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Curriculum Map – World History, Culture & Geography: The Modern World
Essential Questions
September
October
November
December
January
What were the contributions
of the Greco-Roman and
Judeo-Christian traditions to
the development of Western
political thought?
What role did the Glorious, French
and American Revs. play in
establishing modern expectations
for self-govt. and individual
liberty?
How did the Industrial Rev.
change the world?
Why did countries engage in
imperialism?
What were the causes of
WWI?
Why did the Industrial Rev.
begin in England?
What impact did imperialism
have on non-industrialized
regions of the world?
What are the features of a
democracy?
How were the democratic
revolutions inspired by
Enlightenment ideals?
How did the Industrial Rev.
lead to the creation of new
economic models?
What role did propaganda
and nationalism play in
mobilizing civilian
populations?
What new technologies were
created and what was their
impact?
What were the consequences
of WWI?
Content
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Contributions of Greek,
Roman, JudeoChristian traditions:
-ethical principles, their
impact on Western
democracy (ex.
equality, value of
individual, social
conscience)
-Greek and Roman
philosophical concepts,
impact on modern
democracies (natural
law, law based on
justice and reason;
republican govt.;
importance of
citizenship)
Features of Democracy:
representative
government, rule of
law, individual rights
(civil rights, civil
liberties), due process
of law, consent of the
governed
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Democratic Revolutions:
-Democratic developments in
England (Magna Carta, creation
of Parliament, English Civil
War, Glorious Revolution,
English Bill of Rights)
-American
Revolution/Declaration of
Independence (ex. of democratic
rev.: causes, influence of
Enlightenment, concept of
natural rights, features of new
republic)
-French Revolution (causes,
major events, Declaration of the
Rights of Man, radicals, results
of revolution, Napoleon’s rule
and impact)
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Changes in Agriculture
(farming methods and
machinery)
Revolution in Textile
Industry – England case
study (inventions, factory
system, mass production,
changes in standard of
living)
Changes in transportation
and communication (steam
engine, telegraph,
telephone, etc.)
Advances in science and
medicine
Trends in art, literature and
social criticism
(romanticism, Charles
Dickens)
Impact of industrialization
(urbanization, working
conditions in factories, rise
of working class,
unionization)
Economic theories (laissezfaire capitalism, utopian
socialism, Marxism)
Reform movement
(democratic reforms,
factory reform laws,
activities of unions,
education, new political
parties, social services)
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Causes (link to
industrialization, need
for resources and
markets, nationalism,
ethnocentrism)
European exploitation
of Asia, Africa (at least
2 case studies in depth:
i.e.: British
Imperialism in India,
Opium War in China,
etc.)
U.S. economic
imperialism in Latin
America (neocolonialism)
Latin American
Revolutions (causes,
influence of
Enlightenment,
American/French
revolutions, results)
Impact/aftermath of
colonialism (economic,
political, social)
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Causes (imperialism,
nationalism,
militarism, alliances)
Role of propaganda
and nationalism in
mobilizing the
civilian population
Major events of war,
turning points
Changes in warfare,
its human costs (new
weaponry, trench
warfare, submarine
warfare, total war)
Armenian Genocide
Impact of the
Russian Revolution
and entry of U.S. on
the course and
outcome of the war
Consequences of
war (Versailles
Treaty, League of
Nations, economic
impact, geo-political
changes,
disillusionment with
pre-war
institutions/values,
influence on
literature/art)
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Skills
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Draw connections
between GrecoRoman principles
and features
democratic govts.
Today
Analyze primary
sources to identify
political values of
the Greeks and
Romans
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Identify beliefs of major
Enlightenment thinkers
Trace the impact of
Enlightenment thinkers on
leaders of democratic rev.
around the world
Compare and contrast the
principles of key
democratic documents
Analyze the impact of the
American Rev. and
Declaration of
Independence on other
nations
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Analyze primary
sources to understand
effects of
industrialization
Examine the
advantages that
allowed England to
industrialize first
Analyze how
manufacturing was
transformed during the
Industrial Revolution
Compare and contrast
emerging economic
systems during Ind.
Rev.
Examine why unions
were created and their
impact
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Make connections
between
industrialization and
imperialism
Question the
justifications for
imperialism
Examine written and
visual artifacts to
understand the motives
of imperialism
Analyze primary
sources to differentiate
the difference in
perspectives between
colonizers and the
colonized
Examine the long term
impact of imperialism
on colonized nations
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Justify each nations
motivation for
entering WWI
Exemplify the use of
propaganda to
influence public
opinion about WWI
Examine the impact
of total war policy
Analyze the different
goals of participants
in the postwar peace
process
Examine the key
components of the
Versailles Treaty
and assess their
impact
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Assessments
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Experiential
exercise:
“Governing on a
Deserted Island”
Press Conference of
key historical
figures
demonstrating
different
philosophical
viewpoints
Study guides,
quizzes, tests, essays
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Compare/Contrast essay of
the major democratic
documents
Poster boards identifying
key principles of
democratic documents for
comparison
Conduct mock interview of
key Enlightenment thinkers
Illustrated storybook that
chronicles the events of the
French Rev
Experiential exercise: Reenactment of three stages
of French Rev.
Graphic organizer
comparing revolutions
Journal entry depicting life
of a citizen in France
during the revolution
Create a newspaper article
analyzing key events of the
French Revolution
Study guides, quizzes,
tests, essays
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Editorial exposing the
effects of Industrial
Revolution
Graphic organizer to
compare different
economic systems
Compare/Contrast
essay of economic
systems, capitalism
and socialism
Examine written and
visual primary sources
Graphic organizer of
positives and negative
effects of
industrialization
“Negotiating a
Contract” – unions
game
Study guides, quizzes,
tests, essays
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Experiential exercise:
“Scramble for
Territory”
Debate and/or write an
editorial/poem from
opposing perspectives
of imperialism
Venn diagram
comparing experiences
of 2 colonized regions
Labeling, shading
maps depicting
colonization
Examine written and
visual artifacts to
understand the motives
of imperialism
Political cartoon
analysis
Study guides, quizzes,
tests, essays
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“Trench warfare
game”, illustrating
total war
Political cartoon
analysis
Write letter from the
battlefront back
home
Before and after
WWI annotated
maps
Examine written and
visual primary
sources of WWI
technologies
Treaty of Versailles
debate
Create a propaganda
poster, for/against
war
Study guides,
quizzes, tests, essays
Curriculum Map - World History, Culture & Geography: The Modern World
Essential Questions
February
March
Why did the Russian Rev.
occur?
What were the causes of
WWII?
Why did people turn to
dictatorship in Europe after
WWI?
What was it like to live under
Hitler’s rule?
What problems were the
Western democracies facing
after WWI?
How did the war become a
world-wide conflict?
April
What is genocide, and
how/why did it occur during
WWII?
How were the Allies able to
win the war?
May
June
What was the Cold War and
why did it happen?
What political trends occurred
in Asia after WWII?
How was Post-War
Germany a Cold War
battleground?
How did India gain its
independence after WWII?
Why was Israel created?
What were the consequences
of WWII?
How was Western European
recovery from WWII
different than Eastern
Europe?
How did communism rise to
power in Asia?
What impact has the creation
of Israel had on the Middle
East?
What challenges has Africa
faced in gaining independence
and stability?
How did South Africa
transition from apartheid to
democracy?
Content
 Russian Revolution:
- causes (rule of czars,
lack of
industrialization,
loss of Russo-Japanese
War, WWI)
- major events (Rev. of
1905, October
Manifesto, WWI,
March Rev., czar's
abdication, Provisional
Govt., Russian Rev.,
Treaty of BrestLitovsk, Civil War)
- results (totalitarian rule
of Lenin and Stalin,
nationalization,
collectivization,
industrialization, Great
Purge)
 Economic, social, political
trends of inter-war years
- Depression, Stock
Market Crash,
failure to pay
reparations
- Inter-war literature, art
and science (Picasso,
“lost generation”,
Hemingway, Einstein,
Freud)
- Rise of Dictatorship/
Totalitarianism:
fascism, nazism,
Treaty of Versailles,
Weimar Republic,
Anti- Semitism,
Spanish Civil War
(causes, foreign
involvement, results),
failure of democracies
in E. Europe
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Causes of War
(Versailles Treaty,
Economic
Depression, U.S.
isolationism, Rise of
Dictatorship,
Aggressions by
Dictators,
Appeasement)
Theaters of conflict
(Asia, Europe)
Beginning of war in
Europe (Munich
Agreement, NaziSoviet Pact, Poland,
Phony War,
Blitzkrieg, Maginot
Line, French
surrender, Battle of
Britain, Lend-Lease)
Key political and
military leaders
Japanese Aggressions
(Invasion of
Manchuria, Rape of
Nanjing, oil embargo,
Pearl Harbor)
Life Under
Hitler/Occupied
Europe (New Order,
Final Solution,
Holocaust,
Resistance to the
Nazis)
The War Spreads
(Balkans, Africa,
Operation
Barbarossa, Siege of
Leningrad, U.S.
involvement)
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Shift in the War (Key
turning point battles)
 End of War (V-E
Day, FDR death,
Potsdam Conference
Hiroshima, Nagasaki)
 Results of the War
(Nuremberg Trials,
Tokyo Trials, human
costs)
 Cold War:
- Causes (different
postwar conditions,
opposing
ideologies, Soviet
expansionism,
spheres of influence)
- United Nations
- Postwar Germany
(Yalta agreement,
Berlin Blockade,
Airlift, separation of
Germany, Berlin Wall)
- American post-war
policy (Truman
Doctrine, Marshall
Plan, NATO, Arms
Race, Space Race)
- Post-war Soviet policy
(Soviet aggressions in
E. Europe, Warsaw
Pact, Post-Stalin
Soviet Union, Soviet
Bloc, Khrushchev, deStalinization, U2 spy
plane incident, Cuban
Missile Crisis,
Brezhnev)
 Uprisings in Poland,
Czechoslovakia and
Hungary
 Fall of the Soviet
Union, including
weakness of the
economy and growing
resistance Soviet
satellite nations
 Changes in Asia:
- Chinese Civil War
(Nationalists vs.
Communists,
- Mao Tse-tung
(Great Leap
Forward,
Cultural Rev.)
- Japanese economic
recovery from War
- Korean and
Vietnam Wars (ex.
of Cold War
conflict)
 Challenges/trends in two
of the following regions:
Asia, Middle East,
Africa, Latin America
- recent history, political
divisions and systems,
key leaders, religious
issues, resources,
population patterns
- geopolitical, cultural,
military, economic
significance and intl.
relationships
- Challenges faced today
(cultural differences,
inexperienced leaders,
slow econ.
development,
food shortages, health
issues)
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Skills
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Investigate factors
leading to the fall of
tsarist Russia
Examine key events of
totalitarian dictators
Lenin and Stalin
Connect the Russian
Revolution to WWI and
Industrialization
Critique of the Treaty
of Versailles and its
role in the rise of
dictatorships
Graphing of the global
economic depression
Identify economic,
political and social
factors that led to the
rise of totalitarian states
Compare/Contrast
totalitarian ideologies
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Review the political
decisions of WWI as
they relate to the
causes of WWII
Defend the German,
Italian and Japanese
drive for empire
building
Question the policy
of appeasement and
nonintervention
Identify and locate
the Allied and Axis
powers on a map
Judge the decisions
and actions of
diplomatic and
military leaders of
WWII
Evaluate the Nazi
anti-semetic policies
Outline ideas and
policies that led to
the Final Solution
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Appreciate the
human costs of war
Justify the decision of
dropping the atomic
bomb
Show the political,
economic and
military shifts caused
by the war
Relate American
policies of recovery
to European policies
Investigate the
relationship of the
super powers as it
relates to the Cold
War conflicts world
wide
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Recognize the
factors leading to
uprising on Eastern
Europe
Determine the
economic and
political factors
leading to the
collapse of the
Soviet Union
Evaluate the
policies of Mao
Tse-tung
Debate opposing
ideologies of the
Chinese Civil War
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Relate the event s of
the past to
contemporary world
issues
Cultivate better
understanding of
cultural perspectives
based on political and
economic histories
Hypothesize current
and future trends
based on historical
background to
regions
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Assessments
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Interactive Theater: life
under Tsarist Russia
Rock, paper, scissors
game
Visual discovery of
events leading to
Russian Rev:
conditions and results
Visual representation of
Stalin’s economic plans
Experiential Exercise:
Purges Under Stalin
Examine written and
visual primary sources
of Stalin propaganda
Essay of Life Under
Stalin
Graphic organizer
comparing totalitarian
dictators
Totalitarian dictatorship
annotated timeline
Study guides, quizzes,
tests, essays
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Examine written and
visual primary
sources
Predicting European
Responses
Cost of war graphic
organizer
Resistance
Movement Graphic
Organizer
Nazi Propaganda
Poster analysis
Essay analyzing the
Holocaust
Study guides,
quizzes, tests, essays
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Examine written and
visual primary
sources
Propaganda Poster
Allies/Axis Powers
Debate: Should U.S.
Drop the Bomb
Museum Exhibit:
WWII Events and
People
Visual Discovery of
tensions during Cold
War
Annotated timeline
and map of 12 key
events
Experiential
Exercise: failures of
Soviet economy
Examine written and
visual primary
sources
Spy Project
Visual Metaphor
evaluating Soviet Era
Study guides,
quizzes, tests, essays
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Museum Exhibit:
Key Events in
China
Study guides,
quizzes, tests,
essays
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Examine written and
visual primary
sources
Multi-Media
Presentation/Slidesho
w on contemporary
issues
Letter to U.N. asking
for support in
contemporary issues
Study guides,
quizzes, tests, essays