Curriculum Map Course Title: World History Quarter: 4 Academic Year: 2011-2012 Essential Questions for this Quarter: 1. What effects did nationalism and the demand for reform have in ? 2. What caused World War I and the Russian Revolution and what effect did they have on world events? 3. What political and economic challenges did the Western world face in the 1920s and 1930s and how did various countries react to these challenges? 4. How did aggressive world powers emerge and what did it take to defeat them during World War II? 5. How did the Cold War develop how did it shape political and economic life in individual nations and how did it end? 6. What patterns and trends shape life around the world today? Unit/Time Frame Nationalism Triumphs in 1 ½ Weeks Building a German Nation Strengthens Unifying Nationalism Threatens Old Empires Standards Content Standards Literacy Standards Content How did Otto von Bismarck, the chancellor of , lead the drive for German unity? How did increase its after unifying in 1871? How did influential leaders help to create a unified ? How did the desire for national independence Skills Read Text Understand Cause and Effect Summarize Compare Outline Identify Bias Analyze/Interpret Cartoons Engage in Critical Thinking Assessment Review questions Worksheets Tests Quizzes Essays Group Projects Resources Textbook Film Maps Review Questions Primary/Secondary Source Document
: Reform and Reaction World War I and the Russian Revolution 1 ½ Weeks The Great War Begins A New Kind of War Winning the War Content Standards Literacy Standards 9-10.RH.5 among ethnic groups weaken and ultimately destroy the Austrian and Ottoman empires? Why did industrialization and reform come more slowly to than to western Europe? Why and how did World War I begin in 1914? How and where was World War I fought? How did the Allies win World War I? Read Text Understand Cause and Effect Summarize Compare Outline Identify Bias Analyze/Interpret Cartoons Engage in Critical Thinking Review questions Worksheets Tests Quizzes Essays Group Projects Textbook Film Maps Review Questions Primary/Secondary Source Document
Making the Peace Revolution and Civil War in Rise of Totalitarianism 1 ½ Weeks Postwar Social Changes Content Standards Literacy Standards What factors influenced the peace treaties that ended World War I and how did people react to the treaties? How did two revolutions and a civil war about Communist control of ? What changes did Western society and culture experience after World War I? Read Text Understand Cause and Effect Summarize Compare Outline Identify Bias Analyze/Interpret Cartoons Review questions Worksheets Quizzes Essays Group Projects Textbook Film Maps Review Questions Primary/Secondary Source Document
The Western Democracies Stumble Fascism in The Stalin Hitler and the Rise of Nazi Content Standards Literacy Standards What political and economic challenges did the leading democracies face in the 1920s and 1930s? How and why did fascism rise in ? How did Stalin transform the into a totalitarian How did Hitler and the Nazi party establish and maintain a totalitarian government in ? Engage in Critical Thinking
World War II and Its Aftermath 2 Weeks From Appeasement to War The Axis Advances The Allies Turn the Tide Victory in , the Pacific Content Standards Literacy Standards What events unfolded between Chamberlain’s declaration of “peace for our time” and the outbreak of a world war? Which regions were attacked and occupied by the Axis powers, and what was life like under their occupation? How did the Allies begin to push back the Axis powers? How did the Allies finally defeat the Axis powers? Read Text Understand Cause and Effect Summarize Compare Outline Identify Bias Analyze/Interpret Cartoons Engage in Critical Thinking Review questions Worksheets Tests Quizzes Essays Group Projects Textbook Film Maps Review Questions Primary/Secondary Source Document
War in The End of the Cold War The Developing World 1 Week The Challenges of Development a Better Future Literacy Standards was the American role in this region? What were the causes and effects of the end of the Cold War? How have the nations of the developing tried to build better lives for their people? What challenges have African nations faced in their effort to develop their economies? How do and compare in building strong economies Read Text Understand Cause and Effect Summarize Compare Outline Identify Bias Analyze/Interpret Cartoons Engage in Critical Thinking Review questions Worksheets Tests Quizzes Essays Group Projects Textbook Film Maps Review Questions Primary/Secondary Source Document