Course Description:
This course covers modern world history, 1450 to the present. Students explore major themes and developments that shaped the modern world, including human rights, revolution, and democracy, to develop an understanding of the roots of current world issues. Students also explore current world problems, including human rights, environmental issues, globalization and the economy, and civic action and responsibility.
This course covers modern world history, 1450 to the present. Students explore major themes and developments that shaped the modern world, including human rights, revolution, and democracy, to develop an understanding of the roots of current world issues. Students also explore current world problems, including human rights, environmental issues, globalization and the economy, and civic action and responsibility.
Content:
Units that will be covered are listed below. Click the underlined link to be taken to the required assignments for each unit.
Units that will be covered are listed below. Click the underlined link to be taken to the required assignments for each unit.
- Unit 1: Religion and Crusades
- Length (3 Weeks)
- Religions
- The Crusades
- Age of Exploration
- Unit 2: Renaissance & Reformation
- Length (1 Week)
- European Renaissance
- Rise of Monarchies
- The Reformation
- Unit 3: French and Industrial Revolutions
- Length (2 Weeks)
- British Reform
- French Revolution
- Russian Revolution
- Rise of Industry
- Unit 4: World War 1 and the Russian Revolution
- Length (1-2 Weeks)
- Reasons for War
- Life in the Trenches
- Russian Revolution
- Unit 5: World War 2
- Length (2-3 Weeks)
- Germany Resurgence
- Steps that Lead to War
- The Reasons
- European Theater
- Holocaust
- Western Front
- Eastern Front
- VE Day
- Pacific Theater
- Pearl Harbor
- Island Hopping
- Manhattan Project
- Unit 6: Post World War 2 and the Cold War
- Length (1-2 Weeks)
- Communism
- Red Scare
- East v. West
- Berlin Wall
- The Domino Theory
- Unit 7: Terrorism and the Post 9/11 World
- Length (2 Weeks)
- Life Since the End of the USSR
- Expansion of the US and Democracy
- Rise of Terror
- 9/11