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

Period 6 Review (1900-Present) - Cram Packet: Period 6, 1900-Present 
  APWH in 20 Minutes: Period 6 - YouTube 
  Textbook Practice Tests: Chapters 30-35
  Time Period 1900-Present Review for AP World History | Education.com
  TIMELINE: 20th Century to World War II
  TIMELINE: Post World War (1945-Present)
  Timeline of History: 4.3 million Years Ago to 2012 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art History Timeline: 1900-Present  
  Internet Modern History Sourcebooks (Reformation to the 21st Century)
  Lectures on Twentieth Century Europe - Main
    History Topics - History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts
  EyeWitness - The 20th Century
  History in Motion - Voices Of 20th Century
     HistoryWorld - History and Timelines
  TIMEMAPS: World History to 2005 AD
  12 Weapons That Changed Everything | The Fiscal Times
  HISTORY – Visual TA
  The History Place - Genocide in the 20th Century
  Europe Historical Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online
  ART HISTORY RESOURCES ON THE WEB: 20th-Century Art - Contemporary Art
  Chronology of Russia || Bucknell University - Face of Russia - Russian Archives Online
  All Empires: Online History Community - 20th Century - 21st Century 
   Timelines | Asia for Educators
  African Timelines - Table of Contents
      East Asia's Geography Through the 5 Themes, 6 Essential Elements, and 18 Geographic Standards 
  China and Europe, 1500–2000 and Beyond: What is Modern?
  Chinese Culture - Arts - China culture - History - China culture - The Art of Asia - Online Museum Resources on Asian Art
  Chinese Dynasty Guide - The Art of Asia - History and Maps - Guide to Japanese Historical Periods - The Art of Asia - History and Maps - Guide to Korean Historical Periods - The Art of Asia - History and Maps
  Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire | PBS
  Treasures of Champa Kingdom (Vietnam) - YouTube
  Open Collections Program: Immigration to the US, 1789-1930
  Build-Up to World War I, 1816 - 1914
  BBC - History: World Wars in-depth
  Seventeen Moments in Soviet History
  Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris
YouTube: The War of the World — Episode 1; Episode 2; Episode 3; Episode 4; Episode 5; Episode 6
The Ascent of Money:  The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of The World by Niall Ferguson
  European History Interactive Map

 

 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

    

      

   

 

TIMELINE: 20th Century to World War II
  Century of Progress World's Fair, 1933-1934
  Purges and Hysteria in the Soviet Union, to 1934
  Genocide in the 20th Century: Stalin's Forced Famine 1932-1933
  The Great Depression, to 1935
  The Dust Bowl, 1936 Migrant Mother [1936] - A Picture of Humanity - myLOC.gov (Library of Congress)
  Overview of Chinese History from 1911 - 1949 - YouTube
  China in Revolution, to 1927
  Sun Yat-sen Turns Revolutionary
  Mao Zedong and Peasant Rebellion: 1925 to 1927
   Map of the Chinese Communists' Long March
  Japan, Politics and Society, to 1927
  Genocide in the 20th Century: Rape of Nanking 1937-38
  China, Civil War and Japan's Intrusion: 1929 to 1936
  Japan Wars against China and the Soviet Union: 1936-38
  Early Showa Period in Japan and World War II
  From the Meiji Restoration to WWII
   Mussolini and Fascism in Italy
  The Weimar Republic and Adolf Hitler in the Twenties
  The German Worker's Party becomes the "Nazi" Party
  Hitler and Mein Kampf: 1924-27
  Hitler and Germany: 1928 to 1935
  Munich and Appeasement: 1938
  EyeWitness To World War Two
  Heil Hitler! : Confessions Of A Hitler Youth (HBO Movie) - YouTube
  BBC - History: World War Two
  Inside WWII — History.com Interactive Games, Maps and Timelines
  Watch the Second World War unfold over Europe in 7 minutes
  BBC - History: Genocide Under the Nazis (The Holocaust)
  Change & Turning Points: World War Two
  The History Place - The Rise of Adolf Hitler - Triumph of Hitler - Defeat of Hitler
  The History Place - Hitler Youth
  The History Place - World War II in Europe Timeline
  War in Europe, 1941-45
  The History Place - Timeline of Pacific War
  Pearl Harbor and War in Southeast Asia
  War against Japan, 1942-45
  The History Place - Holocaust Timeline
  Genocide in the 20th Century: The Nazi Holocaust 1938-45
  BBC - History - The Home Front: World War II
  Imperial War Museums - YouTube
  Rationing In Britain - YouTube - A Family in Wartime: Rationing - YouTube - Sweets Rationing - YouTube
  A Family in Wartime: Evacuation - YouTube
  Churchill and the Great Republic | Exhibitions - Library of Congress
  The Japanese Launch Their Attack On Pearl HarborThe Japanese Launch Their Attack On Pearl Harbor, Pt. 2
  Women workers in World War II
  The Story of Keep Calm and Carry On
  Nazi Olympics Berlin 1936
  World War II — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts
  The Prize - "World War II and Oil" - YouTube
  Windows on the War - Soviet WWII Posters
  Stalin Internet Archive - Soviet Posters
  The Government of Modern Japan: The Emperor before WWII & The Emperor after WWII
   Postwar Japanese History
  The History Place - 20th Century Genocide: 1948 UN Genocide Convention
For more, check out Mrs. Osborn's World War II page!

 
 

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

       

        

BBC - From Empire to Independence: The British Raj
  BBC - Mohandas Gandhi (1869 - 1948) - Mahatma Gandhi Biography
  Jawaharlal Nehru - Muhammad Ali Jinnah
  British Withdrawal from India, 1945-47 - History Matters
  BBC - The Hidden Story of Partition
  Internet History Sourcebooks: Decolonization
  Colonialism game: French board game meant to teach kids basics of colonialism
  Internet History Sourcebooks: 20th Century Latin America 
  Onda Latina ~ The Mexican American Experience Program 
  The Mexican Revolution, 1910 to 1917
  Mexican Revolution
  Emiliano Zapata Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com
  Pancho Villa Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com
  Lázaro Cárdenas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Mexican Revolution & ArtDiego Rivera - Frida Kahlo - José Clemente Orozco
  Getúlio Vargas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Juan Perón Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com - Eva Peron Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com
Clips from Evita:  Oh What a Circus - Rainbow High - Rainbow Tour - And the Money Kept Rolling In and Out - Waltz for Eva and Che (1996)
  Exploring Africa: The Practice and Legacy of Colonialism
  Exploring Africa: African Resistance, Nationalism and Independence
  W.E.B. Du Bois - W.E.B. Du Bois Biography
  BBC - History - Marcus Garvey

 

   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 FireGoodnight 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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