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World History Part 2: 1500 - Present

A Self-Paced Online Curriculum

A Complete, Self-Paced World History Course

Designed for middle school and early high school students, this self-paced World History course provides a complete, structured curriculum for families who want engaging, academically sound history - without daily lesson planning.

This course includes:

  • A full curriculum from from the year 1500 the present

  • Self-paced lessons students can complete independently

  • Guided notes, readings, and interactive activities

  • Lifetime access for a 1-time charge

  • No prep required, just log in and begin

Lessons are taught through short video instruction, guided notes, primary source analysis, and hands-on learning activities. The course was created by a former classroom teacher and has been used by thousands of students nationwide.

The course can be used as a full-year World History program or completed at your family’s pace over a semester or summer.

Below is the full course outline.

World History Part 2: 1500 to the Present

  1. World History Part 2

    1 lesson
    1. Introduction and Directions

  2. The Renaissance

    5 lessons
    1. Intro to Unit 1
    2. The Renaissance
    3. Humanism Foldable Activity
    4. Primary Source: Am I Machiavellian?
    5. Unit Assessment: The Renaissance

  3. The Protestant Reformation

    7 lessons
    1. Intro to Unit 2
    2. The Protestant Reformation
    3. Knowledge Check: The Reformation
    4. Timeline of the Reformation Notebook Activity
    5. Henry VIII and the Church of England
    6. Primary Source: Anne Boleyn's Letter to Henry
    7. Unit Assessment: The Protestant Reformation

  4. The Age of Encounter

    11 lessons
    1. Intro to Unit 3
    2. Explorers and the Age of Discovery
    3. Knowledge Check: Explorers and the Age of Discovery
    4. Improvements in Navigation Foldable Activity
    5. The Columbian Exchange
    6. Knowledge Check: The Columbian Exchange
    7. Early European Explorers
    8. Knowledge Check: Early European Explorers
    9. Primary Source: The Transatlantic Slave Trade
    10. Asia in the Age of Encounter
    11. Unit Assessment: The Age of Encounter

  5. Absolutism in Europe

    7 lessons
    1. Intro to Unit 4
    2. Absolute Monarchies in Europe
    3. Causes & Effects of Absolutism Foldable Activity
    4. Knowledge Check: Absolute Monarchies in Europe
    5. The English Civil War and Limiting the Monarchy
    6. Primary Source Documents: King James & John Locke
    7. Unit Assessment: Absolutism in Europe

  6. The Enlightenment

    5 lessons
    1. Intro to Unit 5
    2. The Age of Enlightenment
    3. Primary Source: Rousseau and the Social Contract
    4. Art & Music of the Enlightenment Foldable Activity
    5. Unit Assessment: The Enlightenment

  7. The French Revolution & Napoleon

    7 lessons
    1. Intro to Unit 6
    2. The French Revolution
    3. Primary Source: Comparing Declarations
    4. Knowledge Check: The French Revolution
    5. The Rise and Fall of Napoleon
    6. Downfall of Napoleon Foldable Activity
    7. Unit Assessment: The French Revolution & Napoleon

  8. Nationalism & Revolutions

    9 lessons
    1. Intro to Unit 7
    2. The Congress of Vienna
    3. Knowledge Check: The Congress of Vienna
    4. Revolutions in Latin America and the Caribbean
    5. Knowledge Check: Revolutions in Latin America and the Caribbean
    6. Primary Source: Bolivar and Hidalgo
    7. Independence for Haiti Foldable Activity
    8. Nationalism and Unificaton
    9. Unit Assessment: Nationalism & Revolutions

  9. The Industrial Revolution

    9 lessons
    1. Intro to Unit 8
    2. The Beginning of the Industrial Revolution
    3. Knowledge Check: Beginning of the Industrial Revolution
    4. Inventions of the Industrial Era Foldable Activity
    5. Effects of the Industrial Revolution
    6. Knowledge Check: Effects of the Industrial Revolution
    7. Tokugawa Japan
    8. Primary Source: Tokugawa Japan
    9. Unit Test: The Industrial Revolution

  10. The Age of Imperialism

    7 lessons
    1. Intro to Unit 9
    2. European Imperialism
    3. Knowledge Check: European Imperialism
    4. Forms of Imperialism Foldable Activity
    5. Responses to European Imperialism
    6. Primary Source: Emperor Menelik & Ethiopia
    7. Unit Test: The Age of Imperialism

  11. World War 1 & the Interwar Period

    9 lessons
    1. Intro to Unit 10
    2. Battles and Events of World War 1
    3. WW1 Interactive Notebook Timeline Activity
    4. Knowledge Check: Battles and Events of WW1
    5. The Russian Revolution
    6. Knowledge Check: The Russian Revolution
    7. Primary Sources on the Russian Revolution
    8. The Interwar Period in Asia & the Middle East
    9. Unit Assessment: WW1 & the Interwar Era

  12. World War 2

    10 lessons
    1. Intro to Unit 11
    2. The Rise of Dictatorships
    3. Knowledge Check: The Rise of Dictators
    4. Rise of the Allies
    5. Knowledge Check: Rise of the Allies
    6. Battles & Events of World War 2
    7. Knowledge Check: Battles & Events of WW2
    8. Primary Source: Truman's Diary Entry
    9. The Holocaust
    10. Unit Assessment: World War 2

  13. The Cold War Era

    11 lessons
    1. Intro to Unit 12
    2. The History of Communist China
    3. Knowledge Check: Communist China
    4. Containment in Korea and Vietnam
    5. Knowledge Check: Containment in Korea & Vietnam
    6. Decolonization in Africa
    7. Knowledge Check: Decoloniztion
    8. Detente and the End of the Cold War
    9. Knowledge Check: The End of the Cold War
    10. An Overview of the Cold War
    11. Unit Assessment: The Cold War

  14. The Modern World

    7 lessons
    1. Intro to Unit 13
    2. Conflict in the Middle East
    3. Knowledge Check: Conflict in the Middle East
    4. Globalization in the Modern World
    5. Knowledge Check: Globalization
    6. Human Rights & the Modern World
    7. Unit Assessment: The Modern World

How it Works

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Create an account for immediate access to the full course. Your student starts right away and moves through the lessons at their own pace.

Guided, Independent Learning

Students learn through video lessons, guided notes, readings, and interactive activities designed for self-paced progress.

Check Your Understanding

Each lesson includes quick learning checks followed by unit assessments to show what students learned and track progress.

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