World History & Geography: Grade 11

EXPANDING AND INTENSIFIED HEMISPHERIC INTERACTIONS (300 – 1500 C.E./A.D.)

THE EMERGENCE OF THE FIRST GLOBAL AGE (15TH – 18TH CENTURIES)

AN AGE OF GLOBAL REVOLUTIONS (18TH CENTURY - 1914)

GLOBAL CRISIS AND ACHIEVEMENT (1900 - 1945)

THE COLD WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH: THE 20TH CENTURY SINCE 1945

 Cross-temporal or Global Expectations

Interregional or Comparative Expectations

Regional Expectations

Cross-temporal or Global Expectations

Interregional or Comparative Expectations

Regional Content Expectations

Global or Cross-temporal Expectations

Interregional or Comparative Expectations

Regional Content Expectations

Global or Cross-temporal Expectations

Interregional or Comparative Expectations

Regional Content Expectations

Global and Cross-temporal Expectations

Interregional or Comparative Expectations

Demonstrate an understanding that different religions started in specific places, spread (largely due to increased oceanic travel, religious intolerance, and increased trade), and now are practiced throughout the world. Basic maps, tables, charts, or other documents may be used.

Identify one or more reasons why societies trade.

Demonstrate an understanding of the effects that diseases and epidemics (such as the Plague) have on society. Basic maps, tables, charts, or other data may be used.

Demonstrate an understanding of the benefits and/or consequences of interaction among societies from different regions of the world.

Demonstrate an understanding of the differences between slavery and other forms of labor (e.g., indentured servants and wage labor), and/or identify the contributions that African slaves made to the Americas. Basic maps, charts, graphs, and other documents may be used.

Demonstrate an understanding of revolution and/or recognize that revolutions lead to political, economic, and social change.

Demonstrate an understanding of one or more of the causes, benefits, and/or consequences of worldwide population changes and migration.

Recognize how exchanging ideas can change societies (their governments, their standard of living, their opinions about human rights, their access to new ideas, etc.).

Demonstrate a basic understanding of agricultural-based societies and/or industrial-based societies.

Demonstrate an understanding of Europe’s influence on civilization from 1500 to 1900.

Demonstrate an understanding of nationalism and/or identify examples of American pride/patriotism.

Demonstrate an understanding of industrialization and/or identify some benefits and consequences of industrialization on society.

Demonstrate an understanding of imperialism.

Identify a role or responsibility of government in the first half of the 20th century.

Demonstrate an understanding of one or more significant changes in global power between 1900 and 1945. Basic maps and other data sources may be used.

Demonstrate an understanding of genocide and/or recognize that acts of genocide have been committed throughout the world (e.g., the Holocaust).

Demonstrate an understanding of one or more of the causes and/or long-term consequences of World War I.

Recognize one or more ways in which the Great Depression affected the global economy and politics between World War I and World War II.

Demonstrate an understanding of one or more of the causes and/or long-term consequences of World War II.

Identify one or more characteristics of dictatorships and/or monarchies.

Demonstrate an understanding of the Cold War (i.e., who was involved, why it started, and how it ended).

Demonstrate an understanding that the United States and the Soviet Union were Cold War superpowers and/or identify one or more ways in which each country attempted to expand its power and influence throughout the world.

Identify the Middle East region on a map and/or recognize that sometimes societies within a region experience conflict due to cultural differences and land disputes.