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Cincinnati Public Schools · Vision i5 — An Uncommon Approach to the Common Core Standards
Grade 9
Key Knowledge and Concepts
Modern World History — Examines world events from 1600 to the present.
Explores the impact of
• democratic and industrial revolutions
• forces that led to world domination
by European powers
• The Age of Enlightenment challenged
traditional, long-held beliefs in Europe, and
applied the idea of reason to reform societies
economically, politically and socially. Enlightenment thinking influenced the American and
French Revolutions and Latin American wars for
independence, and brought on the Scientific
Revolution and Industrialization.
• Imperialism, or Empireism, occurred when
more-developed nations took control of
less-developed nations to gain wealth and
power. The nations who had control had more
advanced technology, communication and
transportation. The consequences of
Imperialism were viewed differently by the
controlled and controlling nations.
• Economic, imperial and military competition
among the proud nations in Europe escalated in
1914 into World War I, the 2nd greatest event of
the 20th century. Because of hardship brought
on by WWI and internal conflict within Russia,
the Communist Revolution began.
• The results of WWI and a worldwide economic
depression set the stage for the rise of fascism
and its aggressive expansion by Germany, Japan
and Italy. A policy of appeasement to this
expansion then led to World War II in 1939, the
most important event of the 20th century.
• WWII brought untold misery and death to many
parts of the world but especially in Europe and
COMMON CORE
Literacy Standards
• Use textual evidence to analyze primary and
secondary sources, including assessment of
author’s claims; determine the main ideas;
summarize text; and identify key historical,
political, social and economic processes.
• Identify the meaning of a text through
academic vocabulary and text structure.
• wars that changed empires
• ideas that led to independence movements
• the effects of global interdependence
Asia. The Holocaust and the atomic bomb are
legacies of the war, as is the United Nations.
• The democratic United States and the
totalitarian Soviet Union became the world’s
two superpowers after WWII, dividing the
world into East and West. The two nations had
opposite values that led to a competition
called the “Cold War.” Actual wars took place
in Korea and Vietnam.
• The end of colonial rule after WWII led to
regional conflict, the rise of nationalist
movements, and expanded rights and
freedoms in Africa and Asia. The creation
of the new nation of Israel led to conflict in
the Middle East.
• The invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet
Union brought on a more militant Arab/
Muslim response and an increased amount
of terrorist acts.
• The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989
ended the Cold War, unleashing a wave of
new European nations in the early 1990s;
some with conflict and death, others peaceful.
• Emerging economic powers such as China
and India, and improvements in technology
have created a more interdependent
global economy.
• Environmental concerns, fueled by population
growth and international competition for
energy supplies, have led to a movement
towards sustaining the world’s
natural resources.
• Compare and contrast primary and secondary
sources and authors’ points of view on similar
topics, and analyze whether historical events
cause or precede later events.
• Integrate quantitative and qualitative data
analysis from print or digital text.
• Write social studies specific arguments that
support claims through logic and evidence.