The WHAP Map
You've made it! Welcome aboard this journey that will undoubtedly change your school life for the better. You will be challenged. You will fall. But in the end, I can guarantee, you will have developed a stronger set of STUDY SKILLS and a better UNDERSTANDING of World History. You will have to work hard every day to succeed in this class. Here is a map to help you better understand the extent of this mission. This map is based on the KEY CONCEPTS of this course.
Units Map
Unit 1 - c. 8000 BCE to c. 600 BCE
1.1 Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth 1.2 Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies 1.3 Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural, Pastoral, and Urban Societies Unit 2 - c. 600 BCE to c. 600 CE 2.1 Development of States and Empires 2.2 Development of States and Empires 2.3 Emergence of Trans-regional Networks of Communication and Exchange Unit 3* - c. 600 CE to c. 1450 3.1 Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks 3.2 Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and Their Interactions 3.3 Increased Economic Productive Capacity and Its Consequences Unit 4 - c. 1450 to c. 1750 4.1 Globalizing networks of Communication and Exchange 4.2 New forms of Social Organization and Modes of Production 4.3 State Consolidation and Imperial Expansion Unit 5 - c. 1750 to c. 1900 5.1 Industrialization and Global Capitalism 5.2 Imperialism and Nation-State Formation 5.3 Nationalism, Revolution, and Reform 5.4 Global Migrations Unit 6 - c. 1900 to the present 6.1 Science and the Environment 6.2 Global Conflicts and Their Consequences 6.3 New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and Culture |
*Unit 3 is one of the longest units and thus requires the largest space on the map. This unit will be split into 2 halves.
*If you want to learn more about the Key Concepts, check out some of the modules on the MISSION MODULES page.
*If you want to learn more about the Key Concepts, check out some of the modules on the MISSION MODULES page.
UNIT PICTURES
For every unit you will have to make a Unit title page. Here are some examples ...