TY - BOOK T1 - History alive! A1 - Fasulo, David A1 - Goff, Brent A1 - Holford, David A2 - Russell, Liz A2 - Bower, Bert LA - English PP - Rancho Cordova, CA PB - TCI, Teachers' Curriculum Institute YR - 2013 ED - [High School], student edition UL - http://glotrec.wdi-staging.gei.de/cat/Record/gei1020627336 AB - This text takes a global approach to the study of world history by exploring the inter-regional connections and global themes that connect our world today. Just as a filmmaker uses multiple lenses to tell a story, this program invites students to begin with a wide-angle view to examine eras in world history and then zoom in to understand the development of events and interactions among the world's people and cultures today. AB - 1. Themes of world history -- 2. Era overview: foundations of world history, prehistory-300 C.E. -- 3. World religions -- 4. Era overview: expanding interactions, 300-1500 C.E. -- 5. The decline of feudalism -- 6. The Byzantine Empire -- 7. The political development of imperial China -- 8. Ghana: a West African trading empire -- 9. Achievements of the Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas -- 10. Era overview: the first global age, 1400-1800 -- 11. Expanding empires outside Europe -- 12. Transformations in Europe -- 13. Toward a global economy -- 14. Era overview: an age of global revolutions, 1700s-1914 -- 15. Political revolutions and their legacies -- 16. The industrial revolution -- 17. Imperialism throughout the world -- 18. Era overview: global crisis and achievement, 1900-1945 -- 19. World War I -- 20. The Russian Revolution -- 21. Foreign influences and political revolutions in the Americas -- 22. North Africa and the Middle East -- 23. The rise of fascism and totalitarian states -- 24. World War II -- 25. Forces for independence and revolution in Asia -- 26. Era overview: the Cold War and beyond, 1945-present -- 27. The Cold War and the Third World -- 28. Movements toward independence and democracy -- 29. Shifts of power in the Middle East -- 30. Contemporary global issues NO - Auch als digitales Schulbuch erschienen SN - 1583719482 SN - 9781583719480 KW - World history : Textbooks KW - World history : Study and teaching (Secondary) KW - Schulbuch ER -