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AP World History - SS5184
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Technological and Environmental Transformations, to 600 BCE
Course Introduction
Intro to AP World History
First Peoples, First Farmers
Studying History
Analyze geographic data provided on maps.
Explain how archaeology and anthropology contribute to the study of the past.
Explain the methods used by historians to investigate the past.
Human Origins and the Neolithic Revolution
Analyze how the Neolithic Revolution led to the development of civilizations.
Explain how societies transformed from nomadic hunter and gatherer groups to agricultural societies.
Trace trends of migration from Africa.
Reading Lesson - Chapter 1
Consider the social implications of the Agricultural Revolution.
Examine factors that eventually led to change in gathering and hunting societies.
Explore the conditions of life in gathering and hunting societies.
Familiarize students with the spread of human societies in the Paleolithic era.
Make students aware that agriculture evolved independently in several regions of the world.
Trace the development of agriculture and its local variations.
First Civilizations
The Fertile Crescent
Describe the accomplishments of the Sumerians.
Explain the purpose and impact of the Code of Hammurabi.
Identify the effects of geography on the settlement of Mesopotamia.
Early Egypt
Analyze characteristics of the geography of ancient Egypt.
Describe the characteristics of the Old, New and Middle Kingdoms.
Explain the contributions of Egyptian pharaohs.
Egyptian Culture
Describe the role of religion in ancient Egyptian culture.
Examine various examples of monumental architecture.
Explain the social characteristics of ancient Egypt.
Reading Lesson - Chapter 2
Contrast civilizations with other forms of human communities.
Establish the relationship between the First Civilizations and the Agricultural Revolution.
Explore how the emergence of civilizations transformed how humans lived and how their societies were structured.
Explore the outcomes of the emergence of civilizations, both positive and negative, for humankind.
Explore when, where, and how the First Civilizations arose in human history.
Show the various ways in which civilizations differed from one another.
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Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies, 600 BCE to 600 CE
State and Empire in Eurasia/North Africa
Phoenicia, Assyria, and Persia
Describe the characteristics of the Persian civilization.
Describe the contributions of the Phoenicians.
Explain the development of the Assyrian Empire.
Early Greece
Describe characteristics of ancient Greek culture before the development of city-states.
Describe the characteristics of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations.
Identify the geographical factors that led to changes in Greece.
Athens and Sparta
Analyze how the Persian wars affected Greek city-states.
Identify the characteristics of the city-state of Athens.
Identify the characteristics of the city-state of Sparta.
Alexander's Empire
Analyze how the expansion of Alexander's empire impacted other civilizations.
Explain the creation and features of Hellenistic civilization.
The Republic of Rome
Analyze how the three branches of the Roman republic were models for future governments.
Evaluate why Rome transitioned from a republic to an empire.
Explain the early history of the city of Rome.
Roman Civilization
Describe the social characteristics of Roman society.
Explain the characteristics and challenges in the city of ancient Rome.
Explain the cultural characteristics of the Roman civilization and their impact on other societies.
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Analyze how splitting the Roman Empire contributed to its decline.
Analyze the short- and long-term causes of the collapse of the Roman Empire.
Identify factors that contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire.
Reading Lesson - Chapter 3
Consider the nature of imperial systems in the era of Second Wave civilizations.
Explore why empires developed in some regions but not in others.
Reflect on the significance that Second Wave empires have for us today.
Show the important similarities and differences between imperial systems and the reasons behind them.
Culture and Religion in Eurasia/North Africa
The Rise of China
Describe the beginnings of Chinese civilization in the Zhou and Qin dynasties.
Describe the geographic features of China and how they led to the development of civilization.
Explain the characteristics of the Han dynasty.
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Indian Dynasties
Describe how geography contributed to the building of ancient Indian societies.
Describe the characteristics, advancement, and achievements of the Gupta empire.
Explain how Mauryan empire leaders affected Indian society.
Greece's Golden Age
Describe the events surrounding the Peloponnesian War.
Evaluate the philosophical, scientific, historical, and artistic contributions of the ancient Greeks.
Explain Pericles's changes to the Athenian system of government and compare it to the democracy in the United States.
Judaism
Describe the origins of Judaism.
Explain the contributions of the kingdom of Israel and its leaders.
Identify characteristics of Judaism, and how they differ from other belief systems.
Hinduism and Buddhism
Explain the significance of Aryan migration into India.
Identify major events in the development of Hinduism and Buddhism.
Summarize the features of Hinduism and Buddhism.
Christianity
Analyze how Christianity became the official religion of Rome.
Describe the efforts of the disciples to spread Christianity after the death of Jesus.
Explain how Christianity emerged from Judaism.
Reading Lesson - Chapter 4
Consider the common ground and significant differences between these religious and cultural traditions, and examine possible reasons behind them.
Examine the reasons behind the development of these religious and cultural traditions.
Point out the enormous influence on world history of the religious and cultural traditions developed in Eurasia and North Africa between 500 BCE
and 500 CE.
Society and Inequality in Eurasia/North Africa
Reading Lesson - Chapter 5
To consider what made social structures different in different civilizations.
To explore social structures in Eurasian and North African second-wave civilizations.
To explore the nature of patriarchy and its variations in second-wave civilizations.
Commonalities and Variations
Civilizations in North and South America
Describe the social, political, and economic structure of the Inca and Aztec empires.
Explain ways in which early American civilizations adopted features of earlier civilizations.
Identify the characteristics of early American civilizations.
African Civilizations
Examine the culture of the people of Great Zimbabwe.
Examine the culture of the people of the Swahili trading cities.
Identify the Bantu and their migration.
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Reading Lesson - Chapter 6
To consider the factors that make civilizations develop in some regions but not in others.
To explore the development of civilizations in Africa and the Americas.
To make students aware of civilizations that evolved outside the more well-known civilizations of Eurasia and North Africa.
To raise the possibility of complex civilizations without any recognizable centralized control.
DBQ Essay I
DBQ Essay
Write a well-organized document based essay.
Regional and Transregional Interactions, c. 600 CE to 1450 CE
Commerce and Culture
East and West African Civilizations
Analyze how trade impacted the development of West African empires.
Describe the characteristics of the West African empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai.
Explain the role of Islam in West African empires.
Reading Lesson - Chapter 7
To consider the significance of trade in human history.
To examine the full range of what was carried along trade routes (goods, culture, disease).
To explore the differences between the commerce of the Eastern Hemisphere and that of the Western Hemisphere, and the reasons behind those
differences.
To explore the interconnections created by long-distance trade in the period of third-wave civilizations.
China and the World
Imperial China
Describe the major contributions of the Tang and Song dynasties.
Explain how the Song dynasty unified China.
Explain how the Tang dynasty unified China.
Reading Lesson - Chapter 8
To consider the ways in which interaction with other peoples had an impact on China.
To encourage students to question modern assumptions about China.
To examine China's deep influence on East Asia.
To explore the role of China as "superpower" among the third-wave civilizations.
The Worlds of Islam
Islam
Analyze how increased trade in the Arabian Peninsula led to a religiously diverse region.
Describe the role of Muhammad in the creation of the Islamic faith.
Explain the beliefs and practices of Islam.
Spread of Islam
Analyze the internal crisis that led to a split in Islam.
Explain the achievements that occurred during Islam's Golden Age.
Identify how the caliphs were able to facilitate the spread of Islam after Muhammad's death.
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Reading Lesson - Chapter 9
Consider Islam as a source of cultural encounters with Christian, African, and Hindu cultures.
Consider the religious divisions within Islam and how they affected political development.
Examine the causes behind the spread of Islam.
Explore the dynamism of the Islamic world as the most influential of the third-wave civilizations.
Increase student awareness of the accomplishments of the Islamic world from 600-1500 CE.
The Worlds of Christendom
The Byzantine Empire
Analyze the factors that led to the separation of the Christian Church.
Describe the characteristics and achievements of the Byzantine Empire.
Explain the events that led to the fall of the Byzantine Empire.
Russia and Eastern Europe
Analyze the influence of the Byzantine Empire on the development of Russian culture.
Explain the importance of Kiev in Russian society.
Explain the resurgence of Russia after the decline of Mongol rule.
Early Middle Ages
Describe how and why church influence increased following the fall of the empire.
Explain how monarchs began to unite the people of Europe.
Explain the impact of the collapse of the Roman Empire on European society.
Feudalism
Analyze how attacks from the Vikings, Magyars, and Muslims impacted Europe.
Evaluate how the manor system impacted the people of Europe.
Explain the social and political structures that exist in a feudal system.
Life in the Early Middle Ages
Describe the differences in the daily lives of a noble, knight, and peasant.
Explain the roles of women and children in medieval society.
Art and Culture in Medieval Europe
Describe the characteristics of medieval culture.
Describe the economic changes that occurred in medieval Europe.
Church Authority in Europe
Describe the conflicts between the church and the European monarchs.
Explain the causes and effects of the Great Schism.
Explain the role of the church in the Middle Ages.
Challenges in Late Medieval Times
Analyze how the Great Famine and Black Death led to population changes in Europe.
Explain the causes and effects of the Hundred Years' War.
Reading Lesson - Chapter 10
Compare the diverse legacies of Rome in Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire.
Examine European society after the breakup of the Roman Empire.
Explore medieval European expansion.
Present the backwardness of medieval Europe relative to other civilizations, and the steps by which it caught up.
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Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage
Impact of the Crusades
Analyze the events of the Crusades.
Examine the impact of the Crusades on different cultures.
Explain the events that led to the pursuit of the Holy Land.
Reading Lesson - Chapter 11
To consider the implications of the Eurasian trade sponsored by the Mongols.
To examine the conditions of nomadic life.
To investigate the impact of the Mongol Empire on world history.
To make students aware of the significance of pastoral societies in world history.
The Worlds of the Fifteenth Century
Ottoman and Mughal Empires
Describe how Ottoman and Mughal rulers promoted religious tolerance and respect for diversity.
Explain the achievements of the Mughal Empire and its rulers.
Explain the achievements of the Ottoman Empire and its rulers.
Mongol Empire
Analyze how the Mongols adopted other cultures during their rule.
Describe the characteristics of the Mongol empire.
Explain the impact of Mongol rule in Russia and China.
Ming Dynasty
Analyze why China instituted a policy of isolationism.
Explain the achievements of the Ming dynasty.
Explain the government and economic policies of Ming emperors.
Reading Lesson - Chapter 12
Compare conditions in China and Europe on the cusp of the modern world.
Consider the variety of human experiences in the fifteenth century.
Encourage students to consider why Europe came to dominate the world in the modern era, and how well this could have been predicted in 1500.
Examine the Islamic world in the fifteenth century.
Provide a preview of important trends to come in the modern world.
Project Assignment I
Project Assignment I
Global Interactions, 1450 CE to 1750 CE
Political Transformations
The Renaissance
Define the term renaissance, and explain how it resulted in new ideas.
Describe the influence of the Medici and other merchant families during the Renaissance.
Explain why the Renaissance began in northern Italy.
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Literature and Philosophy of the Renaissance
Explain how Renaissance writers and philosophers incorporated new ideas into their works.
Explain the effects of humanism on Renaissance society.
Identify important philosophers and writers from the Renaissance and their works.
Artistic Achievements of the Renaissance
Compare Renaissance art to medieval art with regard to theme, technique, and purpose.
Describe the characteristics of Renaissance art.
Identify significant Renaissance artists and their works.
The Northern Renaissance
Describe why Italian Renaissance ideas spread across Europe.
Explain the impact of the Gutenberg press on European society.
Identify Northern Renaissance artists and writers and their contributions.
Voyages of Exploration
Determine how new technologies improve travel for exploration.
Explain European motivations for exploration.
Identify the impact each exploration and explorer made on society.
Conquest of the Americas
Describe the Spanish conquest of the Aztec and Inca empires.
Explain Spain's motivations for colonization in the New World.
Explain the effects of Spanish colonization on the American Indians in the New World.
Three Worlds Meet
Describe the impact of the Triangular Trade on the African people.
Determine the impact of the Columbian Exchange on Old World and New World societies.
Explain how the Commercial Revolution impacted Europe.
Explain the roles of explorers and conquistadors.
Reading Lesson - Chapter 13
To emphasize that empire building was not just a Western European phenomenon.
To emphasize the massive social reordering that attended European colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
To explore the range of colonial societies that evolved and the reasons for differences between them.
To introduce students to the variety of empires of the early modern period.
Economic Transformation
Slavery and Abolition
Describe how slavery was abolished in Britain and the United States.
Describe the effects of the growth of the Transatlantic slave trade.
Explain how the institution of slavery changed over time.
Reading Lesson - Chapter 14
To encourage appreciation of China as the world's largest economy in the early modern period.
To examine Western European commercial expansion in a context that gives due weight to the contributions of other societies.
To explore the creation of the first true global economy from 1450-1750.
To increase student awareness of the high costs of the commercial boom of the early modern period in ecological and human terms.
To investigate the various models of trading post empires that were created in this period.
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Cultural Transformations
The Protestant Reformation
Describe Martin Luther's criticism of the church and his impact on the Reformation.
Explain the circumstances surrounding the Reformation in England.
Explain the origin and effects of Calvinism.
The Counter-Reformation
Describe the religious conflict that affected England following the Reformation.
Explain how the reformation led to war in Germany.
Identify the ideas of the Counter Reformation and how they impacted European society.
The Scientific Revolution
Describe the causes and effects of the scientific revolution.
Explain how scientific thought changed from ancient times through the scientific revolution.
Identify the achievements and contributions of scientific thinkers during the scientific revolution.
The Enlightenment
Describe Locke's theories about the rights of citizens.
Explain Hobbes‘s beliefs about the responsibilities of government.
Identify Montesquieu's ideas about the best way to structure government.
Reading Lesson - Chapter 15
To examine the Reformation movements in Europe and their significance.
To expand the discussion of religious change to include religious movements in China, India, and the Islamic world.
To explore the early modern roots of tension between religion and science.
To explore the implications of the Scientific Revolution for world societies.
To explore the reasons behind the Scientific Revolution in Europe, and why that movement was limited in other parts of the world.
To investigate the global spread of Christianity and the extent to which it syncretized with native traditions.
Continuity and Change Essay
Continuity and Change Essay
Write a well-organized essay that demonstrates the principles of continuity and change.
Industrialization and Global Integration, 1750 CE to 1900 CE
Atlantic Revolutions, Global Echoes
Absolute Monarchy in Europe
Describe the development of absolute rule in Spain, France, and Russia.
Explain how absolutism changed European government.
Explain the characteristics of absolute rule.
Spread of Enlightenment Ideals
Analyze the effects of the Enlightenment on religion, education, culture, and the role of women.
Describe the growth of the Enlightenment in France.
The American Revolution
Analyze primary source documents important to the American Revolution.
Determine the global impact of the American Revolution.
Explain how the Age of Enlightenment contributed to the American Revolution.
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The French Revolution Begins
Analyze the events that occurred in the early days of the Revolution.
Describe the causes of the French Revolution.
Describe the social and economic inequalities that existed in France under the Old Regime.
The Reign of Terror
Analyze the European reaction to the events of the French Revolution.
Describe the events of the French Revolution following the storming of the Bastille.
Explain the events and effects of the Reign of Terror.
Compare and Contrast Revolutions
Analyze the outcomes of the Glorious, American, and French Revolutions.
Define the goals of the Glorious, American, and French Revolutions.
Identify the causes of the Glorious, American, and French Revolutions.
Napoleon Comes to Power
Describe how Napoleon came to power.
Examine ways Napoleon reformed the government and society of France.
Napoleon's Empire
Explain how Napoleon expanded the French Empire.
Identify the events and issues that led to Napoleon's fall from power.
Age of Revolutions in Europe
Analyze the impact of the Congress of Vienna.
Describe how revolutionary movements affected Europe.
Explain the effects of the spread of nationalism and liberal ideologies.
Rise of the Nation-State
Describe the concept of nationalism.
Describe the impact of nationalism on the unification of Germany.
Describe the impact of nationalism on the unification of Italy.
Latin American Revolutions
Describe the causes and effects of the Revolution in Haiti.
Explain how Latin American countries gained independence.
Explain how the challenges facing Latin American countries following their independence led to political instability.
Reading Lesson - Chapter 16
Consider the broader long-term implications of the revolutionary movements for sweeping social change.
Explore the cross-pollination between revolutionary movements.
Investigate the real impact of the Atlantic revolutions.
Make students aware of the number and diversity of Atlantic revolutions in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Revolutions of Industrialization
The Industrial Age
Analyze why the Industrial Revolution began in England.
Examine how the Industrial Revolution led to improvements in transportation.
Explain the impact of the agricultural and industrial revolutions on society.
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Spread of Industrialization
Describe how industrialization spread to Europe and the United States.
Explain the factors that contributed to industrialization in Europe and the United States.
The Factory System
Describe the positive effects of the factory system on consumers.
Explain how the factory system negatively affected workers and the environment.
Identify the characteristics of the factory system.
Inventions and Inventors
Describe new advancements and developments that transformed science.
Explain how developments in technology changed society and culture.
Effects of Industrialization
Analyze the effects of population growth on cities and their residents.
Describe the reasons for the rise of immigration in the Industrial Era.
Explain why urbanization occurred during the Industrial Era.
Cultural Change in the Industrial Age
Describe the rise of romanticism and social criticism in the Industrial Age.
Explain how industrialization changed cultural values and social roles.
Capitalism
Analyze Adam Smith's description of the characteristics of capitalism.
Describe the fundamental characteristics of capitalism.
Explain how capitalism replaced the system of mercantilism.
Socialism and Communism
Analyze the fundamental principles of socialism.
Describe the utopian socialist theories of Robert Owen.
Explain how Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels developed the theory of communism.
Labor Reform
Describe ways reformers tried to improve working conditions.
Explain how industrialization led to democratic reforms.
Reading Lesson - Chapter 17
Examine some of the ways in which nineteenth-century industrial powers exerted an economic imperialism over their nonindustrialized neighbors.
Examine the question of why industrialization first "took off" in Great Britain.
Explore the causes and consequences of the Industrial Revolution.
Heighten student awareness of both the positive and the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution.
Root Europe's Industrial Revolution in a global context.
Colonial Encounters in Asia and Africa
The New Imperialism
Compare and contrast styles of imperial rule.
Examine the effects of imperialism on colonized nations.
Explain the economic, political, and cultural factors leading to the new imperialism.
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Spheres of Influence in Muslim Lands
Describe the course of British imperialism in Egypt.
Examine how European powers created imperialist states in Muslim lands.
Explain the causes and effects of the Crimean War.
India under British Rule
Describe the effects of British Imperialism on the population of India.
Explain how the East India Company colonized and ruled territory in India.
Explain the causes and effects of the creation of the British Raj.
Imperialism in Africa
Describe how Europeans took control of Africa through colonization.
Describe the motivations for imperialism in Africa.
Explain the political, social, and economic effects of imperialism.
Imperialism in Southeast Asia
Analyze the imperialist policies of the United Kingdom, France, and Japan.
Examine French policies of imperialism in Southeast Asia.
American Imperialism
Analyze the effects of American intervention on other regions and cultures.
Explain the reasons for the United States' global expansion in the 1800s and 1900s.
Reading Lesson - Chapter 18
Consider the extent to which the colonial experience transformed the lives of Asians and Africans.
Consider the nineteenth-century development of racism as an outcrop of European feelings of superiority and investigate the ways in which subject
peoples were themselves affected by European racial categorization.
Define some of the distinctive qualities of modern European empires in relationship to earlier examples of empires.
Examine the ways in which Europeans created their nineteenth-century empires.
Empires in Collision
Early Japanese and Korean Civilizations
Describe how China influenced early Japanese and Korean civilizations.
Describe the characteristics of the Koryo dynasty.
Explain the characteristics of feudalism in early Japan.
Imperialism in East Asia
Analyze the reasons for the fall of the Chinese imperial government.
Explain how European powers increased their influence in China.
Identify the causes and effects of the Opium Wars.
The Rise of Modern Japan
Analyze the shift of Japan from isolation to an imperialistic nation.
Explain how Japan was able to win the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars
Explain how the Meiji restoration transformed Japan.
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Reading Lesson - Chapter 19
Examine the effects of Western dominance on the empires of Asia.
Explore the reasons behind the collapse of the Chinese and Ottoman empires.
Investigate the reasons for Japan's rise to its position as an industrial superpower, and compare Japan's experience with that of China.
Make students aware of the refocusing of racism in the nineteenth-century West.
DBQ Essay II
Reading Lesson - DBQ Writing Assignment
Accelerating Global Change and Realignments, 1900 to Present
Collapse at the Center
World War I Begins
Analyze the causes of World War I.
Describe the events that finally led to the declaration of war.
Explain factors that contributed to tensions among European powers.
A New Kind of War
Describe the effects of new technology on warfare.
Explain how trench warfare created a stalemate.
Explain the characteristics of total warfare.
World War I Ends
Analyze the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
Explain why Russia exited the war.
Identify reasons why the United States entered the war.
Global Economic Crisis
Analyze the global effects of the Great Depression.
Explain how countries around the world responded to the Great Depression.
Identify the economic changes that occurred in the United States and Europe after World War I.
Totalitarianism
Analyze the factors that contribute to the rise of totalitarian governments.
Describe the characteristics of totalitarian governments.
Fascism and Military Rule
Describe the effects of the rise of Mussolini's fascist government in Italy.
Describe the effects of the Spanish Civil War and the rise of Franco's government.
Explain the effects of Japan's shift to military rule.
Nazi Germany
Describe the effects of Nazi rule on the people of Germany.
Explain the economic problems facing the Weimar Republic.
Trace how Hitler and the Nazi Party came to power.
WWII Begins
Describe the events surrounding Hitler's invasion of Russia.
Explain Hitler's strategy for fighting France and Britain.
Identify how German aggression led to war in Europe.
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Japan's Pacific Campaign
Describe the events of the war in the Pacific through 1942, including allied strategies for victory.
Explain the events that led to the entry of the United States into World War II.
The Holocaust
Analyze how the Nazis committed genocide.
Examine the events surrounding the Holocaust.
Identify ways that Jews resisted Nazi persecution.
Victory for the Allies
Analyze how the Allies achieved victory in the Pacific.
Describe allied strategies for winning the war in Europe.
Reading Lesson - Chapter 20
Consider the repercussions of nationalism and colonialism in Europe and Japan.
Examine the history of Europe between 1914 and the 1970s as an organic whole made up of closely interconnected parts.
Help students imagine the appeal of totalitarian movements in the twentieth century.
Increase student awareness of the effects of the two world wars.
Revolution, Socialism, and Global Conflict
Russian Revolution
Explain the causes and effects of the Russian Revolution.
Identify the problems Russia faced under the rule of the tsars.
Russia after the Revolution
Analyze how Russia changed under the leadership of Lenin.
Describe how Stalin came to power.
Stalin and the Soviet Union
Describe the characteristics and effects of Stalin's police state.
Explain the effects of Stalin's plan for modernization in industry and agriculture.
Identify changes to society under Stalin's rule.
Communism in China
Describe the causes and effects of China's civil war.
Explain how the People's Republic of China was created.
Explain the causes of the 1911 revolution in China.
Start of the Cold War in Europe
Analyze how the ideological differences between the United States and USSR led to a Cold War.
Examine how the United States created programs and plans to establish containment.
Identify the divisions that were created in Europe after World War II.
The Cold War Escalates
Analyze the reasons for the creation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
Examine the causes and effects of the arms race.
Identify the reasons for growing tensions in Berlin.
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Cold War at Its Height
Explain why there was a race for arms and space between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Identify the effects of the Cold War on Korea.
Identify the effects of the Cold War on Vietnam.
Khrushchev and the Cold War
Analyze the causes and effects of revolutions in Eastern Europe in the 1950s and 1960s.
Describe the successes and failures of Khrushchev's social, political, and economic reforms.
The Cold War around the World
Describe strategies used by the United States and the Soviet Union and their allies to fight the Cold War.
Explain how the Cold War led to conflict in Latin America.
Explain how the Cold War led to conflict in the Middle East.
China in the Modern World
Analyze changes in China's cultural policies.
Describe the reforms established by Deng Xiaoping.
Explain the effects of reforms on China's politics and economy.
The Cold War under Brezhnev
Analyze the changing nature of the Cold War after Brezhnev's death and Reagan's election.
Examine the effects of Brezhnev's domestic policies in the USSR.
Identify changes to US and Soviet foreign policy during the era of détente.
The Fall of the USSR
Describe Gorbachev's reforms and their effects.
Examine the effects of the end of the Soviet era.
Trace the events that led to the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Collapse of Communism
Describe how eastern Europe began to shift from communist forms of government.
Explain the effects of the breakup of Yugoslavia.
Explain the effects of the reunification of Germany.
Reading Lesson - Chapter 21
Consider how communist states developed, especially in the USSR and the People's Republic of China.
Consider how we might assess the communist experience and inquire if historians should be asking such questions about moral judgment.
Consider the benefits of a communist state.
Consider the harm caused by the two great communist states of the twentieth century.
Examine the nature of the Russian and Chinese revolutions and how the differences between those revolutions affected the introduction of
communist regimes in those countries.
Explore the reasons why communism collapsed in the USSR and China.
Introduce students to the cold war and its major issues.
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The End of an Empire
Legacy of Imperialism
Explain the decolonization strategies used by colonial powers.
Identify challenges facing former colonies after gaining independence.
Identify reasons for decolonization after World War II.
Indian Independence
Compare and contrast views on the partition of India.
Explain Gandhi's strategy for winning independence.
Identify the challenges facing India following independence.
Decolonization in Africa
Evaluate the formation of new governments.
Identify the challenges of decolonization in Africa.
Identify the motives of African colonies' fight for independence.
South Africa and Apartheid
Analyze how democracy evolved in South Africa.
Identify how racial conflict was a result of colonial rule.
Identify the effects of apartheid.
Nationalism in the Middle East
Analyze how fundamentalism and the Arab Spring have affected the region.
Describe the events surrounding the Iranian Revolution.
Explain the effects of the growth of Arab nationalism.
Challenges in South America
Analyze factors that led to the end of military rule in Argentina.
Examine events in Chile's transition toward democracy.
Identify events in Brazil's transition to democracy.
Conflict in the Middle East
Describe the causes and effects surrounding the Gulf War.
Describe the US response to 9/11.
Explain the events surrounding the formation of Al-Qaeda and its attack on the United States.
Genocide
Explain the meaning of genocide.
Identify acts of genocide in the twentieth century.
Reading Lesson - Chapter 22
Consider, through the examples of India and South Africa, how the process of decolonization worked.
Examine the challenges that faced developing nations in the second half of the twentieth century.
Explore the breakup of imperial systems in the twentieth century.
Investigate the potential clash of tradition with modernity in the developing nations, especially considering the case of Islam in Turkey and Iran.
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AP World History - SS5184
Unit
Scope and Sequence
Topic Lesson Lesson Objectives
Capitalism and Culture
Development
Analyze challenges to social and economic development.
Analyze data that can be used to measure standard of living.
Identify the ways the Human Development Index can be used to rate development.
Impact of Science and Technology
Analyze the impact of mass communication and medical technology on the global world.
Examine the increasing influence of renewable energy sources.
Identify how the space race has changed since the Cold War.
Poverty and Disease
Examine causes and effects of poverty.
Examine how the international community is working to combat poverty and disease.
Identify the causes and effects of endemic and epidemic diseases.
Cultural Challenges
Analyze the effects of the spread of Western culture on other cultures.
Describe the effect of modern technology on cultural diffusion.
Population and Migration
Analyze the world's basic population demographics.
Describe the effects of migration on population.
Examine how the balance of birth rates, death rates, and life expectancy affects population.
Environmental Issues
Analyze ways the international community is working together to solve environmental problems.
Explain how globalization can contribute to environmental problems.
Identify common environmental problems caused by human activity.
Reading Lesson - Chapter 23
Consider environmentalism as a matter that cannot help but be global because the stakes are so high for all humankind.
Consider the steps since 1945 that have increasingly made human populations into a single "world" rather than citizens of distinct nation-states.
Explore the debate about economic globalization.
Explore the factors that make it possible to speak now of a true "world economy."
Investigate the "fundamentalist" religious response to aspects of modernity.
Raise student awareness of global liberation movements, especially feminism, and their implications for human life.
Comparative Essay and Project Assignment II
Comparative Essay
Project Assignment II
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