Web Resources on Nationalism and World History Final/ Advanced Placement Examination Review

John Maunu

     [Editor's Note: Spring is the time when teachers and students thoughts turn to the content of their final units, final examinations and, for that special band of brothers and sisters, the Advanced Placement Examination in World History. Fortunately, there are web resources well-designed to assist instructors in unit and final examination development and help students prepare for what is to come. John Maunu, World History Connected's editor for Web Resources and a recognized authority on that subject, offers the following guide to Nationalism and end-of-term examinations in world history, with special emphasis on the Advanced Placement Examination in World History. Such guides will be a regular feature of this journal]

Nationalism

With the kind permission of Dr. Sharlene Sayegh, her World History Association 2008 award-winning "Lesson Plan on late 20th century Nationalism" has been made available at:

http://www.csulb.edu/~ssayeghc/nationalism/guide.html

Other lesson plans and resources for the study of modern nationalism include:

http://waphomepage.wikispaces.com/Lesson+Plan+on+Nationalism

(A general introduction)

http://www.globaled.org/curriculum/nation.html

(Focus on the Middle East)

http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/resources/lesson1.html

(Nationalism as a cause of the Great War)

http://www.christina.k12.de.us/socialstudies/7th_grade_curriculum_documents/unit_6/gr7_unit6_lesson8.doc

(Nationalism in Africa including building of a "mental map")

http://archives.cbc.ca/for_teachers/97/

(Investigating nationalism through a flag debate)

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook17.html

(This famed collection of primary sources offers a good introductory paragraph and will remind students of key varieties of nationalism)

Sites useful for survey course final reviews including text-related sites:

http://regentsprep.org/Regents/core/questions/topics.cfm?Course=GLOB

(New York Regents preparation and review with sample multiple choice questions, etc.

http://www.egrps.org/~BStrickl/files/AP%20World%20History/teachers.html

(Bill Strickland's webpage includes review activities)

http://www.flowofhistory.com/units

(Also US History site with thanks to Jason Brater, Redford, Michigan)

http://wps.ablongman.com/long_stearns_wcap_4/0,8810,1189431-,00.html

(This is the student study guide site, including chapter summaries, examination questions, timelines and map reviews, for Peter Stearns, et al, World Civilizations: The Global Experience text)

http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/brief_review/global_history/

(Prentice Hall Pearson World history review site: Essays and multiple choice questions)

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072957549/student_view0/

(This site offers the chapter outlines, quizzes, and other review materials for Jerry Bentley and Howard Ziegler's, Traditions and Encounters text)

http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/

and http://chnm.gmu.edu/wwh/w/13/wwh.html

(Useful for social and gender issues on AP World history exam)

http://www.quia.com/pages/solstudies.html

(Many review resources)

http://www.historyteacher.net/

("Must see" site for AP European and AP World teachers from Sue Pojer at Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New York)

http://www.mrburnett.net/apworldhistory/APWorldHistory.htm

(An online AP World History Examination preparation site)

http://www.ahistoryteacher.com/~ahistory/apwhreview/index.php?title=APWH_Exam_Topics

(AP History Examination topics)