Examine the Past: Interactive History Labs
Examine the Past: Interactive History Labs
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Inquiry-Based Mini Lessons That Teach Students to Think Like Historians
Volume 1: Foundations of Historical Thinking
Volume 1: Foundations of Historical Thinking
Subtitle: Skills, Systems, and the Big Patterns That Shape Human History
Module 1: How History Is Made — Evidence, sources, and what counts as “truth”
Module 2: Time, Chronology, and Change — Timelines, turning points, and cause/effect
Module 3: Power and Leadership — Authority, legitimacy, and control
Module 4: Civilization and Society — What makes societies rise, thrive, and fall
Module 5: Conflict and War — Why societies fight and what war changes
Module 6: Resistance and Revolution — When people challenge power
Module 7: Slavery, Labor, and Human Rights — Work, freedom, and moral choices
Module 8: Industrialization and Progress — Innovation, inequality, and new life realities
Module 9: Global Connections and Imperialism — Expansion, exchange, and exploitation
Module 10: The Past Shapes the Present — Patterns that explain today’s world
Volume 2: Ancient Civilizations
Volume 2: Ancient Civilizations
Subtitle: Where Civilizations Begin—and Why They Change
Module 1: The Birth of Civilization — Farming, cities, and social order
Module 2: Mesopotamia & Law — Rules, power, and early empires
Module 3: Ancient Egypt & Belief — Religion, leadership, and the afterlife
Module 4: India & Early Empires — Society, beliefs, and cultural systems
Module 5: Ancient China & Dynasties — Order, philosophy, and innovation
Module 6: Greece & Democracy — Ideas, citizenship, and debate
Module 7: Rome & Empire — Expansion, engineering, and governance
Module 8: Africa’s Ancient Kingdoms — Wealth, trade, and legacy
Module 9: The Americas Before 1492 — Civilizations, innovation, and environment
Module 10: Why Civilizations Fall — Collapse, continuity, and change
Volume 3: Revolutions & Nation-Building
Volume 3: Revolutions & Nation-Building
Subtitle: People, Ideas, and the Creation of Modern Nations
Module 1: Enlightenment Ideas — Rights, reason, and new political thinking
Module 2: The American Revolution — Independence, principles, contradictions
Module 3: The French Revolution — Equality, instability, radical change
Module 4: The Haitian Revolution — Freedom, revolution, global impact
Module 5: Latin American Independence — Leaders, liberation, and new nations
Module 6: Nationalism and Identity — Who belongs, and why it matters
Module 7: Reform and Abolition Movements — Organizing for justice and change
Module 8: Revolutions of 1848 (Big Picture) — Waves of uprising across Europe
Module 9: Writing Governments — Constitutions, rights, and civic structure
Module 10: Are Revolutions Worth It? — Evaluating outcomes and unintended consequences
Volume 4: Industry to World War I
Subtitle: Technology, Expansion, and a World on the Edge
Module 1: The Industrial Revolution — Factories, cities, and new labor systems
Module 2: Workers, Children, and Reform — Workplace realities and social change
Module 3: Capitalism, Socialism, and New Ideas — Competing solutions to inequality
Module 4: Imperialism & the Scramble for Africa — Power, profit, and resistance
Module 5: Migration & Urban Life — Population shifts and modern society
Module 6: Nationalism & Alliances — How tension spreads between nations
Module 7: World War I Causes — The chain reaction that sparked war
Module 8: Life in World War I — Trenches, technology, and total war
Module 9: Revolutions & the War’s Aftermath — New countries, new conflicts
Module 10: Was WWI Inevitable? — Evidence-based historical argument
Volume 5: World War II & the Cold War
Subtitle: Global Conflict, Ideologies, and the Fight for the Future
Module 1: The Rise of Dictatorships — Fear, control, propaganda, and power
Module 2: Causes of World War II — Appeasement, expansion, and collapse of peace
Module 3: The Holocaust & Human Rights — Genocide, memory, moral responsibility
Module 4: Turning Points of WWII — Decisions that changed the war
Module 5: The Home Front — Economy, women, race, and wartime society
Module 6: The Atomic Age — New weapons, new ethical dilemmas
Module 7: Cold War Begins — Two superpowers, one divided world
Module 8: Proxy Wars & Global Tension — Korea, Vietnam, and global influence
Module 9: Civil Rights in a Cold War World — Freedom movements and global pressure
Module 10: How the Cold War Ends — Collapse, change, and consequences
Volume 6: Modern World & Global Issues
Subtitle: The World We Live In—and How History Explains It
Module 1: Decolonization & New Nations — Independence, borders, and identity
Module 2: Globalization — Trade, technology, culture, and connection
Module 3: Terrorism & Modern Conflict — Roots, responses, and consequences
Module 4: Immigration & Population Change — Movement, opportunity, and tension
Module 5: Human Rights Today — Who is protected—and who isn’t
Module 6: Media Literacy & Misinformation — Truth, bias, and digital citizenship
Module 7: Climate, Resources, and Power — Environment as a historical force
Module 8: Economics & Inequality — Systems, opportunity, and outcomes
Module 9: Civics in Action — How citizens create change
Module 10: Build Your Own History Lab — Student choice capstone investigation
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