World History Shorts

Designed for students of all ages who need help learning the basic concepts covered in World History classes.

These two Resources help students of all ages learn basic concepts covered in World History courses. The low reading level and high interest illustrations engage struggling readers. Effective for students with learning differences, on-level students, and students and adults who are reading below grade level. Each 210-page Resource features 30 one-page stories, or shorts, that focus on key historical concepts. Featured in 14-point font for easier readability, the shorts can be used as introductory lessons or as an overview for topics to be covered quickly.

Resource One Covers the pyramids of ancient Egypt, the city-states of ancient Greece, Rome as a republic and an empire, feudalism, the Crusades, the Middle Ages and Black Death, the Renaissance, Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation, European exploration and colonization of Asia and the Americas, modernization of Russia and Japan, and more.

Resource Two Covers the scientific and industrial revolutions, the American, French, and Russian revolutions, the rise of Nazism and fascism in Germany, Italy, and Japan, World Wars I and II, the Holocaust, the rise and fall of communism, the Cold War, modern Latin America, India, and Japan, terrorist attacks of the 20th and early 21st centuries; and more.

CD Resources contain PDF versions of the print resources which you can view and print from your computer.

This program is ideal for:

• Special Education / Special Needs
• Struggling Learners
• Students-at-Risk
• Learning Disabled
• Remedial Education
• Differentiated Education