8/09 New Paltz Central School District Global History and ...

New Paltz Central School District 

Global History and Geography 10 

Time Essential Questions Skills Assessments 

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 sources 

• Analyze primary and secondary 

sources 

• Determine cause and effect 

relationships 

• Student projects-French 

Revolution children’s book 

• DBE – Causes of the French 

Revolution 

• Quizzes 

• Unit test 

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? 


conclusions 


• Determine validity of a source 


sources 

• Evaluate perspective 

• DBE- The Industrial Revolution 

• Thematic essay – Which 

revolution was more 

significant, the French or the 

Industrial? 

• Quizzes 

• Unit test 

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? 


conclusions 


• Determine validity of sources 


sources 

• Evaluate perspective 

• Thematic essay – What were 

the causes and effects of 

imperialism? (common 

assessment) 

• DBE 

• Student projects 

• Quizzes 

• Unit test 

8/09

February – 

March 




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 

• Recognize perspective and bias in primary 

sources 

• Interpret maps 

• Organize items chronologically 

• Distinguish between fact and opinion 

• Interpret timelines 

• Interpret political cartoons 

• Determine adequacy and/or relevancy of 

information 

• 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 

• Unit test 





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 

• Recognize perspective and bias in primary 

sources 



• Distinguish between fact and opinion 

• Interpret timelines 


• Determine adequacy and/or relevancy of 

information 

• Create and publish multimedia (clipart, video, 



• 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 


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 

• Unit test 




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 • Recognize perspective and bias in primary • Thematic essays – 

Japan 

sources 

o Conflict – ethnic and 

• What caused the collapse of the • Interpret maps 

religious tensions – Eastern 

Soviet Union? 


Europe 

• Why was the collapse of the • Distinguish between fact and opinion 

o Nationalism – Tibet and 

Soviet Union a major turning • Interpret timelines 

Eastern Europe 

point in world history? 


o Imperialism – impact in 

• How have ethnic diversity and • Determine adequacy and/or relevancy of 

former Soviet satellites 

nationalism continued to impact information 

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 

• Unit test 

market economies but not their • Compare and contrast different political 

concept of human rights? 


• 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) 

• Thematic essays – 

issues caused by rising • Recognize perspective and bias in primary 

o Technology – Impact on 

populations and poverty? 

sources 

Globalization, Nuclear 

• How have advances in 


Proliferation 

technology since World War II • Organize items chronologically 

o Conflict – ethnic and 

caused an increase in global • Distinguish between fact and opinion 

religious tensions – Iraq 

interaction and altered the • Interpret timelines 

o Nationalism – Northern 

standard of living of many? • Interpret political cartoons 

Ireland, Iraq, Palestine 

• Why is globalization viewed as • Determine adequacy and/or relevancy of 

o Imperialism – cultural 

positive by some and negative information 

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 


affected the world? 


• Unit test 

• 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,

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