Story of Wld V3 Ear Mod Tim PA

by Bauer,Susan Wise

• ISBN13: 9780971412996
• ISBN10: 0971412995
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-12
• Publisher: The Well-Trained Mind Press

Summary

Now more than ever, other cultures are affecting our everydaylives'”and our children need to learn about the other countries of theworld and their history. Susan Wise Bauer has provided acaptivating guide to the history of other lands. Written in an engaging,straightforward manner, The Story of the World: History for theClassical Child; Volume 3: Early Modern Times weaves world historyinto a story book format. Who was the Sun King? Why did the Luddites goaround England smashing machines? And how did samurai become sumowrestlers? The Story of the World covers the sweep ofhuman history from ancient times until the present. Africa, China,Europe, the Americas'”find out what happened all around the world inlong-ago times. Designed as a read-aloud project for parents andchildren to share together, The Story of the World includes eachcontinent and major people group. Volume 3: Early Modern Times isthe third of a four volume series and covers the major historicalevents in the years 1600 to 1850, as well as including maps,illustrations, and tales from each culture. Each Story of the World volume provides a full year of history study when combined with the Activity Book, Audiobook, and Tests'”each available separately to accompany each volume of The Story of the World Text Book. Volume 3 Grade Recommendation: Grades 3-8.

Table of Contents

Introduction	11	(4)
Chapter 1 A World of Empires	15	(10)
The Holy Roman Empire
The Riches of Spain
Chapter 2 Protestant Rebellions	25	(10)
The Dutch Revolt
The Queen Without a Country
Chapter 3 James, King of Two Countries	35	(8)
James and His Enemies
King James's Town
Chapter 4 Searching for the Northwest Passage	43	(10)
The French in the New World
Henry Hudson's Quest
Chapter 5 Warlords of Japan	53	(8)
Hideyoshi, Japan's Great Leader
The First Tokugawa Ruler
Chapter 6 New Colonies in the New World	61	(10)
Strangers and Saints in Plymouth
The Dutch in the New World
Chapter 7 The Spread of Slavery	71	(10)
Tobacco and Unwilling Colonists
Queen Nzinga of Angola
Chapter 8 The Middle of the East	81	(10)
The Persian Puzzle
The Ottoman Turks
Chapter 9 The Western War	91	(16)
The Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648
Chapter 10 Far East of Europe 99
Japan's Isolation: Closed Doors in the East
The "Foreign Conquest" of China: The Rise of the Manchu
Chapter 11 The Moghul Emperors of India	107	(8)
World Seizer, King of the World, and Conqueror of the World
Aurangzeb's Three Decisions
Chapter 12 Battle, Fire, and Plague in England	115	(14)
Charles Loses His Head
Cromwell's Protectorate
Plague and Fire
Chapter 13 The Sun King	129	(6)
The Sun King of France
Chapter 14 The Rise of Prussia	135	(6)
Frederick, the First Prussian King
Chapter 15 A New World in Conflict	141	(14)
War Against the Colonies: King Philip's War
War Against the Colonies: Louis XIV Saves France
William Penn's Holy Experiment
Chapter 16 The West	155	(10)
The Universal Laws of Newton and Locke
Scientific Farming
Chapter 17 Russia Looks West	165	(10)
Peter the Great
Peter's Port to the West
Chapter 18 East and West Collide	175	(6)
The Ottomans Look West-Twice
Chapter 19 The English in India	181	(10)
The Indian Empire Falls Apart
The Shopkeepers' Invasion
Chapter 20 The Imperial East	191	(8)
Emperor Chi'en-lung's Library
The Land of the Dragon
Chapter 21 Fighting Over North America	199	(10)
Three Pointless Wars
The Seven-Year War
Chapter 22 Revolution!	209	(10)
Discontent in the British Colonies
The American Revolution
Chapter 23 The New Country	219	(10)
The American Constitution
The First American President (1789-1797)
Chapter 24 Sailing South	229	(10)
Captain Cook Reaches Botany Bay
The Convict Settlement
Chapter 25 Revolution Gone Sour	239	(10)
The Storming of the Bastille
The Reign of Terror
Chapter 26 Catherine the Great	249	(10)
Princess Catherine Comes to Russia
Catherine the Great
Chapter 27 A Changing World	259	(8)
Steam and Coal in Britain
Cotton and Guns in America
Chapter 28 China and the Rest of the World	267	(8)
The Kingdom at the Center of the World
The Rise of the Opium Trade
Chapter 29 The Rise of Bonaparte	275	(8)
Napoleon Comes to Power
The Emperor Napoleon
Chapter 30 Freedom in the Caribbean	283	(6)
The Haitian Revolt
Chapter 31 A Different Kind of Rebellion	289	(8)
The World of the Factories
The Luddites
Chapter 32 The Opened West	297	(12)
Lewis and Clark Map the West
Tecumseh's Resistance
Chapter 33 The End of Napoleon	309	(10)
Napoleon's Wars (And 1812, Too)
Waterloo!
Chapter 34 Freedom for South America	319	(10)
Simon Bolivar: The Liberator
Freedom, But Not Unity
Chapter 35 Mexican Independence	329	(8)
The Cry of Dolores
The Republic of Mexico
Chapter 36 The Slave Trade Ends	337	(6)
The Work of the Abolitionists
Chapter 37 Troubled Africa	343	(8)
The Zulu Kingdom
The Boers and the British
Chapter 38 American Tragedies	351	(10)
The Trail of Tears
Nat Turner's Revolt
Chapter 39 China Adrift	361	(6)
The First Opium War
Chapter 40 Mexico and Her Neighbor	367	(8)
Remember the Alamo
The Mexican-American War
Chapter 41 New Zealand and Her Rulers	375	(6)
The Treaty of Waitangi
The New Zealand Wars
Chapter 42 The World of Forty-Nine	381	(6)
The Gold Rush
A World of Unrest
Dates	387	(6)
Index	393