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World History Part 2: Limited Access

Curious if this course is the right fit for your student?

This limited access preview gives you full access to the first unit of World History 2: 1500 to the Present. This way, your student can experience the course exactly as it’s designed to be used.

In this preview unit, students will:

  • Watch engaging, teacher-led video lessons
  • Follow along with guided notes and foldables
  • Read short, student-friendly articles with audio narration
  • Engage with hands-on interactive foldables
  • Complete interactive learning checks
  • Earn badges as they pass unit assessments
  • Explore World History in a way that’s clear, structured, and easy to do independently

This is the same high-quality content included in the full course, just limited to the opening unit. It’s a great way to see how the lessons flow, how students interact with the materials, and whether the format works well for your learner.

After completing the first unit, you’ll have the option to unlock the full course and continue through Modern World History. Until then, you can explore the unit at your own pace with no pressure.

No prep. No guessing. Just real history learning, made manageable and engaging.

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

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

  4. The Age of Encounter

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

  5. Absolutism in Europe

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

  6. The Enlightenment

    4 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

  7. The French Revolution & Napoleon

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

  8. Nationalism & Revolutions

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

  9. The Industrial Revolution

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

  10. The Age of Imperialism

    5 lessons
    1. Intro to Unit 9
    2. European Imperialism
    3. Forms of Imperialism Foldable Activity
    4. Responses to European Imperialism
    5. Primary Source: Emperor Menelik & Ethiopia

  11. World War 1 & the Interwar Period

    7 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. Primary Sources on the Russian Revolution
    7. The Interwar Period in Asia & the Middle East

  12. World War 2

    6 lessons
    1. Intro to Unit 11
    2. The Rise of Dictatorships
    3. Rise of the Allies
    4. Battles & Events of World War 2
    5. Primary Source: Truman's Diary Entry
    6. The Holocaust

  13. The Cold War Era

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

  14. The Modern World

    4 lessons
    1. Intro to Unit 13
    2. Conflict in the Middle East
    3. Globalization in the Modern World
    4. Human Rights & the Modern World