World History Class with Mr. Lutz

This is the last episode in our unit studying 1750-1900 of World History Class with Mr. Lutz where we’ll tackle the Ottomans, Chinese, Japanese, and Russians as they adjust to the shifting trends of t...

23 Feb 20190s

So, haven’t we seen imperialism all year long in this class and now we are calling a particular chapter of study “imperialism?” What has changed? Why is this a thing? It is because we are no longer ta...

12 Feb 20190s

In today’s episode we tackle the Industrial Revolution. So up until this point in time in our class we have seen different areas of the world that possessed a successful economy. The prerequisites for...

5 Feb 20190s

Fight for your rights, just without the Beastie Boys (sadly), in this episode. We’ll learn about the ideas of the Enlightenment first before diving into revolutions in the United States, France, Haiti...

29 Jan 20190s

This episode looks at Asia (particularly East Asia) and its interactions with the Early Modern World. I think this episode is best defined by change and continuity, so pay attention to those themes as...

14 Jan 20190s

Today we will tackle the Empires of the Ottomans, Safavids, and the Mughals by comparing how they were formed, what their societies looked like, and what led to their decline or demise. Audrey Truschk...

8 Jan 20190s

Today we’ll explore Africa during the era of transoceanic interconnections and especially its connections to the Atlantic World. We will glance at the different regions of Africa seeing what is happen...

30 Des 20180s

Here we’ll narrow our focus to the Spanish and Portuguese conquest, administration, and reform of Latin American government and society at large. I’d like to re-establish our setting by placing this p...

19 Des 20180s