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Dublin City Schools Social Studies Graded Course of Study
Modern World History
K-12 Social Studies Vision
The Dublin City Schools K-12 Social Studies Education will provide many learning opportunities that will help students to:
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develop thinking as educated citizens who seek to understand and appreciate diverse perspectives
confidently communicate evidence-based opinions and understandings
respectively seek out and evaluate the accuracy and worth of information in many forms
make reasoned decisions for themselves and the common good
work collaboratively with others
question and problem solve, while appreciating multiple perspectives and solutions
The Dublin City Schools K-12 Social Studies educational experience will allow students to see how social studies can be integrated
into different disciplines and is relevant to many aspects of life. There is a greater emphasis on problem based/inquiry learning rather
than just the memorization of historic dates, people, and events with a focus on the connections between current events and the past
in order to solidify relevancy for students.
The balance of content and skills will inspire students to become successful global citizens in an interdependent world as effective
decision makers that act responsibly in a diverse democratic society. We believe that empowering students to construct their learning
with knowledge that includes broad themes of history, economics/financial literacy, geography, global awareness/culture, and
government will ultimately assist each of our students in making a successful transition to civic life.
Modern World History Course Goals:
Modern World History is the study of world events from 1600 to the present. This course addresses content covered in Ohio’s
Learning Standards. Emphasis is placed on the impact of the democratic, and industrial revolutions, the forces that led to world
domination by European powers, the wars that changed empires, the ideas that led to independence movements and the effects of
global interdependence. Students will continue to develop historical literacy and 21st century skills.
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Historical Thinking and Skills
Historical thinking begins with a
clear sense of time – past, present
and future – and becomes more
precise as students progress.
Historical thinking includes skills
such as locating, researching,
analyzing and interpreting primary
and secondary sources so that
students can begin to understand
the relationships among events
and draw conclusions.
(Standards embedded throughout
the entire course)
Content Statements
Expectations of Learning
1. Historical events provide opportunities to examine
alternative courses of action.
2. The use of primary and secondary sources of
information includes an examination of the credibility
of each source.
To utilize information to understand what the world
looks like, how people think, and the cause and
effects of large events.
3. Historians develop theses and use evidence to
support or refute positions.
4. Historians analyze cause, effect, sequence and
correlation in historical events, including multiple
causation and long- and short-term causal relations.
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Content Statements/Expectations of Learning
1. Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.
Literacy Thinking & Skills
Reading Standards for
Literacy in History/Social
Studies 9 – 12
2. Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; trace the text’s explanation or depiction of a complex
process, phenomenon, or concept; provide an accurate summary of the text.
4. Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are
used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 9–10 texts and topics.
6. Analyze the author’s purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an
experiment in a text, defining the question the author seeks to address.
(Standards embedded
throughout the entire course)
7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self generated
question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on
the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
9. Compare and contrast findings presented in a text to those from other sources (including their own
experiments), noting when the findings support or contradict previous explanations or accounts.
4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task,
purpose, and audience.
Literacy Thinking & Skills
Writing Standards for Literacy
in History/Social Studies 9 –
12
(Standards embedded
throughout the entire course)
6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products,
taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and
dynamically.
7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self generated
question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on
the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
8. Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches
electively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into
the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
9. Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis reflection, and research.
10. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for reflection and revision) and shorter time frames (a single
sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
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Introduction to Modern World
History:
Global Comparisons and
Contemporary Issues
Historical Topic 1:
Revolutions and the birth of
modern democracies
Content Statements
Today’s global balance of power has shifted, which
include wars, territorial disputes, ethnic and cultural
conflicts, acts of terrorism, advances in technology,
expansion of human rights, and changes in the global
economy present new challenges. (Modified “Topic”
from standards)
Compelling Questions:
1. How do different regions around the globe
compare to one another? (Using data such
as GDP per capita, life expectancy, literacy
rates, infant mortality)
2. What are the major forms of government
around the globe and why are they
distributed in their current locations.
3. What are the most important issues currently
facing our world today?
5. The Scientific Revolution impacted religious,
political, and cultural institutions by challenging how
people viewed the world.
Contemporary Relevancy:
Continued revolutions in Science
change the world today.
6. Enlightenment thinkers applied reason to discover
natural laws guiding human nature in social, political
and economic systems and institutions.
The Enlightenment influences civil
liberties and universal human
rights in today’s global society.
7. Enlightenment ideas challenged practices related to
religious authority, absolute rule and mercantilism.
The revolutions of today have
similar causes to the revolutions of
the 18th and 19th century.
Expectations of Learning
Compelling Questions:
1. What inspired historical figures to challenge
authority? What are the results?
2. How did the enlightenment impact
revolutions in the 18th and 19th centuries?
3. How do the ideas of enlightenment impact
the world in which we live?
8. Enlightenment ideas on the relationship of the
individual and the government influenced the
American Revolution, French Revolution and Latin
American wars for independence.
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Historical Topic 2:
Industrialization and
Economic Development
Contemporary Relevancy:
The Industrial Revolution and its
positive and negative effects are
still relevant throughout the world
today.
The technological revolution
continues to cause a disparity of
wealth between nations and in the
populations within nations.
Historical Topic 3:
Imperialism and its global
integration and impact
Contemporary Relevancy:
Latin America, Asia, Africa, and
the Middle East continue to
struggle economically, politically,
and socially due to the effects of
19th and 20th century imperialism.
Many believe that imperialism
continues to exist, and is the cause
of both local and global conflicts.
Content Statements
Expectations of Learning
9. Industrialization had social, political and economic
effects on Western Europe and the world.
13. Advances in technology, communication and
transportation improved lives, but also had negative
consequences.
Compelling Questions:
1. To what extent did the industrial revolution
positively impact the global condition?
2. What impact did the industrial revolution
have on the societies and economies of the
industrializing nations?
10. Imperial expansion had political, economic and
social roots.
11. Imperialism involved land acquisition, extraction of
raw materials, spread of Western values and direct
political control.
12. The consequences of imperialism were viewed
differently by the colonizers and the colonized.
20. Religious diversity, the end of colonial rule and
rising nationalism have led to regional conflicts in the
Middle East.
Compelling Questions:
1. In what ways were non industrialized nations
impacted by the industrialized nations of the
world?
2. How did competition among the imperializing
nations impact the struggle of global power?
3. How were the colonized territories of the
world transformed by imperialist policies?
4. How did colonized peoples respond to
imperialist policies?
22. Political and social struggles have resulted in
expanded rights and freedoms for women and
indigenous peoples.
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Content Statements
Expectations of Learning
13. Advances in technology, communication and
transportation improved lives, but also had negative
consequences.
Historical Topic 4:
World Wars in the Twentieth
Century
Contemporary Relevancy:
The consequences of World War I
are still present today (Middle
East and the Balkans).
The atomic age continues to
threaten world stability and the
balance of power globally.
The World Wars helped shape
our current global-political map.
14. The causes of World War I included militarism,
imperialism, nationalism and alliances.
15. The consequences of World War I and the
worldwide depression set the stage for the Russian
Revolution, the rise of totalitarianism, aggressive Axis
expansion and the policy of appeasement which in turn
led to World War II.
16. Oppression and discrimination resulted in the
Armenian Genocide during World War I and the
Holocaust, the state-sponsored mass murder of Jews
and other groups, during World War II.
Compelling Questions:
1. What caused the World Wars of the
Twentieth Century?
2. To what extent were the causes of Twentieth
Century wars intertwined?
3. How did technology revolutionize the way
war was waged and impact the concept of
total war?
4. What were the causes and effect of new
political ideologies (Communism, Fascism)
on the globe.
5. In what ways and with what results were
colonies of warring nations impacted by
world wars in the twentieth century.
6. How and why did acts of genocide occur
during this time?
17. World War II devastated most of Europe and Asia,
led to the occupation of Eastern Europe and Japan,
and began the atomic age.
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Historical Topic 5:
Making of the Modern World
Contemporary Relevancy:
There continue to be major
divides between conflicting
ideologies that could lead to
another major war.
The United States and Russia
continue to have a vested
financial influence in many
countries around the world.
Content Statements
18. The United States and the Soviet Union became
superpowers and competed for global influence.
19. Treaties and agreements at the end of World War II
changed national boundaries and created multinational
organizations.
20. Religious diversity, the end of colonial rule and
rising nationalism have led to regional conflicts in the
Middle East.
Expectations of Learning
Compelling Questions:
1. What impact did international organizations
and alliances have on the post war world?
2. How did the Nuclear age impact the
relationship between governments in the
Eastern and Western world?
3. How have individual rights been granted or
denied as we develop as a global
community?
4. How did nationalism cause conflict in
developing parts of the world?
5. How have oppressed peoples of the world
worked to improve their position in the world.
21. Postwar global politics led to the rise of nationalist
movements in Africa and Southeast Asia.
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Content Statements
Expectations of Learning
23. The break-up of the Soviet Union ended the Cold
War and created challenges for its former allies, the
former Soviet republics, Europe, the United States and
the non- aligned world.
24. Regional and ethnic conflicts in the post-Cold War
era have resulted in acts of terrorism, genocide and
ethnic cleansing.
25. Political and cultural groups have struggled to
achieve self-governance and self- determination.
Historical Topic 6:
Solutions
Students are global citizens and
are able to develop and articulate
solutions to complex world issues.
26. Emerging economic powers and improvements in
technology have created a more interdependent global
economy.
What are the current problems facing our world today
and what are possible solutions to these complex
problems?
27. Proliferation of nuclear weapons has created a
challenge to world peace.
28. The rapid increase of global population, coupled
with an increase in life expectancy and mass
migrations have created societal and governmental
challenges.
29. Environmental concerns, impacted by population
growth and heightened by international competition for
the world’s energy supplies, have resulted in a new
environmental consciousness and a movement for the
sustainability of the world’s resources.
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