World History Course Platform

Motivate student learning with digestible World History curriculum that engages content such as early Christianity and the fall of the Roman empire, the pre-Columbian Americas, ancient Africa, Australia, and European imperialism.

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16 Units that feature multimedia libraries, primary source collections, and test banks in varied assessment formats.

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115 chapter readings each accompanied by an audio recording to assist students with varied skill levels.

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150+ videos that illuminate each unit and reinforce important course themes and takeaways.

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105 primary source problems that include a brief background, and the source in the form of texts, letters, images, videos, data charts, and more.

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5 forms of assessment including written assessment, opinion and quiz polls, activity quizzes, as well as critical thinking and objectively-graded quizzes that accompany each learning activity.

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8 writing workshops that introduce students to the writing process in the social sciences with topics such as comparative Chinese philosophies, the Buddhist persecution in Tang China, the decline of the Mayan civilization, and global income inequality.

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Easy Grader that digitally grades written assignments and tracks student progress in the multi-faceted Globalyceum gradebook.

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Embedded Resources and Activities that allow you to upload content from your desktop, create and employ discussion boards, build assessments from scratch, and select from our question banks.

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Brian Fagan, University of California, Santa Barbara. Author of the World History and Western Civilization curriculum at Globalyceum platform.

Brian Fagan

University of California, Santa Barbara

Manfred Steger, University of Hawaii, Manoa. Author of the World History and Western Civilization curriculum at Globalyceum platform.

Manfred Steger

University of Hawaii, Manoa

Pamela Radcliff, University of California, Berkeley. Author of the World History and Western Civilization curriculum at Globalyceum platform.

Pamela Radcliff

University of California, Berkeley

Thomas Madden, St. Louis University. Author of the World History and Western Civilization curriculum at Globalyceum platform.

Thomas Madden

St. Louis University

Conor Whately, University of Winnipeg. Author of the World History and Western Civilization curriculum at Globalyceum platform.

Conor Whately

University of Winnipeg

Alfred Andrea, University of Vermont. Author of the World History curriculum at Globalyceum platform.

Alfred Andrea

University of Vermont

Ken Hammond, New Mexico State University. Author of the World History curriculum at Globalyceum platform.

Ken Hammond

New Mexico State University

James Clark, American Institute of Iranian Studies. Author of the World History curriculum at Globalyceum platform.

James Clark

American Institute of Iranian Studies

Jonathan Roth, San Jose State University. Author of the World History and Western Civilization curriculum at Globalyceum platform.

Jonathan Roth

San Jose State University

Katherine A.S. Sibley, St. Joseph’s University. Author of the World History curriculum at Globalyceum platform.

Katherine A.S. Sibley

St. Joseph’s University

Nicholas Tackett, University of California, Berkeley. Author of the World History curriculum at Globalyceum platform.

Nicholas Tackett

University of California, Berkeley

Paula Findlen, Stanford University. Author of the World History and Western Civilization curriculum at Globalyceum platform.

Paula Findlen

Stanford University

J. P. Daughton, Stanford University. Author of the World History and Western Civilization curriculum at Globalyceum platform.

J. P. Daughton

Stanford University

Don Wyatt, Middlebury College. Author of the World History curriculum at Globalyceum platform.

Don Wyatt

Middlebury College

Craig Patton, Alabama A&M. Author of the World History and Western Civilization curriculum at Globalyceum platform.

Craig Patton

Alabama A&M

Julie Tatlock, Mt. Mary College. Author of the World History and Western Civilization curriculum at Globalyceum platform.

Julie Tatlock

Mt. Mary College

Allison Katsev, San Jose State University. Author of the World History and Western Civilization curriculum at Globalyceum platform.

Allison Katsev

San Jose State University

Mathew Avitable, SUNY Oneonta. Author of the World History and Western Civilization curriculum at Globalyceum platform

Mathew Avitable

SUNY Oneonta

Josh Weiner, American River College. Author of the World History curriculum at Globalyceum platform.

Josh Weiner

American River College

Table of contents

  • Unit 1: Prehistory to Civilizations Before 1200 BCE
  • Unit 2: Early East Asia, 1200 BCE to 200 CE
  • Unit 3: The Classic West, 1200 BCE – 200 CE
  • Unit 4: The Late Antique East, 200 CE – 1250 CE
  • Unit 5: The Late Antique West, 200 CE – 1000 CE
  • Unit 6: Beyond Eurasia. Beginnings to 1500 CE
  • Unit 7: The Crossroads of the Middle East and South Asia, 700-1500
  • Unit 8: The Medieval West, 1000-1500
  • Unit 9: The East, 1250-1700
  • Unit 10: The Early Modern West, 1500-1750
  • Unit 11: The Middle East and South Asia, 1500-1900
  • Unit 12: Europe and the World, 1750-1914
  • Unit 13: East Asia, 1700-1919
  • Unit 14: World Wars and Decolonization, 1900-1945
  • Unit 15: The Bipolar World and Its Demise, 1945-present
  • Unit 16: Globalization in the 20th and 21st Centuries