Introduction 1
Suggested Lesson Plan 2
Lesson: Imperialism 3
Colonization of Africa 5
Lesson: Mahatma Ghandi and the Liberation of India 7
Lesson: Universal Human Rights 13
Champions for Human Rights 14
Lesson: Einstein and Relativity 17
The Formula for Energy 19
An Example of Relativity 20
Lesson: Totalitarian Governments 21
Characteristics of Totalitarianism 22
Lesson: The American Bill of Rights 23
Lesson: The Fable of Animal Farm (A Retelling) 24
The Pig Napoleon 29
Lesson: The Russian Revolution 32
The Marxist Theory of History 35
Criticisms of Marxism 36
Stages of History According to Marxism 37
A Threefold Commonwealth 38
A Semi-Revolution: Robert Frost 39
Lesson: Stalin and his Regime 41
Life in Stalinist Russia 43
Lesson: The World at War 1914-1918 45
Lesson: World War II 48
Nazi Bureaucracy and Eichmann 50
Lesson: Lights Shining in the Darkness 51
Comparative Speeds of Transport 54
Lesson: Scientific Discovery and Technological Innovation 55
Inventions of the Twentieth Century 56
Lesson: Environmental Awareness and Rachael Carson 57
Lesson: The Discovery of the Unconscious 59
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (A Retelling) 61
Lesson: Surrealism and Modern Art 67
Lesson: The Discovery of Consciousness 69
Appendix: Timeline of Events 70
Bibliography 71