destruction of the Temple, and the
Diaspora. Includes the board game, “The Greatest Story Ever Told”. 92 test questions.
| | Ancient Greece [Product Details.]
The world’s first democracy! The Aegean Sea, Athens and the Acropolis. Forms of government: tyranny, oligarchy,
democracy and dictatorship. Direct vs. representative democracy. Greek mythology, Homer’s Iliad and
Odyssey, and Aesop’s fables. The Persian Wars. Compare and contrast Sparta and Athens. The Peloponnesian
Wars. Alexander the Great and the spread of Greek culture. Speeches by Pericles, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle,
Euclid and Thucydides. Includes the board game, “The Rise & Fall of the Greek Empire.” 201 test questions.
| | Ancient India [Product Details.]
The latest archaeological discoveries about the Harappan Civilization. The Indus River Valley, the Aryans and
Sanskrit, Brahmanism and the caste system. An A+ explanation of Hinduism. The Mauryan Empire, the life and
moral teachings of Buddha, and the political achievements of Emperor Asoka. The spread of Buddhism.
Literature: the Rig Veda, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita. The Hindu -Arabic numerals
we use today. 185 test questions.
| | Ancient China [Product Details.]
The only civilization that never fell. The rise of a civilization in the Huang He Valley, geographic isolation, hereditary
rule, ancestor worship, calligraphy, the use of bronze. The “Mandate of Heaven.” How the Age of Warring
States gave rise to Confucius and Confucianism. The first Emperor builds a centralized government and the
Great Wall. The Han dynasty - expansion of the empire, bureaucratic state, civil service test, the Silk Road,
Buddhism spreads to China and the invention of paper. 185 test questions.
| | Ancient Rome [Product Details.]
The rise of the Roman Republic. Written constitution, tripartite government, checks and balances, civic duty.
The stories of Aeneas, Romulus and Remus, Cincinnatus, Cicero, Julius Caesar and Augustus. The rise of the
Roman Empire: control of the Mediterranean Sea, expansion of the empire and trade. The rise of Christianity:
The Diaspora, Jesus of Nazareth, and St. Paul the Apostle. The Roman legacy: Art and architecture, science
and technology, language and literature, law and government. 213 test questions.
| | The Middle Ages - The Fall of Rome [Product Details.]
Why did Rome fall? What was the significance of the Byzantine Empire? What was the Great Schism? Student speeches by Constantine the
Great. 114 test questions.
| | The Middle Ages - Europe [Product Details.]
How geography shaped life in medieval Europe. How Christianity spread throughout northern Europe. The rise of feudalism and life on the
manor. The rise of towns. The rise of monarchy. Kings & Popes. The story of Charlemagne. William the Conqueror and the Norman invasion.
The Magna Carta, Parliament, the English court system - and how they influenced the U.S. Causes and results of the Crusades. Trace the
route of the bubonic plague. The Catholic Church’s impact on Europe. Ferdinand, Isabella, and the Reconquista. 1,364 test questions.
| | The Middle Ages - Islam [Product Details.]
The life of Muhammad and the religion of Islam. The Koran: beliefs, practices, and law. The Five Pillars. A pilgrimage to Mecca. Ramadan.
What beliefs do Muslims share with Jews and Christians? Sunni vs Shiite Muslims. How geography shaped Arab culture. Compare the
nomadic and sedentary way of life. The spread of Islam by military conquests, cultural blending, and the spread of the Arabic language. The
rise of cities. The role of merchants and their caravan trade routes throughout Asia, Africa and Europe. The Golden Age of Islam: Muslim
scholars and their intellectual achievements. 348 test questions.
| | The Middle Ages - China [Product Details.]
The Golden Age of China. Four dynasties - Tang, Sung, Mongols, and Ming. The reunification of China. Buddhism spread through China,
Korea and Japan. Block printing was invented. The Mongol invasion, Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, and Marco Polo. Confucianism. The
Grand Canal. The Silk Road. Sea expeditions. The imperial state and its bureaucracy. Chinese inventions (tea, paper, woodblock printing,
the compass, and gunpowder) and their impact on world history. 338 test questions.
| | The Middle Ages - Africa [Product Details.]
Life in the Niger River Valley. How geography shaped the caravan trade. Desert people traded salt; rainforest people traded gold. The two
peoples met in the savanna, “where the camel meets the canoe.” The Empire of Ghana was founded on the gold-salt trade. The story of
Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali. The importance of family, specialized jobs, and the oral tradition in West Africa. How Arab merchants
spread the Arabic language and the religion of Islam. 246 test questions.
| | The Middle Ages - Japan [Product Details.]
How geography shaped the culture. Nara. Prince Shotoku. The Golden Age of Literature: Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji, The
Pillow Book, and haiku. The rise of a military society. Shinto and Zen Buddhism. The rise of cities like Edo (Tokyo). How weak Ashikaga
shoguns tried to rule, yet the daimyo warred among themselves. The samurai’s impact on culture. Noh and Kabuki theater. How medieval
Japan and medieval England were very similar. 631 test questions.
| | The Maya, Aztec & Inca [Product Details.]
The Maya carved a civilization out the rainforest of Central America: slash-and-burn farming, pyramids, a system of writing, math and astronomy.
The Aztecs moved to the Plateau of Mexico and built a floating city: Tenochtitlan, Lake Texcoco, floating gardens, tomatoes, maize,
chocolate, causeways, aqueducts, a warlike society with slavery and human sacrifice. Like the Romans, the Inca were engineers: The
Andes, roads along the rides, terrace farming, royal messengers, the quipu, the potato, Cusco and Machu Picchu. 178 test questions.
| | Renaissance & Reformation [Product Details.]
THE RENAISSANCE: What was the Renaissance? Florence and Venice. Trade along the Silk Road. Marco Polo. The impact of the printing
press. The achievements. The stories of Dante, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Gutenberg, and Shakespeare.
THE REFORMATION: What was the Reformation? The leaders - Erasmus, Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Tynedale. The impact of
Protestantism. The Counter-Reformation: Jesuits, the Council of Trent, and Catholic missionaries throughout Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
The Inquisition. 743 test questions.
| | Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment [Product Details.]
SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION: What was the Scientific Revolution? The impact of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton. The inventions -
telescope, microscope, thermometer, barometer. Bacon and Descartes. The scientific method. The impact of rationalism on democratic
ideas.
THE AGE OF EXPLORATION: What made exploration possible? Trace the routes of the great explorers. The stories of Magellan and all the
explorers. The impact of the cultural exchange on all the continents. The rise of mercantilism on a global scale.
THE ENLIGHTENMENT: What was the Age of Reason? John Locke and Montesquieu - how did their philosophy evolve into democratic
institutions? How the principles of the Magna Carta ended up in the English Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the U.S.
Constitution. 356 test questions.
| | Testbook: World History - the Middle Ages [Product Details.]
Over 4300 unique test questions covering Fall of the Roman Empire, The Rise of Islam, Medieval China, Africa in the Middle Ages, Medieval Japan, Medieval Europe, The Maya, Inca, Aztec, The Renaissance & Reformation, The Scientific Revolution, Age of Exploration, and The Enlightenment.
Using Bloom's Taxonomy, we take every term, person, quote and event and ask questions 6 different ways. This is how the people that write End Of Course Tests do it. It is the practice your students need!
| | The Modern World - The Three Revolutions [Product Details.]
| | The Modern World - The Industrial Revolution [Product Details.]
| | The Modern World - Imperialism [Product Details.]
| | The Modern World - World War I [Product Details.]
| | The Modern World - The Rise of Dictators [Product Details.]
| | The Modern World - World War II [Product Details.]
Everything you need to know about World War II, from A to Z. The causes, events, people, and consequences of the war. The Axis and Allies. Appeasement. Theaters of war, turning points, and war conferences. Churchill, FDR, Hirohito, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, MacArthur, and Eisenhower. The Holocaust. Plus: What was happening on the home front? 656 test questions.
| | The Modern World -The Cold War Across The Globe [Product Details.]
Everything you need to know about the Cold War, from A to Z. The two superpowers (U.S. and U.S.S.R.) face
off. The causes: Yalta, Eastern Europe, the nuclear arms race. The Marshall Plan, rebuilding Germany and Japan. The Truman Doctrine, the Korean War, Vietnam. Competition for hearts and minds in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. China from Mao to Tiananmen Square. Eastern Europe from the Iron Curtain to the 1990s. The Middle East from the birth of israel to the 1990s. 602 test questions.
| | The Modern World - The World Today [Product Details.]
| | Famous People of the Ancient World [Product Details.]
We tell you about their dilemma, now YOU predict what they did!
It's hard to remember historical figures, much less why each became famous.
Story telling makes each historical figure an individual and therefore memorable.
Brand new! Read a true story about a famous person – and then predict what happens to him or her. Nonfiction, high-interest stories (Grade 5 readability; interest level up to Grade 12). Each story is brief – just half a page. Each is personal, fascinating – and memorable. Combines history and language arts; helps students identify people on standardized tests. Perfect for students at risk. You need only one workbook for the whole class.
| | Famous People of the Middle Ages [Product Details.]
It's hard to remember historical figures, much less why each became famous.
We tell you about their dilemma, now YOU predict what they did!
Story telling makes each historical figure an individual and therefore memorable.
This book covers all the ones that are on the test!
The fall of the Roman Empire: from Julius Caesar to Attila the Hun. Islam in the Middle Ages: from Muhammad to Ibn Battuta. Africa in the Middle Ages: from Sundiata to Mansa Musa. China in the Middle Ages: from the Han dynasty to the Mongols. Medieval Japan: including Prince Shotoku and Lady Murasaki. Medieval Europe: everybody from Charlemagne and William the Conqueror to Eleanor of Aquitaine and Joan of Arc.
| | Famous People of the Renaissance & Reformation [Product Details.]
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Predicting the Past (Daily Warmups) | | Famous People of the Ancient World [Product Details.]
We tell you about their dilemma, now YOU predict what they did!
It's hard to remember historical figures, much less why each became famous.
Story telling makes each historical figure an individual and therefore memorable.
Brand new! Read a true story about a famous person – and then predict what happens to him or her. Nonfiction, high-interest stories (Grade 5 readability; interest level up to Grade 12). Each story is brief – just half a page. Each is personal, fascinating – and memorable. Combines history and language arts; helps students identify people on standardized tests. Perfect for students at risk. You need only one workbook for the whole class.
| | Famous People of the Middle Ages [Product Details.]
It's hard to remember historical figures, much less why each became famous.
We tell you about their dilemma, now YOU predict what they did!
Story telling makes each historical figure an individual and therefore memorable.
This book covers all the ones that are on the test!
The fall of the Roman Empire: from Julius Caesar to Attila the Hun. Islam in the Middle Ages: from Muhammad to Ibn Battuta. Africa in the Middle Ages: from Sundiata to Mansa Musa. China in the Middle Ages: from the Han dynasty to the Mongols. Medieval Japan: including Prince Shotoku and Lady Murasaki. Medieval Europe: everybody from Charlemagne and William the Conqueror to Eleanor of Aquitaine and Joan of Arc.
| | Famous People of the Renaissance & Reformation [Product Details.]
| | Daily Warm Ups: Famous People of the 20th Century [Product Details.]
Daily Warm Ups: Famous People of the 20th Century. Start each class with engaged students. Within 5 minutes, your class can be focused on history.
| | Daily Warm Ups - World History Tournament - 2009 [Product Details.]
Daily Warm Ups for World History
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Downloadable Units (Micro-Toolbooks) | | The Renaissance [Product Details.]
The Renaissance: Like a spring after a long dark winter.
| | The Reformation [Product Details.]
The Reformation: Causes, Results, Leaders and More
| | World War I Told Through Political Cartoons [Product Details.]
World History Resource, World War I told through political cartoons.
| | The Russian Revolution [Product Details.]
Performance Education presents: The Russian Revolution: A Downloadable Unit Guide
| | Stalin [Product Details.]
Performance Education presents: Stalin: A Downloadable Unit Guide
| | Hitler [Product Details.]
Performance Education presents: Hitler: A Downloadable Unit Guide
| | The Holocaust [Product Details.]
The Holocaust - The testimony of the survivors.
| | The Fall of the Soviet Union [Product Details.]
Mikhail Gorbachev is supposed to be the star of this drama, but he is continuously overtaken by events and upstaged by a cast of colorful characters: President Reagan and the Evil Empire, Margaret Thatcher and “Star Wars,” the Communist Party and Chernobyl, Osama bin Laden and the Soviet War in Afghanistan, the Old Guard and its failed military coup, Boris Yeltsin and the Radical Reformers, the Nationalist rebels and Chechen terrorists, the Russian Mafia and the billionaire Oligarchs – not to mention Putin and the ever-popular KGB.
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Testbooks | | Testbook: Ancient Civilizations [Product Details.]
Over 1100 unique test questions covering The Stone Age, Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt (and the Kingdom of Kush), The Ancient Hebrews, Ancient Greece, Ancient India (The Indus Valley), Ancient China and Ancient Rome.
Using Bloom's Taxonomy, we take every term, person, quote and event and ask questions 6 different ways. This is how the people that write End Of Course Tests do it. It is the practice your students need!
| | Testbook: World History - the Middle Ages [Product Details.]
Over 4300 unique test questions covering Fall of the Roman Empire, The Rise of Islam, Medieval China, Africa in the Middle Ages, Medieval Japan, Medieval Europe, The Maya, Inca, Aztec, The Renaissance & Reformation, The Scientific Revolution, Age of Exploration, and The Enlightenment.
Using Bloom's Taxonomy, we take every term, person, quote and event and ask questions 6 different ways. This is how the people that write End Of Course Tests do it. It is the practice your students need!
| | Testbook: World History - French Rev to Today [Product Details.]
Over 4600 unique test questions covering The Age of Revolutions, The Industrial Revolution, The Age of Imperialism, World War I, The Rise of Dictators, World War II, The Cold War and The World Today.
Using Bloom's Taxonomy, we take every term, person, quote and event and ask questions 6 different ways. This is how the people that write End Of Course Tests do it. It is the practice your students need!
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World Regions (Geography/Economics/Culture/Government) | | World Statistics 2010-2011 [Product Details.]
A set of CHARTS you will use over and over again in World Cultures and World Geography. Not to mention Current Events. What is the most popular chart? Minimum wages around the world! (In China, it’s 43 cents an hour.) Book includes the following statistics: The Seven Continents. Land size
List of countries by land size
List of countries by population.
List of countries by urbanization.
The world’s most populous cities.
The top oil-producing countries.
The most industrialized countries.
List of countries by GDP.
List of countries by per capita income.
List of countries by minimum wage
List of countries by quality of life.
List of countries by infant mortality rate.
List of countries by life expectancy rate.
List of countries by literacy rate.
List of countries by poverty rate.
List of countries by income inequality.
List of countries by trade deficit.
List of countries by foreign debt.
List of countries by military expenditures.
| | Recent History of the Middle East (1948-Present) [Product Details.]
No one region of the world produces as much headline news as the region we call the Middle East. Your students must understand the history of the region to have a clue what's going on with current events. This book provides a brief overview of the Ancient and Middle Age History of the Middle East it goes on to provide a more thorough look at the recent history (1948 - present) of this volatile region of the world.
| | World Regions - South America [Product Details.]
Hands down - the best resource for teaching South America. Explore this diverse continent with our action packed lessons covering the geography, history, politics, economy and culture.
| | World Regions - China [Product Details.]
This brand-new ToolBook takes a look at China today— its geography, government, economy, and the 2008 summer Olympics! It will open your eyes.
*Note: This ToolBook may be controversial. Our point of view depicts the atrocity of human rights violations prevalent throughout China today.
This ToolBook addresses the current issues of human rights violations occurring in present day China. We take a behind-the-scenes look at the one billion people suffering from massive human rights violations, while on television and in the media China put on a magnificent display in its production and events while hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. This book also addresses similar human rights violations in Tibet and Darfur. It prompts discussion on the resulting protests in London, Paris, Tokyo, and San Francisco. Today's China is depicted through illustrations and lessons on its geography, government, economic, and the Olympics.
| | World Regions - The Caribbean [Product Details.]
It's more than just a great place to vacation! In this ToolBook, using games and worksheets, students learn all about Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Bahamas, no problemo! It includes action-packed lessons, games galore, including "The Great Mapmaster," political cartoons on hot topics, and articles from National Geographic. It is heavy on key terms, but presented in a memorable format with activities such as "The ABCs of the Caribbean" (recall terms), and "Can you speak Spanish?" Si!
| | World Regions - Mexico [Product Details.]
Everything you ever wanted to know about Mexico! Geography, history, government, economics and culture. Favorite lessons:
Create a human map of Mexico. What’s it like to live in Mexico City, the world’s most populous city? Why people move from
Mexico to the U.S. The Top Ten Reasons why immigration is good. The Top Ten Reasons why immigration is bad. Mapping “the
Fence” along the U.S.-Mexico border. What Mexico inherited from Spain. The Mexican Revolution of 1910. The Constitution of
Mexico gives government control over natural resources. Mexico is oil-rich. Corruption is the No. 1 political problem in Latin
America today. NAFTA: What is free trade? Has it helped the Mexican economy? 410 test questions.
| | World Regions - Asia [Product Details.]
This ToolBook is the best introduction to Asia. The topics covered include: China, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia, with lessons, illustrations, and games on the region's geography, economics, political system, and culture.
| | World Regions - Africa [Product Details.]
Zip through Africa with ease! Physical regions: Sahara Desert, rainforest, savanna. Cultural regions: West Africa, North Africa, East
Africa, South Africa. How to write four different essays on one historical figure - Mansa Musa, Ibn Battuta or Nelson Mandela.
Topics: geography, history, culture, and economics. How to write country reports. 444 test questions.
| | World Regions - The Middle East [Product Details.]
Action-packed lessons cover the region’s geography, economy, religion, history, and culture. Develop a mental map using action
games like “The Great Mapmaster,” “Red Light, Green Light,” and “Where Am I?” Learn the story of oil to explain gasoline prices
today. A sophisticated (but fun) look at religion: The life of Muhammad, the Hajj, the ABCs of Islam, a Muslim never eats port, and
Life is like a rock group.
| | World Regions - Central Asia [Product Details.]
Formerly known as “Afghanistan & the Seven Stans.” An overview of Central Asia, the fascinating route along the Silk Road. An
overview of the region (history, culture, religion, politics, economics), then take a closer look Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan,
Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikstan and Kyrgyzstan. Includes the suspense-filled story behind September 11, 2001.
| | World Regions - Eastern Europe [Product Details.]
The toughest region to teach: 19 countries that fell behind the Iron Curtain. Since 1990, most have new names, new borders, new
governments, new everything!
| | World Regions - Western Europe [Product Details.]
Do you get bogged down in Western Europe? Zip through it, from A to Z. Fifty action-packed lessons designed for whole-class
learning and cooperative groups. Each lesson is 20 minutes in and out. Perfect for block courses.
| | World Regions - Canada [Product Details.]
Everything you need to know about our northern neighbor! The five themes of Canada's geography. The economy, natural resources and industries. Canada's history and government, its people, culture and cultural diversity. The section on Canadian comedy is hysterically funny. 411 pages. 133 lessons. 1,008 test questions.
| | World Regions - Latin America [Product Details.]
Latin America Social Studies Workbook. History, politics, culture, economics and geography of Mexico, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
| | World Regions - Australia [Product Details.]
Australia, the “Land Down Under”! A jillion activities covering the geography, economy, history and culture of fascinating Australia.
Everything you ever wanted to know about this incredible island-continent. 426 test questions.
| | Global Studies: Trade [Product Details.]
We begin with the personal and move to the global.
Part 1: How is your family connected to the rest of the world? Much of the stuff in your house is imported: Where was it made?
Why there? Part 2: The world in a chocolate bar. Where factories are located and why.
| | Global Studies: Country Comparisons [Product Details.]
Compare and contrast countries! Topics: World population, wealth, natural resources. Why do some countries have such a large
population? Why are some countries rich, others poor? Case study of oil and the Middle East. Make and interpret charts and
graphs, thematic maps, cartograms and population pyramids. Heavy on terms.
| | The ABC's of World Culture [Product Details.]
What is culture? Using the ABC's, we show you how to analyze any culture in the world. A great way to learn cultural similarities and differences. This workbook, along with the poster, enables you to analyze any culture in the world. Learn how language reveals our culture. 37 ready to reproduce, imaginative, hands-on lessons tackle Art & Literature, Jobs, Status, and Ways of Everyday Life.
78 pp. Grades 6-12
| | The Progressive Era [Product Details.]
The Muckrakers. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. Life in the industrial cities: sweatshops and slums, and the political machine. Corporate mergers and the Trust. Social Darwinism and the Social Gospel. The Progressive Party. Federal regulation of big business. President Theodore Roosevelt. 944 test questions.
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