World History Resources from CFR Education

CFR Education offers a range of free resources that can supplement your World History curriculum. Browse articles, timelines, videos, and simulations covering three major eras that have shaped the world from 1900 to the present. Wondering about standards alignment? Search for your state standards here.

Global Conflict
World Wars Global Governance	Essential Events Between 1900 and 1945 [timeline] Why Did World War I Happen? Why Did World War II Happen? What Is Fascism? What Are the Origins of Communism? What is the UN Security Council? NATO: The World’s Largest Alliance [timeline] How Did the United States Become a Global Power?
Conflict Sovereignty Tools of Foreign Policy	How Do Countries Decide Whether to Go to War? [video] How is Conflict Changing? [video] What Is Interstate Conflict? Understanding Intrastate Conflict The Civilian Consequences of Conflict Resource Conflicts, Explained What is Sovereignty? [video] Understanding the Constructive and Destructive Natures of Nationalism What Tools Do Foreign Policymakers Have at Their Disposal? How Do Countries Select Their Foreign Policy Tools? [video]
Regions of the World	Europe - Modern History; U.S. Foreign Policy
Simulations	Explosion of the USS Maine in 1898 Zimmerman Telegram in 1917

Cold War and Decolonization
Cold War Post-1945	How Did the Cold War Stay Cold? [video] Eight “Hot Wars” During the Cold War The History of Nuclear Proliferation [timeline] NATO: The World’s Largest Alliance [timeline] Essential Events Since 1945 [timeline] The Marshall Plan [video] How Did Mass Production and Mass Consumption Take Off After World War II? Two Koreas, Two Development Policies How Does History Inform the Chinese Communist Party’s Domestic and Foreign Policy Goals?
Decolonization, Independence, & Self-Determination	How Did Decolonization Reshape the World? How Self-Determination Shaped the Modern World What Is Colonialism and How Did It Arise? Tanks, Sanctions, and Separatists: The Various Challenges to Sovereignty Understanding the Constructive and Destructive Natures of Nationalism Understanding Revolutions
Regions of the World	Middle East & North Africa - Modern History Sub-Saharan Africa - Modern History
Simulations	Korean War in 1950 NATO Enlargement in 1993 Russia and NATO in the Baltics Trusting Security Assurances Negotiating Ukrainian Security in 1993 Arms Control Deterrence Soft Power

Globalization
Globalization	What Is Globalization? [video] Six Essential International Organizations You Need to Know It Takes a Village to Make Your Medicine Trains, Planes, and Shipping Containers Two Hundred Years of Global Communications [timeline] The Globe-Trotting Journey of a Sneaker [video] The Origins of the Internet [timeline] How Technology Has Increased Human Development [video] Reimagining Sovereignty in a Global Era [video]
Historical Context Conflict & Intervention	Essential Events Since 1945 [timeline] How Did Mass Production and Mass Consumption Take Off After World War II? Eleven Global Issues That Will Shape the Future The Rise and Fall of the Responsibility to Protect What Is Peacekeeping? What Is the UN Security Council?
Global Era Issues	Globalization Climate Change Cyberspace and Cybersecurity Global Health Migration Nuclear Proliferation Terrorism
Simulations	Global Climate Change Policy Humanitarian Intervention in South Sudan Stopping Deforestation in the Amazon U.S. Arctic Policy Economic Sanctions Peacekeeping Trade Policy

Teaching AP World History or IB History? CFR Education has resources that align with the AP World History curriculum and IB History curriculum. Browse articles, timelines, videos, and simulations covering developments that have shaped the world.

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