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

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7.0: Era 7 Overview

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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Era 7 Overview
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WATCH: Era 7 Overview
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READ: Era 7 Overview — The Last 100 Years
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Frames in Era 7
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WATCH: Frames in Era 7
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Era 7 OverviewGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

7.1: World War 1

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READ: What Caused the First World War
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Britain and World War I
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WATCH: Britain and World War I
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: How World War I Started
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WATCH: How World War I Started
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READ: The First World War as a Global War
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READ: World War I — A Total War
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READ: The Mexican Revolution
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READ: The Power of One — The Russian Revolution
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Armenian Genocide
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WATCH: Armenian Genocide
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READ: Capitalism and World War I
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Practice
World War 1Get 3 of 4 questions to level up!

7.2: Interwar

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READ: Global Great Depression
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: What is Fascism?
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WATCH: What is Fascism?
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READ: Fascist Histories, Part I
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READ: Fascist Histories, Part II — Exercising Authoritarianism
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Internationalism Between the Wars
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WATCH: Internationalism Between the Wars
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Practice
InterwarGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

7.3: World War 2

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READ: The Second World War
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READ: Economics in the Second World War
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: World War II
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WATCH: World War II
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READ: The Holocaust
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READ: Nuclear Weapons
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READ: Thirty Years of Continuous War
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Practice
World War 2Get 3 of 4 questions to level up!

7.4: End of Empires and Cold War

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READ: Devastation of Old Markets
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READ: Connecting Decolonization and the Cold War
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War
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WATCH: USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War
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READ: Cold War — An Overview
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READ: The Cold War Around the World
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READ: And Then Gandhi Came — Nationalism, Revolution, and Sovereignty
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant
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WATCH: Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Conflict in Israel and Palestine
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WATCH: Conflict in Israel and Palestine
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READ: Decolonizing Women
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Practice
End of Empires and Cold WarGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

7.5: Global Interactions and Institutions

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READ: Introduction to Globalization
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READ: International Institutions
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READ: Rise of China
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READ: Goods Across the World
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Globalization I - The Upside
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WATCH: Globalization I - The Upside
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Nonviolence and Peace Movements
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WATCH: Nonviolence and Peace Movements
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READ: Population and Environmental Trends, 1880 to the Present
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READ: Is the World Flat or Spiky?
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Practice
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7.6: Yeah, But?

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READ: WTO Resistance
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Indigenous Americans and Globalization
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WATCH: Indigenous Americans and Globalization
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READ: The Zapatistas Have Been a Revolutionary Force in Mexico for Decades
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READ: The Trouble With Globalization
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READ: The Anthropocene
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READ: Why Does Genocide Still Happen
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Globalization II – Good or Bad?
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Globalization II – Good or Bad?
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Humans and Energy
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WATCH: Humans and Energy
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Practice
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This era begins when cars were new, and it ends when… well, it’s really still going today! So it’s time to think about what connects and what divides us. And it’s time to figure out where you fit in the story.