Modern Times Level two is a comprehensive course that is appropriate for both middle school and high school students with little modification. For high school we recommend reading The Red Badge of Courage in place of Rifles for Watie.
From British Imperialism to the American Civil War to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Modern Times level two is a complete one-year curriculum guide that combines history with literature, world geography, and writing activities. Students study events from modern times history, a time of imperialism, nationalism, manifest destiny, and technology. And it was a time of world war and attention to human rights. This comprehensive course covers success and failures of civilizations in modern history from all parts of the world.
Modern Times level two is a student guide that provides step by step lessons to teach world history from 1850 to 2000. Level 2 History Odyssey guides are written to be used independently by students with the parent/teacher assisting when necessary with lessons and assessing the student’s completed work. Modern Times level two does not require an answer key due to the subjectivity of the assignments that encourage critical thinking (i.e. there is rarely any one correct answer).** Answer keys to map work are found in the main spine (The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia). Rubrics are provided to assist in grading essay and research paper writing.
