Connecting the Dots in World History, A Teacher's Literacy Based Curriculum

he Connecting-the-Dots in World History: A Teacher’s Literacy-Based Curriculum series changes this by showing how effective a teacher-generated curriculum can be. These books can inspire other teachers to create their own curriculums and inspire a change in the way that the public views teachers and teaching.

Chris Edwards teaches World History and Advanced Placement World History at a high school in the Midwest and is the author of both Teaching Genius: Redefining Education with Lessons from Science and Philosophy (R&L Education, 2012), and Novum Organum II: Going beyond the Scientific Research Model (R &L Education, 2014). He writes on topics as varied as philosophy, theoretical physics, law, logic and psychology for the science and philosophy journals Skeptic and Free Inquiry and his scholarship and teaching methodology have been published in journals produced by both the National Council for History Education and the National Council for Social Studies.

Introduction Chapter One: A Whole New World Chapter Two: The Scientific Revolution Chapter Three: The New Global Economy Chapter Four: Western Civilization Redefined Chapter Five: Settlement and War Chapter Six: The Enlightenment and the Anti-Slavery Movement Chapter Seven: Westernization, Revolution, and Colonization Chapter Eight: The American Revolution Chapter Nine: The French Revolution Chapter Ten: Russia Chapter Eleven: Napoleon and the Beginning of Ottoman Collapse Appendix