China and Europe, 1500-2000 and Beyond: What is "Modern"?
AFE
China & Europe
  • Intro(current)
  • "Modern"?
    Redefining the Modern World Decoupling "Modern" from "European" Appreciating Asian Dynamics
  • Industrial Revolution
    Common Dynamics Industrial Evolution, not Revolution? Rethinking Regions Explaining the Industrial Revolution in Europe
  • New Units of Analysis
    • China & Europe: The New Units of Analysis China & Europe: 1500-1800
      • Was China More Productive Than Europe?, Part 1
      • Was China More Productive Than Europe?, Part 2
      • China: An "Early Modern" Society, Part 1
      • China: An "Early Modern" Society, Part 2
      • China: An "Early Modern" Society, Part 3
      • The Silver Trade, Part 1
      • The Silver Trade, Part 2
      • Population Growth: Myth of the Big Chinese Family
    • China & Europe: 1780-1937
      • The Revolution Explained
      • What Happened?
      • Differential Growth
  • Modern China
    The Precedent for Modern Politics The Rural Industry Tradition in China
  • Conclusion
  • For Teachers
    Teachers Guide Lesson Plans Classroom Resources Timeline of Chinese Inventions [PDF] China's Gifts to the West [PDF] Chinese Ideas in the West [PDF] Emperors and Reign Periods [PDF] Bibliography
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FOR TEACHERS

⚬ Teachers Guide

Introduction

What do We Mean by "Modern"?

Rethinking the Industrial Revolution

China and Europe: the New Units of Analysis

China and Europe: 1500-1800

China and Europe: 1780-1937

China Achieves a Modern State

Conclusion: Issues for the 21st Century

Lesson Plan (PDF)

⚬ Lesson Plans

Rethinking the rise of the West: The Great Divergence Debate

Rethinking the rise of the West: Global Commodities

Introduction

Rationale

Focus Questions

Grades and Time Required

Goals

Instructional Objectives

Resources

Class Activities: Comparing and Contrasting Points of View

Bibliography

Lesson Plan (PDF)

Standards of Modernity — China and Europe

Parallels in England and the Yangzi Basin of China in the 1800s

⚬ Classroom Resources

⚬ Timeline of Chinese Inventions [PDF]

⚬ China's Gifts to the West [PDF]

⚬ Chinese Ideas in the West [PDF]

⚬ Emperors and Reign Periods [PDF]

⚬ Bibliography of related reading

For Teachers: Lessons

Rethinking the rise of the West: Global Commodities

Konstantin Georgidis, Canterbury School, Ft. Myers, Florida

INTRODUCTION

Resources

  • Bridging World History (Annenberg/CPB Media), Unit #15
  • China and the West, 1500-2000: What is Modern? (Asia for Educators)

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