Download World II Unit I May2011

World II, Unit I
International Conflicts (1870-Present)
(6 Weeks)
Established Goals:
The student understands and applies knowledge of historical thinking, chronology, turning points,
major ideas, and individuals during international conflicts from 1870—present in order to evaluate
how history shapes the present and the future.
EALRs and GLEs:
History 4.1.2, 4.3.2
Civics 1.2.3, 1.3.1
Students will understand…
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Essential Questions:
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The multiple causal factors of conflicts
in world history (1870-present).
The impact of various forms of
government on people in the past or
present.
The relationship and tensions between
national interest and international
issues in the world in the past or
present.
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Students will know:
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Key vocabulary
Causes and consequences of:
o Franco-Prussian War
o World War I
o World War II
o Qing Dynasty/Communism
MAIN (isms)
o Militarism
o Alliance
o Imperialism
o Nationalism
Other “isms”
o Totalitarianism
o Fascism
o Nazism
o Communism
o Socialism
o Marxism
o Isolationism
What economic, political, social, and
geographic factors lead nations to fight
with each other?
What factors lead to peace between
nations?
What are the economic and political
implications and outcomes of war?
What is the role of international
agreements and organizations in
international relationships?
What were the causes and
consequences of World War I and II?
Students will be able to…
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Describe the causes and consequences
(positive/negative) of WWI and WWII
Explain the various “isms” from WWI to the
Present
Identify and explain the role of international
organizations
Analyze and interpret historical materials
from a variety of perspectives in world
history (1870-present).
Analyzes consequences of positions on an
issue or event.
Evaluate the precision of a position on an
issue or event.
Explain how World War I and World War II
represented the era of 1870 to the present
as a time of international conflict.
CBA Skills:
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Analyze and interpret historical materials
from a variety of perspectives in world
history (1870-present).
Analyzes consequences of positions on an
issue or event.
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Evaluate the precision of a position on an
issue or event.
Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence
Performance Tasks: (Formative):
 entry tasks
 white boards
 vocabulary review
 group discussions
 journaling
 Socratic seminars
 DBQ’s
 FRQ’s
 periodic check for understanding
(quizzes/tests, etc.)
 The Alliance Game (Penland)
 Layered Look Book (Flip Book)
 Acrostic Poem
Other Evidence: (Summative):
 Objective Test
 Cause/Effect Essay
 Comparison/Contrast Essay
 Position Paper
 Scrapbook
 PowerPoint
 Brochure (travel advisory)
 Lyrics
 Video/Audio (student created)
 Portfolio
 Newspaper
 Create Lyrics (Acrostic)
 Tic Tac Toe (Students chose
squares for research)
 Big Books (GLAD)
Stage 3 – Learning Plan
Learning Activities:
Resources and Materials Needed:
World History Chapters. 22-29 (Sections dealing with conflict)
Terms and Names
Vocabulary: alliances, nationalism, militarism, imperialism, conscription, genocide, Triple Entente,
Triple Alliance, mobilization, propaganda, trench warfare, war of attrition, guerilla warfare,
annexation, reparation, armistice, u-boats, no man’s land, stalemate, fascism, Nazism, antiSemitism, ethnic cleansing, civil disobedience, protest, demilitarized, appeasement,
totalitarianism, blitzkrieg, Schlieffen Plan, isolationism, two-front war, black hand, powder keg,
kamikaze, mandates, Holocaust, Depression, Weimar Republic, Munich Pact, Third Reich,
concentration camp, Aryan, kristallnacht, final solution, D-Day, V-E Day, New Order, Cold War,
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Tiananmen Square, Domino Theory, Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs,
containment, KGB, limited war, conflict
People: Vladamir Lenin, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Gabrilo Princip, Joseph Stalin, Woodrow
Wilson, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Mao Zedong,
Chiang Kai-Shek, Ho Chi Minh, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon
B., Johnson, Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger,
Documents: Zimmerman Note, Fourteen Points, Treaty of Versailles, New Deal. Munich Pact,
Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, Balfour Declaration
Concepts: alliance system,