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HCPSS Curriculum FrameworkModern World HistorySuggested Resources:TitleSource*World War I● History: World War One ● BBC History (Website)● World War I, Eighty Years On (includes archived radio ● BBC News Special (Website)interviews and news reels)● Primary Source Links for the First World War● University of North Carolina, Pembroke● World War I Document Archive● Brigham Young University (BYU)● The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century ● PBSWorld Wars I & II● Imperial War Museums Collections and Archives● Imperial War Museums (UK)World War II● For Teachers: Teaching About the Holocaust● National Holocaust MuseumUnit VI: Global Issues of the Contemporary WorldOverview:The world since 1950 might be the most important unit of study for students to truly understand the world in which they live. Theimpact and consequences of the post World War II recovery and the Cold War shaped political, military, ideological, and socialstructures around the world and are still guiding the interaction of nations and regions today. This period not only included the Cold Warand its ultimate end, but also the rise of democracy as a global expectation rather than a benefit of the western world. In the world inwhich we live today globalization of ideas, goods, and movement inspires hopes of true global understanding and acceptance.Enduring Understandings:● International relationships change in response to global, regional, and national issues.● Internal and external pressures can change political systems.● Technology impacts the diffusion of ideas and beliefs and reshapes how people live and see the world.● The need for resources and markets promotes expansion and may lead to some degree of conflict.Essential Questions:HCPSS Secondary Social Studies Office, 2012 42
HCPSS Curriculum FrameworkModern World History●●●●●●●Why do changes in economic and or political systems cause cultural change?What impact has science, technology, and economics had in shaping regional and global cooperation, conflict andinterdependence?How do societies seek security in the world?Is there such a thing as completely unbiased history?How should evidence address problems in history?Why do people around the world continue to struggle in democratic movements and is democracy universal?What are the positive and negative effects of rapidly increasing global interaction?Content Framework:Topic Learning Outcomes Vocabulary Key ConceptsThe Cold War1. Analyze the causes, events, andconsequences of the ChineseRevolution,. (U5LH, U6LA)2. Compare the Chinese CommunistSystem with that in the Soviet Union.(U5LH, U6LA)3. Examine the role that the Chineseplayed in the wars in Korea, Vietnam,and Cambodia. (U6LA)4. Explain how regional wars, conflicts,and nationalistic movements, suchas those found in Korea, Vietnam,Cambodia, Cuba, Angola, ElSalvador, Nicaragua, Israel, andAfghanistan were incorporated intothe larger Cold War. (U6LA)5. Describe the role of significantindividuals in the decline of theSoviet power throughout Eastern● Capitalism● Dissidents● Labor Strike● Proxy War● Satellite Nations● SolidarityMovement1. Similar to the earlier world wars, the ColdWar had both short and long-termcauses.2. The revolution(s) that brought down theQing Dynasty left a power vacuum inChina that existed until Mao Zedongseized power.3. Chinese Communism differed fromSoviet Communism in a way that causedfriction between the two countries.4. The Cold War saw the major actorspursuing their “national interests” in the3rd World (parts of the world not formallyaligned with western democracy orcommunism).5. The proxy wars and nationalistmovements in the latter part of the 20thcentury became a forum where thesuperpowers sought to undermine eachHCPSS Secondary Social Studies Office, 2012 43
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