MATA CARRASCO, ALFREDO DE LA / MESEGAR DOMINGO, MANUEL / ORTEGA, JOSÉ IGNACIO / BAQUERO ARTIGAO, GRE
THE BEGINNING OF THE CONTEMPORARY AGE
1 The end of the Old Regime
1. The Old Regime
2. Society and economy of the Old Regime
3. Transformations in the 18th Century
4. The influence of the Enlightenment Era
5. Art in the 18th century
The challenge: Research the role of rap music
in promoting equality
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2 The age of revolutions
1. The impact of Liberalism
2. The road to American Independence
3. The French Revolution
4. The empire of Napoleon Bonaparte
5. The Restoration
6. Revolutions in the 19th century
7. Romanticism
8. The unification of Italy and Germany
The challenge: Create a list of suggestions with
your classmates
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3 The Industrial Revolutions
1. The First Industrial Revolution
2. Causes of the Industrial Revolution
3. Key industries in the First Industrial Revolution
4. The spread of the Industrial Revolution
5. The Second Industrial Revolution
6. The expansion of the Industrial Revolution
7. Industrial society
8. The role of the labour movement
9. Evolution of culture and science
The challenge: Look around you for traces of
the Industrial Revolution
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4 Imperialism
1. Understanding Imperialism
2. The spread of Imperialism
3. The partition of Africa
4. Leading European powers in the 19th century
5. The growth of the United States and Japan
The challenge: Suggest ideas to preserve the
culture of indigenous communities
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5 Spain in the 18th and 19th centuries
1. A new dynasty in Spain
2. Spain in the 18th century
3. The crisis of the Old Regime in Spain
4. Aftermath of the War of Independence
5. Historical transformations during the reign
of Fernando VII
6. The founding of the Spanish liberal state
7. Industrial Revolution in Spain
8. Politics, economy and society in 19th century
Andalucía
9. The Restoration in Spain
10. The Restoration in Andalucía
The challenge: Interview a 19th century
pioneering woman
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A WORLD IN CONFLICT
6 World War I and the Russian Revolution
1. Causes of World War I
2. Imperialism and nationalism
3. World War I
4. Consequences of World War I
5. Designing peace
6. Russia before the Revolution
7. 1917: the year that changed everything
8. Revolution and counter-revolution
9. International influence of the Revolution
The challenge: Create a list of ideas to foster
a culture of peace
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7 The Interwar Period
1. The aftermath of World War I
2. The 1920s: political and economic boom years
3. The Roaring Twenties
4. The 1929 Wall Street Crash
5. The Great Depression
6. Key developments in art and science
The challenge: Come up with strategies to
reduce unnecessary consumption
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8 Totalitarianism and World War II
1. The birth of totalitarianism
2. The spread of totalitarianism
3. Fascist Italy
4. Stalinism in the Soviet Union
5. Nazi Germany
6. The path to World War II
7. The Axis on the attack
8. The Allies strike back
9. Consequences of World War II
The challenge: Work as a war correspondent
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9 Spain: monarchy, republic and war
1. Spain at the start of the 20th century
2. Crisis of the Restoration
3. The Silver Age of Spanish culture
4. Andalucía in the first third of the 20th century
5. The Second Republic
6. Political evolution of the Spanish Second Republic
7. The Spanish Civil War
8. Consequences of the Spanish Civil War
9. The Second Republic and Spanish Civil War
in Andalucía
The challenge: Follow the trail of the Civil War
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THE POST-WAR ERA
10 The Cold War: capitalism and communism
1. The Cold War
2. The two opposing blocs
3. Early decades of the Cold War
4. Final decades of the Cold War
5. The American century and democracy in Europe
6. Communism in Europe
7. The spread of communism
8. The fall of communism
The challenge: Exchange letters to learn more
about life in the Communist and Capitalist blocs
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11 Decolonisation
1. Causes of decolonisation
2. Decolonisation in Asia and the Middle East
3. African independence
4. The #Third World#
5. Neocolonialism
The challenge: Analyse the situation of
a non-self-governing territory
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12 The Franco dictatorship
1. The foundations of Francoism
2. Early years of the Franco regime
3. Consolidation of the Franco regime
4. Social expression under Francoism
5. Andalucía during Franco#s regime
The challenge: Compare international migratory
movements
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THE WORLD TODAY
13 A new era
1. The 1970s crisis
2. Neoliberalism
3. Globalisation
4. A system in crisis
5. Postmodern society
6. Towards a multipolar world
7. Today#s major conflicts
8. Today#s global challenges
9. Contemporary art
The challenge: Create your own fact-checking
process
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14 The consolidation of the European Union
1. Expansion of the EEC
2. From the EEC to the EU
3. The benefits of EU membership
4. Challenges facing the EU
5. The future of the EU
The challenge: Understand the values of the
European Union
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15 Democratic Spain
1. The end of Francoism
2. The Spanish Transition
3. Democratic governments in Spain
4. The economic evolution of Spain
5. A changing society
6. Democracy in Andalucía
7. Contemporary Andalusian culture
The challenge: Investigate the needs of
your neighbourhood and find ways to help
satisfy them
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Objective:
Analyze the past and present reality (or historical or geographical) of our planet and make use of the appropriate tools to make that analysis as critical and objective as possible.
Revuela gets it by:
Establishing a dialogue between the students that allows solving the problems posed by the analyzed reality.
Presenting cases and situations which contextualise the historical and geographical reality of the planet.
Valuing team work as fundamental.
Knowing the past, students can understand the present.