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Bloomsburg Area School District |
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Social Studies 9-12 |
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Social Studies - World Cultures |
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World History: Individual/Contributions
The learner will be able to
evaluate the significance of individuals and groups who made major political and cultural contributions to world history since 1450.
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PA Academic Standards for History, 8.4.12.A |
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Political/Military Leaders: Evaluate
The learner will be able to
evaluate political and military leaders CONTENT: Philip II of Spain, Louis XIV of France, Ivan III and Peter the Great from Russia, William and Mary of England, Napoleon Bonaparte of France, President Woodrow Wilson, Lenin & Stalin of Russia, Adolph Hitler of Germany, Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union, Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping of China.
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PA Academic Standards for History, 8.4.12.A |
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Cultural/Commercial/Leaders: Evaluate
The learner will be able to
evaluate cultural and commercial leaders CONTENT: Explain Louis XIV's policies, explain how Ivan II and later Russian rulers began to build a stronger Russian state, describe Peter the Great's reforms and their impact in Russia, identify athe leaders of independence movements in Latin America, explain the reforms of Lenin & Stalin in Russia, summarize how Ghandi used non-violent tactics to free India from British rule, list Soviet reforms under Mikhain Gorbachev.
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PA Academic Standards for History, 8.4.12.A |
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Innovators/Reformers: Evaluate
The learner will be able to
evaluate innovators and reformers CONTENT: identify major scientisits from the Enlightenment and describe their contributions to science, identify major philosophers from the Enlightenment and describe their contributions, identify the key inventors during the Industrial Revolution and how their inventions furthered the Revolution, list the nineteenth century advances in medicine and science and describe their impact in daily life, explain how the scientific ideas of Einstein, Freud, and others changed old beliefs, list Soviet reforms under Mikhail Gorbachev.
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PA Academic Standards for History, 8.4.12.A |
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Sites/Materials/Artifacts: Evaluate
The learner will be able to
evaluate historical documents, material artifacts and historic sites important to world history since 1450 CONTENT: explain the provisions in the Declaration of the Rights of Man during the French Revolution, explain the Monroe Doctrine and its impact on European designs of Latin America, compare President Wilson's Fourteen Points with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, analyze the human impact and describe the results of the Nazis' "Final Solution, " identify the Camp Davis Accords, list human rights as described in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations).
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PA Academic Standards for History, 8.4.12.B |
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Continuity/Change: Evaluate
The learner will be able to
evaluate how continuity and change throughout history has impacted belief systems and religions, commerce and industry, innovations, settlement patterns, social organization, transportation and roles of women since 1450 CONTENT: describe Spanish power under Philip II, explain the weaknesses in the Spanish Empire, describe the birth of the Netherlands, explain the origins of absolute monarchy, characterize the style of the French Royal court, explain how Ivan II and later Russian rulers began to build a stronger Russian state, charcterize the differences between Russia and western Europe and the emerging role of Peter the Great, describe the impact of Enlightenment on Western societies, describe the causes of the American Revolution and its relationship with the Enlightenment, summarize the factors that led to the French Revolution, summarize the positions of the three factions that tried to govern France, explain how Napolean came to power and reforms in France, explain the impact of the decisions made by the Congress of Vienna, describe the rise of nationalism in the Balkans, France, Russia, Italy, and Germany, explain how the rise of the nation-states led to a shift in the balance of power, define Romanticism and Realism and give examples of each, explain the beginnings of industrialization in Britain, describe the social and economic effects of industrialization, describe the effects of industrialization on the rest of the world, explain the origins and main concepts of socialism, explain unionization and legislative reform during the Industrial Revolution, compare and contrast the evolutions of British and French democracies, explain the origins and goals of the women's suffrage movements, describe the impact of European colonization on Africa, compare President Wilson's Fourteen Points with the terms in the Treaty of Versailles, explain Lenin's reforms and outline Stalin's rise to power, analyze Stalin's hold on power and his programs, describe Soviet daily life under Stalin's reign, trace the rise of the Communist party in China, outline the events that fueled the nationalist activity in India which led to the rise of independence movements in Southwest Asia, describe how new ideas and ways of life led to a new kind of individual freedom in the 1920's, summarize the causes of the Great Depression and how the United States and Europe reacted to it, summarize Fascist beliefs and policies, describe Mussolini's rise to power in Italy amd Hitler and the Nazi Party's rise to power in Germany, summarize why British and French appeasement and American isolationism failed to stop Fascist agression, describe the events of the formation of the new nation of Israel, explain the history of white rule in South Africa, describe South Africa's shift toward democracy, describe the democracy movement in China, list China's presnet challenges, identify the effects of expanding global communication int he late 20th and 21st century, list and evaluate the advances in health care, medicine, and agriculture, discus the effects of technology on the world economy, explain the econimoc growth of the Pacific Rim countries, define he global economy, identify and analyze challenges facing developing countries, describe the environmetal impact of development.
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PA Academic Standards for History, 8.4.12.C |
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Conflict/Cooperation: Evaluate
The learner will be able to
evaluate how conflict and cooperation among social groups and organizations impacted world history from 1450 to Present in Africa, Americas, Asia and Europe: Domestic Instability, Ethnic and Racial Relations, Labor Relations, Immigration and Migration, Military Conflicts CONTENT: describe Spanish power under Philip II, describe the origins of absolute monarchy, describe the religious and political conflicts in France, identify conflicts between English rulers and Parliament, explain the causes and the results of the English Civil War, describe the Restoration and the Glorious Revolution, summarize the factors that led to the French Revolution, describe the creation of the National Assembly and the strorming of the Bastille, summarize the positions of the three factions that tried to govern France, describe Napoleon's tactical and political mistakes which led to his downfall, explain the impact of the decisions made by the Congress of Vienna, describe how Canada achieved self-rule, describe British domination of Ireland, discuss the causes and effects of the Civil War on the United States and the rest of the world, describe the forms of Imperialsm and list the political, economic, and social causes for Imperialism, summarize the downfall of the Ottomam Empire, identify the positive and negative features of British colonialism in India, describe the early nationalist movement in India, summarize the acquisition of European and American colonies in Southeast Asia, explain China's resistance to foreigners in the 1800s, explain why Japan ended its isolationism and how it began modernizing, outline the growth of Japanese Imperalism, analyze how Latin America's colonial legacy and politial instabiltiy shaped history after independence, explain the causes and results of the Mexican Revolution, summarize the immediate and fundamental causes of World War I, describe the major military events on the Western and Eastern Fronts, forecast how the peace created after World War I led to World War II, summarize the crises that paved the way for revolution in Russia in 1917, describe the March and Bolshevik Revolutions in Russia and their outcomes, summarize the key events of the Civil War between the Chinese Communists and Nationalists, explain how Indian self-rule heightened conflicts between Muslims and Hindus, describe the impact of World War I on post war Europe, identify the major battles on the Eastern and Western fronts during World War II, explain the importance on the United States' aid to the Allies, explain how the Japanse expansion led to war with the Allies in Asia during World War II, identify the major battles in the Pacific Arena during World War II, trace the course of the Nazis' persecution of the Jews, describe the Allied plan for victory on two fronts during World War II, explain how civilians in the Allied home fronts contributed to the war effort during World War II, summarize the events that led to the surrender of Germany during World War II, evaluate the necessity of the atomic bombing of Japan, describe how devastation of World War II impacted life in Europe and Japan, describe the US/Soviet post World War split, desribe the effect of Cold War tensions in the 1980s, describe the effect of World War II on colonial empires, summarize the events which led to the partition of India, list the outbreaks of war between Israel and Arab states, describe the Palestinian struggle fo independence, describe the reforms in Eastern Bloc nations before the collapse of the Soviet Union, identify and analyze the problems facing the Russian government, summarize the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, identify security issues nations face and ways they pursue collective security, cite examples of ongoing ethnic and religious conflicts, formulate how diversity (besides creating conflict) can lead to world peace.
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PA Academic Standards for History, 8.4.12.D |
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Human Characteristics
The learner will be able to
analyze the significance of human activity in shaping places and regions by their cultural characteristics CONTENT: explain cultural bias and ethnocentrism, explore possibilities on how to create cultural understanding.
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PA Academic Standards for Geography - 7.3.12 B |
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Human Impact in Development
The learner will be able to
decribe the environmental impact of development on cultures and nations CONTENT: describe how various organizations in the 20th and 21st centuries have help to support human rights, explain the increase in migration and discuss its world-wide effects, trace the increase in world-wide cultural interaction, discuss how computers have spurred advances in many fields and allowed people to communicate more quickly, list ways that recent technologies have influenced the workpace and global economic issues, identify how mass media has effected cultures around the world, examine the concern about the effects of air pollution, including greenhouse effect and the destruction of the ozone layer, describe the delpetion of natural resources, including fresh water and the rain forest, explore issues raised by energy usage, define overpopulation, construct a list of problems overpopulation may cause, describe advances in food production, including the greeen revolution and the biorevolution, formulate solutoins to population problems including improving economies, limiting population growth and improving the status of women, list the factors that aid economic growth in less-developed countries, compare the effects of free trade and protectionism on economic growth, discuss reasons for worldwide arms trade and how people are trying to restrict it, list weapons of mass destruction and identify the threats they pose to peace, security, and human survival, describe the increasing danger of global terriorism, explain the United Nations' role in securing peace, cite examples of human rights violations throughout the world, explain why children are among the most vulnerable of the world's citizens, describe successes in human rights such as women's rights, identify the major components of the six most widely practiced faiths it the world (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judiasm, and Confucianism), compare and contrast how the basic beliefs of the six most practiced faiths translate into their followers' everyday problem-solving strategies.
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PA Academic Standards for History 8.4.12 C |
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