History of Western Civilization
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2021
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History of Western Civilization features a readable, student-friendly introduction to the basics of a college history course. From prehistory to the early modern period, this ebook is designed to provide instructors brief, easily digestible lessons that progressively challenge students in the analysis of historical content, analytical thinking, and information literacy.
By mixing topical readings with deeper, more focused historical document analyses and interactive activities, this digital text provides an all-in-one starter for college instructors looking to provide a holistic pedagogical approach for their face-to-face or online classrooms. This ebook stands in contrast to traditional, more expensive textbooks that may prove too burdensome or dry for some students to learn effectively.
This project was born out of a need to accommodate students who learn best in engaging, nontraditional ways. By harnessing a dynamic, student-centered toolkit that engages students of various learning types, this ebook may provide a satisfying alternative to other texts while emphasizing the soft skills of informational discernment that a college history class should provide to a new generation of inquisitive students.
Features of the ebook include:
- Primary source analysis exercises
- Full color images in each chapter
- A dynamic mouse-over glossary of key terms
- Contextual lessons that interface with interactive and dynamic Reacting to the Past roleplaying games
- Links to outside websites that supplement instructor lessons
- Built-in text questions that prompt student engagement and critical thinking
Chapter 1: Early Civilizations
Section 1.1: The Mystery of Prehistory
Section 1.2: Creation Myths and History
Section 1.3: Ancient Egypt
Chapter 2: Early Empires
Section 2.1: The History and Myth of Babylon
Section 2.2: Ancient Empires and the Iron Age
Section 2.3: The Hebrews and Monotheism
Chapter 3: Ancient Greece
Section 3.1: The Polis
Section 3.2: The Greco-Persian Wars
Section 3.3: The Peloponnesian War
Section 3.4: Athens Besieged
Chapter 4: The Roman Republic
Section 4.1: Roman Identity
Section 4.2: Checks and Balances
Section 4.3: The Punic Wars
Section 4.4: The Republic in Crisis
Chapter 5: Plots, Sex, and Murder: The Crisis of Catiline
Section 5.1: (Catiline Game Setup)
Chapter 6: The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
Section 6.1: The Collapse of the Republic
Section 6.2: Hail, Caesar!
Section 6.3: The Stoics
Section 6.4: The Fall
Chapter 7: Establishing the Faith: Early Christianity
Section 7.1: A Man from Nazareth
Section 7.2: Codifying Christianity
Section 7.3: Pagans and Orthodoxy
Section 7.4: The City of God
Chapter 8: The Great Chain of Being: Feudalism
Section 8.1: The Synthesis
Section 8.2: Recreating Rome
Section 8.3: Prickly Neighbors
Section 8.4: Agricultural and Urban Revolutions
Chapter 9: The West in Perspective
Section 9.1: Islam and the Middle East
Section 9.2: The Second Rome
Section 9.3: What’s Up in East Asia
Section 9.4: Worlds Colliding
Chapter 10: The Crusades
Section 10.1: The First Crusade
Section 10.2: The Second Crusade (Game Set Up)
Chapter 11: Kingdoms of the Middle Ages
Section 11.2: England
Section 11.2: France
Section 11.3: Central Europe
Section 11.4: Rus and Eastern Europe
Chapter 12: Medieval Crime and Punishment
Section 12.1: Norms and Values of the Middle Ages
Section 12.2: Torture and Confession
Section 12.3: Emperor vs. Pope
Section 12.4: The Affair of Abelard and Heloise
Chapter 13: The Age of Exploration
Section 13.1: The 3 G’s
Section 13.2: Columbus and North America
Section 13.3: Spain and South America
Section 13.4: Whispers From the Dead
Chapter 14: The Renaissance
Section 14.1: Christian Humanism
Section 14.2: Renaissance Art
Section 14.3: Renaissance Politics
Section 14.4: The Art of the Steal
Chapter 15: Religious Reformation
Section 15.1: Challenging the Church
Section 15.2: Luther’s Theses
Section 15.3: (Reformation Game Setup)
Chapter 16: Approaching the Early Modern Era
Section 16.1: The Scientific Revolution
Section 16.2: Empiricism and Political Science
Section 16.3: The New Monarchs
Section 16.4: Looking Forward