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Booklist

The following books must be obtained apart from the History Odyssey Modern Level 2 Study Guide. You may use any version, eBook, or print edition of these books. This list includes both the required books and also alternate options.

Main Reference Spine: The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia (1999 or newer edition)

Optional Additional Reference Spine: The Story of Mankind * by Hendrik Willem Van Loon (optional) There is a free eBook edition of TSOM available at: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/754.

The History Odyssey Timeline from Pandia Press (or a homemade timeline)

Other Required and Alternate/Additional Books:

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Things Fall Apart by China Achebe

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

The Red Baron. by Manfred Van Richtofen

Alternate/Additional:Stay Where You Are and Then Leave by John Browne. The story of a boy who finds his father shell-shocked during World War I.

Alternate/Additional: The War Horse by Michael Morpurgo. This story follows the adventures of Joey, a farm horse who is sold to the arm and must survive during World War I.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Alternate/Additional: In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph Marshall III. This is a Native-authored book that tells the story of the famous Lakota warrior during a road trip taken by a modern-day Lakota grandfather and his grandson.

Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith or The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

Alternate/Additional: Behind Rebel Lines by Seymour Reit

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Alternate/Additional: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Alternate/Additional: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Alternate/Additional: It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted forYoung Readers) by Trevor Noah. The true biography of the famous comedian as he grew up in South Africa Apartheid.

Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah

No Promises in the Wind by Irene Hunt

Additional books that could be added to Modern Times Level 2:

Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac. An incredible story from World War II that highlights Native American culture and achievement.

The Night Diary by Veela Hiranandani. A tale written in diary form about the Partition of India in 1947.

I am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) by Malala Yousafzai. This book connects readers with Middle Eastern current events through a young person's perspective who was greatly impacted by the cultural and political climate of the region.

A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park. Focuses on two kids in the Sudan and how their lives intersect, tackling issues of refugees and the importance of clean, available water.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba. A story about the ingenuity of one young man who helped his Malawian village by bringing electricity to combat drought and famine.

Part I. Introduction to Modern Times

Includes a map of the travels in Around the World in 80 Days: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days

Free ebook of Around the World in 80 Days through Project Gutenburg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/103

Public domain version of the audio book: https://librivox.org/search?title=Around+The+World+In+Eighty+Days&author=Verne&reader=&keywords=&genre_id=0&status=all&project_type=either&recorded_language=&sort_order=catalog_date&search_page=1&search_form=advanced

The BBC program of Michael Palin's Around the World in 80 Days is very good if you are able to locate it. It is a documentary from 1989 where Mr. Palin follows the path, roughly, from the book. You can read the text from his accompanying book here: https://www.palinstravels.co.uk/static-7

Free audio of the poem If by Rudyard Kipling: https://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video/Literature/-/If/15422

Helpful site for summarizing the Treaty of Vereeniging - https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Peace_of_Vereeniging

Timeline of the Zulu War: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Timeline-of-the-AngloZulu-War/

The Boer Wars: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/boer_wars_01.shtml

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-boer-war-1779180

The Great Trek: https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/great-trek-1835-1846

Suez Canal - http://www.touregypt.net/suezcanal.htm

Events leading to the Scramble for Africa: https://www.thoughtco.com/what-caused-the-scramble-for-africa-43730

More information about Things Fall Apart: https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/things/

http://www.indiaforum.org/india/about-india.htm

http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/india/about_india.htm

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-british-raj-in-india-195275

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zf7fr82/revision/1

Timeline of the British Empire: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Timeline-Of-The-British-Empire/

Queen Victoria: https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/queen-victoria

https://www.thoughtco.com/queen-victoria-biography-3530656

Queen Victoria’s Children and Grandchildren: https://www.thoughtco.com/queen-victorias-children-and-grandchildren-3530653

https://www.australianexplorer.com/australian_history.htm

History of Australia: https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/History/Australia-history.htm

https://www.australias.guide/australia-history/

Interactive map with photos of various regions of Australia: https://www.australias.guide/maps/

Australian Timeline: https://www.ducksters.com/geography/country/australia_history_timeline.php

The Potato Famine: https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/irish-potato-famine

https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Famine-Irish-history

Short video about the Irish Potato Famine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAnT21xGdSk&feature=emb_logo

Song of the Famine: https://unionsong.com/u806.html

Interesting site from the town of Skibbereen, an Irish town that was devastated by the Great Famine: https://skibbheritage.com/home/skibbereen-history/

BBC Ireland Independence: Why Jan 1919 is an important date https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/46480953

Video about the Irish War of Independence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31lilUvmXUA&feature=emb_logo

Tips on giving an oral presentation: https://www.brighthubeducation.com/study-and-learning-tips/46133-oral-presentation-tips/

Imperialism in Central and Southeast Asia: https://worldhistorycaussey.weebly.com/imperialism-in-central-and-southeast-asia.html

The Act of Union from 1840: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/act-of-union

Papineau: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/louis-joseph-papineau

William Lyon Mckenzie : https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mackenzie-william-lyon

Canada: https://www.royal.uk/canada

Brief overview of Canadian History: https://www.thoughtco.com/quick-geography-facts-about-canada-1434345

History of Canada timeline: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Canadian_history

The Commonwealth: http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/find_out/guides/world/commonwealth/

http://www.youngcommonwealth.org

https://www.royal.uk/commonwealth-and-overseas

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/portsmouth-treaty

Short video about Meiji Japan: Reforming a Nation Through Western Development: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPhi7mZmsSY

https://biography.yourdictionary.com/mutsuhito

http://www.smplanet.com/teaching/imperialism/#boxer

Part III. Nationalism and Unification Prior to World War I

Guomindang or Chinese Nationalist Party: https://alphahistory.com/chineserevolution/guomindang/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalism

https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/political-science-and-government/political-science-terms-and-concepts/nationalism#natlism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nosq94oCl_M&feature=emb_logo

https://www.history.com/topics/middle-east/ottoman-empire

Why the Ottoman Empire Rose and Fell: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/reference/modern-history/why-ottoman-empire-rose-fell/

http://cwrs.russianwar.co.uk

This site is practically helpful in determining the causes of the war: http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/index.html

You can listen to Tennyson reading his poem, recorded on an Edison wax cylinder in 1890. Follow along with the written poem; the recording is hard to hear. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LightBrigade-Tennyson.ogg

Florence Nightingale: https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/florence-nightingale-1

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-first-balkan-war-ends

https://schoolhistory.co.uk/notes/the-balkans/

The Treaty of London: https://www.firstworldwar.com/atoz/treatyoflondon.htm

https://www.britannica.com/event/Risorgimento

A timeline of the events of the Risorgimento: https://www.theflorentine.net/2011/03/10/the-italian-risorgimento-a-timeline/

This short video has an overview of Italian and German unification (also has good information for lesson 37): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSjDe9_jZk8&feature=emb_logo

https://history.state.gov/countries/issues/german-unification

https://www.historydiscussion.net/history/history-of-germany/history-of-the-unification-of-germany/1714

Otto von Bismarck: https://www.history.com/topics/germany/otto-von-bismarck

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/bismarck_otto_von.shtml

Napoleon III: https://www.biography.com/political-figure/napoleon-iii

Part IV. North America Prior to World War I

Complete text of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer from the Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/74/74-h/74-h.htm

This cave system is located in Mark Twain’s hometown of Hannibal, Missouri and has many of the locations that are mentioned in the book: https://www.marktwaincave.com

The Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum in Hannibal, Missouri has lots of great information about Mark Twain: https://marktwainmuseum.org

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_destiny

https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/manifest-destiny

Khan Academy lesson on Manifest Destiny: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/the-early-republic/age-of-jackson/a/manifest-destiny

https://www.ushistory.org/us/29.asp

https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/westward-expansion

Crash Course video about Western Expansion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q16OZkgSXfM&feature=emb_logo

Homestead Act of 1862 including photos of primary documents: https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/homestead-act

Transcontinental Railroad: https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/transcontinental-railroad

https://www.american-rails.com/trnscntl.html

Plain Wars: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/the-gilded-age/american-west/a/indian-wars

General George Custer: https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/george-armstrong-custer

Sitting Bull: https://www.nps.gov/libi/learn/historyculture/sitting-bull.htm

Information about the Battle of Little Bighorn from the National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/libi/index.htm

Rutherford B. Hayes: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/rutherford-b-hayes/

https://www.biography.com/us-president/rutherford-b-hayes

The Massacre at Wounded Knee: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-army-massacres-indians-at-wounded-knee

Eyewitness account of the Massacre at Wounded Knee: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/knee.htm

Short video about Wounded Knee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ-cUsUg_J0&feature=emb_logo

Primary sources about slavery in the US: https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/slavery-in-the-united-states-primary-sources-and-the-historical-record/#students

African-American resources including narratives from slaves :http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aohome.html

Conditions of antebellum slavery from PBS: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2956.html

History of Transportation on the Mississippi River: https://cgee.hamline.edu/rivers/Resources/Voices/transportation1.htm

Video lessons about life in America right before the Civil War: https://study.com/academy/topic/life-in-antebellum-america-1807-1861.html

The Pre-Civil War Era: https://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/precivilwar/context/

History of Public Schools in America: https://people.howstuffworks.com/public-schools1.htm

Article about foreshadowing and how to use it in your own writing if you are a writer: https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-foreshadowing-foreshadowing-literary-device-tips-and-examples#5-foreshadowing-examples-and-techniques

Video lesson about symbolism in literature: https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-symbolism-in-literature-definition-types-examples.html

The full text and also study help for The Red Badge of Courage: https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/redbadge/

https://americancivilwar.com/kids_zone/causes.html

https://mrnussbaum.com/history/civil-war-causes

http://www.civilwar.com

Library of Congress Civil War collection: https://www.loc.gov/search/?in=&q=civil+war&new=true&st=

The Gettysburg Address performed/read by various actors/singers/political figures: https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/gettysburgaddress.htm

https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history

https://www.historynet.com/civil-war

https://www.thoughtco.com/american-civil-war-a-short-history-2360921

The Ken Burns film The Civil War is very good (possibly available on streaming services or at some libraries). This PBS site also includes a whole section for teachers with lesson plans and activities associated with the film but many are great even without the film.: http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/civil-war/

Crash Course Civil War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY9zHNOjGrs&feature=emb_logo

https://www.dkfindout.com/us/history/american-civil-war/

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war

https://www.biographyonline.net/people-american-civil-war/

Harriet Tubman Historical Society: http://www.harriet-tubman.org

Abraham Lincoln: https://www.thoughtco.com/abraham-lincoln-16th-president-united-states-104273

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/abraham-lincoln/

http://www.abraham-lincoln-history.org/category/biography/

Ulysses S. Grant: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/ulysses-s-grant/

https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/ulysses-s-grant-1

Robert E. Lee: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/robert-e-lee

https://www.nps.gov/arho/learn/historyculture/robert-lee.htm

Part V. World War I

Some great maps that show parts of the world before WWI and situations leading up to WWI: https://www.vox.com/a/world-war-i-maps

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/manfred-baron-von-richthofen

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-red-baron-1779208

The full text of The Red Battle Flyer by Captain Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41159/41159-h/41159-h.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_von_Richthofen

Maps of several areas leading up to and through WWI: https://www.vox.com/a/world-war-i-maps

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/outbreak-of-world-war-i

https://www.thoughtco.com/causes-that-led-to-world-war-i-105515

Video - How a Wrong Turn Started World War I :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JsFvcSr7BA

Lots of great resources at the Imperial War Museums website: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-the-world-went-to-war-in-1914

https://www.iwm.org.uk/search/stories?query=WW1&pageSize=15

Short video of life in a trench: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G4ZY66BG38&feature=emb_logo

More about the trenches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgykKEhfEok&feature=emb_logo

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history

WWI Timeline: https://www.thoughtco.com/world-war-i-timeline-from-1914-to-1918-4148287

https://www.thoughtco.com/world-war-i-p2-1779985

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqhyb9q/articles/zkb86v4

Treaty of Versailles: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/treaty-of-versailles-1

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-versailles-treaty-1779983

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-ends

https://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_i/end_of_ww1_post_war.php

Adolf Hitler during WWI: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/adolf-hitler-and-world-war-i-1913-1919

Interesting museum exhibit of the sound recreated of when the guns fell silent at the end of WWI: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/listen-moment-guns-fell-silent-ending-world-war-i-180970772/

Newspapers from around the world about the end of WWI: https://www.newspapers.com/topics/world-war1/end-of-world-war-i/

https://www.historynet.com/weapons-of-world-war-i.htm

https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/technology-weapons-ww1/

https://www.military-history.org/articles/german-zeppelins-of-wwi.htm

Part VI. Between the Wars

Timeline of the Russian Revolution: https://www.bl.uk/russian-revolution/articles/timeline-of-the-russian-revolution

Czar Nicholas II: https://www.thoughtco.com/nicholas-ii-1779830

Bloody Sunday: https://www.thoughtco.com/prelude-to-the-russian-revolution-1779472

Rasputin: https://www.biography.com/political-figure/rasputin

https://www.thoughtco.com/murder-of-rasputin-1779627

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/murder-rasputin-100-years-later-180961572/

Lenin: https://www.history.com/topics/russia/vladimir-lenin

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/lenin-mausoleum-moscow/index.html

BBC News discussion about the body of Lenin on display 100 years after the revolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPmlX4kWgjs&feature=emb_logo

Bolsheviks: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bolsheviks-revolt-in-russia

https://www.thoughtco.com/who-were-the-mensheviks-and-bolsheviks-1221813

An article about some American Troops who got caught up in the Russian Civil War with the White Russians: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/forgotten-doughboys-who-died-fighting-russian-civil-war-180971470/

Trotsky: https://www.thoughtco.com/leon-trotsky-1779899

Stalin: https://www.history.com/topics/russia/joseph-stalin

https://www.thoughtco.com/joseph-stalin-1779902

Photos of Stalin throughout his life: https://www.bygonely.com/young-joseph-stalin/

Full text of the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Communist-Manifesto/

Summary and full text of the Communist Manifesto: https://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/communist/summary/

Communism: https://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/social-science/government/concepts/communism

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/co/Communism

Timeline of Communism: https://www.history.com/topics/russia/communism-timeline

https://people.howstuffworks.com/communism1.htm

Karl Marx: https://www.history.com/topics/germany/karl-marx

https://www.thoughtco.com/karl-marx-biography-3026494

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/marx/

Friedrich Engels: https://www.famousphilosophers.org/friedrich-engels/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/fascism

Benito Mussolini: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/benito-mussolini

https://www.biography.com/dictator/benito-mussolini

Francisco Franco: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/francisco-franco

https://www.thoughtco.com/francisco-franco-biography-1221852

Adolf Hitler: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/adolf-hitler

https://www.thoughtco.com/facts-about-hitler-1779642

Short video about Hitler’s life: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/adolf-hitler-video

Nazi Party: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/nazi-party

If you have the PBS passport, this PBS program is good- Rise of the Nazis: https://www.pbs.org/show/rise-nazis/

Falange Party: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Falange

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/spanish-civil-war

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spanish-civil-war-breaks-out

https://www.worldhistoryedu.com/major-facts-spanish-civil-war/

This is the first episode of a several part documentary about the Spanish Civil War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu5f9hp0IP4&feature=emb_logo

Difference between Communism and Socialism: https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/100214/what-difference-between-communism-and-socialism.asp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism

https://www.marxists.org/glossary/terms/s/o.htm#socialism

Pablo Picasso: https://www.pablopicasso.org

Guernica by Pablo Picasso: https://www.pablopicasso.org/guernica.jsp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_satire

Totalitarianism in contrast to Authoritarianism and Fascism: https://www.thoughtco.com/totalitarianism-authoritarianism-fascism-4147699

Woodrow Wilson: https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/woodrow-wilson

An article from Smithsonian Magazine about Woodrow Wilson contracting the 1918 flu while in office (includes a short video): https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-happened-when-woodrow-wilson-came-down-1918-flu-180975972/

Charles Lindbergh: https://www.biography.com/historical-figure/charles-lindbergh

Al Capone: https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/al-capone

https://www.thoughtco.com/al-capone-1779788

Warren G. Harding: https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/warren-g-harding

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/warren-g-harding/

Franklin Roosevelt: https://www.thoughtco.com/franklin-d-roosevelt-1779848

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/franklin-d-roosevelt/

The Ken Burns film- The Roosevelts is very good (This documentary series focuses on Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt). Available on some streaming services: https://kenburns.com/films/roosevelts/

Eleanor Roosevelt: https://www.thoughtco.com/eleanor-roosevelt-1779802

https://www.history.com/topics/first-ladies/eleanor-roosevelt

Constitutional Amendments: https://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#Amends

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/monkeytrial-jazz-age/

https://historylearning.com/modern-world-history/america-1918/1920s-america/

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/rise-to-world-power/1920s-america/a/jazz-and-the-lost-generation

Art Deco: https://www.theartstory.org/movement/art-deco/

https://www.history.com/topics/art-history/history-of-art-noveau-and-art-deco

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression

Video about the Great Depression around the world: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqjHHhPWDw8

For fun, this is a 1937 film that was intended to boost the spirit of Great Depression-weary Americans about new technical and scientific advances. (Some of these might make you smile, like cars getting 300 miles to the gallon): https://archive.org/details/Frontier1937

Several topics concerning the Great Depression: https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-great-depression-1779289

The Ken Burns documentary series The Dust Bowl is very good. There is a lot of extra information on this website that goes along with the topic. Available on some streaming services: https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/

Causes of the Great Depression: https://www.thoughtco.com/causes-of-the-great-depression-104686

The Great Depression in the UK: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Great-Depression/

Recipes from the Great Depression era: https://www.thespruceeats.com/depression-era-recipes-1388459

Recipes from the Great Depression: https://www.tasteofhome.com/collection/depression-era-recipes/

The Long March: https://www.thoughtco.com/what-was-the-long-march-195155

https://www.history.com/topics/china/long-march

Mao Zedong: https://www.thoughtco.com/timeline-of-mao-zedongs-life-195741

Chinese Civil War: https://study.com/academy/lesson/chinese-civil-war-summary-facts-timeline.html

Chiang Kai-shek: https://www.thoughtco.com/chiang-kai-shek-4588488

https://www.history.com/topics/china/chiang-kai-shek

Emperor Hirohito: https://www.thoughtco.com/emperor-hirohito-of-japan-195661

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/hirohito-1