Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to Asia, Africa, and the World We Live In

    2. How to Navigate the Class Platform

    3. Syllabus: Asia, Africa, and the World We Live In

    4. 2024-25 Class Calendar

    5. Weekly Class Schedule by Time Zone

    6. Optional Add-On: Special Topics

    1. Optional Add-On: Special Topics

    2. Sample Lesson 1 - The Mysteries of a Lost World

    3. Sample Lesson 2 - A Bridge to the Ancient Past

    4. Sample Lesson 3 - The Beginning

    5. Sample Lesson 4 - What is a Menes-Narmer?

    1. Unit 1: China

    2. Lesson 1 - The World We Live In, Part 1

    3. Handout - The Ten Major Cultures of the World

    4. Lesson 2 - The World We Live In, Part 2

    5. Lesson 3 - The America-Centric World

    6. 2024-25 Junior High Class Notes 1

    7. Lesson 4 - The America-Centric Crisis of our Times

    8. Lesson 5 - Introduction to Post-Maoist China

    9. Lesson 6 - Introduction to Post-Maoist China, Part 2

    10. 2024-25 Junior High Class Notes 2

    11. Lesson 7 - A Story of over Four Thousand Years!

    12. Lesson 8 - Benevolent Despotism

    13. 2024-25 Junior High Class Notes 3

    14. Lesson 9 - Confucius and the Limits of Benevolent Despotism

    15. Lesson 10 - The Middle Kingdom

    16. Lesson 11 - Globalization Begins

    17. 2024-25 Junior High Class Notes 4

    18. Lesson 12 - Globalization: How and Why

    19. Lesson 13 - Globalization: The Problem of the Middlemen

    20. Lesson 14: Globalization - The Problem of the "Balance of Trade"

    21. 2024-25 Junior High Class Notes 5

    22. Lesson 15 - The Century of Humiliation, Part 1

    23. Lesson 16 - The Century of Humiliation, Part 2

    24. Lesson 17 - The Rise of Maoism

    25. 2024-25 Junior High Class Notes 6

    26. Lesson 18 - The Century of Humiliation, Part 4

    27. Lesson 19 - Maoism

    28. Lesson 20 - Integrating Chinese History

    29. 2024-25 Junior High Class Notes 7

    30. Lesson 21 - Timelining Chinese History

    31. 2024-25 Junior High Class Notes 8

    32. Lesson 22 - Conclusion

    33. Lesson 23 - Test Preparation Guidance

    34. Junior High - Test 1 Test Preparation Sheets

    35. Lesson 24 - Test 1 Test Preparation Class

    36. Junior High - Test 1

    37. Lesson 25 - Fascism

    38. Lesson 43 - Test 2 Test Preparation Class

    39. Junior High - Test 2

    1. Unit 2: Japan

    2. Lesson 26 - Introduction to Japan

    3. Lesson 27 - Japan as a Major Culture

    4. Lesson 28 - Post-Imperial Japan

    5. Lesson 29 - Origins of Japan

    6. Lesson 30 - Divine Kingship

    7. Lesson 31 - The Rise of the Yamato Dynasty

    8. 2024-25 Junior High Class Notes 10

    9. Lesson 32 - Bureaucratic Monarchy

    10. Lesson 33 - Emperors and Shoguns

    11. Lesson 34 - The European Arrival

    12. Lesson 35 - Insular Japan

    13. Lesson 36 - The Perry Expedition and Treaty of Kanagawa

    14. Lesson 37 - Reactionary Imperialism, Part 1

    15. Lesson 38 - Reactionary Imperialism, Part 2

    16. 2024-25 Junior High Class Notes 12

    17. Lesson 39 - Japanese Imperialism

    18. Lesson 40 - Post-Imperial Japan

    19. 2024-25 Junior High Class Notes 13

    20. Lesson 41 - China, Japan, and the World We Live In

    21. Lesson 42 - China and Japan Timelining and Summarizing

    22. Junior High - Test 2 Test Preparation Sheets

    23. Junior High - Test 2 ANSWER KEY

    1. Unit 3: The Islamic Middle East

    2. L44 - The Blind Men and the Elephant

    3. Handout: The Blind Men and the Elephant, by John Godfrey Saxe

    4. Lesson 45 - The Islamic World Today

    5. Handout: Three Cultures

    6. Handout: Outline Map of the Islamic Middle East

    7. Lesson 46 - The War on Terror

    8. Lesson 47 - A Cultural Block at War with Itself

    9. Lesson 48 - A Cultural Block at War with Itself, Part 2

    10. Lesson 49 - Welcome Back!

    11. Lesson 50 - America Humiliated

    12. 2024-25 Junior High Class Notes 14

    13. Lesson 51 - The Origin of Islamic Triumphalism

    14. Lesson 52 - Confronting Europe (and India)

    15. Lesson 53 - A Thousand Years of Triumph

    16. 2024-25 Junior High Class Notes 15

    17. Handout: Timeline (In Progress)

    18. Lesson 54 - The Decline of Imperial Islam

    19. 2024-25 Junior High Class Notes 16

    20. Lesson 55 - The Collpase of Triumphal Islam

    21. Lesson 56 - World War I

    22. 2024-25 Junior High Class Notes 17

    23. Lesson 57 - Political Disintegration

    24. Handout - Geography Test Prep

    25. Lesson 58 - Nationalsim in Islamic Culture

    26. Lesson 59 - America and the Islamic World, Part 1

    27. Lesson 60 - America and the Islamic World, Part 2

    28. 2024-25 Junior High Class Notes 18

    29. Lesson 61 - Prospects for Islamic Culture

    30. Lesson 62 - Review of Islamic History

    31. Junior High - Test 3 Test Preparation Sheets

    32. Test 3 - Test Preparation Class

    33. Junior High - Test 3

    1. Unit 4: India

    2. Handout - Geography of South Asia

    3. Lesson 64 - Orientation to South Asia, Part 1

    4. Handout - Geography of South Asia (Completed)

    5. Lesson 65 - Orientation to South Asia, Part 2

    6. Lesson 66 - What is India Today?

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