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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 . M -- compare and contrast Italian secular and Christian Humanism . M -- demonstrate an understanding of the contributions of Renaissance artists, writers, and thinkers to Western Civilization . M -- compare and contrast the beliefs of Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Calvinism . M -- explain the impact of religious thought on political, military, and social history . M -- evaluate the causes and effects of the Age of Discovery on European nations . M -- evaluate the effects of the Age of Discovery on Africa, Asia, and the Americas . M -- 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 . D -- summarize the social, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of the Ottoman, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese Empires . D -- describe the major ideas and philosophers of the Enlightenment and their historical legacy . M -- explain the relationship between the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment . D -- evaluate the origins, impact, and legacy of the slave trade on history . M -- identify the major events and personalities of the Elizabethan Era . M -- examine the growth of Christianity in different parts of the world from 1450 to 1750 . D -- examine the character of powerful monarchies during the16th-18th centuries . D -- examine the impact of expanding capitalistic enterprise and commercialization on state, class, and/or race relations . D -- compare and contrast the impact of the 7 Years' war on Britain and France and their colonies . M -- discuss the pivotal events and turning points in each century . M Revised 8/1/03 1 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 . D M -- 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 . D D -- examine the political and ideological objectives of the Latin American independence movement between 1808 and 1830 . D -- trace the causes and course of the Industrial Revolution . M -- evaluate the social, political, and economic consequences of the Industrial Revolution . M -- examine the causes and effects of the 19th century revolutions in Europe . M -- evaluate how European nationalism created opposition and strain in the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires . D -- compare and contrast industrialization and its impact on society in countries such as Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Japan, and/or the United States . D -- identify the role of Father Miguel Hidalgo in the Mexican Revolution . D -- understand the importance of the Crimean War's outcome to England . D -- examine internal and external causes of the Meiji Restoration . D European Colonialism -- evaluate the role of British colonialism in India . M -- evaluate the role of European colonialism in East Asia . M Revised 8/1/03 2 Social Studies Curriculum Modern Civilization The learner will be able to: Scope -- evaluate the effects of European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere . M -- evaluate the effects of European imperialism in Africa . M 20th Century -- compare the industrial power of Great Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States in the early 20th century . D -- examine the causes of World War I . D -- examine how propaganda was used to create civilian support of "total war" . D -- examine accomplishments of the women's movement in the context of World War I and its aftermath . D -- evaluate the social, political, cultural, and economic results of WWI . M -- identify causes, personalities and results of the Russian Revolution . M -- explain how the Bolsheviks made adjustments to Marxism to suit specific conditions in Russia . D -- describe Lenin's political ideology . D -- examine the causes of the Great Depression . M -- examine the social, political, and economic consequences of the Great Depression . M -- examine the causes of WWII . M -- explain significant turning points of World War II . D -- evaluate the consequences of World War II as a "total war" . D -- compare and contrast both sides of the debate surrounding the use of the atomic bomb during World War II . D -- evaluate the history of anti-Semitism and its role in the Holocaust . M -- understand the development of fascism as a form of government and type of political thinking . D -- explain Benito Mussolini's rise to power . D Revised 8/1/03 3 Social Studies Curriculum Modern Civilization The learner will be able to: Scope -- explain Francisco Franco's rise to power . D -- understand the development of Nazism as a form of government and type of political thinking . D -- explain Adolf Hitler's rise to power . D -- understand the ideas of Nazism presented in Hitler's autobiography, Mein Kampf . D -- trace the origins, events, and results of the Cold War . M -- compare and contrast NATO and the Warsaw Pact . M -- comphrehend how certain locations during the Cold War became hot spots . M -- describe the ease of Cold War tensions in the 1970s . D -- understand the development of Communism as a form of government and type of political thinking . D -- describe the Communist Party's rise to power in China between 1936 and 1949 . D -- identify reasons for the fall of Communism . D -- summarize the collapse of various communist governments in the 1980s and 1990s . D -- describe how international circumstances led to the founding of Israel after World War II . D -- examine reasons for ongoing conflict between Israel and other neighboring states after World War II . D -- examine reasons for the partition of India into two nations . D -- examine the conditions of apartheid in Africa after World War II . D -- examine how women's movements and social conditions have impacted the lives of women in various regions of the world . D -- compare and contrast women's social equality in different countries . D -- discuss the origins and doctrines of Islam and apply this knowledge to recent Middle Eastern history . M Revised 8/1/03 4 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 . Revised 8/1/03 M 5