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Unit 7: Global Conflict
c. 1900 - Present
8-10% of AP Exam

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Unit 7 Planning Resources 

  • Unit 7 & 8 Combined Pacing  Updated 2/2026
  • Unit 7 Topics Outline​

Unit 7 Presentations

  • End of Empires (Shifting Global Power) (Topic 7.1)
  • WWI: Causes & Outcomes (Topics 7.2 and 7.3) ​​
  • Rise of Totalitarian Regimes (Topics 7.4 and 7.6) 
  • WWII: Causes & Outcomes (Topics 7.6 and 7.7) UPDATED!
  • Mass Atrocities of the 20th Century (Topic 7.8)

Unit 7 Handouts & Activities

  • Shifting Power Graphic Organizer (Topic 7.1)
  • Causes and Effects of WWI Graphic Organizer (Topics 7.2, 7.3) 
  • WWI Propaganda Poster Analysis Presentation (Topic 7.3) 
  • WWI Propaganda Poster Analysis Student Handout (Topic 7.3) ​
  • Rise of Communism in USSR and China (Topics 7.1, 7.4) Complete USSR portion during Unit 7
  • Causes and Effects of WWII Graphic Organizer (Topics 7.6, 7.7) UPDATED & IMRPOVED!
  • Mass Atrocities of the 20th Century Graphic Organizer (Topic 7.8)​​​​
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Rise of Totalitarian Regimes 

This activity covers Topics 7.4 and 7.6
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A few options for this lesson: 1) lecture over the presentation and students take notes on the graphic organizer 2) students use the presentation on their own to complete the graphic organizer 3)  students use the links on the Google Document to complete the handout 
  • Rise of Totalitarian Regimes Presentation 
  • Rise of Totalitarian Regimes Handout ​

 Unit 7 Vocabulary

  • Unit 7 Vocabulary
  • Unit 7 Vocabulary (PDF) 

Unit 7 Review Resources

  • Unit 7 Study Guide​​
  • Unit 7 Brain Dump
  • Unit 7-8 Review Handout (coming soon)

Unit 7 Handout Keys 

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  • Unit 7 End of Empire Graphic Organizer Answer Key
  • ​Unit 7-8 Rise and Decline of Communist States Answer Key
  • ​Unit 7 Causes and Outcomes of WWI Answer Key
  • ​Rise of Totalitarian Regimes Answer Key
  • Causes and Outcomes of WWII Answer Key
  • Mass Atrocities Graphic Organizer Answer Key
  • ​Unit 7 Study Guide Answer Key 

Unit 7 Links

  • Heimler's History Unit 7 Video Playlist
  • The Fallen (WWII death statistics)