Understanding Western Society: Combined Volume

NOTE: LaunchPad material that does not appear in the print book – guided reading exercises, assessment tools, all of the documents from Sources for Western Society – has been indicated on this table of contents as shown. Each chapter in LaunchPad also comes with a wealth of additional documents, Key Terms Flashcards, Map Quizzes, Timeline Activities, and much more, all of which can be easily integrated and assigned.

Preface
Versions and Supplements
Maps, Figures, and Tables
Introduction

Chapter 1
Origins to 1200 B.C.E.
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What do we mean by “the West” and “Western civilization”?
 Describing the West
  What Is Civilization?
How did early human societies develop and create new technologies and cultural forms?
From the First Hominids to the Paleolithic Era
 Picturing the Past: Paleolithic Venus Figures
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Planting Crops
Implications of Agriculture
Trade and Cross-Cultural Connections
What kind of civilization did the Sumerians develop in Mesopotamia?
Environment and Mesopotamian Development
The Invention of Writing and the First Schools
Religion in Mesopotamia
Sumerian Politics and Society
How did the Akkadian and Old Babylonian empires develop in Mesopotamia?
The Akkadians and the Babylonians
Life Under Hammurabi
Cultural Exchange in the Fertile Crescent
How did the Egyptians create a prosperous and long-lasting society?
The Nile and the God-King
Egyptian Religion
Egyptian Society and Work
Egyptian Family Life
 Picturing the Past: Egyptian Home Life
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
The Hyksos and New Kingdom Revival
 Mapping the Past: Empires and Migrations in the Eastern Mediterranean
 Individuals in Society: Hatshepsut and Nefertiti
Conflict and Cooperation with the Hittites
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Learning Curve LaunchPad
Chapter 1 Study Guide
 Online Document Project: Hatshepsut: Depicting a Goddess-King LaunchPad
  Document 1-1: Hatshepsut's Early Life as Described in Inscriptions at Deir el-Bahri, ca. 1479-1458 B.C.E. LaunchPad
  Document 1-2: Three Statues of Hatshepsut from Deir el-Bahri, ca. 1479-1458 B.C.E. LaunchPad
  Document 1-3: Herbert Winlock, Lecture on the Deir el-Bahri Excavations, 1942 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Hatshepsut: Depicting a Goddess-King LaunchPad
  Quiz for Hatshepsut: Depicting a Goddess-King

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 1 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 1-1:  The Battle Between Marduk and Tiamat (ca. 2000–1000 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 1-2: The Epic of Gilgamesh (ca. 2750 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 1-3: The Code of Hammurabi (ca. 1780 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 1-4: The Egyptian Book of the Dead (ca. 1780 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 1-5: Letters Between a Sumerian King and His Prime Minister (ca. 2000–1700 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: The Great and Terrible Power of the Gods LaunchPad
  Document 1-6: Akhenaten, The Hymn to Aton (ca. 1350 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 1-7: Lamentation Over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur (ca. 2000 - 1700 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 1 LaunchPad
Chapter 1 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 2
Small Kingdoms and Mighty Empires in the Near East, 1200–550 B.C.E.
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did iron technology shape new states after 1200 B.C.E?
Iron Technology
The Decline of Egypt and the Emergence of Kush
The Rise of Phoenicia
How did the Hebrews create an enduring religious tradition?
The Hebrew State
The Jewish Religion
Hebrew Family and Society
What explains the rise and fall of the Assyrians?
Assyria’s Long Road to Power
 Mapping the Past: The Assyrian and Persian Empires
Assyrian Rule and Culture
 Picturing the Past: Assyrians Besiege a City
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
The Neo-Babylonian Empire
How did the Persians consolidate their extensive empire?
Consolidation of the Persian Empire
 Individuals in Society: Cyrus the Great
Persian Religion
Persian Art and Culture
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Learning Curve LaunchPad
Chapter 2 Study Guide

Online Document Project: Cyrus the Great: Building on a Ruler's Greatness LaunchPad
  Document 2-1: The Tomb of Darius the Great, ca. 500 B.C.E. LaunchPad
  Document 2-2: Exodus and Deuteronomy (ca. 950–450 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 2-3: Persepolis: A Capital of All Countries, ca. 550 -330 B.C.E. LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Cyrus the Great: Building on a Ruler's Greatness LaunchPad
  Quiz for Cyrus the Great: Building on a Ruler's Greatness LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 2 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 2-1: Book of Genesis (ca. 950–450 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 2-2: Exodus and Deuteronomy (ca. 950–450 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 2-3: Assyrian Kings Proclaim Their Greatness (ca. 1220–1070 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Sources in Coversation: The Legacy of Cyrus LaunchPad
  Document 2-4: Cyrus and Persia, Ruling an Empire (ca. 550 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 2-5: Book of Isaiah: Blessings for Cyrus (ca. 550 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 2-6: Zoroaster, Gatha 30: Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds (ca. 600 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 2 LaunchPad
Chapter 2 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter  3
The Development of Greek Society and Culture, ca. 3000–338 B.C.E.
Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 3 LaunchPad
How did the geography of Greece shape its earliest kingdoms?
Geography and Settlement
The Minoans
The Mycenaeans
Homer, Hesiod, and the Epic
What was the role of the polis in Greek society?
Organization of the Polis
Governing Structures
Overseas Expansion
The Growth of Sparta
The Evolution of Athens
What were the causes and consequences of the major wars of the classical period?
The Persian Wars
Growth of the Athenian Empire
The Peloponnesian War
Mapping the Past: The Peloponnesian War, 431–404 B.C.E.
The Struggle for Dominance
Phillip II and Macedonian Supremacy
What were the lasting cultural and intellectual achievements of the classical period?
Athenian Arts in the Age of Pericles
 Picturing the Past: The Acropolis of Athens
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Households and Work
Gender and Sexuality
Individuals in Society: Aspasia
Public and Personal Religion   
The Flowering of Philosophy
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Learning Curve LaunchPad
Chapter 3 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Aspasia: Gender Roles in Classical Athens LaunchPad
  Document 3-1: Artistic Depictions of Women in Classical Greece LaunchPad
  Document 3-2: Greek Men’s Commentary on Greek Women LaunchPad
  Document 3-3: Plato's Republic: On the Education of Women, ca. 380 B.C.E. LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Aspasia: Gender Roles in Classical Athens LaunchPad
  Quiz for Aspasia: Gender Roles in Classical Athens LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 3 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 3-1: Homer, The Odyssey: Odysseus and the Sirens (ca. 800 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 3-2: Hesiod, Works and Days (ca. 800 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 3-3: Sophocles, Antigone (441 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: Political Philosophy LaunchPad
  Document 3-4: Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War: Pericles’ Funeral Oration (ca. 400 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 3-5: Plato, The Republic: The Allegory of the Cave (ca. 360 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 3-6: Aristotle, Politics: Democracy (ca. 340 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 3 LaunchPad
Chapter 3 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 4
Life in the Hellenistic World, 336–30 B.C.E.
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How and why did Alexander the Great create an empire?
Military Campaigns
The Political Legacy
How did Greek ideas and traditions spread?
Urban Life
 Mapping the Past: The Hellenistic World, ca. 263 B.C.E.
Greeks in Hellenistic Cities
Greeks and Non-Greeks
What new economic connections were created in the Hellenistic period?
Agriculture and Industry
Commerce
How did religion and philosophy shape everyday life in the Hellenistic world?
Religion and Magic
Hellenism and the Jews
Philosophy and the People
How did science and medicine serve the needs of Hellenistic society?
Science
 Individuals in Society: Archimedes, Scientist and Inventor
Medicine
Picturing the Past: Physician with Young Patient LaunchPad
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Learning Curve LaunchPad
Chapter 4 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Alexander's Conquests: Causes and Consequences LaunchPad
  Document 4-1: Mass Weddings at Susa: From Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander, Second Century C.E. LaunchPad
  Document 4-2: Polybius on Historical Causes, ca. 140 B.C.E. LaunchPad
  Document 4-3: Demetrius of Phalerum on the Fall of the Persian Empire, ca. 140 B.C.E. LaunchPad
  Document 4-4: Plutarch on the Early Years of Alexander's Reign, ca. 100 C.E. LaunchPad
  Document 4-5: Alexander's Conquests from a Jewish Perspective, ca. 125 B.C.E. LaunchPad
  Document 4-6: The Alexander Mosaic LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Alexander's Conquests: Causes and Consequences LaunchPad
  Quiz for Alexander's Conquests: Causes and Consequences LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 4 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 4-1: Ephippus of Olynthus, On the Burial of Alexander and Hephaestion: Ephippus of Olynthus Remembers Alexander the Great (ca. 323 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 4-2: Plutarch, Life of Cleomenes III (75 C.E.) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: Living the Good Life LaunchPad
  Document 4-3: Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers: Diogenes of Sinope, the Cynic (ca. 300–200 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 4-4: Epicurus, The Principal Doctrines of Epicureanism (ca. 306 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 4-5: Epictetus, Encheiridion, or The Manual (ca. 100 C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 4-6: Polybius, A Greek Historian Describes Byzantium’s Contribution to Regional Trade (ca. 170–118 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 4 LaunchPad
Chapter 4 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 5
The Rise of Rome, ca. 1000–27 B.C.E.
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did the Romans become the dominant power in Italy?
 Picturing the Past: The Temple of Hercules Victory
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
The Geography of Italy
The Etruscans
The Founding of Rome
The Roman Conquest of Italy
What were the key institutions of the Roman Republic?
The Roman State
Social Conflict in Rome
How did the Romans build a Mediterranean empire?
The Punic Wars
 Mapping the Past: Roman Expansion During the Republic, ca. 282-44 B.C.E.
Rome Turns East
How did expansion affect Roman society and culture?
Roman Families
Greek Influence on Roman Culture
Opposing Views: Cato the Elder and Scipio Aemilianus
What led to the fall of the Roman Republic?
Reforms for Poor and Landless Citizens
Political Violence
Civil War
 Individuals in Society: Queen Cleopatra
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Learning Curve LaunchPad
Chapter 5 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Queen Cleopatra: Depicting the Queen and the Politics of the Late Republic LaunchPad
  Document 5-1: Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth LaunchPad
  Document 5-2: Plutarch's Life of Antony, ca. 100 C.E. LaunchPad
  Document 5-3: Octavian Vilifies Antony and Cleopatra, ca. 200 C.E. LaunchPad
  Document 5-4: Strabo's Geography, ca. 7-24 C.E. LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Queen Cleopatra: Depicting the Queen and the Politics of the Late Republic LaunchPad
  Quiz for Queen Cleopatra: Depicting the Queen and the Politics of the Late Republic LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 5 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 5-1: Livy, The Rape of Lucretia (ca. 27–25 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 5-2: Plutarch's Life of Antony, ca. 100 C.E. LaunchPad
  Document 5-3: The Law of the Twelve Tables (449 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 5-4: Seneca, The Sounds of a Roman Bath (ca. 50 C.E.) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: Political Unrest in Rome LaunchPad
  Document 5-5: Appian of Alexandria, The Civil Wars (ca. 100 C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 5-6: Plutarch, On Julius Caesar, a Man of Unlimited Ambition (ca. 44 B.C.E.) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 5 LaunchPad
Chapter 5 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 6
The Roman Empire, 27 B.C.E.–284 C.E.
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did Augustus create a foundation for the Roman Empire?
The Principate
Roman Expansion
The Flowering of Latin Literature
Marriage and Morality
 Picturing the Past: Ara Pacis
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
How did the Roman state develop after Augustus?
The Julio-Claudians and the Flavians
The Age of the “Five Good Emperors”
 Individuals in Society: Bithus, a Soldier in the Roman Army
What was life like in the city of Rome, and what was it like in the provinces?
Life in Imperial Rome
Approaches to Urban Problems
Popular Entertainment
Prosperity in the Roman Provinces
Trade and Commerce
 Mapping the Past: Production and Trade in the Pax Romana, ca. 27 B.C.E.-180 C.E.
How did Christianity grow into a major religious movement?
Factors Behind the Rise of Christianity
The Life and Teachings of Jesus
The Spread of Christianity
The Growing Acceptance and Evolution of Christianity
What explains the chaos of the third century C.E.?
Civil Wars and Military Commanders
Turmoil in Economic Life
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Learning Curve LaunchPad
Chapter 6 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Bithus, a Soldier in the Roman Army: Army and Empire LaunchPad
  Document 6-1: Julius Caesar, The Gallic War, 50 B.C.E. LaunchPad
  Document 6-2: Titus Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War, ca. 75 C.E. LaunchPad
  Document 6-3: Vegetius, Epitome of Military Science, ca. 380-390 C.E.LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Bithus, a Soldier in the Roman Army: Army and Empire LaunchPad
  Quiz for Bithus, a Soldier in the Roman Army: Army and Empire LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 6 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 6-1: Tacitus, Germania (ca. 100 C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 6-2: Apuleius, The Golden Ass: The Veneration of Isis (ca. 170 C.E.) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: Jews, Christians, and the Hebrew Law LaunchPad
  Document 6-3: The Gospel According to Matthew: The Sermon on the Mount (28 C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 6-4: Paul of Tarsus, Epistle to the Galatians (ca. 50–60 C.E.) LaunchPad
  Document 6-5: The Alexamenos Graffito (ca. 100 C.E.) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 6 LaunchPad
  Chapter 6 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 7
Late Antiquity, 250–600
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did Diocletian and Constantine try to reform the empire?
Political Measures
Economic Issues
The Acceptance of Christianity
How did the Christian Church become a major force in Europe?
The Church and Its Leaders
The Development of Christian Monasticism
Monastery Life
Christianity and Classical Culture
Christian Notions of Gender and Sexuality
Saint Augustine on Human Nature, Will, and Sin
What were the key characteristics of barbarian society?
Village and Family Life
Tribes and Hierarchies
Customary and Written Law
Celtic and Germanic Religion
What were some of the causes and consequences of the barbarian migrations?
 Mapping the Past: The Barbarian Migrations
Celtic and Germanic People in Gaul and Britain
Visigoths and Huns
 Picturing the Past: Battle Between Romans and Goths
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Germanic Kingdoms and the End of the Roman Empire
How did the church convert barbarian peoples to Christianity?
Missionaries’ Actions
The Process of Conversion
How did the Byzantine Empire preserve the legacy of Rome?
Sources for Byzantine Strength
The Law Code of Justinian
Byzantine Intellectual Life
 Individuals in Society: Theodora
The Orthodox Church
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Learning Curve LaunchPad
Chapter 7 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Theodora of Constantinople: The Demonization of an Empress LaunchPad
  Document 7-1: Procopius, The Moral Decline of Byzantine Women, ca. 550 LaunchPad
  Document 7-2: Procopius, The Marriage of Justinian and Theodora, ca. 550 LaunchPad
  Document 7-3: Contrasting Views on Corruption in the Provinces, 535 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Theodora of Constantinople: The Demonization of an Empress LaunchPad
  Quiz for Theodora of Constantinople: The Demonization of an Empress LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 7 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 7-1: Saint Ambrose of Milan, Emperor Theodosius Brought to Heel (390) LaunchPad
  Document 7-2: Saint Benedict of Nursia, The Rule of Saint Benedict (529) LaunchPad
  Document 7-3: Saint Augustine, City of God: The Two Cities (413–426) LaunchPad
  Document 7-4: The Law of the Salian Franks (ca. 500–600) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: The Rebirth of the Roman Empire in the East LaunchPad
  Document 7-5: Emperor Justinian, The Institutes of Justinian (529–533) LaunchPad
  Document 7-6: Procopius of Caesarea, The Secret History (ca. 550) LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 7 LaunchPad
Chapter 7 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 8
Europe in the Early Middle Ages, 600–1000
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What were the origins and early impact of Islam?
The Arabs
The Prophet Muhammad
The Teachings and Expansion of Islam
Sunni and Shi’a Divisions
Life in Muslim Spain
Muslim-Christian Relations
Cross-Cultural Influences in Science and Medicine
How did the Franks build and govern a European empire?
The Merovingians
The Rise of the Carolingians
The Warrior-Ruler Charlemagne
Carolingian Government and Society
 Picturing the Past: Charlemagne and His Wife
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
The Imperial Coronation of Charlemagne
What were the significant intellectual and cultural changes in Charlemagne’s era?
The Carolingian Renaissance
Northumbrian Learning and Writing
Individuals in Society: The Venerable Bede
What were the consequences of the ninth-century invasions and migrations?
 Mapping the Past: Invasions and Migrations of the Ninth Century
Vikings in Western Europe
Slavs and Vikings in Eastern Europe
Magyars and Muslims
How did internal conflict and outside threats shape European development?
Decentralization and the Origins of “Feudalism”
Manorialism, Serfdom, and the Slave Trade
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Learning Curve LaunchPad
Chapter 8 Study Guide
Online Document Project: The Venerable Bede: Renaissance Men of the Early Middle Ages LaunchPad
  Document 8-1: Bede, The Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, ca. 731 LaunchPad
  Document 8-2: Alcuin, The Bishops, Kings, and Saints of York, ca. 817-836 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for The Venerable Bede: Renaissance Men of the Early Middle Ages LaunchPad
  Quiz for The Venerable Bede: Renaissance Men of the Early Middle Ages LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 8 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 8-1: Ibn Abd-El-Hakem, The Conquest of Spain (ca. 870) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: Conquest and Conversion LaunchPad
  Document 8-2: Willibald, Saint Boniface Destroys the Oak of Thor (ca. 750) LaunchPad
  Document 8-3: Charlemagne, Capitulary for Saxony (ca. 775–790) LaunchPad
  Document 8-4: Charlemagne, General Capitulary for the Missi (802) LaunchPad
  Document 8-5: The Song of Roland (ca. 1100–1300) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 8 LaunchPad
Chapter 8 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 9
State and Church in the High Middle Ages, 1000–1300
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did monarchs try to centralize political power?
England
France
Central Europe
Italy
The Iberian Peninsula
How did the administration of law evolve in this period?
Local Laws and Royal Courts
The Magna Carta
Law in Everyday Life
What were the political and social roles of nobles?
Origins and Status of the Nobility
Training, Marriage, and Inheritance
Power and Responsibility 
How did the papacy reform the church?
The Gregorian Reforms
Emperor Versus Pope
Criticism and Heresy
The Popes and Church Law
What roles did monks, nuns, and friars play in medieval society?
Monastic Revival
Life in Convents and Monasteries
 Individuals in Society: Hildegard of Bingen
The Friars
What were the causes, course, and consequences of the Crusades?
 Picturing the Past: The Capture of Jerusalem in 1099
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Background and Motives of the Crusades
 Mapping the Past: The Crusades
The Course of the Crusades
Consequences of the Crusades
The Expansion of Christianity
Christendom
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Learning Curve LaunchPad
Chapter 9 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Hildegard of Bingen: The Voice of the Living Light LaunchPad
  Document 9-1: Hildegard to Bernard of Clairvaux, ca. 1146-1147 LaunchPad
  Document 9-2: Hildegard to Pope Eugenius III, ca. 1146-1147 LaunchPad
  Document 9-3: Hildegard to the Prelates at Mainz, 1178 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Hildegard of Bingen: The Voice of the Living Light LaunchPad
  Quiz for Hildegard of Bingen: The Voice of the Living Light LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 9 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 9-1: Duke William of Aquitaine, On the Foundation of Cluny (909) LaunchPad
  Document 9-2: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: William the Conqueror and the Domesday Book (1086) LaunchPad
  Document 9-3: King John of England, From Magna Carta: The Great Charter of Liberties (1215) LaunchPad
  Document 9-4: Pope Gregory VII and Emperor Henry IV, Mutual Recriminations: The Investiture Controversy Begins (1076) LaunchPad
  Document 9-5: Robert the Monk of Rheims, Urban II at the Council of Clermont (ca. 1120) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: The Response to Urban II's Call for Holy War LaunchPad
  Document 9-6: Guibert of Nogent/Anna Comnena, Peter the Hermit and the “People’s Crusade” (ca. 1108–1148) LaunchPad
  Document 9-7: Anonymous of Mainz, The Slaughter of the Jews (ca. 1096) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 9 LaunchPad
Chapter 9 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 10
Life in Villages and Cities of the High Middle Ages, 1000–1300
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What was village life like in medieval Europe?
Slavery, Serfdom, and Upward Mobility
The Manor
Work
Home Life
Childbirth and Child Abandonment
How did religion shape everyday life in the High Middle Ages?
Christian Life in Medieval Villages
Saints and Sacraments
Muslims and Jews
Rituals of Marriage and Birth
Death and the Afterlife
What led to Europe’s economic growth and reurbanization?
 Mapping the Past: European Population Density, ca. 1300
The Rise of Towns
Merchant and Craft Guilds
The Revival of Long-Distance Trade
Business Procedures
The Commercial Revolution
 Individuals in Society: Francesco Datini
What was life like in medieval cities?
City Life
Servants and the Poor
Popular Entertainment
How did universities serve the needs of medieval society?
Origins
Legal and Medical Training
 Picturing the Past: Healthy Living
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Theology and Philosophy
University Students
How did literature and architecture express medieval values?
Vernacular Literature and Drama
Churches and Cathedrals
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Learning Curve LaunchPad
Chapter 10 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Life in Medieval Towns: Merchant and Craft Guilds LaunchPad
  Document 10-1: Museum of London, Medieval London Gallery LaunchPad
  Document 10-2: Dispute Between the Master Saddlers of London and Their Journeymen, 1399 LaunchPad
  Document 10-3: Guild Seals and Banners, ca. 1250-1350 LaunchPad
  Document 10-4: Ordinances of the Dyers of Bristol, 1407 LaunchPad
  Document 10-5: A Contract of Apprenticeship, 1248 LaunchPad
  Document 10-6: Woodcuts Showing Merchants and Craftsmen, ca. 1200 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Life in Medieval Towns: Merchant and Craft Guilds LaunchPad
 Quiz for Life in Medieval Towns: Merchant and Craft Guilds LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 10 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 10-1: Manorial Records of Bernehorne (1307) LaunchPad
  Document 10-2: On Laborers: A Dialogue Between Teacher and Student (ca. 1000) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: Living and Working in a Medieval City LaunchPad
  Document 10-3: The Charter of the Laon Commune (ca. 1100–1120) LaunchPad
  Document 10-4: The Ordinances of London’s Leatherworkers (1346) LaunchPad
  Document 10-5: The Commune of Florence, A Sumptuary Law: Restrictions on Dress (1373) LaunchPad
  Document 10-6: Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica: Proof of the Existence of God (1268) LaunchPad
  Document 10-7: Jacques de Vitry, The Virgin Mary Saves a Monk and His Lover (ca. 1200) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 10 LaunchPad
Chapter 10 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 11
The Later Middle Ages, 1300–1450
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did climate change shape the late Middle Ages?
Climate Change and Famine
Social Consequences
How did the Black Death reshape European society?
Pathology
Spread of the Disease
 Mapping the Past: The Course of the Black Death in Fourteenth-Century Europe
Care of the Sick
Economic, Religious, and Cultural Effects
 Picturing the Past: Dance of Death
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
What were the causes, course, and consequences of the Hundred Years’ War?
Causes
English Successes
Joan of Arc and France’s Victory
Aftermath
Why did the church come under increasing criticism?
The Babylonian Captivity and Great Schism
Critiques, Divisions, and Councils
Lay Piety and Mysticism
 Individuals in Society: Meister Eckhart
What explains the social unrest of the late Middle Ages?
Peasant Revolts
Urban Conflicts
Sex in the City
Fur-Collar Crime
Ethnic Tensions and Restrictions
Literacy and Vernacular Literature
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Learning Curve LaunchPad
Chapter 11 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Meister Eckhart: Anticlericalism and Popular Religion in the Late Middle Ages LaunchPad
  Document 11-1: Meister Eckhard on 1 John 4:9, ca. 1310-1320 LaunchPad
  Document 11-2: Meister Eckhart's Defense, 1327 LaunchPad
  Document 11-3: Pope John XXII Condemns Eckhart's Teachings, 1329 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Meister Eckhart: Anticlericalism and Popular Religion in the Late Middle Ages LaunchPad
  Quiz for Meister Eckhart: Anticlericalism and Popular Religion in the Late Middle Ages LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 11 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 11-1: Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron: The Plague Hits Florence (ca. 1350) LaunchPad
  Document 11-2: Angelo di Tura, Sienese Chronicle (1348-1351) LaunchPad
  Document 11-3: The Anonimalle Chronicle: The English Peasants’ Revolt (1381) LaunchPad
  Document 11-4: Petrarca-Meister, The Social Order (ca. 1515) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: Women and Power LaunchPad
  Document 11-5: Catherine of Siena, Letter to Gregory XI (1372) LaunchPad
  Document 11-6: The Debate Over Joan of Arc’s Clothes (1429) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 11 LaunchPad
  Chapter 11 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 12
European Society in the Age of the Renaissance, 1350-1550
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did politics and economics shape the Renaissance?
Trade and Prosperity
Communes and Republics of Northern Italy
City-States and the Balance of Power
What new ideas were associated with the Renaissance?
Humanism
 Individuals in Society: Leonardo da Vinci
Education
Political Thought
Christian Humanism
The Printed Word
 Mapping the Past: The Growth of Printing in Europe, 1448-1552
How did art reflect new Renaissance ideals?
Patronage and Power
Changing Artistic Styles
The Renaissance Artist
What were the key social hierarchies in Renaissance Europe?
Race and Slavery
Wealth and the Nobility
Gender Roles
How did nation-states develop in this period?
France
England
Spain
 Picturing the Past: Tax Collectors
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Learning Curve LaunchPad
Chapter 12 Study Guide
Online Document Project: Leonardo da Vinci: A Genius and His Patrons LaunchPad
  Document 12-1: Leonardo to Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, c. 1483 LaunchPad
  Document 12-2: Leonardo to the Works Department of the Cathedral of Milan, 1487 LaunchPad
  Document 12-3: Leonardo’s Portraits: Portrait of a Lady from the Court of Milan, ca. 1490-1495 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Leonardo da Vinci: A Genius and His Patrons LaunchPad
  Quiz for Leonardo da Vinci: A Genius and His Patrons LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 12 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 12-1: Petrarch, Letter to Livy (1350) LaunchPad
  Document 12-2: Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1513) LaunchPad
  Document 12-3: Baldassare Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier (1528) LaunchPad
  Document 12-4: Desiderius Erasmus, The Education of a Christian Prince (1404) LaunchPad
  Document 12-5: Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies: Against Those Men Who Claim It Is Not Good for Women to Be Educated (1404) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: A Female Painter Tells Stories About Women LaunchPad
  Document 12-6: Artemisia Gentileschi, Susannah and the Elders (1610) LaunchPad
  Document 12-7: Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith and Holofernes (1610) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources of Western Society, Chapter 12 LaunchPad
Chapter 12 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 13
Reformations and Religious Wars, 1500–1600
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What were the central ideas of the early reformers?
 The Christian Church in the Early Sixteenth Century 
 Martin Luther 
 Protestant Thought 
 The Appeal of Protestant Ideas 
 The Radical Reformation and the German Peasants’ War
  Individuals in Society: Anna Jansz of Rotterdam 
 Marriage, Sexuality, and the Role of Women 
  Picturing the Past: Domestic Scene
  Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
 How did politics in Germany shape the course of the Reformation?
 The Rise of the Habsburg Dynasty 
 Religious Wars in Switzerland and Germany 
 How did Protestant ideas and institutions spread beyond German-speaking lands? 
 Scandinavia
 Henry VIII and the Reformation in England 
 Upholding Protestantism in England 
 Calvinism 
 The Reformation in Eastern Europe 
What reforms did the Catholic Church make?
 Mapping the Past: Religious Divisions in Europe, ca. 1555 
 Papal Reform and the Council of Trent
 New and Reformed Religious Orders 
 What were the causes and consequences of religious violence? 
 French Religious Wars 
 The Netherlands Under Charles V 
 The Great European Witch-Hunt 
Looking Back, Looking Ahead 
Learning Curve LaunchPad 
Chapter 13 Study Guide 

Online Document Project: Anna Jansz of Rotterdam: Religious Revolutionaries LaunchPad
  Document 13-1: Depictions of Anabaptist Martyrs, 1544 and ca. 1536 LaunchPad
  Document 13-2: Anna Jansz, "Trumpet Song," ca. 1535 LaunchPad
  Document 13-3: Ausbund, The Eighteenth Hymn, 1564 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Anna Jansz of Rotterdam: Religious Revolutionaries LaunchPad
  Quiz for Anna Jansz of Rotterdam: Religious Revolutionaries LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 13 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 13-1: Martin Luther, Ninety-five Theses on the Power of Indulgences (1517) LaunchPad
  Document 13-2: Hans Holbein the Younger, Luther as the German Hercules (ca. 1519) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: The War on Witches LaunchPad
  Document 13-3: Jean Bodin, On the Demon-Mania of Witches (1580) LaunchPad
  Document 13-4: Elizabeth Fox Confesses to Witchcraft (1566) LaunchPad
  Document 13-5: John Calvin, The Institutes of Christian Religion (1559) LaunchPad
  Document 13-6: Ignatius of Loyola, Rules for Right Thinking (1548) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 13 LaunchPad
Chapter 13 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 14
European Exploration and Conquest, 1450-1650
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What was the Afroeurasian trading world before Columbus?
The Trade World of the Indian Ocean
The Trading States of Africa
The Ottoman and Persian Empires
Genoese and Venetian Middlemen
How and why did Europeans undertake voyages of expansion?
Causes of European Expansion
Technology and the Rise of Exploration
The Portuguese Overseas Empire
Mapping the Past: Overseas Exploration and Conquest in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
The Problem of Christopher Columbus
Later Explorers
Spanish Conquest in the New World
Picturing the Past: Doña Marina Translating for Hernando Cortés During His Meeting with Montezuma
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Early French and English Settlement in the New World
What was the impact of European conquest on the New World?
Colonial Administration
Impact of European Settlement on the Lives of Indigenous Peoples
Life in the Colonies
The Columbian Exchange
How did Europe and the world change after Columbus?
Sugar and Slavery
 Individuals in Society: Juan de Pareja
Spanish Silver and Its Economic Effects
The Birth of the Global Economy
How did expansion change European attitudes and beliefs?
New Ideas About Race
Michel de Montaigne and Cultural Curiosity
William Shakespeare and His Influence
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Learning Curve LaunchPad
Chapter 14 Study Guide

Online Document Project: Juan de Pareja: Race and Slavery in the Early Modern Era LaunchPad
  Document 14-1: Excerpts from the Laws of Virginia, 1662-1669 LaunchPad
  Document 14-2: William Shakespeare, Othello, Act 1, Scene 1, ca. 1603-1604 LaunchPad
  Document 14-3: The Mulatto Gentlemen of Esmeraldas, 1599 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Juan de Pareja: Race and Slavery in the Early Modern Era LaunchPad
Quiz for Juan de Pareja: Race and Slavery in the Early Modern Era LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 14 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 14-1: Christopher Columbus, Diario (1492) LaunchPad
  Document 14-2: Hernando Cortés, Two Letters to Charles V: On the Conquest of the Aztecs (1521) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: The Slave Trade in Africa LaunchPad
  Document 14-3: Alvise da Ca' da Mosto, Description of Capo Bianco and the Islands Nearest to It: Fifteenth-Century Slave Trade in West Africa (1455-1456) LaunchPad
  Document 14-4: King Nzinga Mbemba Affonso of Congo, Letters on the Slave Trade (1526) LaunchPad
  Document 14-5: Saint Francis Xavier, Missionaries in Japan (1552) LaunchPad
  Document 14-6: Michel de Montaigne, Of Cannibals (1580) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 14 LaunchPad
Chapter 14 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 15
Absolutism and Constitutionalism, ca. 1589–1725
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What made the seventeenth century an “age of crisis”?
Peasant Life in the Midst of Economic Crisis
The Social Order
The Thirty Years’ War
Achievements in State-Building
Warfare and the Growth of Army Size
Popular Political Action
Why did France rise and Spain fall during this period?
The Foundations of Absolutism
Louis XIV and Absolutism
 Picturing the Past: Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre, 1701
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Life at Versailles
French Financial Management Under Colbert
Louis XIV’s Wars
 Mapping the Past: Europe After the Peace of Utrecht, 1715
The Decline of Absolutist Spain in the Seventeenth Century
What explains the rise of absolutism in Austria and Prussia?
The Return of Serfdom in the East
The Austrian Habsburgs
Prussia in the Seventeenth Century
The Consolidation of Prussian Absolutism
What were the distinctive features of Russia and the Ottoman Empire?
The Mongol Yoke and the Rise of Moscow
The Tsar and His People
The Reforms of Peter the Great
The Growth of the Ottoman Empire
 Individuals in Society: Hürem
How and why did the constitutional state triumph in the Dutch Republic and England?
Absolutist Claims in England
Religious Divides and the English Civil War
Cromwell and Puritanical Absolutism in England
The Restoration of the English Monarchy
Constitutional Monarchy and Cabinet Government
The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century
What was the baroque style in art and music, and where was it popular?
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 15 Study Guide

Online Document Project: Hürrem: A Habsburg Ambassador’s Perspective LaunchPad
  Document 15-1: Busbecq Describes the Murder of Mustafa, 1581 LaunchPad
  Document 15-2: Busbecq Describes the Morality of Turkish Women, 1581 LaunchPad
  Document 15-3: Hürrem Intervenes on Behalf of Her Son Bajazet, 1581 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Hürrem: A Habsburg Ambassador’s Perspective LaunchPad
  Quiz for Hürrem: A Habsburg Ambassador’s Perspective LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 15 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
 Document 15-1: Henry IV, Edict of Nantes (1598) LaunchPad
  Document 15-2: Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture (1679) LaunchPad
  Document 15-3: The Bill of Rights (1689) LaunchPad
  Document 15-4: Peter the Great, Edicts and Decrees (1699-1723) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: The Commonwealth and the State of Nature LaunchPad
  Document 15-5: Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651) LaunchPad
  Document 15-6: John Locke, Second Treatise of Civil Government: Vindication for the Glorious Revolution (1690) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 15 LaunchPad
Chapter 15 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 16
Toward a New Worldview, 1540-1789
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What revolutionary discoveries were made in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
Scientific Thought in 1500
Origins of the Scientific Revolution
The Copernican Hypothesis
Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo: Proving Copernicus Right
Newton’s Synthesis
What intellectual and social changes occurred as a result of the Scientific Revolution?
Bacon, Descartes, and the Scientific Method
Medicine, the Body, and Chemistry
Empire and Natural History
Science and Society
What new ideas about society and human relations emerged in the Enlightenment?
The Emergence of the Enlightenment
The Influence of the Philosophes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The International Enlightenment
Urban Culture and Life in the Public Sphere
 Picturing the Past: Enlightenment Culture
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Race and the Enlightenment
What impact did new ways of thinking have on politics?
Frederick the Great of Prussia
Catherine the Great of Russia
 Mapping the Past: The Partition of Poland, 1772-1795
The Austrian Habsburgs
Jewish Life and the Limits of Enlightened Absolutism
Individuals in Society: Moses Mendelssohn and the Jewish Enlightenment
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 16 Study Guide

Online Document Project: Moses Mendelssohn: The Enlightenment Debate on Religious Tolerance LaunchPad
  Document 16-1: Moses Mendelssohn, "Reply to Lavater," 1769 LaunchPad
  Document 16-2: Voltaire, "The Jean Calas Affair," 1763 LaunchPad
  Document 16-3: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Nathan the Wise, 1779 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Moses Mendelssohn: The Enlightenment Debate on Religious Tolerance LaunchPad
  Quiz for Moses Mendelssohn: The Enlightenment Debate on Religious Tolerance LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 16 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 16-1: Nicolaus Copernicus, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (1542) LaunchPad
  Document 16-2: Francis Bacon, On Superstition and the Virtue of Science (1620) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: Monarchical Power and Responsibility LaunchPad
  Document 16-3: Frederick the Great, Essay on the Forms of Government (ca. 1740) LaunchPad
  Document 16-4: Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, From The Spirit of Laws: On the Separation of Governmental Powers (1748) LaunchPad
  Document 16-5: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract: On Popular Sovereignty and the General Will (1762) LaunchPad
  Document 16-6: Voltaire, A Treatise on Toleration (1763) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 16 LaunchPad
Chapter 16 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 17
The Expansion of Europe, 1650-1800
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did European agriculture change between 1650 and 1800?
The Legacy of the Open-Field System
New Methods of Agriculture
The Leadership of the Low Countries and England
Why did the European population rise dramatically in the eighteenth century?
Long-standing Obstacles to Population Growth
The New Pattern of the Eighteenth Century
How and why did rural industry intensify in the eighteenth century?
The Putting-Out System
 Mapping the Past: Industry and Population in Eighteenth-Century Europe
The Lives of Rural Textile Workers
The Industrious Revolution
What were guilds, and why did they become controversial in the eighteenth century?
Urban Guilds
Adam Smith and Economic Liberalism
What role did colonial markets play in Europe’s development?
Mercantilism and Colonial Wars
The Atlantic Economy
The Atlantic Slave Trade
Identities and Communities of the Atlantic World
 Picturing the Past: Mulatto Painting
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
 Individuals in Society: Rebecca Protten
Trade and Empire in Asia and the Pacific
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 17 Study Guide

Online Document Project: Rebecca Protten: The Souls of Slaves LaunchPad
  Document 17-1: James Ramsay, An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies, 1784 LaunchPad
  Document 17-2: Wilson Armistead, A Tribute for the Negro: Being a Vindication of the Moral, Intellectual, and Religious Capabilities of the Coloured Portion of Mankind, 1848 LaunchPad
  Document 17-3:  James Tobin, Cursory Remarks upon the Reverend Mr. Ramsay’s Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies, 1785 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Rebecca Protten: The Souls of Slaves LaunchPad
  Quiz for Rebecca Protten: The Souls of Slaves LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 17 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 17-1: The Guild System in Germany (1704-1719) LaunchPad
  Document 17-2: Thomas Mun, England’s Treasure by Foreign Trade (1664) LaunchPad
  Document 17-3: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations (1776) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: The Moral Implications of Expansion LaunchPad
  Document 17-4: Olaudah Equiano, A Description of the Middle Passage (1789) LaunchPad
  Document 17-5: Robert, First Baron Clive, Speech in the House of Commons on India (1772) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 17 LaunchPad
Chapter 17 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 18
The Changing Life of the People, 1700-1800
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What did marriage and family life change in the eighteenth century?
Late Marriage and Nuclear Families
Work Away from Home
Premarital Sex and Community Controls
New Patterns of Marriage and Illegitimacy
Sex on the Margins of Society
What was life like for children, and how did attitudes toward childhood evolve?
Child Care and Nursing
Wealthy women
Foundlings and Infanticide
Attitudes Toward Children
The Spread of Elementary Schools
How did increasing literacy and new patterns of consumption affect people’s lives?
Popular Literature
 Mapping the Past: Literacy in France, ca. 1789
Leisure and Recreation
New Foods and Appetites
Toward a Consumer Society
 Picturing the Past: The Fashion Merchant
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
 Individuals in Society: Rose Bertin, “Minister of Fashion”
What role did religion play in eighteenth-century society?
Church Hierarchy
Protestant Revival
Catholic Piety
Marginal Beliefs and Practices
How did the practice of medicine evolve in the eighteenth century?
Faith Healing and General Practice
Hospitals and Surgery
Midwifery
The Conquest of Smallpox
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 18 Study Guide

Online Document Project: Imagining the Inner Life of the Individual: Paintings by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin LaunchPad
  Document 18-1: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Children at Play: The House of Cards, ca. 1737, and Portrait of Augustus Gabriel Godefroy, 1741 LaunchPad
  Document 18-2: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Education: The Governess, 1739, and The Good Education, 1753 LaunchPad
  Document 18-3: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Mother-Daughter Bonds: The Grace, 1740, and The Laborious Mother, ca. 1740 LaunchPad
  Document 18.4: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Servants at Work: Woman Drawing Water from a Copper Cistern, 1733, and The Cellar Boy, 1738 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Imagining the Inner Life of the Individual: Paintings by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin LaunchPad
  Quiz for Imagining the Inner Life of the Individual: Paintings by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 18 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 18-1: Edmond Williamson, Births and Deaths in an English Gentry Family (1709-1720) LaunchPad
  Document 18-2: Mary Wortley Montagu, On Smallpox Inoculations (ca. 1717) LaunchPad
  Document 18-3: John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: The Challenge to Established Religion in the 1700s LaunchPad
  Document 18-4: John Wesley, The Ground Rules for Methodism (1749) LaunchPad
  Document 18-5: Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason (1794) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 18 LaunchPad
Chapter 18 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 19
Revolutions in Politics, 1775-1815
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What were the factors behind the revolutions of the late eighteenth century?
Social Change
Growing Demands for Liberty and Equality
The Seven Years’ War
Why and how did American colonists forge a new, independent nation?
The Origins of the Revolution
Independence from Britain
Framing the Constitution
Exclusions
How did the events of 1789 result in a constitutional monarchy in France?
Breakdown of the Old Order
The Formation of the National Assembly
Popular Uprising and the Rights of Man
A Constitutional Monarchy and Its Challenges
Why and how did the French Revolution take a radical turn?
The International Response
The Second Revolution and the New Republic
 Picturing the Past: Contrasting Visions of the Sans-Culottes
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Total War and the Terror
The Thermidorian Reaction and the Directory
What led to the rise and fall of Napoleon?
Napoleon’s Rule of France
Napoleon’s Expansion in Europe
The Grand Empire and Its End
 Mapping the Past: Napoleonic Europe in 1812
How did slave revolt on Saint-Domingue lead to the independent nation of Haiti?
Revolutionary Aspirations in Saint-Domingue
The Outbreak of Revolt
The War of Haitian Independence
 Individuals in Society: Toussaint L’Ouverture
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 19 Study Guide

Online Document Project: Toussaint L’Ouverture: The Rights of Which Men? LaunchPad
  Document 19-1: Letter from the Slaves of Martinique, August 29, 1789 LaunchPad
  Document 19-2: Address to the National Assembly, October 22, 1789 LaunchPad
  Document 19-3: Abbé Grégoire, Letter to Those Who Love Mankind, 1790 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Toussaint L’Ouverture: The Rights of Which Men? LaunchPad
  Quiz for Toussaint L’Ouverture: The Rights of Which Men? LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 19 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 19-1: Commissioners of the Third Estate of the Carcassonne, Notebooks of Grievances (1789) LaunchPad
  Document 19-2: Abbé Sieyès, What Is the Third Estate? (1789) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: Imagining a New France LaunchPad
  Document 19-3: National Assembly of France, Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789) LaunchPad
  Document 19-4: The Law of 22 Prairial (1794) LaunchPad
  Document 19-5: Napoleon Bonaparte, The Napoleonic Code (1804) LaunchPad
  Document 19-6: Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) LaunchPad
  Document 19-7: François Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture, A Black Revolutionary Leader in Haiti (1797) LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 19 LaunchPad
Chapter 19 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 20
The Revolution in Energy and Industry, ca. 1780-1850
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did the Industrial Revolution develop in Britain?
Origins of the British Industrial Revolution
Early Factories
The Steam Engine Breakthrough
 Individuals in Society: Josiah Wedgwood
The Coming of the Railroads
Industry and Population
How did countries outside of Britain respond to the challenge of industrialization?
National and International Variations
Industrialization in Continental Europe
 Mapping the Past: Continental Industrialization, ca. 1850
Agents of Industrialization
Government Support and Corporate Banking
The Situation Outside of Europe
How did work and daily life evolve during the Industrial Revolution?
Work in Early Factories
Working Families and Children
The New Sexual Division of Labor
What were the social consequences of industrialization?
Picturing the Past: Ford Maddox Brown, Work
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
The New Class of Factory Owners
Debates over Industrialization
The Early British Labor Movement 
The Impact of Slavery
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 20 Study Guide

Online Document Project: Josiah Wedgwood: Inventing a New Workforce LaunchPad
  Document 20-1: Peter Gaskell, The Manufacturing Population of England: Its Moral, Social, and Physical Conditions, and the Changes which have Arisen from the Use of Steam Machinery, 1833 LaunchPad
  Document 20-2: Richard Guest, A Compendious History of the Cotton-Manufacture, 1823 LaunchPad
  Document 20-3: Robert Owen, A New View of Society, 1831 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Josiah Wedgwood: Inventing a New Workforce LaunchPad
  Quiz for Josiah Wedgwood: Inventing a New Workforce LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 20 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 20-1: Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: Life as an Industrial Worker at Mid-Century LaunchPad
  Document 20-2: Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844 (1844) LaunchPad
  Document 20-3: Factory Rules in Berlin (1844) LaunchPad
  Document 20-4: Ned Ludd, Yorkshire Textile Workers Threaten a Factory Owner (ca. 1811-1812) LaunchPad
  Document 20-5: Robert Owen, A New View of Society (1813) LaunchPad
  Document 20-6: The Child of the Factory (1842) LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 20 LaunchPad
Chapter 20 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 21
Ideologies and Upheavals, 1815-1850
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How was peace restored and maintained after 1815?
 Mapping the Past: Europe in 1815
The European Balance of Power
Repressing the Revolutionary Spirit
Metternich and Conservatism
What new ideologies emerged to challenge conservatism?
Liberalism and the Middle Class
The Growing Appeal of Nationalism
The Foundations of Modern Socialism
The Birth of Marxist Socialism
What were the characteristics of the romantic movement?
Romanticism’s Tenets
Literature
 Individuals in Society: Germaine de Staël
Art and Music
How and where was conservatism challenged after 1815?
National Liberation in Greece
Liberal Reform in Great Britain
Ireland and the Great Famine
The Revolution of 1830 in France
What were the main causes and results of the revolutions of 1848?
A Democratic Republic in France
 Picturing the Past: The Triumph of Democratic Republics
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Revolution and Reaction in the Austrian Empire
Prussia, the German Confederation, and the Frankfurt National Parliament
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 21 Study Guide

Online Document Project: Germaine de Staël: An Ambassador of Romanticism LaunchPad
  Document 21-1: Germaine de Staël, "Of the Aspect of Germany," 1810 LaunchPad
  Document 21-2: Germaine de Staël, "Of the Influence of Enthusiasm on Learning," 1810 LaunchPad
  Document 21-3: Casper David Friedrich, Ruins of the Oybin Monastery, ca. 1835 and The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, 1818 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Germaine de Staël: An Ambassador of Romanticism LaunchPad
  Quiz for Germaine de Staël: An Ambassador of Romanticism LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 21 LaunchPad
  Document 21-1: David Ricardo, On Wages (1817) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: Conservatism, Liberalism, and Socialism LaunchPad
  Document 21-2: Klemens von Metternich, Political Confession of Faith (1820) LaunchPad
  Document 21-3: John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (1859) LaunchPad
  Document 21-4: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto (1848) LaunchPad
  Document 21-5: Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People (1830) LaunchPad
  Document 21-6: The People’s Charter (1838) LaunchPad
  Document 21-7: William Steuart Trench, Realities of Irish Life (1847) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 21 LaunchPad
Chapter 21 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 22
Life in the Emerging Urban Society, 1840-1914
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did urban life change in the nineteenth century?
Industry and the Growth of Cities
 Mapping the Past: European Cities of 100,000 or More, 1800-1900
The Advent of the Public Health Movement
The Bacterial Revolution
Improvements in Urban Planning
Public Transportation
What were the characteristics of urban industrial society?
The Distribution of Income
 Picturing the Past: Apartment Living in Paris
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
The People and Occupations of the Middle Classes
Middle-Class Culture and Values
The People and Occupations of the Working Classes
Working-Class Leisure and Religion
How did urbanization affect family life and gender roles?
Middle-Class Marriage and Courtship Rituals
Middle- and Working-Class Sexuality
Prostitution
Separate Spheres and the Importance of Homemaking
Child Rearing
The Feminist Movement
 Individuals in Society: Franziska Tiburtius
How and why did intellectual life change in this period?
The Triumph of Science in Industry
Darwin and Natural Selection
Social Science and the New University
Realism in Art and Literature
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 22 Study Guide

Online Document Project: Life in the Modern City on Film: Addressing the Challenges of Urbanization LaunchPad
  Document 22-1: Mass Transportation LaunchPad
  Document 22-2: Building a New City LaunchPad
  Document 22-3: Waste Disposal LaunchPad
  Document 22-4: Municipal Services LaunchPad
  Document 22-5: Modes of Consumption LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Life in the Modern City on Film: Addressing the Challenges of Urbanization LaunchPad
  Quiz for Life in the Modern City on Film: Addressing the Challenges of Urbanization LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 22 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 22-1: Edwin Chadwick, Inquiry into the Sanitary Condition of the Poor (1842) LaunchPad
  Document 22-2: Jack London, The People of the Abyss (1902) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: Separate Spheres LaunchPad
  Document 22-3: Isabella Beeton, Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management (1861) LaunchPad
  Document 22-4: Dressing the Respectable Woman (ca. 1890) LaunchPad
  Document 22-5: Clara Zetkin, Women’s Work and the Trade Unions (1887) LaunchPad
  Document 22-6: Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man (1871) LaunchPad
  Document 22-7: Herbert Spencer, Social Statics: Survival of the Fittest Applied to Humankind (1851) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 22 LaunchPad
Chapter 22 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 23
The Age of Nationalism, 1850–1914 
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What kind of state did Napoleon III build in France?
France’s Second Republic 
Napoleon III’s Second Empire
How did conflict and war lead to the construction of strong nation-states?
Italy to 1850 
Cavour and Garibaldi in Italy 
The Growing Austro-Prussian Rivalry 
Bismarck and the Austro-Prussian War
Mapping the Past: The Unification of Germany, 1866–1871
The Taming of the Parliament 
The Franco-Prussian War 
Slavery and Nation Building in the United States
What steps did Russia and the Ottoman Turks take toward modernization? 
The “Great Reforms” in Russia 
The Russian Revolution of 1905 
Reform and Readjustment in the Ottoman Empire 
What general domestic political trends emerged after 1871? 
The German Empire 
Republican France 
Great Britain and Ireland 
The Austro-Hungarian Empire 
How did popular nationalism evolve?
Making National Citizens
  Picturing the Past: Building Nationalism
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Nationalism and Racism
Jewish Emancipation and Modern Anti-Semitism
Individuals in Society: Theodor Herzl
Why did the socialist movement grow, and how revolutionary was it? 
The Socialist International 
Unions and Revisionism 
Looking Back, Looking Ahead 
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Chapter 23 Study Guide 

Online Document Project: Theodor Herzl: The “Jewish Question” LaunchPad
  Document 23-1: Édourard-Adolphe Drumont, “Jews in the French Army,” 1892 LaunchPad
  Document 23-2: Hermann Ahlwardt, “Speech Before the Reichstag,” 1895 LaunchPad
  Document 23-3: Theodore Herzl, The Jewish State, 1896 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Theodor Herzl: The “Jewish Question” LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 23 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 23-1: The First Meeting Between Mazzini and Garibaldi (1833) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: Nationalism and the Conservative Order LaunchPad
  Document 23-2: Giorgio Asproni, Reflections on the Death of Cavour (1860) LaunchPad
  Document 23-3: Otto von Bismarck, Speech Before the Reichstag: On the Law for Workers’ Compensation (1884) LaunchPad
  Document 23-4: John Leighton, Paris Under the Commune (1871) LaunchPad
  Document 23-5: Émile Zola, “J’Accuse” the French Army (1898) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 23 LaunchPad
Chapter 23 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 24
The West and the World, 1815–1914 
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What were some of the global consequences of European industrialization? 
The Rise of Global Inequality 
The World Market 
The Opening of China 
Japan and the United States 
Western Penetration of Egypt 
How was massive migration an integral part of Western expansion? 
The Pressure of Population 
European Emigration 
Asian Emigration 
How did Western imperialism change after 1880? 
The European Presence in Africa Before 1880 
The Scramble for Africa After 1880 
 Mapping the Past: The Partition of Africa
 Quiz for Mapping the Past LaunchPad
 Individuals in Society: Cecil Rhodes
Imperialism in Asia 
Causes of the New Imperialism 
A “Civilizing Mission” 
Orientalism
 Picturing the Past: Orientalism in Art and Everyday Life
Critics of Imperialism 
What was the general pattern of non-Western responses to Western expansion? 
The Pattern of Response
Empire in India
The Example of Japan 
Toward Revolution in China 
Looking Back, Looking Ahead 
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 24 Study Guide

Online Document Project: Cecil Rhodes: The “Greatness” of an Imperialist LaunchPad
  Document 24-1: Cecil Rhodes, “Confession of Faith,” 1877 LaunchPad
  Document 24-2: “Rhodes on a Pile of Skulls,” ca. 1890-1900 LaunchPad
  Document 24-3: Sir Lewis Mitchell, The Life of the Right Honorable Cecil John Rhodes, 1910 LaunchPad
  Document 24-4: J. H. Plumb, Introduction to John Flint's Cecil Rhodes, 1974 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Cecil Rhodes: The “Greatness” of an Imperialist LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 24 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: Economic Imperialism and Military Expansion LaunchPad
  Document 24-1: Commissioner Lin Zexu, Letter to Queen Victoria (1839) LaunchPad
  Document 24-2: Jules Ferry, Speech Before the French Chamber of Deputies (1884) LaunchPad
  Document 24-3: The Rhodes Colossus (1892) LaunchPad
  Document 24-4: Henry Morton Stanley, Autobiography (1909) LaunchPad
  Document 24-5: Mark Twain, King Leopold’s Soliloquy (1905) LaunchPad
  Document 24-6: J. A. Hobson, Imperialism (1902) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 24 LaunchPad
Chapter 24 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 25
War and Revolution, 1914-1919
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
What caused the outbreak of the First World War?
Growing International Conflict
The Mood of 1914
The Outbreak of War
How did the First World War differ from previous wars?
Stalemate and Slaughter on the Western Front
The Widening War
In what ways did the war transform life on the home front?
Mobilizing for Total War
The Social Impact
 Individuals in Society: Vera Brittain
Growing Political Tensions
 Picturing the Past: Wartime Propaganda Posters
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Why did world war lead to revolution in Russia?
The Fall of Imperial Russia
The Provisional Government
Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution
Trotsky and the Seizure of Power
Dictatorship and Civil War
In what ways was the Allied peace settlement flawed?
The End of the War
Revolution in Austria-Hungary and Germany
 Mapping the Past: Territorial Changes After World War I
The Treaty of Versailles
The Peace Settlement in the Middle East
The Human Costs of the War
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 25 Study Guide

Online Document Project: Vera Brittain: Calling Young Women to War LaunchPad
  Document 25-1: Third Red Cross Roll Call, ca. 1917-1918 LaunchPad
  Document 25-2: The Spirit of America, Join, ca. 1917-1918 LaunchPad
  Document 25-3: The Prettiest Fashion, 1915 LaunchPad
  Document 25-4: Red Cross or Iron Cross? ca. 1914-1918 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Vera Brittain: Calling Young Women to War LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 25 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 25-1: Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Telegram to the German Ambassador at Vienna (July 6, 1914) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: World War I in the Trenches and in the Air LaunchPad
  Document 25-2: Klaxon Horn Used to Warn of Gas Attacks (1917) LaunchPad
  Document 25-3: Baron Manfred von Richthofen (1917) LaunchPad
  Document 25-4: Helena Swanwick, The War in Its Effect Upon Women (1916) LaunchPad
  Document 25-5: Vladimir I. Lenin, What Is to Be Done? (1902) LaunchPad
  Document 25-6: Woodrow Wilson, The Fourteen Points (1918) LaunchPad
  Document 25-7: A Defeated Germany Contemplates the Peace LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 25 LaunchPad
Chapter 25 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 26
The Age of Anxiety, 1900-1940
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did intellectual developments reflect the general crisis in Western thought?
Modern Philosophy
The Revival of Christianity
The New Physics
Freudian Psychology
How did modernism revolutionize Western culture?
Architecture and Design
New Artistic Movements
Twentieth-Century Literature
Modern Music
How did consumer society change everyday life?
Mass Culture
 Picturing the Past: The New Woman: Image or Reality?
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
The Appeal of Cinema
The Arrival of Radio
What obstacles to lasting peace did European leaders face?
Germany and the Western Powers
 Individuals in Society: Gustav Stresemann
Hope in Foreign Affairs
Hope in Democratic Government
What were the causes and consequences of the Great Depression?
 Mapping the Past: The Great Depression in the United States and Europe, 1929-1939
The Economic Crisis
Mass Unemployment
The New Deal in the United States
The Scandinavian Response to the Depression
Recovery and Reform in Britain and France
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 26 Study Guide

Online Document Project: Gustav Stresemann: Competing Visions of Germany LaunchPad
  Document 26-1: German Center Party Program, 1922 LaunchPad
  Document 26-2: Social Democratic Party Program, 1925 LaunchPad
  Document 26-3: German People's Party, 1931 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Gustav Stresemann: Competing Visions of Germany LaunchPad
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Document from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 26 LaunchPad
 Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 26-1: Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams (1900) LaunchPad
  Document 26-2: Mary Cassatt, Reading Le Figaro (1878) LaunchPad
  Document 26-3: John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1920) LaunchPad
  Document 26-4: Hyperinflation in Germany (1923) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: The Great Depression in Great Britain and Germany LaunchPad
  Document 26-5: Sir Percy Malcolm Stewart, Parliament Addresses the Great Depression in Britain (1934) LaunchPad
  Document 26-6: Heinrich Hauser, With the Unemployed in Germany (1933) LaunchPad
  Document 26-7: German Communist Party Poster (1932) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 26 LaunchPad
Chapter 26 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 27
Dictatorships and the Second World War, 1919-1945
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How were Fascist and Communist totalitarian dictatorships similar and different?
Conservative Authoritarianism and Radical Totalitarian Dictatorships
 Picturing the Past: The Appeal of Propaganda
 Quiz for Picturing the Past
Communism and Fascism
How did Stalin and the Communist Party build a totalitarian state in the Soviet Union?
From Lenin to Stalin
The Five-Year Plans
Life and Culture in Soviet Society
Stalinist Terror and the Great Purges
What kind of government did Mussolini establish in Italy?
The Seizure of Power
The Regime in Action
What policies did Nazi Germany pursue, and how did they lead to World War II?
The Roots of National Socialism
Hitler’s Road to Power
State and Society in Nazi Germany
Popular Support for National Socialism
Aggression and Appeasement
What explains the Allied victory in World War II?
German Victories in Europe
 Mapping the Past: World War II in Europe and Africa, 1939-1945
Europe Under Nazi Occupation
The Holocaust
 Individuals in Society: Primo Levi
Japanese Empire and the War in the Pacific
The “Hinge of Fate”
Allied Victory
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 27 Study Guide

Online Document Project: Primo Levi: Remembering the Holocaust LaunchPad
  Document 27-1: Abraham Bomba Interview, 1990 LaunchPad
  Document 27-2: Dorotka Goldstein Roth Interview, 1989 LaunchPad
  Document 27-3: Leo Schneiderman Interview, 1990 LaunchPad
  Document 27-4: Ruth Webber Interview, 1992 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Primo Levi: Remembering the Holocaust LaunchPad
  Quiz for Primo Levi: Remembering the Holocaust LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 27 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 27-1: Richard Washburn Child, Foreword to the Autobiography of Benito Mussolini (1928) LaunchPad
  Document 27-2: Vladimir Tchernavin, I Speak for the Silent (1930) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: Propaganda and the Totalitarian State LaunchPad
  Document 27-3: Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf: The Art of Propaganda (1924) LaunchPad
  Document 27-4: Soviet Propaganda Posters (1941 and 1945) LaunchPad
  Document 27-5: Winston Churchill, Speech Before the House of Commons (June 18, 1940) LaunchPad
  Document 27-6: The Nuremberg Laws: The Centerpiece of Nazi Racial Legislation (1935) LaunchPad
  Document 27-7: Alfred Rosenberg, The Jewish Question as a World Problem (1941) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 27 LaunchPad
Chapter 27 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 28
Cold War Conflict and Consensus, 1945–1965
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Why was World War II followed so quickly by the Cold War?
The Legacies of the Second World War
 Mapping the Past: The Aftermath of World War II in Europe, ca. 1945–1950
The Peace Accords and Cold War Origins 
West Versus East 
Big Science in the Nuclear Age
 Picturing the Past: A Soviet View of the Arms Race
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
What were the Sources for postwar recovery and stability in western Europe? 
The Search for Political and Social Consensus 
Toward European Unity
The Consumer Revolution
What was the pattern of postwar development in the Soviet bloc? 
Postwar Life in the East Bloc 
Reform and De-Stalinization 
Foreign Policy and Domestic Rebellion 
The Limits of Reform 
What led to rapid decolonization after World War II?
Decolonization and the Global Cold War 
The Struggle for Power in Asia 
Independence and Conflict in the Middle East 
Decolonization in Africa 
What kinds of societies emerged in Europe — East and West — after 1945? 
Changing Class Structures 
Patterns of Postwar Migration
 Individuals in Society: Armando Rodrigues
New Roles for Women 
Youth Culture and the Generation Gap 
Looking Back, Looking Ahead 
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 28 Study Guide

Online Document Project: Armando Rodrigues, West Germany’s One-Millionth Guest Worker: Post-War Rebuilding and the Creation of a Multicultural Germany LaunchPad
  Document 28-1: Giacomo Maturi, "The Integration of the Southern Labor Force and Its Specific Adaptation Problems," 1961 LaunchPad
  Document 28-2: Turkish Labor Placement Office, "How the Turkish Worker Should Behave and Defend His Character in a Foreign Country," 1961 LaunchPad
  Document 28-3: Heidelberg Manifesto, 1982 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Armando Rodrigues, West Germany’s One-Millionth Guest Worker: Post-War Rebuilding and the Creation of a Multicultural Germany LaunchPad
  Quiz for Armando Rodrigues, West Germany’s One-Millionth Guest Worker: Post-War Rebuilding and the Creation of a Multicultural Germany LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 28 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Document 28-1: George C. Marshall, An American Plan to Rebuild a Shattered Europe (June 5, 1947) LaunchPad
  Document 28-2: Alexander Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962) LaunchPad
  Document 28-3: Joseph Stalin, Interview Regarding Winston Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech (March 14, 1946) LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: Challenging the Prewar Social and Political Order LaunchPad Document 28-4: Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961) LaunchPad
  Document 28-5: Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 28 LaunchPad
Chapter 28 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 29
Challenging the Postwar Order, 1960–1991 
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
Why did the postwar consensus of the 1950s break down? 
Cold War Tensions Thaw 
The Affluent Society 
The Counterculture Movement 
The United States and Vietnam 
Student Revolts and 1968
The 1960s in the East Bloc 
What were the consequences of economic decline in the 1970s? 
Economic Crisis and Hardship 
The New Conservatism
 Individuals in Society: Margaret Thatcher
Challenges and Victories for Women 
The Rise of the Environmental Movement
 Picturing the Past: Green Party Representatives Enter Parliament
Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Separatism and Right-Wing Extremism
What led to the decline of Soviet power in the East Bloc? 
State and Society in the East Bloc 
Dissent in Czechoslovakia and Poland 
From Détente Back to Cold War 
Gorbachev’s Reforms in the Soviet Union 
Why did revolution sweep through the East Bloc in 1989?
Mapping the Past: Democratic Movements in Eastern Europe, 1989 
The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe 
German Unification and the End of the Cold War 
The Disintegration of the Soviet Union 
Looking Back, Looking Ahead 
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 29 Study Guide 

Online Document Project: Margaret Thatcher: Rebranding the Conservative Message for a Changing World LaunchPad
  Document 29-1: Labour isn't Working, 1979 LaunchPad
  Document 29-2: Labour Says He's Black. Tories Say He's British, 1978 LaunchPad
  Document 29-3: It was a Conservative..., 1978 LaunchPad
  Document 29-4: Even Labour's Better with the Tories, 1978 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Margaret Thatcher: Rebranding the Conservative Message for a Changing World LaunchPad
  Quiz for Margaret Thatcher: Rebranding the Conservative Message for a Changing World LaunchPad

Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 29 LaunchPad
  Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
  Sources in Conversation: Reforming Socialist Societies LaunchPad
  Document 29-1: Solidarity Union, Twenty-One Demands: A Call for Workers’ Rights and Freedoms (1980) LaunchPad
  Document 29-2: Mikhail Gorbachev, Perestroika: A Soviet Leader Calls for Change (1987) LaunchPad
  Document 29-3: Jeff Widener, Tank Man (1989) LaunchPad
  Document 29-4: Betty Friedan, Statement of Purpose of the National Organization for Women: Defining Full Equality (1966) LaunchPad
  Document 29-5: Vaclav Havel, New Year’s Address to the Nation (1990) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 29 LaunchPad
Chapter 29 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Chapter 30
Life in an Age of Globalization, 1990 to the Present 
Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad
How did life change in Russia and the former East Bloc countries after 1989? 
Economic Shock Therapy in Russia 
Russian Revival Under Vladimir Putin 
Coping with Change in the Former East Bloc 
Tragedy in Yugoslavia
How did globalization affect European life and society? 
The Global Economy 
The New European Union
 Mapping the Past: The European Union, 2013
Supranational Organizations
The Human Side of Globalization
What are the main causes and effects of growing ethnic diversity in contemporary Europe?
The Prospect of Population Decline 
Changing Immigration Flows 
Ethnic Diversity in Contemporary Europe
 Picturing the Past: National Front Campaign Poster
 Quiz for Picturing the Past LaunchPad
Europe and Its Muslim Citizens
 Individuals in Society: Tariq Ramadan 
What challenges will Europeans face in the coming decades?
Growing Strains in U.S.-European Relations 
Turmoil in the Muslim World 
The Global Recession and the Viability of the Eurozone
Dependence on Fossil Fuels 
Climate Change and Environmental Degradation 
Promoting Human Rights 
Looking Back, Looking Ahead 
LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter 30 Study Guide

Online Document Project: Contesting Globalization: Global Organizations, Movements, and Antiglobal Protest LaunchPad
  Document 30-1: The World Trade Organization and Its Critics, 2009-2013 LaunchPad
  Document 30-2: Occupy Wall Street, 2013 LaunchPad
  Document 30-3: North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): Myths v. Realities, 2013 LaunchPad
  Document 30-4: Environmental Organizations, 2012-2013 LaunchPad
  Essay Assignment for Contesting Globalization: Global Organizations, Movements, and Antiglobal Protest LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for Western Society, Chapter 30 LaunchPad
 Introduction to the Documents LaunchPad
 Sources in Conversation: Islam Versus the West? LaunchPad
  Document 30-1: Amartya Sen, A World Not Neatly Divided (November 23, 2001) LaunchPad
  Document 30-2: Tariq Ramadan, Western Muslims and the Future of Islam (2004) LaunchPad
  Document 30-3: A Greenpeace Activist at the G8 Summit (2001) LaunchPad
  Document 30-4: A Tunisian Woman Casts Her Vote (2011) LaunchPad
  Comparative and Discussion Questions LaunchPad
  Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 30 LaunchPad
Chapter 30 Summative Quiz LaunchPad