Unit 1: The French Revolution, Latin American Revolutions, and Nationalism How were conditions in France conducive to revolution? Why is the French Revolution considered such a significant event in world history? September October Use map skills to draw conclusions Develop and use timelines Defend a position Evaluate a point of view Role play Compare and contrast Determine validity of Analyze primary and secondary Determine cause and effect relationships Student projects-french Revolution children s book DBE Causes of the French Revolution Quizzes October Unit 2: The Industrial Revolution Why did industrialization begin in Great Britain? Why do many historians consider the industrial revolution the most significant even in history? Use map skills to draw conclusions Compare and contrast Determine validity of a source Analyze primary and secondary Evaluate perspective DBE- The Industrial Revolution Thematic essay Which revolution was more significant, the French or the Industrial? Quizzes November Unit 3: The Age of Imperialism What is the relationship between industrialization, nationalism, and imperialism? What were the positive and negative effects of imperialism worldwide? Why are there differing perspectives about imperialism? Use map skills to draw conclusions Compare and contrast Determine validity of Analyze primary and secondary Evaluate perspective Thematic essay What were the causes and effects of imperialism? (common assessment) DBE Student projects Quizzes
December Unit 4: World War I and the Russian Revolution Why is World War I considered The Great War by historians? Why is the Russian Revolution considered a significant turning point in history? How did the Treaty of Versailles lay the foundation for World War II? What was the relationship between World War I and the Russian Revolution Write thematic and document based essays Analyze documents (e.g., The war as reflected in literature, art, and propaganda) Recognize perspective and bias in primary Distinguish between fact and opinion Determine adequacy and/or relevancy of Examine the interactions of ethnic, national, or cultural influences in specific situations or events Create and publish multimedia (clip art, sound, animations, Web authoring, word processing and layout programs) Document based essay Causes of World War I o Science and technology World War I technology o Turning points Russian Revolution o Conflict-World War I, Russian Revolution o Human Rights Armenian Massacre o Nationalism o Important individuals Archduke Franz (Ferdinand, Vladimir Lenin, Otto von Bismarck
Unit 5: In Between the Wars Why was Facism appealing to citizens following World War II? How did Stalin transform the Soviet Union? How did the Meiji Restoration transform Japan? What was the role of nationalism around the world during the in between the wars time period? How did nationalism and religious fundamentalism shape developments in the former Ottoman Empire during the period after World War I? December - January Write thematic and document based essays Analyze and synthesize documents Examine the interactions of ethnic, national, or cultural influences in specific situations or events Compare maps with data sets (charts, tables, graphs) and/or readings to draw conclusions and make generalizations Compare maps of the same place at different points in time and from different perspectives to determine changes, identify trends, and generalize about human activities Create and publish multimedia (clipart, video, sound, animations, Web authoring, word processing and layout programs) Document based essay Political Systems o Industrialization Meiji Japan o Imperialism Japanese and German expansion o Nationalism Turkey, India, Middle East, China, Zionism o Important individuals see key people Midterm exam (includes all of 9 th grade and first half of 10 th grade)
February Unit 6: World War II Why was World War II considered an effect of World War I? What role did geography play in World War II? Why didn t appeasement work? Why was the League of Nations unsuccessful in stopping a second world war? What were the immediate effects of World War II? Was the use of atomic weapons necessary? Write thematic and document based essays Analyze documents (e.g., The war as reflected in literature, art, and propaganda) Demonstrate an understanding through the use of technology about how the relationship among social, economic, and governmental systems affects change Analyze problems and evaluate the decisions made by individuals and groups involved Compare maps with data sets (charts, tables, graphs) and/or readings to draw conclusions and make generalizations Examine the interactions of ethnic, national, or cultural influences in specific situations or events Create and publish multimedia (clipart, video, sound, animation, Web authority, word processing and layout programs) Document Based Essay Causes of World War II o Science and technology World War II technology o Conflict World War II o Geography invasion of Soviet Union, Battle of Britain o Conquest/Imperialism German Conquest o Human Rights Holocaust, Rape of Nanjing o Important Individuals Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Churchill
February March New Paltz Central School District Unit 7: The Cold War/ Post World War II China and Japan How has the world been affected by the Holocaust? Why is the Cold War considered a war? What was the global impact of the Cold War? What were the effects of the civil war in China? How did Mao Zedung impact China politically, economically, and socially? How was Japan altered after its defeat in World War II? Write thematic and document based essays Analyze documents Compare and contrast different political systems (their ideologies, structure, institutions, processes, and political cultures) with that of the United States, and identify representative political leaders from selected historical and contemporary settings Analyze how cultural values and beliefs are presented and leveraged in different societies to influence buying decisions Create and publish multimedia (clip art, video, sound, animation, Web authoring, word processing and layout programs) Document Based Essay Causes and Effects of the Cold War Thematic Essays o Science and Technology nuclear technology, space technology o Conflict Cold War, Korean War, Chinese Civil War o Human Rights Armenian Massacre o Economic systems capitalism and communism
March Unit 8: The Collapse of Imperialism and Nationalism and the Struggle For Democracy How have religious differences shaped political events on the Indian subcontinent since World War II? What factors brought about the collapse of European imperialism after World War II? What challenges remain in the newly independent nations? Write thematic and document based essays Analyze documents Create and publish multimedia (clipart, video, sound, animation, Web authoring, word processing and layout programs) Analyze how cultural values and beliefs are presented and leveraged in different societies to influence buying decisions Examine the interactions of ethnic, national, or cultural influences in specific situations or events Compare and contrast different political systems (their ideologies, structure, institutions, processes, and political cultures) with that of the United States, and identify representative political leaders from selected historical and contemporary settings Document Based Essay Impact of imperialism on newly independent nations Thematic essays o Human Rights/Genocides Rwanda, Nigeria, Darfur, Cambodia, Untouchables in India (common assessment) o Conflict ethnic tensions, Pakistan/India o Belief systems Hinduism and Islam o Economic systems cash crop economies/globaliza tion o Science and Technology nuclear weapons Pakistan and India o Geography desertification, deforestation
April Unit 9: Post World War II: Middle East and Central Europe Why is this region so important to the world s global economy? What role did nationalism play in the establishment of new nations and increased tensions in the Middle East since World War II? Why was there increased support for the creation of a Jewish state in the 20 th century? Why is conflict in the Middle East so difficult to resolve? How have societies and nations handled the conflict between traditional and modern values? What struggles did Central Asia face in the 20 th and 21 st centuries? Write thematic and document based essays Analyze documents Demonstrate an understanding through the use of technology about how the relationship among social, economic, and governmental systems affects change in community over time Examine the interactions of ethnic, national, or cultural influences in specific situations or events Compare and contrast different political systems (their ideologies, structure, institutions, processes, and political cultures) with that of the United States, and identify representative political leaders from selected historical and contemporary settings Create and publish multimedia (clip art, video, sound, animation, Web authoring, word processing and layout programs Document Based Essay Analyze the conflict between Israel and Palestine and its possibility for peace o Conflict ethnic and religious tensions Palestine/Israel, Modernization and Tradition Afghanistan and Iran o Nationalism Zionism and the PLO o Imperialism impact in Afghanistan and the Middle East o Belief of Systems Islam and Judaism claim to the Holy Land o Human Rights Genocide Kurds, Women in Fundamentalist nations o Economic Systems cash crop economies/globalization o Geography diversity/reliance on cash crops
May Unit 10: Collapse of the Soviet Write thematic and document based essays Document Based Essay Human Union/Post Collapse of the Soviet Analyze documents (e.g., The war as Rights Issues Eastern Europe and Union Eastern and Central reflected in literature, art, and propaganda) China Europe/Post World War II China and Japan o Conflict ethnic and What caused the collapse of the religious tensions Eastern Soviet Union? Europe Why was the collapse of the o Nationalism Tibet and Soviet Union a major turning Eastern Europe point in world history? o Imperialism impact in How have ethnic diversity and former Soviet satellites nationalism continued to impact o Human Rights Bosnia, Eastern and Central Europe since Demonstrate an understanding through the Tibet and China, Human the collapse of the Soviet Union? use of technology about how the Trafficking How successful was Mao Zedong relationship among social, economic, and o Economic Systems in meeting the needs of the governmental systems affects change in a communism under Mao and Chinese people? community over time Deng Why were the Communists Examine the interactions of ethnic, o Geography Hong Kong, under Deng Xiaoping willing to national, or cultural influences in specific Japan adopt elements of the West s situations or events market economies but not their Compare and contrast different political concept of human rights? systems (their ideologies, structure, What hope does democracy have institutions, processes, and political in a post-deng China? cultures) with that of the United States, How has Japan changed and identify representative political leaders economically and politically since from selected historical and contemporary the end of World War II? settings Create and publish multimedia (clip art, video, sound, animation, Web authoring, word processing and layout programs)
June Unit 11: Globalization/The Twenty Write thematic and document based essays Documents Based Essay Human First Century World Analyze documents (e.g., The War as reflected Rights Issues How have nations responded to in literature, art, and propaganda) issues caused by rising o Technology Impact on populations and poverty? Globalization, Nuclear How have advances in Proliferation technology since World War II o Conflict ethnic and caused an increase in global religious tensions Iraq interaction and altered the o Nationalism Northern standard of living of many? Ireland, Iraq, Palestine Why is globalization viewed as o Imperialism cultural positive by some and negative imperialism by others? Demonstrate an understanding through the o Human Rights Bosnia, Has the Green Revolution been use of technology about how the relationship Tibet and China, Human effective? among social, economic, and governmental Trafficking Has the United Nations been systems affects change in a community over o Economic Systems successful in maintaining peace time globalization throughout the world? Is the Examine the interactions of ethnic, national, or o Environment/Geography Declaration of Human rights a cultural influences in specific situations or deforestation, reality for all? events desertification, global How have epidemics like AIDS warming Compare and contrast different political affected the world? systems (their ideologies, structure, How have different groups used institutions, processes, and political cultures) terrorism and how have nations with that of the United States, and identify responded to terrorist attacks? representative political leaders from selected historical and contemporary settings Create and publish multimedia (clip art, video, sound, animation, Web authoring, word processing and layout programs)