21st Century PDF

21st Century is the eighth unit in the Modern World History course. In this unit learn about terrorism, the tech revolution, and globalism. This unit includes the 9/11 terror attack, other major terror attacks around the world, the War on Terror, artificial intelligence, migration crises, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the War in Ukraine.

This book is for adult mentors to use as a resource when planning lessons, not a textbook for students.

This unit has sections on:

• Terrorism
• Technology
• Globalism

Layers of Learning is activity-based and this unit guide includes many hands-on ways to learn about Human Rights. Here are a few things you will find to do inside this unit:

• Develop your own definition of terrorism after discussing various scenarios
• Color a map that shows the countries most affected by terrorism in the early 21st Century
• Make “helper” foldables highlighting the people who help during and after a disaster
• Create a notebooking page about sex significant terror attacks in various places around the world
• Make a bouquet of paper flowers for the victims of terror attacks
• Create an online presentation about the ways the integrated circuit has been used to change the way we do things
• Write an algorithm for a partner to follow to complete an obstacle course
• Make a notebooking page in your Book of Years about the competing philosophies of globalism and nationalism
• Examine your clothing to see where it was made then learn how a t-shirt uses a global supply chain to make it to your closet
• Analyze the government responses to the Covid-19 pandemic for how effective you think they were
• Plus much more!

Layers of Learning History units include Library Lists of books on the topic, a family read-aloud suggestion, hands-on activities, printables and paper crafts, sidebars for extra learning, and tools to help you assess your student’s progress and mastery. Learn more about how Layers of Learning works.

See Inside

This is a view of a two page spread from 21st Century:

This unit, like all of Layers of Learning is pick-and-choose so the mentor can decide which books to read and which Explorations to choose from among many options.

Flexibility

This unit was written to be used for a month but contains plenty of content for many more weeks of learning if you choose. This is a pick-and-choose curriculum, meant to be cycled back to in the future when your child is older. As such, it intentionally includes far more material than you can possibly cover in a month.

21st Century is also part of the overall Modern World History course, the fourth Year of the four year Layers of Learning History cycle. If you use the program in order, it will take you through the history of the world from ancient times through the 21st century. However, each unit stands alone and can be used independently of any other unit.

Printable Pack

This unit comes with a downloadable Printable Pack that includes all the student worksheets. The printables can be copied as many times as needed for your family or class.

 

You can download the Printable Pack from your receipt or from your account at Layers of Learning.

Extra Resources

This unit comes with extra weblinks and a YouTube video playlist on the Modern World History Resources page.