OER Resources
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Unit 1
Renaissance and Exploration c. 1450 to c. 1648
Topic 1.1: Contextualizing Renaissance and Discovery
Topic 1.2: Italian Renaissance
Topic 1.3: Northern Renaissance
Topic 1.4: Printing
Topic 1.5: New Monarchies
Topic 1.6: Technological Advances and the Age of Exploration
Topic 1.7: Rivals on the World Stage
Topic 1.8: Colonial Expansion and Columbian Exchange
Topic 1.9: Slave Trade
Topic 1.10: The Commercial Revolution
Unit 1 Review
Unit 2
The Age of Reformation c. 1450 to c. 1648
Topic 2.1: Contextualizing 16th- and 17th-Century Challenges and Developments
Topic 2.2: Luther and the Protestant Reformation
Topic 2.3: Protestant Reform Continues
Topic 2.4: Wars of Religion
Topic 2.5: The Catholic Reformation
Topic 2.6: 16th-Century Society and Politics
Topic 2.7: Art of the 16th Century: Mannerism and Baroque Art
Topic 2.8: Causation in the Age of Reformation and the Wars of Religion
Unit 2 Review
Unit 3
Absolutism and Constitutionalism c. 1648 to c. 1815
Topic 3.1: Contextualizing State Building
Topic 3.2: The English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution
Topic 3.3: Continuities and Changes to Economic Practice and Development
Topic 3.4: Economic Development and Mercantilism
Topic 3.5: The Dutch Golden Age
Topic 3.6: Balance of Power
Topic 3.7: Absolutist Approaches to Power
Topic 3.8: Comparison in the Age of Absolutism and Constitutionalism
Unit 3 Review
Unit 4
Scientific, Philosophical, and Political Developments c. 1648 to c. 1815
Topic 4.1: Contextualizing the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment
Topic 4.2: The Scientific Revolution
Topic 4.3: The Enlightenment
Topic 4.4: 18th-Century Society and Demographics
Topic 4.5: 18th-Century Culture and Arts
Topic 4.6: Enlightened and Other Approaches to Power
Topic 4.7: Causation in the Age of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment
Unit 4 Review
Unit 5
Conflict, Crisis, and Reaction in the Late 18th Century c. 1648 to c. 1815
Topic 5.1: Contextualizing 18th-Century States
Topic 5.2: The Rise of Global Markets
Topic 5.3: Britain’s Ascendency
Topic 5.4: The French Revolution
Topic 5.5: The French Revolution’s Effects
Topic 5.6: Napoleon’s Rise, Dominance, and Defeat
Topic 5.7: The Congress of Vienna
Topic 5.8: Romanticism
Topic 5.9 : Continuity and Change in 18th-Century States
Unit 5 Review
Unit 6
Industrialization and Its Effects c. 1815 to c. 1914
Topic 6.1: Contextualizing Industrialization and Its Origins and Effects
Topic 6.2: The Spread of Industry Throughout Europe
Topic 6.3: Second Wave Industrialization and Its Effects
Topic 6.4: Social Effects of Industrialization
Topic 6.5: The Concert of Europe and European Conservatism
Topic 6.6: Reactions and Revolutions
Topic 6.7: Ideologies of Change and Reform Movements
Topic 6.8: 19th-Century Social Reform
Topic 6.9: Institutional Responses and Reform
Unit 6 Review
Unit 7
19th-Century Perspectives and Political Developments c. 1815 to c. 1914
Topic 7.1: Contextualizing 19th-Century Perspectives and Political Developments
Topic 7.2: Nationalism
Topic 7.3: National Unification and Diplomatic Tensions
Topic 7.4: Darwinism, Social Darwinism
Topic 7.5: Age of Progress and Modernity
Topic 7.6: New Imperialism: Motivations and Methods
Topic 7.7: Imperialism’s Global Effects
Topic 7.8: 19th-Century Culture and Arts
Topic 7.9: Causation in 19th-Century Perspectives and Political Developments
Unit 7 Review
Unit 8
20th-Century Global Conflicts c. 1914 to Present
Topic 8.1: Contextualizing 20th-Century Global Conflicts
Topic 8.2: World War I
Topic 8.3: The Russian Revolution and Its Effects
Topic 8.4: Versailles Conference and Peace Settlement
Topic 8.5: Global Economic Crisis
Topic 8.6: Fascism and Totalitarianism
Topic 8.7: Europe During the Interwar Period
Topic 8.8: World War II
Topic 8.9: The Holocaust
Topic 8.10: 20th-Century Cultural, Intellectual, and Artistic Developments
Topic 8.11: Continuity and Change in an Age of Global Conflict
Unit 8 Review
Unit 9
Cold War and Contemporary Europe c. 1914 to Present
Topic 9.1: Contextualizing Cold War and Contemporary Europe
Topic 9.2: Rebuilding Europe
Topic 9.3: The Cold War
Topic 9.4: Two Super Powers Emerge
Topic 9.5: Postwar Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Atrocities
Topic 9.6: Contemporary Western Democracies
Topic 9.7: The Fall of Communism
Topic 9.8: 20th-Century Feminism
Topic 9.9: Decolonization
Topic 9.10: The European Union
Topic 9.11: Migration and Immigration
Topic 9.12: Technology
Topic 9.13: Globalization
Topic 9.14: 20th- and 21st-Century Culture, Arts, and Demographic Trends
Topic 9.15: Continuity and Change in the 20th and 21st Centuries