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  ACCELERATING GLOBAL CHANGE & REALIGNMENTS
  AKA POST MODERN ERA
  ALL OF PERIOD 6
  What were the major events of the last 100 years?
  Lecture with CCOT Mad Lib
  Watch this & Bulliet pages
  · Chronology of events in the 20th Century
  · The Mandate System
  · Russian Civil War
  · Revolution and war in China in the early 20th century
  · Modernization of Turkey
  820-825; Video & Video
  Review this power point, to complete your CCOT graphic organizer
  6.1.III.C, 6.2.IV.A-B
  Disease, scientific innovations, and conflict led to demographic
  World Wars: Causes & Scale
  How did large scale conflict shape the 20th century?
  · The sources of global conflict in the first half of the century varied.
  · World War I and World War II were the first "total wars."Governments used ideologies, including fascism, nationalism and communism, to mobilize all of their state's resources, like The Gurkha soldiers in India, including peoples, both in the home countries and the colonies or former colonies, for the purpose of waging war. Governments also used a variety of strategies, including political speeches, art, media, and intensified forms of nationalism, to mobilize these populations.
  · Improved military technology like airplanes and new tactics like firebombing led to increased levels of wartime casualties like in Dresden.
  Evaluate Gurka, propaganda, & war speech packet
  · Chiang Kai-shek vs. Mao Zedong in China
  · Complete Gurka, propaganda, & war speech packet
  http://www.whshumanitiescohort.org/weblessondayonehundredfiftyseven_files/frame.htm
  http://www.whshumanitiescohort.org/weblessondayonehundredfiftyeight_files/frame.htm
  · World War II at Sea
  · Communist Victory in China
  6.2.III.C
  Political changes were accompanied by major demographic and
  How was the Holocaust typical of a larger pattern in the 20th century?
  · The proliferation of conflicts led to various forms of ethnic violence, like the Holocaust and the displacement of peoples resulting in refugee populations as with the Palestinians.
  Lecture with propaganda analysis
  Outline of Sterns Chapter 26 &
  The Fall of the Romanovs by Maureen Perrie. Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham
  · Decline of the Ottoman Empire and the Rise of Turkey
  · Decline of the Qing and the Rise of the People's Republic of China
  · Decline of the Tsars of Russia
  · Know the decline of Ottomans, Qing, and Russia so you can write a Comparison essay
  6.2.I.A
  Europe dominated the global political order at the beginning of
  the twentieth century, but both land-based and transoceanic empires
  gave way to new forms of transregional political organization by the
  Stalled States: Qing, Ottomans, & Russia
  Outline of Sterns Chapter 31 &
  Why did the old land-based empires decline?
  · The older land-based Ottoman, Russian, and Qing empires collapsed due to a combination of internal and external factors including technological stagnation.
  Comparison Essay OR Thesis Practice
  820-825, 926-930, 936, 890, 850, 907-910,
  · Birth Control and Family Planning
  · 20th Century communication
  · Medical Innovations and life expectancy
  · Oil and Energy in the 20th century
  6.1.III.B, 6.1.I.A,B,D,E
  Researchers made rapid advances in science that spread
  throughout the world, assisted by the development of new technology.
  820-825, 926-930, 936, 890, 850, 907-910,History of Nuclear Power, U.S.D.E., read page 7-12
  How did technology change the 20th century?
  · More effective forms of birth control gave women greater control over fertility and transformed sexual practices.
  · New modes of communication (satellite communication) and transportation (cargo/passenger jets) virtually eliminated the problem of geographic distance.
  · New scientific paradigms like The theory of relativity transformed human understanding of the world.
  · The Green Revolution produced food for the earth's growing population as it spread chemically and genetically enhanced forms of agriculture.
  · Medical innovations like antibiotics increased the ability of humans to survive.
  · Energy technologies including the use of oil and nuclear power raised productivity and increased the production of material goods.
  Jigsaw Ranking Debate:
  Students rank the nine most important technological advances of the 20th century and produce a written justification for the ranking.
  886-895 optional video
  http://www.whshumanitiescohort.org/weblessondayonehundredsixtythree_files/frame.htm
  · Mutually Assured Distruction
  6.2.IV.C,D, 6.2.V.B,C, 6.3.I.A
  Although conflict dominated much of the twentieth century, many
  individuals and groups — including states — opposed this trend. Some
  individuals and groups, however, intensified the conflicts.
  States responded in a variety of ways to the economic challenges of
  The Cold War (2 Days)
  How did the Cold War shape the 20th century?
  · In the Communist states of the Soviet Union and China, governments controlled their national economies like Five Year Plans of the USSR.
  "Stalin, Man of Steel" documentary
  http://www.whshumanitiescohort.org/weblessondayonehundredsixtyfour_files/frame.htm with some reading from above to fill in gaps
  · Decolonization in Asia
  · Decolonization in Africa
  · Economic Imperialism in Latin America
  · The Third World
  · Nonaligned Movement
  · Cultural Revolution
  6.2.IV.E, 6.2.II.C
  Day 143 continued
  Cold War & its end
  · The global balance of economic and political power shifted after the end of World War II and rapidly evolved into the Cold War. The United States and the Soviet Union emerged as superpowers, which led to ideological struggles between capitalism and communism throughout the globe.
  · The Cold War produced new military alliances, including NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and promoted proxy wars in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
  · Groups and individuals opposed and promoted alternatives, like Communist leaders such as Vladimir Lenin and Mao Zedong to the existing economic, political, and social orders.
  · Militaries and militarized states often responded to the proliferation of conflicts in ways that further intensified conflict like The promotion of military dictatorship in Chile, Spain, and Uganda
  · Movements to redistribute land and
  resources developed within states
  in Africa, Asia, and Latin America,
  sometimes advocating communism
  · The dissolution of the Soviet Union effectively ended the Cold War.
  Guided research assignment on the global impact of the Cold War.
  Star Trek & The Cold War OR watch this video
  · Cold War and Popular Culture
  · Quiz tomorrow
  6.2.V.E
  Communism in Popular Culture: Socialist Realism vs James Bond
  · Global conflicts had a profound influence on popular culture like in the Socialist Realist Art Movement and the James Bond Series.
  Discussion with movie clips from Soviet and American Cold War era films
  Read two articles & watch
  History of Dada, &
  US Institute of Peace, Non-Violent Action Read pages 6 &11-13
  · Anti-war movements of the 20th century
  · Non-violent resistance in the 20th century
  · Be prepared for a Socratic Seminar
  How did global conflicts impact attitudes towards war in this period?
  What were the goals of the Dada
  movement and how was this a
  product of conflict?
  Was Dada an artistic or political
  Did frustration with violent conflict
  led to viable alternatives to war in
  6.2.V.A
  Anti-war & non-violent movements of the 20th century
  History of Dada, & US Institute of Peace, Non-Violent Action Read pages 6 &11-13
  How did conflict lead to non-violent movements?
  · Groups and individuals challenged the many wars of the century, like Picasso with Guernica & the Dadaists, and some promoted the practice of nonviolence, as a way to bring about political change like Gandhi.
  859-866, Video
  · Indian Independence
  · Muslim League
  · Partition of India
  · Prepare for CCOT essay by reviewing trade in the Atlantic from 1450 to present.
  6.2.V.A, 6.2.II.A,B, 6.2.I.B
  · Some colonies negotiated their independence like India.
  · Groups and individuals challenged the many wars of the century, and some promoted the practice of nonviolence, like Gandhi as a way to bring about political change.
  · The redrawing of old colonial boundaries led to population resettlements like in South Asia after independence.
  · The migration of former colonial subjects to imperial metropoles like South Asians to Britain maintained cultural and economic ties between the colony and the metropole even after the dissolution of empires.
  Parallel timelines of Algerian and Indian Independence
  http://www.whshumanitiescohort.org/weblessondayonehundredsixtyone_files/frame.htm
  6.2.III.A, 6.2.II.B
  Emerging ideologies of anti-imperialism contributed to the
  dissolution of empires and the restructuring of states.
  How did India's religious history lead to its split?
  · Regional, religious, and ethnic movements, like that of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, challenged both colonial rule and inherited imperial boundaries.
  866-870, 893-895, 896-900
  · Independence of Vietnam
  · Independence of Algeria
  6.2.I.C, 6.2.III.B
  Violent Struggles for Independence in the French Empire
  Why were some independence movements more violent than others?
  · Some colonies achieved independence through armed struggle, like Algeria and Vietnam from the French empire
  · The migration of former colonial subjects to imperial metropoles
  maintained cultural and economic ties between the colony and the metropole even after the dissolution of empires like Algerians to France
  Parallel timelines of Algerian and Indian Independence used to create a group comparison essay
  Terrorism in Historical Perspective, from Digital History
  · Terrorism in the 20th Century
  · The IRA
  6.2.V.D
  · More movements used violence, like those of the IRA, against civilians to achieve political aims.
  Discussion and video clips
  Explore each of the following websites
  Find one other NGO to discuss in the seminar
  · United Nations (include role in peace keeping)
  · Prepare for a Socratic seminar on
  What role do NGOs play in the world today?
  What are both the positive and negative impacts of NGOs?
  6.3.II.A,C,F
  States, communities, and individuals became increasingly
  interdependent, a process facilitated by the growth of institutions of
  Non-Governmental Organizations advocate for peace
  What role do non-governmental actors play in the 20th century?
  · New international organizations, like the United Nations, formed to maintain world peace and to facilitate international cooperation.
  · Humanitarian organizations, like Doctors Without Borders, developed to respond to humanitarian crises throughout the world.
  · Movements, like Greenpeace throughout the world protested the inequality of environmental and economic consequences of global integration.
  Socratic seminar on
  History of environmental movement full of twists, turns December 10, 2008|By Peter Dykstra CNN
  · Modern Environmental Movement
  Topic #: Key Concept: Period 6
  6.1.II.A-C
  As the global population expanded at an unprecedented rate,
  humans fundamentally changed their relationship with the
  How has growing concern for the environment shaped the 20th century?
  · Humans exploited and competed over the earth's finite resources more intensely than ever before in human history.
  · Global warming was a major consequence of the release of greenhouse gases and other pollutants into the atmosphere.
  · Pollution threatened the world's supply of water and clean air. Deforestation and desertification were continuing consequences of the human impact on the environment. Rates of extinction of other species accelerated sharply.
  Lecture on Cholera, Dr. Andrew Hayward & Brief History of Alzheimer's Disease from caregiver.com & Video
  · Cholera in History
  · Impact of Alzheimer's Disease
  6.1.III.A
  Lecture on Cholera, Dr. Andrew Hayward & Brief History of Alzheimer's Disease from caregiver.com
  How have disease patterns changed overtime?
  · Diseases associated with poverty, like Cholera, persisted, while other diseases emerged as new epidemic, and threats to human survival, like the 1918 influenza pandemic. In addition, changing lifestyles and increased longevity led to higher incidence of certain diseases, like Alzheimer's disease.
  Mapping Disease in world history
  Read: Optional Video, Optional Video 2
  WTO Web Site: who and what we are
  Office of the US Trade Representative Web Site
  Royal Dutch Shell "About Shell"
  · Multinational Corporations (Shell as an example)
  · Use items in your house to complete Globalization Scavenger Hunt -- finish maps
  6.3.II.B,D,E
  Non-State Actors in the Global Economy
  · New economic institutions, like the World Trade Organization, sought to spread the principles and practices associated with free market economics throughout the world.
  · Regional trade agreements, like NAFTA created regional trading blocs designed to promote the movement of capital and goods across national borders.
  · Multinational corporations, like Royal Dutch Shell began to challenge state authority and autonomy.
  Lecture: Is Free trade Fair?
  811-812, 835-839, 875-877, 923, 904-905
  · Fascist Economy
  · Nasser's economic reforms
  · Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms
  6.3.I.B,C,D
  Economic Patterns of the 20th Century
  How did states react to the economic crisis's of the 20th century?
  · At the beginning of the century in the United States and parts of Europe, governments played a minimal role in their national economies. With the onset of the Great Depression, governments began to take a more active role in economic life, like in The Fascist corporatist economy.
  · In newly independent states after World War II, governments often took on a strong role in guiding economic life to promote development like with Nasser's promotion of economic development in Egypt.
  · At the end of the twentieth century, many governments encouraged free market economic policies and promoted economic liberalization like with China under Deng Xiaoping.
  Lecture and readings on the rise and fall of government regulation in the period
  Optional Bulliet pages:
  870, 961-964
  Africana Age Essay from the New York Public Library
  Frequently asked questions from Atlanta Hare Krishna Temple
  · UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  · 20th Century Fundamentalism
  6.2.II.C & 6.3.III.A-C
  People conceptualized society and culture in new ways; some challenged old assumptions about race, class, gender, and religion, often using new technologies to spread reconfigured traditions.
  Human Rights & Idenitity
  How did people's concepts of self-worth and identity lead to ideas of universal human rights?
  · The notion of human rights, like in The U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights gained traction throughout the world.
  · Transnational movements like Pan-Africanism sought to unite people across national boundaries.
  · Increased interactions among diverse peoples sometimes led to the formation of new cultural identities, like Negritude and exclusionary reactions like Citizenship restrictions in various countries.
  · Believers developed new forms of spirituality, like the Hare Krishna, and chose to emphasize particular aspects of practice within existing faiths and apply them to political issues, like in Christian and Muslim Fundamentalist movements
  · Africana Age Essay from the New York Public Library
  Optional Read: Liner Notes from Bob Marley's Songs of Freedom by Rob Partridge
  6.3.IV.A,B
  Key Concept: Popular and consumer culture became global.
  Bob Marley Liner Notes
  · Sports, like with the Olympics, were more widely practiced and reflected national and social aspirations.
  · Changes in communication and transportation technology enabled the widespread diffusion of music and film like Reggae.
  Lecture on Reggae and global culture
  5.3.IV, 6.3.III
  New Conceptualizations of Global Economic, Society, and Culture
  Long Essay: Comparison/Feminism
  SOC- 5 Analyze ways in which religious beliefs and practices have sustained or challenged class, gender, and racial ideologies.
  ●Demands for women's suffrage and emergent feminism challenged political and gender hierarchies
  ●People conceptualized society and culture in new ways: rights-based discourses challenged old assumptions about race, class, gender, and religion. In much of the world access to education as well as participation in new political and professional roles, became more inclusive in terms of race, class, and gender.
  AP Insight: Comparison: Influence of Belief on Social Structure, Building Block D: Performance Task – Social Comparison: Influence of 20th c. Concepts
  AP Insight: Self-assessment Student Progress Sheet
  AP Insight: Comparison: Influence of Belief on Social Structure, Building Block D: Quiz
  6.2.I, II, IV, V
  ●Europe dominated the global political order at the beginning of the 20th century, but both land-based and transoceanic empires gave way to new states by the century's end. (6.2. I)
  ●Emerging ideologies of anti-imperialism contributed to the dissolution of empires and the restructuring of states. (6.2. II)
  ●Military conflicts occurred on an unprecedented global scale. (6.2. IV)
  ●Although conflict dominated much of the 20th century, many individuals and groups, including states, opposed this trend. Some individuals and groups, however, intensified the conflicts. (6.2. V)
  AP Insight: Challenge Area 1, Building Block D: Performance Task – Periodization: 20th and 21st c. Political Conflict