World History II Course Syllabus

Teacher: Miss Miles

Room: A303

Night Back: Thursday or by appointment

Quarter I

• The Enlightenment and the Age of Reason
• The French Revolution and its Effects
• The Age of Napoleon
• The Industrial Revolution and its Effects

Quarter II

• The Antislavery Movement in England
• A Century of Reform: Europe in the 1800s
• The Unification of Italy
• The Unification of Germany
• Developments in China, Japan, India, and Africa
• Latin American Independence Movements

Quarter III

• World War I
• The Russian Revolution
• The Interwar Years: Focus on Europe and the Middle East
• The Global Great Depression
• Totalitarianism in Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union
• The Drive for Empire in Italy, Germany, and Japan
• World War II

Quarter IV

• The Cold War
• The Communist Revolution in China
• Nationalist Movements in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East
• The Collapse of the Soviet Union
• Challenges of the Modern World