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    COURSE DESCRIPTION:

    Investigates the major political, social, and economic developments, international relationships, scientific breakthroughs, and cultural trends that have shaped the various global regions, empires, and nation-states since the late nineteenth century.

    COURSE OBJECTIVE:

    • I. Overview of the 20th Century
    • II. European Crisis
      • A. World War I -- the Decline of European Ascendancy
      • B. Social and Political Restructuring
      • C. Economic Crisis
      • D. Political and Social Upheaval: (Authoritarian movements)
      • E. Intellectual and Artistic Life
    • III. The Struggle Against Colonialism
      • A. Latin America
      • B. Sub-Sahara Africa
      • C. Asia
    • IV. Superpower Rivalry and the Post-Cold World
      • A. World War II & the Crisis of European Dominance
      • B. Restructuring International Relations
      • C. Post-Industrial Society
      • D. The Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and the Collapse of Communism
    • V. Independence Movements in the Developing World
      • A. Latin America
      • B. Sub-Sahara Africa
      • C. The Middle East and North Africa
      • D. Asia
    • VI. The Contemporary World
      • A. The Legacy of the Twentieth Century
      • B. Toward the twenty-first Century

     

    OPEN TO GRADES:  10, 11, 12

    RECOMMENDED GRADES:   11, 12

    PREREQUISITES:  World History or CE Western Civ

    MAY REPEAT FOR CREDIT:  No 

     

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