World History: Volume 2, Renaissance to Modern Day introduces students to the following topics: the Renaissance, including an exploration of philosophy and artistic styles; the Protestant Reformation and the Counter-Reformation which transformed European religion and politics; Asian trade and the development of new technologies that sparked European exploration and colonization; the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment; movements that influenced revolutions in North America, France, the Caribbean, Mexico, and South America; the Industrial Revolution, including a focus on labor, markets, and resources, and global colonial empires; World War I; the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union and the impact that had on Europe, Asia, and Latin America; the dissolution of colonial empires after World War II included conflict in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa; and finally, topics such as globalization, migration, terrorism, regional conflict, eradication of disease, and climate change.

World History: Volume 2, Renaissance to Modern Day Era offers engagingly written text with many color illustrations, maps, vocabulary sidebars, Think Twice questions that prompt a deeper analysis of the text, Find Out the Facts assignments, Writers’ Corner boxes that include writing task such as essays, reports, and creative compositions, and a glossary.

Core Knowledge History and Geography™ (CKHG) is a comprehensive program in world and American history and geography, integrating topics in civics and the arts. CKHG helps students build knowledge of the diverse civilizations, cultures, and concepts specified in the Core Knowledge Sequence.

Using CKHG in the Classroom

• For Social Studies: Used in their recommended sequence, CKHG materials can form the basis of an engaging Social Studies program that builds historical and geographical knowledge and skills grade by grade.
• For Language Arts: You can also use CKHG to integrate content-rich nonfiction into your Reading/Language Arts lessons. CKHG objectives are correlated with the Common Core English Language Arts standards, which call for increased reading of nonfiction informational texts.