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I. UNRESOLVED PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD/SKILLS (1 week)
A. Current Events
B. Unresolved World Problems
C. Skills
II. RISE OF DEMOCRATIC IDEAS (2 weeks) Ch. 5-6
A. Classical Greece and Rome
B. Judeo-Christian influence
III. MIDDLE AGES (2 weeks) Ch. 8-9
A. Growth of Nation-States
B. Repression of Feudalism Leads to Future Democratic Movements
1. Magna Carta
2. Common Law
3. Parliament
IV. RENAISSANCE/REFORMATION/ENLIGHTENMENT (4 weeks) Ch. 14
1. Beginnings of Individualism/Humanism
a. Civic Humanism
2. Age of Discovery
3. Formation of Protestant Churches
4. Philosophical Thinkers
5. Absolutism-"Divine Right of Kings"
6. Glorious Revolution: Bill of Rights, Cabinet System, Parliament
SECOND QUARTER
V. AGE OF REVOLUTIONS (3 weeks) Ch. 19 French Ch. 23 Italy- Germ
A. Political Revolutions 1789-1871
B. Growth of Nationalism
VI. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (3 weeks) Ch. 20-22
A. Industrialization
B. Response to Industrialization-ie. Social Impact
C. Social Movements (1 Week) ie. Romanticism
VII. IMPERIALISM (2 weeks) Ch. 25-26
A. European Imperialism/Colonialism
THIRD QUARTER
VIII. WORLD WAR I (2 weeks) Ch. 27
A. Causes, Tactics, & Effects
B. Treaty of Versailles
IX.RUSSIAN REVOLUTION (1 week) Ch. 28
A. Rise of Communism
X. TOTALITARIANISM (2 weeks) Ch. 28-30
A. Rise of Fascism
B. Stalinist Russia
XI. WORLD WAR II (3 Weeks) CH. 31
A. Causes, Tactics & Effects
B. Holocaust
1. READ NIGHT BY ELIE WIESEL
*RESEARCH PAPER- Library Research (1 week)
*CAREER UNIT (1 week)
FOURTH QUARTER
XII. POST WORLD WAR II EFFECTS (4 weeks)
A. Cold War Ch. 32-33
1. Rise of the USSR
2. Post War Organizations- ie. NATO, SEATO, Warsaw Pact, & United Nations
3. Spread of Communism -ie. Europe, Asia, the rest of the globe
B. National Independence Movements
1. Asia
2. Africa
a. apartheid
3. Middle East
a. Creation of Israel
b. Palestinian Arab/ Israeli Dilemma
c. Arab Nationalism
e. Lebanese Civil War
d. Petroleum Politics
f. Fundamentalism
g. Iraq
XIII. Political Changes in World 1989 (2 weeks)
1. Eastern Europe
2. Soviet Union (USSR) to Russia
3. Other Appropriate Current Issues