2. Units: 1.Renaissance & Reformation 2.Enlightenment & Revolution 3.Modern Europe 4.World Wars

4. Unit Topics: Renaissance Age of Discovery Catholicism vs. Protestantism

5. Activities: Survey of Renaissance art

7. Unit Topics: Despotic Rulers & Absolutism American Revolution French Revolution

8. Activities: Photo Story – Describes the Enlightenment period through visuals

10. Unit Topics: Industrial Revolution Age of Imperialism & Colonialism Slavery & Social Darwinism

11. Activities: Children’s Storybook Assignment – research an influential person of the 19 th or 20 th century; utilize text and visuals to describe the person’s philosophical approach

13. Unit Topics: World War I Interwar Period World War II

14. Activities: Poster Board Exposition – Using visuals and text, describe a person/event from the unit

16.  You will research and write about a historical topic that is engaging to you as well as create an artifact, representing the idea:  Christopher Columbus – Good or Evil?  Who is to blame for WWII?