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World History Project - Origins to the Present

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Welcome to World History Project - Origins to the Present

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WHP is a standards-based world history course that builds upon foundational thinking skills in preparation for AP, college, and beyond. The course uses narratives—both large and small—to create a coherent view of the world’s past, present and future.
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Welcome to World History Project - Origins to the Present

WHP is a standards-based world history course that builds upon foundational thinking skills in preparation for AP, college, and beyond. The course uses narratives—both large and small—to create a coherent view of the world’s past, present and future.
Start learning!
Watch an introduction video1 minute 35 seconds

Unit 1: Era 1—Our Big History (13.82 billion years ago to the future)

History Stories | 1.0: Era 1—Our Big History (13.82 billion years ago to the future)Era 1 Overview | 1.1: Era 1—Our Big History (13.82 billion years ago to the future)History Frames | 1.2: Era 1—Our Big History (13.82 billion years ago to the future)
The Big History Story | 1.3: Era 1—Our Big History (13.82 billion years ago to the future)Other Materials: Era 1—Our Big History (13.82 billion years ago to the future)

Unit 2: Era 2—Early Humans (250,000 years BP to 3,000 BCE)

Era 2 Overview | 2.0: Era 2—Early Humans (250,000 years BP to 3,000 BCE)Humans as a Divergence | 2.1: Era 2—Early Humans (250,000 years BP to 3,000 BCE)Foragers | 2.2: Era 2—Early Humans (250,000 years BP to 3,000 BCE)
Farmer Revolution | 2.3: Era 2—Early Humans (250,000 years BP to 3,000 BCE)Was Farming a Good Idea? | 2.4: Era 2—Early Humans (250,000 years BP to 3,000 BCE)Other Materials: Era 2—Early Humans (250,000 years BP to 3,000 BCE)

Unit 3: Era 3—Cities, Societies, and Empires (6,000 BCE to 700 CE)

Era 3 Overview | 3.0: Era 3—Cities, Societies, and Empires (6,000 BCE to 700 CE)Village Networks | 3.1: Era 3—Cities, Societies, and Empires (6,000 BCE to 700 CE)Long Distance Trade | 3.2: Era 3—Cities, Societies, and Empires (6,000 BCE to 700 CE)Comparing Early Agrarian Societies | 3.3: Era 3—Cities, Societies, and Empires (6,000 BCE to 700 CE)
What is a State | 3.4 : Era 3—Cities, Societies, and Empires (6,000 BCE to 700 CE)Development of Portable Belief Systems | 3.5: Era 3—Cities, Societies, and Empires (6,000 BCE to 700 CE)The Growth of Empires | 3.6: Era 3—Cities, Societies, and Empires (6,000 BCE to 700 CE)Comparing the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty | 3.7: Era 3—Cities, Societies, and Empires (6,000 BCE to 700 CE)Other Materials: Era 3—Cities, Societies, and Empires (6,000 BCE to 700 CE)

Unit 4: Era 4—Regional Webs (200 to 1500 CE)

Era 4 Overview: Collapse and Restructuring | 4.0: Era 4—Regional Webs (200 to 1500 CE)Systems Collapse | 4.1: Era 4—Regional Webs (200 to 1500 CE)Systems Restructure | 4.2: Era 4—Regional Webs (200 to 1500 CE)
A Dark Age? | 4.3: Era 4—Regional Webs (200 to 1500 CE)Other Materials: Era 4—Regional Webs (200 to 1500 CE)

Unit 5: Era 5—The First Global Age (1200 to 1750 CE)

Era 5 Overview | 5.0: Era 5—The First Global Age (1200 to 1750 CE)Land-Based Empires | 5.1: Era 5—The First Global Age (1200 to 1750 CE)Old World Webs | 5.2: Era 5—The First Global Age (1200 to 1750 CE)
The Colombian Exchange | 5.3: Era 5—The First Global Age (1200 to 1750 CE)The Transatlantic Slave Trade | 5.4: Era 5—The First Global Age (1200 to 1750 CE)New Economic Systems | 5.5: Era 5—The First Global Age (1200 to 1750 CE)Other Materials: Era 5—The First Global Age (1200 to 1750 CE)

Unit 6: Era 6—The Long Nineteenth Century (1750 to 1914 CE)

Era 6 Overview | 6.0: Era 6—The Long Nineteenth Century (1750 to 1914 CE)Liberal and National Revolutions | 6.1: Era 6—The Long Nineteenth Century (1750 to 1914 CE)Industrialization | 6.2: Era 6—The Long Nineteenth Century (1750 to 1914 CE)
Imperialism | 6.3: Era 6—The Long Nineteenth Century (1750 to 1914 CE)Transformation of Labor | 6.4: Era 6—The Long Nineteenth Century (1750 to 1914 CE)Other Materials: Era 6—The Long Nineteenth Century (1750 to 1914 CE)

Unit 7: Era 7—The Great Convergence and Divergence (1880 CE to the future)

Era 7 Overview | 7.0: Era 7—The Great Convergence and Divergence (1880 CE to the future)World War I | 7.1: Era 7—The Great Convergence and Divergence (1880 CE to the future)Interwar | 7.2: Era 7—The Great Convergence and Divergence (1880 CE to the future)World War II | 7.3: Era 7—The Great Convergence and Divergence (1880 CE to the future)
End of Empires and Cold War | 7.4: Era 7—The Great Convergence and Divergence (1880 CE to the future)Global Interactions and Institutions | 7.5: Era 7—The Great Convergence and Divergence (1880 CE to the future)Yeah, But? | 7.6: Era 7—The Great Convergence and Divergence (1880 CE to the future)Other Materials: Era 7—The Great Convergence and Divergence (1880 CE to the future)
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