rose Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 I'm fumbling my way through a year of teaching 20th century history. I was good for the first 50 years but after watching an old bbc documentary series on the cold war via youtube (which is very good, btw) I realised that I really don't know the second half of the 20th century very well at all. In may ways I feel that recent history is some of the most important history to understand so I don't want to do a poor job at teaching it. Now that we're almost done this series I've been thinking of trying to find another on the history of the middle east crisis and the gulf wars. My understanding of this history is VERY fuzzy and so I don't even really know what I need to teach. What should I start with? What should I cover? Do you have any suggestions for materials? Documentaries are actually getting done here which is a bonus. We've been watching them together in the evenings when our littles are all out of the way. I'd probably prefer this route but some books would be good too, especially if I can get them from the library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 (edited) General Modern (20th century) World resources (possible spines?) booksThe World Today (Henry Brun) -- gr. 8-adult covers contemporary problems and their origins in countries on all continents, in short (1-2 page) sketches of the history/and why of how the country's current problems/politics arose DK Millennium Children's History of the 20th CenturyThe 20th Century Year By Year: Family Guide to the People and Events that Shaped the Last Hundred Years (Philips) videoCrash Couse: World History -- YouTube videos; 42 episodes -- mostly earlier history, but episodes #37-42 are Communism/WW2 to curriculum plan/listEclectic Homeschooling: Documentary-Based Modern World History Course for High School -- 18-week study from WW2 to present past WTM threads with movie/documentary ideas:"Documentaries/movies and biographies for 20th Century World History" (US and World)"20th century documentaries""Brainstorm up an easy-peasy documentary-based history class" Middle East resources: resource listEd Tech Teacher: Modern History: Middle East Conflict -- list of links to resources booksModern Middle East: The 20th Century (Primary Source Readers) -- by Conklin -- gr. 4-6Leaders of the Middle East (Conklin) -- gr. 4-6The Mirage of Peace: Understanding the Never-Ending Conflict in the Middle East (Aikman) -- gr. 8-adult videosCrash Course Middle East -- free, YouTube past thread"Middle East resources?" ETA: PS And to keep things from getting SO heavy, maybe add in some modern-times documentaries on other topics. Examples: - Modern Marvels series - Crash Course: Computer History series - Sister Wendy Art Appreciation videos: American Collection (links to episode 1 of several episodes); she also has a 10-part Story of Painting, with episode 9 and 10 about 20th century art Edited March 25, 2020 by Lori D. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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