Social Studies

World History 9

 

Course Description:                                                                                             Grade(s): 9

 

This is a full year course that covers the period of Early Modern to Present.  The course investigates the changes and continuities of the human community.   The course examines the past through the social study lenses of: social, cultural, economic, religion, gender, political, technology and the arts.  An emphasis on geography is achieved through some regional study within these time periods.  Students will complete projects, conduct research, participate in simulations, and analyze both the textbook and primary sources.  Students are expected to take notes, analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources, and make connections between today and the past.

 

Prerequisites:  World History 8

 

 

Topic/Unit 1: The Early Modern World 1350-1815            Approx. # of Weeks: 9

 

Essential Questions:

 

  1. Why did the Renaissance begin in the Italian city-states?
  2. What characterizes Renaissance art?
  3. What conditions encourage the growth of revolutions?
  4. What led to the formation of different Protestant churches?
  5. In what ways did European nations prosper through exploration in the fifteenth century?
  6. How did European expansion and the slave trade affect the people of Africa?
  7. How did Portugal and Spain profit from their colonies in Latin America?
  8. What might have motivated the religious and political conflicts between Protestants and Catholics?
  9. What effect might social, economic, and religious conflicts have on European nations?
  10. What effect would the exercise of absolute power have on a nation?
  11. How might art, literature, and philosophy be influenced by the turbulence of the period?
  12. How could new weapons technology affect an empire’s growth?
  13. What factors help unify an empire?
  14. How does art reflect a country’s or an empire’s culture?
  15. How did a policy of isolation affect the Chinese Empire?
  16. What was the main focus of Chinese society?
  17. What changes took place in Japan after its political unification?
  18. Why did Europeans struggle to control the spice trade in Southeast Asia?
  19. How did scientific discoveries change people’s attitudes towards natural events and religious faith?
  20. How did new patterns of thought affect the ways that people studied social problems?
  21. Do you think Enlightenment ideas affected the actions of European rulers at the time?
  22. How did the American Revolution reflect Enlightenment ideals?
  23. What was the French system of government before the French Revolution?
  24. What internal conflicts in France affected the progress of the French Revolution?
  25. Why was Napoleon able to take control of France and become its emperor?
  26. How are present events related to past events?
  27. What is government and what can it do?
  28. Are there general lessons to be learned from history?
  29. What causes societies to change?
  30. How much influence do individuals have in changing history?
  31. How do geographic tools and technologies pose and answer questions about spatial distributions and patterns on Earth?

 

Objectives:

Each student will be able to:

 

1.      List the characteristics of the Renaissance. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:D3, 4)

2.      Describe contributions of the Renaissance. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:D3, 4)

3.      Describe the components and characteristics of the Reformation. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:D6)

4.      Trace the relationship of Portugal and Spain. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:D1)

5.      Describe the development and decline of Portugal’s trading empire and Spanish exploration.  (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:D6)

6.      Describe the impact of Europeans on the peoples of Africa. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:D1, 2)

7.      Explain the main political systems of Southeast Asia. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:D1, 2)

8.      Distinguish between an absolute monarchy and a constitutional monarchy. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:D1, 4)

9.      Explain the significant movements in art, literature and philosophy. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:D3, 4)

10.  Trace the key events in the history of East Asia during the period 1400-1800. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:D1, 2)

11.  Identify the major cultural and social elements in China and Japan. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:D1, 2)

12.  Identify and describe conditions that led to the Enlightenment. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:D4, 5)

13.  Explain the reasons for European exploration. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:D1, 2, 6)

14.  Describe the impact of colonization. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:D1, 3, 6)

15.  Identify and explain the causes of the French Revolution. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:D4, 6)

16.  Identify and explain the Age of Napoleon. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:D4, 6)

17.  Explain the transformation of European society and culture as a result of the Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:D4, 6)

18.  Discuss the growth of world trade, urbanization, the Confucian revival, and the cultural expansion of China to present day Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

(6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:D1, 2)

19.  Trace the decline of absolutism and the rise of constitutional monarchies in Europe and the growth of centralized administration and national armies. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:D4, 6)

20.  Explain the significance of the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment.

(6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:D4, 5)

 

Activities:

 

  • Read, outline and answer related text questions.
  • Take notes.
  • Create a timeline of religions in Europe.
  • Chart the routes of exploration.
  • Compare African political systems.
  • Compare and contrast the English revolution and the Glorious Revolution.
  • Create a chart of scientific advances and their impact on society.
  • Evaluate the effects of the French Revolution.
  • Successfully complete a test.
  • Chart the difference in the city-states.

 

 

Topic/Unit 2: An Era of European

                                Imperialism 1800-1914                                       Approx. # of Weeks: 9

 

Essential Questions:

 

  1. What were some of the effects of the Industrial Revolution?
  2. Why might growing nationalism have posed a threat to rulers of large territories?
  3. Why might groups want self-rule?
  4. What topics might a modern writer focus on in his or her work?
  5. In what ways did industrialization affect economies of European countries and the United States?
  6. What benefits do people enjoy today in part because of the Second Industrial Revolution?
  7. What factors might contribute to a failure of democracy?
  8. How might the art, science, and thought of this era be characterized?
  9. What might be some effects of imperialism?
  10. What reasons might the Europeans have had for dominating and colonizing Africa?
  11. Would it be difficult for our own democratic government to deny equal rights to any group?
  12. What are some reasons why people take part in revolutions?
  13. What factors led to the decline of China’s Qing dynasty?
  14. How did china change as a result of revolution and western influence?
  15. How did Japan modernize upon western intervention?
  16. Whose point of view matters?
  17. How do you locate legitimate sources?
  18. How are present events related to past events?
  19. What is government and what can it do?
  20. What social, political, and economic opportunities and problems arise when cultures interact?
  21. How do we affirm individual and group identities and at the same time learn to respect and appreciate the identities of others?
  22. Are there general lessons to be learned from history?
  23. What causes societies to change?
  24. How much influence do individuals have in changing history?
  25. How do natural resources affect the course of history?

 

Objectives:

Each student will be able to:

 

  1. Characterize the Industrial Revolution, which helped produce the realist movement.  (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:E1)
  2. Describe the Second Industrial Revolution. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:E1, 2)
  3. Summarize how the great powers worked to maintain a conservative order throughout Europe.
  4. Report how the rise of nationalism contributed to the unification of Italy and Germany.  (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:E1)
  5. Explain that while nationalism had great appeal, not all people achieved the goal of establishing their own national states. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:E1)
  6. Describe how Romanticism emerged as a reaction to the ideas of the Enlightenment at the end of the 18th century. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:E1)
  7. Discuss important cultural developments between 1870 and 1914. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:E2, 3)
  8. Discuss how Western nations imposed their values and institutions on the world.  (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:E1, 2, 3)
  9. Describe the social divisions in the colonies between the colonizers and those being colonized.  (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:E3)
  10. Describe changes that led to the decline of the Qing dynasty, including the Opium War, the Tai Ping rebellion, and the Boxer Rebellion. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:E3)
  11. List the effects Western trade had on the Chinese economy. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:E2, 3)
  12. Explain the influence of Western culture on Japanese social structure and culture. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:E5)
  13. Describe the global causes and effects of the Industrial Revolution including inventions and technological advances, growth of urban centers, growth of capitalism, and changing social levels. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:E2, 3)
  14. Describe the rise of European nationalism, imperialism and its effects on the European balance of power, especially the unification of Germany and Italy. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1)
  15. Explain the patterns of global change in the era of New Imperialism in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:E1)
  16. Explain why places and regions are important factors to individuals and social identity. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:E1, 2)

 

Activities:

 

  • Diagram the causes and effects of the Industrial Revolution.
  • Chart the causes of the revolution in France.
  • Make a timeline showing the unification of Germany and Italy.
  • List the positives and negatives of Napoleons reign.
  • Create a storybook of the important scientists and their inventions.
  • Create a graphic organizer showing the differences in social classes.
  • Create a chart of the key artists and the movements that they represent.
  • Create a chart that identifies and explains the political, economic, cultural, and technological influences of European expansion on both Europeans and non-Europeans.
  • Compare the Tai ping, Opium War and Boxer Rebellion.
  • Create a timeline of the Qing Dynasty.
  • Create a table showing the new political system in Japan.
  • Read, outline and answer related text questions.
  • Take notes.
  • Successfully complete a test.

 

 

Topic/Unit 3: The Twentieth-Century Crisis 1914-1945   Approx. # of Weeks: 9

 

Essential Questions:

 

  1. In what way did the system of European nation-states help lead to World War I?
  2. Why did the war become a stalemate on the Western Front?
  3. What led to the fall of the czarist regime in Russia?
  4. What effect did the peace settlement have on Europe after World War I?
  5. What were the causes of instability in the West after World War I?
  6. Why did certain European countries become dictatorial regimes?
  7. How did Hitler and the Nazis gain power and rule Germany?
  8. What were the main cultural and intellectual trends between the wars?
  9. How did World War I change the Middle East?
  10. How did many Africans react to colonial powers after World War I?
  11. What was the result of internal conflicts within the nationalist movements in China?
  12. How did worldwide economic conditions affect Latin America?
  13. How did German and Japanese actions lead to World War II?
  14. How did the entrance of the United States into the war change its course?
  15. What groups did Nazi Germany target to genocide?
  16. How were women in the U.S. affected by the war?
  17. Are there general lessons to be learned from history?
  18. Why is there political and social conflict?
  19. How does religion influence the development of individual societies as well as global processes?
  20. Are individuals as important as underlying structures in explaining change?
  21. How have social institutions and groups failed to function in a positive way when people have behaved in cruel or inhumane ways?
  22. How are present events related to past events?
  23. How do geographic tools and technologies pose and answer questions about spatial distributions and patterns on Earth?

 

Objectives:

Each student will be able to:

 

  1. Summarize the causes of World War I. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  2. Describe the stalemate on the Western Front and events on the Eastern Front. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  3. Explain what “total war” and its effects on society mean. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  4. Trace the fall of czarist Russia and the rise of the Communists. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  5. Explain the Allies’ victory. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  6. List the major provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  7. Explain the weakness of the League of Nations. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  8. List the factors leading to the Great Depression. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  9. Distinguish between dictatorship and totalitarianism. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  10. Describe Hitler’s anti-Semitic policies and activities. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  11. Understand how the forces of nationalism affected events in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  12. Explain how the lower classes led the way to social change. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  13. Identify steps taken by Germany and Japan that led to the start of World War II. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  14. List the major events of the last year of the war. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  15. Explain the causes and results of the Holocaust. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  16. Explain the conditions of the peace settlement and the ways in which the peace settlement led to the Cold War. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  17. Evaluate the influence of Islam in shaping the political and social structures in the Middle East, West Africa and India. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  18. Analyze the causes and effects of World War I and the League of Nations and the effects of the Versailles Conference on Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. (6.1, 6.2, .3.12:F1, 2)
  19. Analyze the origins and consequences of the Russian Revolution and the creation of the Soviet Union. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  20. Analyze the causes and worldwide consequences of the Great Depression and the rise of totalitarian governments. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  21. Analyze the growth of Nazism and the background of European anti-Semitism resulting in the Holocaust and its impact on Jewish culture and European society. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  22. Analyze other 20th century genocides including Turkey/Armenia, Soviet forced collectivization in the Ukraine, and Japan’s occupation in China and Korea. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  23. Explain political, economic, and social changes in China in the first half of the 20th century. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)
  24. Evaluate the importance of the beginning of the atomic age and the technological revolution. (6.1, 6.2, 6.3.12:F1, 2)

 

Activities:

 

  • Create a cause and effect chart identifying the factors that led to WW I.
  • Create a timeline of events on the Western and Eastern Fronts.
  • Identify the major events of the Russian Revolution.
  • Create a chart identifying national interests of each country leading to the Paris Peace Conference.
  • Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the League of Nations.
  • List the factors that led to the Great Depression.
  • Compare and debate the strengths and weaknesses of Mussolini, Stalin and Hitler and how they came to power.
  • Make a Venn diagram to compare Dadaism and Surrealism.
  • Create a list of leaders and their efforts for national independence.
  • Write a pamphlet on how the lower classes can lead the way to social change.
  • Map the German and Italian expansion, 1935-1939.
  • List the major events of the last years of WW II.
  • Research and visit the website of the U.S. holocaust Memorial Museum.
  • Compare and contrast the impact of WW II on the lives of civilians.
  • Read, outline and answer related text questions.
  • Take notes.
  • Successfully complete a test.

 

 

Topic/Unit 4: Toward A Global Civilization

                                1945- Present                                 Approx. # of Weeks: 9

 

Essential Questions:

 

  1. What differences between the Soviet Union and the United States led to the Cold War?
  2. How does a totalitarian government differ from a democratic system?
  3. Why did World War II leave society open to change?
  4. How strong was the Soviet Union after World War II?
  5. What was the connection between Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union?