Updated 7/25/07 with several new flowcharts on such topics as post colonial Africa, modern advertising, the decline of the modern community and fa... ByChris Butler
This Powerpoint starts with a timed presentation of images from the turn of the twentieth century and commentary on the underlying stresses facing ... ByChris Butler
Updated and with new color scheme 8/20/2009
This lesson looks at the reasons European powers decided to colonize Africa, the process of taking it ... ByChris Butler
This is the first part of a timed PowerPoint on World War I, covering the first years of war on the Western Front (1914-16). The flowchart analyze... ByChris Butler
This lesson chronicles Otto von Bismarck's diplomacy and wars toward the eventual reunification of Germany in 1871. It then looks at the meteoric ... ByChris Butler
This lesson focuses on the forces leading to the rise of Fascism in Italy, Mussolini's personality cult (especially in the PowerPoint, and how much... ByChris Butler
This presentation focuses on the Byzantine achievement, starting with the founding of Constantinople in 330 CE and ending at the empire's height in... ByChris Butler
This is the second part of a timed PowerPoint on World War I, covering the last years of the war as well as new weapons developed and other fronts ... ByChris Butler
This lesson focuses on the recurring patterns of revolutions in the modern era. The flowcharts for the English, Russian, and Chinese revolutions f... ByChris Butler
In an age when the war on terrorism dominates the headlines, it's especially important that we understand what Islam really stands for to most Musl... ByChris Butler
My title for this entire unit (FC071-73 is "War, Plague, Heresy, Schism, and Revolt: the Later Middle Ages"1300-1450. These were indeed trying tim... ByChris Butler
This lesson shows how a multitude of factors converged at one time and place, namely Britain in the 1700s, to lead to the birth of the industrial r... ByChris Butler
Starting with the Treaty of Versailles and the victorious allies treatment of Germany, this lesson then looks at the long-range results of World Wa... ByChris Butler
Although this material isn't new to my course, it's the newest flowchart in the series. It's designed to make sense of the somewhat chaotic events ... ByChris Butler
This Powerpoint looks at the historical roots of the Sunni-Shi-ite split in Islam in an effort to provide a fuller understanding of the complex pro... ByChris Butler
This lesson starts with a flowchart showing the developments, such as the invention of oil paints and the use of canvas, that created a revolution ... ByChris Butler
This presentation looks at the parallel developments of the Civil Rights Movement and the emergence of the Baby Boomer generation as a voice of pro... ByChris Butler
This Powerpoint starts with a picture essay on the life of Christ as depicted by various artists through the centuries. It then traces the rise of... ByChris Butler
The importance of Napoleon's career, like that of the French Revolution, is easy to lose in all the details of his wars and battles. However, his ... ByChris Butler
this lesson provides an overview of the ideas of the entire Enlightenment unit, showing how they fit into a natural flow from one idea to the next,... ByChris Butler