General Resources
Beginning of course class packet
Miscellaneous
Exams and tests
For unit exams and pre/post tests, see note above
Textbook
Writing
Research Paper
Research Paper Instructions pdf file or MS Word file
First-draft feedback pdf file or MS Word file
Research paper scoring, two options pdf
DBQ (document-based question) scoring
5-paragraph essay pdf file or MS Word file
In-text citations, pdf file or MS Word file
Plagiarism
Plagiarism warning, big print for projector, pdf
Plagiarism exercise, annotated pdf
Plagiarism exercise, student version, pdf file
Plagiarism parental notice, pdf file or MS Word file
Unit 1 (SF Unit 7)
1500s and 1600s: The Early Modern World
Articles about:
Christopher Columbus, tyrant, docx
Slave trade, docx
Martin Luther and antisemitism, docx
Tokugawa warrior puppets, docx
Document-based questions
Scientific revolution, docx
European views of natives, pdf
Homework
Columbian Exchange, docx
Protestant Reformation, docx
Reformation causes, pdf
Printing press, pdf
Current scientific revolution, docx
Next scientific revolution, docx
Project
Protestant Reformation
Propaganda commercial rubric, doc
Powerpoints
Lesson 1.1 - Introduction to class
Lesson 1.2 - Columbus and the conquest of the Americas
Lesson 1.3 - The Columbian Exchange
Lesson 1.4 - African slave trade, joint stock comanies
Lesson 1.5 - New Spain, Qing Dynasty
Lesson 1.6 - Peter the Great
Lesson 1.7 - Counter-Reformation
Lesson 1.8 - Gutenberg and Protestan Revolution
Lesson 1.9 - Elizabeth I
Lesson 1.10 - Wars of Religion, Divine right monarchs
Primary sources
Quizzes
Teaching article
Videos
Unit 2 (SF Unit 8)
1700s: Enlightenment and Revolution
Document-based questions
French Revolution
Graphic organizers
Powerpoints
Lesson 2.1 - Enlightenment
Lesson 2.2 - Liberal revolutions
Lesson 2.3 - French Revolution, Reign of Terror
Lesson 2.4 - Napoleon, Neoclassical art & music
Lesson 2.5 - Horatio Nelson, Haiti
Lesson 2.6 - Napoleon's invasion of Russia
Lesson 2.7 - Simon Bolivar, British Parliament
Lesson 2.8 - Catherine the Great, Mughal Empire
Lesson 2.9 - Gunpowder empires, Song lyric project
Primary sources
Mary Wollstonecraft vs Rousseau
Project/Homework
Napoleon
Quizzes
Video clips
French Revolution
Napoleon
Audio clip
Catherine the Great, setting the story straight
Unit 3 (SF Unit 9)
1800s: Industrial Revolution and Imperialism
Document-based questions
Study guide/exams
Exams: see note above
Homework
Industrial revolution Webquest
Industrial revolution Webquest differentiated
Powerpoints
Lesson 3.1 - Invasion of Russia
Lesson 3.2 - Socialism
Lesson 3.3 - Impressionism
Lesson 3.4 - Nationalism
Lesson 3.5 - Imperialism
Lesson 3.6 - Australia, Opium War
Lesson 3.7 - Meiji, Crimean War
Lesson 3.8 - Scramble for Africa
Lesson 3.9 - Spanish-American War
Primary sources
Projects
Quizzes
Readings
Videos
Courage and honor-Reflections on Charge of the Light Brigade poem
Mary Secole and Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale in the Crimea
Unit 4 (SF Unit 10)
1900 - 1950: World at War
Assignments
DBQ test
Debate
Exam: see note above
PowerPoints
Lesson 4.1 - World War I
Lesson 4.2 - Trench warfare simulation
Lesson 4.3 - Simulation
Lesson 4.4 - Lusitania
Lesson 4.5 - Treaty of Versailles
Lesson 4.6 - Communism
Lesson 4.7 - Social reform laws, Great Depression
Lesson 4.8 - Fascism & mass culture
Lesson 4.9 - Totalitarianism
Lesson 4.10 - Spanish Civil War, Rape of Nanking
Lesson 4.11- Appeasement
Lesson 4.12 - Blitzkrieg
Lesson 4.13 - Holocaust, Invasion of Russia
Lesson 4.14 - Hiroshima
Primary sources
Cinderella man primary sources
Projects
Inquiry-based lesson, Nanking massacre
Film analysis, mass culture, docx
Film analysis, mass culture, pdf
Quizzes
Simulations
Photos of Clemenceau Wilson, and Lloyd-George
Alliances Simulation
Public information, world situation summary
Note: Several elements of this simulation are confidential; that is, information held by one country is not meant to be seen by other countries. Consequently, these elements do not appear here. For more information. please contact the simulation's creator Alan Lane at http://www.asn.am/fof/home/contact.php.
Videos
Stutka siren original and movie version
Unit 5 (SF Unit 11)
1950 to the Present: Cold War and Space Age
Assignments
Exam: see note above
PowerPoints
Lesson 5.1 - Independence movements
Lesson 5.2 - People's Republic
Lesson 5.3 - Berlin
Lesson 5.4 - Containment, Vietnam
Lesson 5.5 - Proxy wars
Lesson 5.6 - Nuclear arms race, space age
Lesson 5.7 - Collapse of the Soviet Union
Vietnam era song
Primary sources
Quizzes
Videos
Truman Doctrine and Containment
Document-based questions
Unit 6 (SF Unit 12)
Current Issues: A Changing World Order
Assignments
Exam: see note above
Viewing guide
PowerPoints
Lesson 6.1 - NWO deliberation
Lesson 6.2 - China, globalism
Lesson 6.3 - Poverty
Lesson 6.4 - Latin America, Africa
Lesson 6.5 - Ethnic conflict
Lesson 6.6 - Iran
Lesson 6.7 - Terrorism, Iraq
Lesson 6.8 - Arab Spring, capitalism
Lesson 6.9 - Democracy, environment
Quizzes
Readings
Videos
Campaign contributions, "The Billionaire's Game"
Document-based questions
Comprehensive essay, technology.docx
Comprehensive essay, technology.pdf
Regent's essay
New York Regent's exam and essay on belief systems
New York Regent's exam and essay on influence of leaders
Please excuse the advertising; it helps pay the bills.
© 2001-2019 Michael G. Maxwell, Maxwell Learning LLC
Joel Allen's Curriculum
Teaching materials
for Student's Friend Part 2, 1500 to the present
When Joel Allen was a new teacher struggling to cover the massive content in a standard history textbook, he discovered the Student's Friend concise narrative of world history. Joel found that using the Student's Friend improved student comprehension and gave him more time to incorporate meaningful and interesting learning activities in his curriculum.
Joel adopted teaching tools from this website, and he developed many other activities on his own including PowerPoint lessons, document-based questions, video clips, and primary source documents. Joel has graciously offered to share his teaching materials with other teachers via the Student's Friend website.
Over time, Joel refined and expanded his curriculum, and he no longer uses every exercise listed below every time he teaches a world history class.
By way of background, Joel holds a bachelor's degree in history and a master's degree in professional education. He began his teaching career at Northeast High School in Goose Lake, Iowa before moving to the Wahlert Catholic High School in Dubuque. He is married, the father of two boys, an avid wrestling coach, and Machu Picchu is the highlight of his travels.
User Notes:
File formats: Most of Joel's materials are in the following file formats:
.doc or .docx - Microsoft Word
.pptx - Microsoft PowerPoint
.pdf - portable document file
Unit designations: Joel refers to his teaching unts as Units 1 through 6, which correspond to units 7 through 12 in the Student's Friend Concise World History, Part 2 (1500 to the present).
Copyrighted material: Like other good teachers, Joel has collected teaching materials from many sources. We have endeavored to eliminate from this listing any commercial material that the owner might not wish to distribute freely to teachers for educational purposes. Should a copyright holder desire to have material removed, please advise us at contactsf@studentsfriend.com.
__________