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Social Studies Curriculum
Modern Civilization
The learner will be able to:
Scope
First Global Era (1450 - 1750)
-- recognize the characteristics of Renaissance thought .
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-- compare and contrast Italian secular and Christian Humanism .
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-- demonstrate an understanding of the contributions of Renaissance artists, writers, and thinkers to
Western Civilization .
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-- compare and contrast the beliefs of Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Calvinism .
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-- explain the impact of religious thought on political, military, and social history .
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-- evaluate the causes and effects of the Age of Discovery on European nations .
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-- evaluate the effects of the Age of Discovery on Africa, Asia, and the Americas .
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-- evaluate changes in world political boundaries between 1450 and 1770, such as European expansion of
political and military power in Africa, Asia, and the Americas .
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-- summarize the social, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of the Ottoman, Indian, Chinese,
and Japanese Empires .
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-- describe the major ideas and philosophers of the Enlightenment and their historical legacy .
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-- explain the relationship between the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment .
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-- evaluate the origins, impact, and legacy of the slave trade on history .
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-- identify the major events and personalities of the Elizabethan Era .
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-- examine the growth of Christianity in different parts of the world from 1450 to 1750 .
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-- examine the character of powerful monarchies during the16th-18th centuries .
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-- examine the impact of expanding capitalistic enterprise and commercialization on state, class, and/or
race relations .
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-- compare and contrast the impact of the 7 Years' war on Britain and France and their colonies .
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-- discuss the pivotal events and turning points in each century .
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Social Studies Curriculum
Modern Civilization
The learner will be able to:
Scope
Era of Revolutions (1750 - 1914)
-- explain how various factors, such as industrialization, migration, diets, scientific achievements, and
medical accomplishments, created significant changes in world population and urbanization between 1750 and
1914 .
-- discuss the events leading to the American Revolution and its effect .
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-- examine various factors, such as the Seven Years War, Enlightenment thought, and/or rising internal
economic crisis, that impacted political conditions in Old Regime France .
-- evaluate the effect of the Haitian Revolution on race relations and slavery in the French empire .
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-- examine the political and ideological objectives of the Latin American independence movement between
1808 and 1830 .
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-- trace the causes and course of the Industrial Revolution .
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-- evaluate the social, political, and economic consequences of the Industrial Revolution .
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-- examine the causes and effects of the 19th century revolutions in Europe .
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-- evaluate how European nationalism created opposition and strain in the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman
Empires .
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-- compare and contrast industrialization and its impact on society in countries such as Great Britain,
France, Germany, Russia, Japan, and/or the United States .
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-- identify the role of Father Miguel Hidalgo in the Mexican Revolution .
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-- understand the importance of the Crimean War's outcome to England .
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-- examine internal and external causes of the Meiji Restoration .
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European Colonialism
-- evaluate the role of British colonialism in India .
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-- evaluate the role of European colonialism in East Asia .
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Social Studies Curriculum
Modern Civilization
The learner will be able to:
Scope
-- evaluate the effects of European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere .
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-- evaluate the effects of European imperialism in Africa .
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20th Century
-- compare the industrial power of Great Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States in the
early 20th century .
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-- examine the causes of World War I .
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-- examine how propaganda was used to create civilian support of "total war" .
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-- examine accomplishments of the women's movement in the context of World War I and its aftermath .
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-- evaluate the social, political, cultural, and economic results of WWI .
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-- identify causes, personalities and results of the Russian Revolution .
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-- explain how the Bolsheviks made adjustments to Marxism to suit specific conditions in Russia .
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-- describe Lenin's political ideology .
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-- examine the causes of the Great Depression .
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-- examine the social, political, and economic consequences of the Great Depression .
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-- examine the causes of WWII .
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-- explain significant turning points of World War II .
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-- evaluate the consequences of World War II as a "total war" .
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-- compare and contrast both sides of the debate surrounding the use of the atomic bomb during World
War II .
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-- evaluate the history of anti-Semitism and its role in the Holocaust .
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-- understand the development of fascism as a form of government and type of political thinking .
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-- explain Benito Mussolini's rise to power .
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Social Studies Curriculum
Modern Civilization
The learner will be able to:
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-- explain Francisco Franco's rise to power .
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-- understand the development of Nazism as a form of government and type of political thinking .
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-- explain Adolf Hitler's rise to power .
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-- understand the ideas of Nazism presented in Hitler's autobiography, Mein Kampf .
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-- trace the origins, events, and results of the Cold War .
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-- compare and contrast NATO and the Warsaw Pact .
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-- comphrehend how certain locations during the Cold War became hot spots .
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-- describe the ease of Cold War tensions in the 1970s .
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-- understand the development of Communism as a form of government and type of political thinking .
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-- describe the Communist Party's rise to power in China between 1936 and 1949 .
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-- identify reasons for the fall of Communism .
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-- summarize the collapse of various communist governments in the 1980s and 1990s .
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-- describe how international circumstances led to the founding of Israel after World War II .
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-- examine reasons for ongoing conflict between Israel and other neighboring states after World War II .
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-- examine reasons for the partition of India into two nations .
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-- examine the conditions of apartheid in Africa after World War II .
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-- examine how women's movements and social conditions have impacted the lives of women in various
regions of the world .
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-- compare and contrast women's social equality in different countries .
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-- discuss the origins and doctrines of Islam and apply this knowledge to recent Middle Eastern history .
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Social Studies Curriculum
Modern Civilization
The learner will be able to:
Scope
-- discuss recent historical events, their relationships to the past, and their relevance to contemporary
society .
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