Grade 12 - 20th Century World History

20TH CENTURY WORLD HISTORY

Curricular Competency

Content

Big Ideas

Nationalist movements can unite people in common causes or lead to intense conflict between different groups.

The rapid development and proliferation of technology in the 20th century led to profound social, economic, and political changes.

The breakdown of long-standing empires created new economic and political systems.

Use historical inquiry processes and skills to ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate findings and decisions

Assess the significance of people, locations, events, and developments, and compare varying perspectives on their historical significance at particular times and places, and from group to group (significance)

Assess the justification for competing historical accounts after investigating points of contention, reliability of sources, and adequacy of evidence (evidence)

Compare and contrast continuities and changes for different groups at particular times and places (continuity and change)

Assess how underlying conditions and the actions of individuals or groups affect events, decisions, and developments, and analyze multiple consequences (cause and consequence)

Explain different perspectives on past or present people, places, issues, and events by considering prevailing norms, values, worldviews, and beliefs (perspective)

Make reasoned ethical judgments about controversial actions in the past or present, and assess whether we have a responsibility to respond (ethical judgment)

authoritarian regimes

civil wars, independence movements, and revolutions

human rights movements, including indigenous peoples movements

religious, ethnic, and/or cultural conflicts, including genocide

global conflicts, including World War I, World War II, and the Cold War

migrations, movements, and territorial boundaries

interdependence and international co-operation

social and cultural developments

communication and transportation technologies