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World War I |
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Holt Time Lines: World War I and the Russian Revolution
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The Pity of War
To understand how World War I contributed to a deepening cynicism in the world, you have to understand the horror of a war that began as an idealistic enterprise and ended as a bloodbath. Take a trip back in time and step into the trenches of The Great War at PBS for a closer look at a war that changed romantics into realists.
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A Deadly Legacy
World War I’s dark shadow hangs over the battlefields surrounding Verdun, France, where buried bombs continue to poison, maim, and kill careless tourists. Watch your step through the toxic wasteland of Verdun as you accompany a bomb squad on the seemingly endless task of cleaning up after the Great War.
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World War II |
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Holt Time Lines: World War II
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The Road to War
The German economy was already in shambles when the Great Depression spread across the world and hit Germany hard. Adolf Hitler took advantage of the situation by exploiting the German people’s anger and wounded pride. Visit BBC Online to learn how Hitler rose to power by casting himself as Germany’s “last hope.”
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The Cold War |
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Holt Time Lines: The Cold War Begins
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The End of an Era
You may remember some of the events that marked the end of the cold war: Germany tore down the Berlin Wall, Eastern Europe wrenched itself from the Soviet Union’s iron grip, and Boris Yeltsin seized the reins of a new Russian government. Visit CNN Interactive to learn more about an era in the not-so-distant past when the threat of nuclear annihilation had people digging underground.
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New Nations Emerge |
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Holt Time Lines: Nationalist Movements Around the World
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The Politics of Power
Hundreds of writers from former colonies have struggled to express the effects of cultural domination and racism. Stop by the Contemporary Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature in English Web site to meet some of these writers and to gain a better understanding of how colonization has affected their writing.
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Science and Technology: The Information Age |
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From Mind to Matter
Who could have imagined that paper clips would alter the lives of office workers? Or that flexible film would lead to today’s motion picture industry? Step through 20th Century Inventions to learn about the origins of plastic, atomic bombs, and television. Then, predict what a site of twenty-first century inventions might include.
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PBS’s Innovation
There is no stopping innovation. A hundred years ago no one would have guessed it possible to construct a building over one hundred floors tall or to create bionic body parts. Step into PBS’s Innovation to learn about some of the inventions of the twentieth century. You will even find some ideas for what to expect in the early twenty-first century.
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Film, Art, and Music |
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A Break with Tradition
From unsettling green noses and distorted faces to clocks melting over tree limbs, art in the twentieth century wrenched away from tradition with a jolt. Explore the Guggenheim Museums, and meet some of the artists who loaded up their brushes, grabbed their canvasses, and charged into a new era.
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Music from Mississippi to Mozambique
American rock-and-roll hit the world like a bolt of lightning, but world music has thundered back. Today you can tune into sounds from Cuba, Senegal, or Peru without ever leaving home. Join the international music scene at Afropop Worldwide. Then, find out what world music events are taking place in your part of the globe.
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Literature in the Twentieth Century |
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Breaking the Rules
Rejecting the rules in their writing and poetry books, poets of the early twentieth century conjured up their own standards for great writing and grouped themselves as cubists, constructivists, futurists, and imagists. Let the Academy of American Poets introduce you to the rebellious poets who defied conventions to create a completely new poetry.
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Prizes for Poems and Peace
If you think poetry and dynamite have nothing in common, you haven’t met Alfred Nobel. The famous inventor of dynamite took time away from the lab to write romantic poetry and collect books. Visit the Electronic Nobel Museum Project to learn how Alfred’s diverse interests detonated an explosion of recognition in great writing.
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Absurdism and Existentialism |
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The Existentialist Frame of Mind
Where do you find the answers to life’s questions when it seems that there is nothing left to believe in? During the violent and confusing time between the First and Second World Wars, European existentialists looked for explanations in humanity. Let The History Guide introduce you to the philosophical and literary movement led by Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre.
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Cultural Identity and Literature |
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Magic Realism
An angel lands in your backyard, and a giant washes up on your beach—it’s just another day in the world of magic realism. Latin American writers developed this unique literary mixture of everyday life and wild fantasy around the middle of the twentieth century. Soar over to Emory University to learn more about the roots of a magical style that still echoes across the globe.
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