| Big Ideas |
The rapid development and proliferation of technology in the 20th century led to profound social, economic, and political changes. |
20th Century World History 12 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Nationalist movements can unite people in common causes or lead to intense conflict between different groups. |
20th Century World History 12 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
communication and transportation technologies |
20th Century World History 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: communication and transportation technologies |
Elaboration: Sample topics:propaganda in democratic and totalitarian regimessocial and cultural impact of the automobilerole of media in shaping response to international conflictsrole of television and radio in creating mass culture |
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| Content |
social and cultural developments |
20th Century World History 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: social and cultural developments |
Elaboration: Sample topics:changing role of women:suffragepay equity“second-wave” feminism of the 1960sconsumerism/capitalism:1920s boom1950s suburbanization and car culturescarcity of goods in post-World War II Soviet satellite statesglobalization:change from nation state to internationalismEuropean Union supranationalismfree tradeWorld Trade Organization |
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| Content |
interdependence and international co-operation |
20th Century World History 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: interdependence and international co-operation |
Elaboration: Sample topic:UN peacekeeping missions |
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| Content |
migrations, movements, and territorial boundaries |
20th Century World History 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: migrations, movements, and territorial boundaries |
Elaboration: Sample topics:post-World War I Middle EastPalestine/Jewish settlementsuburbanization of the United States and Canada |
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| Content |
global conflicts, including World War I, World War II, and the Cold War |
20th Century World History 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: global conflicts, including World War I, World War II, and the Cold War |
Elaboration: Sample topics:evolution of military technology (e.g., machine gun, to nuclear weapons, to drones)arms racemilitarismespionage |
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| Content |
religious, ethnic, and/or cultural conflicts, including genocide |
20th Century World History 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: religious, ethnic, and/or cultural conflicts, including genocide |
Elaboration: Sample topics:cultural genocide of indigenous peoplesgenocide in Armenia, the Holocaust, in Cambodia, in Rwandaseparatist movements (e.g., Quebec, Basque, Catalan, Ireland) |
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| Content |
human rights movements, including indigenous peoples movements |
20th Century World History 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: human rights movements, including indigenous peoples movements |
Elaboration: Sample topics:women’s movement toward equalityUS civil rights movement (segregation and desegregation)struggle against apartheidLatin-American workers’ movements |
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| Content |
civil wars, independence movements, and revolutions |
20th Century World History 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: civil wars, independence movements, and revolutions |
Elaboration: Sample topics:Soviet Union, 1917–21China, 1945–49decolonizationIranian Revolutionguerilla warfare in Central and South AmericaVietnam, 1945–75 |
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| Content |
authoritarian regimes |
20th Century World History 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: authoritarian regimes |
Elaboration: Sample topics:Chile and PinochetCambodia and Pol PotCuba and CastroSoviet Union from Lenin to GorbachevNorth Korea and the Kim dynastyChina and MaoGermany and HitlerItaly and Mussolini |
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| Curricular Competency |
Make reasoned ethical judgments about controversial actions in the past or present, and assess whether we have a responsibility to respond (ethical judgment) |
20th Century World History 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: Make reasoned ethical judgments about controversial actions in the past or present, and assess whether we have a responsibility to respond |
Elaboration: Key questions:What is the difference between implicit and explicit values?Why should one consider the historical, political, and social context when making ethical judgements?Should people of today have any responsibilities for actions taken in the past?Can people of the past be celebrated for great achievements if they have also done things today considered unethical? Sample activity:Assess the responsibility of historical figures for an important event. Assess how much responsibility should be assigned to different people, and evaluate whether their actions were justified given the historical context.Examine various media sources on a topic and assess how much of the language contains implicit and explicit moral judgements. |
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| Curricular Competency |
Explain different perspectives on past or present people, places, issues, and events by considering prevailing norms, values, worldviews, and beliefs (perspective) |
20th Century World History 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: Explain different perspectives on past or present people, places, issues, and events by considering prevailing norms, values, worldviews, and beliefs |
Elaboration: Key questions:What sources of information can people today use to try and understand what people in different times and places believed?How much can one generalize about values and beliefs in a given society or time period?Is it fair to judge people of the past using modern values?Sample activity:Explain how the beliefs of people on different sides of the same issue influence their opinions. |
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| Curricular Competency |
Assess how underlying conditions and the actions of individuals or groups affect events, decisions, and developments, and analyze multiple consequences (cause and consequence) |
20th Century World History 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: Assess how underlying conditions and the actions of individuals or groups affect events, decisions, and developments, and analyze multiple consequences |
Elaboration: Key questions:What is the role of chance in particular events, decisions, or developments?Are there events with positive long-term consequences but negative short-term consequences, or vice-versa?Sample activities:Assess whether the results of a particular action were intended or unintended consequences.Evaluate the most important causes or consequences of various events, decisions, or developments. |
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| Curricular Competency |
Compare and contrast continuities and changes for different groups at particular times and places (continuity and change) |
20th Century World History 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: Compare and contrast continuities and changes for different groups at particular times and places |
Elaboration: Key questions:What factors lead to changes or continuities affecting groups of people differently?How do gradual processes and more sudden rates of change affect people living through them? Which method of change has more of an effect on society?How are periods of change or continuity perceived by the people living through them versus how they are perceived after the fact?Sample activity:Compare how different groups benefited or suffered as a result of a particular change. |
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