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IB 20th Century World History 5HL: Course Overview  

Course Number: SS.IB205HL

 
Overview
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Video Introduction. Twentieth Century World History is a study of selected World History topics chosen to prepare the student for the Higher Level Examination in history at the end of two years of study. Students are expected to continued the course of study with IB History of the Americas in the senior year. Emphasis is placed on the causes, practices and effects of war; the rise and rule of single party states; and East/West relations after 1945. Additional topics include economic developments and social change in the twentieth century. Students are required to demonstrate critical writing skills, the ability to work with historical documents and knowledge of historiography.

Prerequisite: International Baccalaureate Program
Course Length: 2   Period Length: 1   Grade Level:  9-12  Credit per Semester: 1
Additional Credit Information: Credit Per Semester: 1.0 (Social Studies, Humanities or Elective) 

 

Career Connection: This course introduces students to the types of work performed by Sociologists, Historians, and Geographers. 

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Enduring Understandings - important ideas that students should carry with them years beyond the instruction received this year.

  • Chronology organizes history and increases understanding of historical relationships.
  • Using historical data, events in history can be analyzed from multiple perspectives.
  • Societies are diverse and change over time.
  • Economic, scientific and technological developments impact human interactions.
  • Political power has been acquired, maintained, used and/or lost among various cultures throughout history
  • Religious and philosophical ideas have been powerful societal forces.
  • Maps, charts, and graphs are used to acquire, process and report information about people, places and environments.
  • Human and physical characteristics define regions
  • Human migration impacts cultural development of societies.

  • Human and physical systems interact and impact one another.

Essential Questions - most important “big picture” questions students should be able to answer after completing learning activities.

  • What human characteristics led to the rise of nationalism and unification?

  • How is political power used to advance the interest of specific nations?

  • What was the reaction of native populations to imperialism?

  • How did the countries involved view events that sparked the war?  What do primary and secondary sources reveal about the causes of WWI?

  • How do maps increase understanding of the events of WWI?

  • What was the impact of technology on the war? What were the major results of the war?

  • How was political power used and lost as a result of WWI? Why did the Russian revolution occur?

  • How did the economic developments of the 1920's impact world societies?

  • What were the political, economic, military causes of WW II?
  • How do maps increase understanding of the events of WWII? How can major events of WWII be organized chronologically?
  • How has power been acquired, maintained, used and or lost since World War II?
  • How have religious and philosophical ideas impacted societies since WWII?

Standards and Benchmarks

History 1: Students understand the chronological organization of history and know how to organize events and people into major eras to identify and explain historical relationships.    
Benchmark B: Students use chronology to organize historical events and people.

History
  2: Students know how to use the processes and resources of historical inquiry.
Benchmark 2ormation (e.g., letters, diaries, literature, text, newspaper, art, music, technology, oral history, interviews).

History 3
: Students understand that societies are diverse and change over time.
Benchmark  B: Students understand the history of social organization in various societies.
History 4
: Students understand how science, technology, and economic activity have developed, changed, and affected societies throughout history.
Benchmark  A: Students understand the impact of scientific and technological developments on individuals and societies.
History
 5: Students understand political institutions and theories that developed and changed over time.
Benchmark C: Students know how political power has been acquired, maintained, used and/or lost throughout history.

History
6: Students know that religious and philosophical ideas have been powerful forces throughout history.
Benchmark  C: Students know how various forms of expression reflect religious beliefs and philosophical ideas.
Geography
1: Students know how to use and construct maps, globes, and other geographic tools to locate and derive information about people, places, and environments.
Benchmark  A: Students know how to use maps, globes, and other geographic tools to acquire, process and report information from a spatial perspective.

Geography
 2:  Students know the physical and human characteristics of places, and used knowledge to
Benchmark B:  Students know how and why people define regions.
Geography
 4:  Students understand how economic, political cultural, and social processes interact to shape patterns of human populations, interdependence, cooperation and conflict.
Benchmark E: Students know how cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of the earth's surface.

Geography
5: Students understand the effects of interactions between human and physical systems and changes in meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources.
Benchmark  B: Students know how physical systems affect human systems.

D-11 Social Studies Indicators 

History

  1. Chronology/Cause & Effect: Determine cause and effect relationships based on organizing major historical and/or current events chronologically.
  1. Historical Inquiry: Utilizing multiple perspectives, analyze and question historical data from primary and secondary sources during major historical eras.
  1. Diverse and Changing Societies: Evaluate the impact of interactions and contributions of diverse peoples and cultures on past and current societies.
  1. Science, Technology, and Economic Activity:  Evaluate the impact of economic, scientific and technological developments on human interactions.
  1. Political Institutions and Theories: Analyze how political power has been acquired, maintained, used and/or lost among various cultures throughout history. 
  1. Religious and Philosophical Ideas: Determine how societies have been affected by religious and philosophical ideas.

Geography

  1. Use and Construction of Geographic Tools: Analyze maps, globes, charts, graphs, and databases to acquire, process and report information about people, places and environments. [G1]
  1. Characteristics of Place and Region: Use physical and human characteristics to define regions important in human history.[G2]
  1. Patterns of Human Population and Interaction: Analyze the physical and cultural impact of human migration.[G4]
  1. Human and Physical Systems:  Evaluate how human and physical systems interact and impact one another. [G5]

Sample Units

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