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I. DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
10.1 Students relate the moral and ethical principles in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, in Judaism, and in Christianity to the development of Western political thought.

10.2 Students compare and contrast the Glorious Revolution of England, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution and their enduring effects worldwide on the political expectations for self-government and individual liberty.

II. INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION AND IMPERIALISM
10.3 Students analyze the effects of the Industrial Revolution in England, France, Germany, Japan and the United States.

10.4 Students analyze patterns of global change in the era of New Imperialism in at least two of the following regions or countries: Africa, Southeast Asia, China, India, Latin America and the Philippines.

III. CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
10.5 Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War.
10.6 Students analyze the effects of the First World War.

IV. CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
10.7 Students analyze the rise of totalitarian governments after the First World War.
10.8 Students analyze the causes and consequences of World War II.

V. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE POST-WORLD WAR II ERA
10.11 Students analyze the integration of countries into the world economy and the information, technological, and communications revolutions (e.g., television, satellites, and computers).

How do natural resources affect nations and potential conflict among them? What differentiates one nation's identity from another? How do wars shape alliances and contribute to national identities?

What role does technology play in the cultural, social, political history of a people? How does innovation stem from human needs?

How do history, language, and culture interact to create a sense of national identity? How does human conflict change the course of history and affect the lives of individuals? How do we determine if conflict is necessary?

How did treaties, alliances, and political structure contribute to World War II? What are possibilities for the European outcome (and thus world outcome) had the United States not entered the war and why? What are indicators that a war has ended? For example, in World War II, how did everyone know the war was over? Could a war such as World War II occur again? How and why?

How and why does a nation decide to go to war? What if a significant faction objects to the war?

 How and why do modern problems have their roots in historic conflicts? What is the role and the responsibilities of the individual in the modern historical context?

Community & Service

Homo Faber

Environment

Environment

Human Ingenuity

Health & social
education

Quizzes, tests, - (Criterion A)
oral presentations, - Criterion D

Quizzes, tests, essays, (Criterion A) and graphic organizer comparing English Bill of Rights (1689), American Declaration of Independence (1776), Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (1789), and the U.S. Bill of Rights (1791).

Quizzes, tests, essays (Criterion A) and cooperative group project tracing impact of imperialism on one country (ie: Congo)- (Criterion C)

Quizzes, tests, essays, - (Criterion A) and Propaganda poster. (Criterion C)

Quizzes, tests, essays, (Criterion A) and group research presentation on WWII topics in which students create and present using PowerPoint. (Topics include: Rise of Mussolini, Rise of Nazi's, Russian Revolution, the Holocaust, )
(Criterion C)

Quizzes, tests, essays, (Criterion A) and Cold War Fairy Tale project. (Criterion C)