Updated 3/6/2019  

 KEY CONCEPTS - PERIOD 6 (1900-Present)  

 APWH students present a brief overview of Period 6  

 We Didn't Start the Fire, by Billy Joel  

 PERIOD 6: Accelerating Global Change & Realignments, 1900-Present 

Timelines & General Resources

 Chapter 20: Crisis of the Imperial Order
  1900-1929

TIMELINE: 20th Century to World War II
  The History Place - World War I Timeline
  EyeWitness To World War I 
  Just a few lines
  BBC - History: World War One
  First World War.com - A Multimedia History of World War One
  World War I | 1914 - 1918
  WorldWar1.com - World War I / The Great War / 1914-1918
  Origins of World War I
  World War I: August 1914 to December 1916
  War, Revolution and Settlement: 1917-19
  Germany's 1918 Offensives
  The Treaty of Versailles - The Treaty of Versailles
  versailles treaty contents
  BBC News | World War I | The Great War: 80 years on
  BBC - History: Home Front: World War One
  World War I — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts
  National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial
  Ottoman History Podcast - THE LAST OTTOMANS ARE GATHERING ON FACEBOOK
  18 Powerful Photos Of The Forgotten Indigenous Soldiers Of World War I
  Aftermath: When the Boys Came Home
  Otto Dix - Otto Dix
  Dulce et Decorum Est ~ Wilfred Owen ~ Kenneth Branagh - YouTube
  Armenian National Institute (Armenian Genocide)
  World War I Centennial: Origins of the Armenian Genocide | Mental Floss
  Flying Ace, 1918 - Advancing to the Front, 1918 - Combat, 1918
  World War I Armistice, 1918
  Genocide in the 20th Century: Armenians in Turkey: 1915-18
  The Zimmermann Telegram - A Profile of the Zimmermann Note - Zimmermann Telegram - Our Documents - Zimmermann Telegram (1917) 
  League of Nations Fight - A Chronology
  QUIZ: What Came Out Of World War One?
  Americans on the Homefront Helped Win World War I | DocsTeach: Activities
  BBC News - World War One: 10 interpretations of who started WW1
  Taking Sides on the Great War | History Today
  100 years later, WWI sparks a new battle in Britain - The Washington Post
  BBC History - WW1 Interactive Guides - World War One Centenary
    Civil War, Lenin and Rise of Stalin
  Seventeen Moments in Soviet History
  Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris
  The Prokudin-Gorskii Photographic Record Recreated: The Empire That Was Russia
  Russia in color, a century ago - Imgur
  The Russian Revolution - The Soviets take Power
  Internet History Sourcebooks-Russian Revolution
  Seventeen Moments in Soviet History
  BBC - History - World Wars: War and Revolution in Russia 1914 - 1921
  Russian Revolution — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts
  eHistory at OSU | The Russian Revolution through the Prism of Propaganda
  The Russian Revolution
  Russian Revolution
  History & Culture of Russia / The Path to Revolution
  NYPL Digital Gallery | Posters of the Russian Civil War, 1918-1922
  Stalin Internet Archive
  Taisho Period in Japan, 1912-1926
  Overview of Chinese History from 1911 - 1949 - YouTube
Crisis Guide: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Council on Foreign Relations
  Origins of Israel Palestinian Conflict - YouTube - The History of the Middle East Conflict in 11 Minutes - YouTube
  Palesine, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq, to 1930
  Jews and Arabs in Palestine, to 1939
  World War I Led to a Century of Violence in the Middle East - SPIEGEL ONLINE
  Sir Archibald Mapsalot III - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 09/04/13
For MUCH more, check out Mrs. Osborn's World War I page.

Chapter 21: The Collapse of the Old Order
1929-1949

Chapter 21: Striving for Independence: Africa, India & Latin America 
1900-1949

   Chapter 22: The Cold War and Decolonization
1945-1975

TIMELINE: Post World War (1945-Present)
  The History Place - 20th Century Genocide: 1948 UN Genocide Convention
  The Project on the United Nations War Crimes Commission of 1943 – 1948
  BBC - History: Cold War 
  Cold War Resources
  NUKEMAP by Alex Wellerstein
  Cold War Practice for Timemapper! - TimeMapper
  Time lapse map of every nuclear explosion ever on Earth
  Cold War: 1945-49 - Cold War: the Eisenhower Years (1953-60)
  NATO - Organization
  Face-Off: Moscow Kitchen Debate - YouTube
Stalin Internet Archive - Soviet Posters 
  Seventeen Moments in Soviet History
  Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris
  Gulag: Many Days, Many Lives | Home
  Citizen Kurchatov: Stalin's Bomb Maker
  Revelations from the Russian Archives
  BBC - History - World Wars: The Korean War: An Overview
  BBC - History - World Wars: John F Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis
  Treasures of Champa Kingdom (Vietnam) - YouTube - The History Place - Vietnam War
  Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon - YouTube
  We Didn't Start the Fire - YouTube (with subtitles),  Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire - YouTube
  A Chronology of the PRC under Mao Zedong (1949-1976) | Asia for Educators
  Chinese economic planning under Mao, Part 1 - YouTube - Part 2 - YouTube
  Culture Revolution - Public execution & Impact - YouTube
  Morning Sun
  Internet History Sourcebooks: Decolonization
  Exploring Africa: African Resistance, Nationalism and Independence
  Military Dictatorships in the Americas | History Is A Weapon

  Chapter 23: Crisis, Realignment, and Dawn of the Post-Cold War World
1975-1991

TIMELINE: Post World War (1945-Present)
  Seventeen Moments in Soviet History
  Making the History of 1989
  SOVIET AFGHAN WAR DOCUMENTARY Part 1/5 - YouTube
  End of the Cold War and the Soviet Union
  Billy Joel - Leningrad - YouTube
  Reform, Coup and Collapse: The End of the Soviet Union 
  Nov. 9, 1989: The Berlin Wall Falls - YouTube - Nov. 10, 1989: Celebration at the Berlin Wall - YouTube
  Postwar Japanese History
  The History Place - Genocide in the 20th Century: Pol Pot in Cambodia 1975-1979
  U.S.-Iran Hostage Crisis - YouTube
  The 70s, Remembering the 70s Era - Classic80s.com - The 80s - Remembering the 1980s
Billy Joel, the Cold War Poet -  We Didn't Start The Fire,  Goodnight Saigon,  Leningrad
  We Didn't Start the Fire - YouTube

Chapter 23: The End of a Global Century
1991-2000

TIMELINE: Post World War (1945-Present)
  The History of the Internet
  The History Place - Genocide in the 20th Century: Rwanda 1994
  The History Place - Genocide in the 20th Century: Bosnia-Herzegovina 1992-95
  EUROPA - Member countries of the European Union
  Watch The Full Program Online | The Tank Man | FRONTLINE | PBS
  Google Search: Reunion - YouTube - THE LAST OTTOMANS ARE GATHERING ON FACEBOOK
  Age of Globalization Daily - Globalization101.org
  In The New Globalized Diet, Wheat, Soy And Palm Oil Rule : The Salt : NPR
  The Luckiest Nut In The World - Free Trade
  Planet Money's T-Shirt Project : NPR
  Breathingearth - CO2, birth & death rates by country, simulated real-time

INTERACTIVE QUIZZES, GAMES & ACTIVITIES FOR PERIOD 6

AP World History Period Six Review Quiz (1900-Present)
  Textbook Practice Tests: Chapters 30-35
  GAME: The Causes of the First World War
  QUIZ: What Came Out Of World War One?
  Countries Involved in World War I - Free Online Map Quiz
  Quia - The Great War
  Quia Matching - The Great War
  Quia - The Great War (WWI) Jeopardy
  Quia Hangman - World War I
  Interactive Activities - the First World War
  WALK THE PLANK: The Effects of the Treaty of Versailles
  Decline and Fall of the Romanov Dynasty of Russia Hangman
  Decline and Fall of the Romanov Dynasty of Russia Flashcards
  The Decline and Fall of the Romanov Dynasty of Russia Multiple Choice
  Decline and Fall of the Romanov Dynasty of Russia Playtime Quiz
  Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and the Russian Revolution - Hangman Game
  Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and the Russian Revolution - Fun Playtime Quiz Game
  Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and the Russian Revolution - Multiple-Choice Practice Test
  Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and the Russian Revolution - Flash Cards 
  Role-Play Game: Causes of the Russian Revolution
  Quia - A Matching Activity for Russia
  Build-up to World War II - Educational Hangman Game
  The Rise of Benito Mussolini in Italy - Hangman Game
   Regents Prep Multiple-Choice Quiz: WWII
  World War II in the Pacific - Hangman Review Game
  Revolution in China - Interactive Hangman Game
  Revolution in China - Free Interactive Flash Cards for Test-Prep
  Revolution in China - Free Interactive Multiple-Choice Quiz
  Revolution in China - Free Interactive Playtime Quiz Game
  Collapse of Imperialism in Africa - Hangman Educational Game
  Collapse of Imperialism in Africa - Interactive Flash Cards
  The Collapse of Imperialism in Africa - Multiple-Choice Practice Test
  Collapse of Imperialism in Africa - Free Playtime Game Quiz
  Regents Prep Multiple-Choice Quiz: Cold War
  Vietnam War Hangman Game - Fun Test Prep
  Vietnam War Interactive Flash Cards for Study-Review
  Vietnam War Online Multiple-Choice Practice Test
  Vietnam War Playtime Classroom Review Game
  Regents Prep Multiple-Choice Quiz: Post-Cold War 
  Geography and Fall of the Soviet Union - Free Hangman Game
  20th-21st Century Science, Technology, Populations - Energy Saver Game
  20th-21st Century Science, Technology, Populations - Multiple Choice
  20th-21st Century Science, Technology, Populations - Playtime Quiz
  20th-21st Century Science, Technology, Populations - Flash Cards
  Science and Technology - The Computer Revolution - Hangman Game
  Science and Technology - The Computer Revolution - Fun Playtime Quiz Game
  Science and Technology - The Computer Revolution - Multiple-Choice Practice Questions
  Science and Technology - The Computer Revolution - Test Prep Flash Cards
  Science and Technology – The Space Race - Free Hangman Game
  Science and Technology - The Space Race - Multiple-Choice Practice Test
  Science and Technology - The Space Race - Playtime Quiz Game
  Science and Technology - The Space Race - Test Prep Flash Cards
  World Leaders Matching Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3 - Game 4 - Game 5 - Game 6

    PERIOD 6 REVIEW QUIZZES!
  AP World History Period 6 Review Quiz (Sometimes when you click on the link, it will say 'object not found.' Just click the back button and the quiz will then work)
  Textbook Practice Tests: Chapters 30-35
  Time Period 1900-Present Review for AP World History | Education.com
  Check out more on our APWH Exam Review page. 

   GENERAL & JUST BECAUSE
  EyeWitness to History - history through the eyes of those who lived it
  Fling the Teacher - Interactive History games - More Interactive History Games
  Ancient History in the Movies - Medieval History in the Movies - Modern History in the Movies

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