Absolutism Project Page

• This website is part of my Master's project. The rationale for this website is to provide New York State Global II teachers with specific historical resources for the incorporation of Character Education in to the New York State Global Studies Curriculum.

   

  • General Character Education Sites

   

  • How to Implement Character Education in to your Classroom

   

  • General Character Education Lesson Plans

   

  • Regents Prep Site: The Best Global II Review Site on the Web

   

• This website is organized around the four units of the New York State scope and sequence. Under each unit are different subtopics and a variety of general websites and primary source documents. In addition, there are lesson plans that have specific character education components. However, almost any lesson can be adapted to include character education.

• If you have any suggestions or would like to see websites added, please contact me.

Unit V: An Age of Revolutions (1750-1914)

Unit V Lesson Plans

• The Scientific Revolution
• The Enlightenment in Europe
• Political Revolutions
  • American Revolution
  • French Revolution
  • Latin American Revolutions
• The Reaction against Revolutionary Ideas
• Latin America: The failure of democracy and the search for stability
• Global Nationalism: German and Italian Unification
• Economic and Social Revolutions
  • General Industrial Revolution Websites
  • Agricultural Revolution
  • Manufacturing
  • Social Effects
  • Race, Class, Gender and Society
  • Literary Reaction
  • Economic Theory
  • Political Effects
• Imperialism
  • General Imperialism Links
  • Africa
  • The British in India
  • Imperialism and the Middle East
  • China
• Japan and the Meiji Revolution

Unit VI: A Half Century of Crisis and Achievement (1900-1945)

Unit VI Lesson Plans

• World War I
  • Causes of WWI
  • Effects of Assassination
  • Impact of WWI
  • Effect of Technology
  • Armenian Massacre
  • Collapse of the Ottoman Empire
  • The War as Reflected in Art

• Revolution and Change in Russia— causes and impacts

  • Pre-Revolutionary Russia

  • Russian Revolution

  • Lenin

  • Stalin

• Between the Wars

  • The Treaty of Versailles

  • National Movements

    • Middle East

    • China

    • India

  • Literature and Arts

  • Women's Suffrage

  • Worldwide Depression

  • Rise of Fascism

    • Spain

    • Italy

    • Germany

  • Japan: Rise of Militarism

• World War II- Causes and Impact

  • Causes of the War

  • Turning Points

  • The War Ends

  • Civilian Life and Total War

  • Holocaust and other Atrocities

  • Impact of WWII

Unit VII: The 20th Century Since 1945

Unit VII Lesson Plans

• Cold War Balance of Power
  • Germany and Japan Transformed
  • Two Superpowers
  • Conflict Around the World
• Role of the United Nations

• Economic Issues in the Cold War and Post-Cold War Era

• Chinese Communist Revolution

  • Communism Under Mao Zedong

  • Communism Under Deng Xiaoping

• Collapse of European Imperialism

  • Indian Independence and Partition

  • Independent Nations in Africa

  • Struggles in Southeast Asia

• Conflicts and Change in the Middle East

  • A Jewish State Among Arab Nations

  • Iranian Revolution

  • Saddam Hussein and Iraq

  • Islamic Fundamentalism

• Collapse of Communism and the Collapse of the Soviet Union

  • Causes of the Collapse of the Soviet Union

  • Breakup of the USSR

  • Effects of the Breakup of the Soviet Union

• Political and Economic Change in Latin America

Unit VIII: Global Connections and Interactions

Unit VIII Lesson Plans

• Social and Political Patterns and Change
• Economic Issues
• The Environment and Sustainability
• Science and Technology