During this course we will attempt to cover THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, a seemingly impossible task. To accomplish this we will analyze major global trends and events that have shaped how we live today. This course will show that 'our history' does not simply stem from a specific group of men who wanted freedom and democracy. 'Our history', rather, is the history of all the people of this planet, and it all has impacted how we live today. Below, you will find all of the Minnesota State Social Studies Standards that we will try to meet throughout the year and which unit we will meet them in.
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In this unit, we will go back to the first glimpse of human existence. We will study how humans evolved from hunter-gatherer communities to massive civilizations. We will analyze how humans adapted, migrated, and faced the earth and all of its natural elements and obstacles.
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In this unit, we will be looking at how early isolated civilizations began to expand and interact with one another. Many of the civilizations of our last unit will eventually die out, making way for people who have mastered the art of trade and warfare to expand their territory. During this age in history, the civilizations that truly thrived were ones that had the capacity to trade and interact with others.
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This unit will be centered around three main points:
1. The Renaissance and the Reformation of the Christian Church 2. European exploration of the 'New World' 3. How the world recovered from and advanced after the Black Plague As we learned from the last unit, a huge part of the world took a massive blow to its population due to the plague. We will see how humans recovered and how they continued to expand their interaction with one another after the plague. After the New World was settled, and began to be used for economic gains, we will see the spark of the Enlightenment Age, and eventually multiple revolutions, to bring power to the people in form of life, liberty, and property. |
After European powers had been fighting for land in Africa and Europe, and the US had claimed the rest of the Americas to be under its sphere of influence, tensions began to rise. We will look at how Industrialization and Imperialism paved the way for militarism, nationalism, and conflict between the growing European powers. We will look at the causes and effects of WWI, and how they directly lent themselves to a Second World War. This was a very interesting time in world history with plenty of revolution, unrest, and violence.
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This unit will cover two major phenomenons of the time period after the Age of Revolutions. We will first analyze the Industrialization Revolution, and its many impacts on societies across the glob. After that, we will look into the idea of Imperialism, the term for the time when countries were expanding their reaches and became more interested in other civilizations outside of their own country and colonies. Many powerful countries used Imperialism as a way to spread their values and interests to those around them.
After WWI and WWII, the world felt an aftershock that would last for decades in the way of the Cold War. We will analyze the rise of communism around the world, and look at the rising tensions throughout the Middle East. We will also analyze contemporary issues that we have experienced in the last few decades.
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