Welcome to WORLD HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY

WORLD HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY - 9th Grade (Year Course)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course, that follows the History-Social Science Framework, will include the study of World History, Culture, and Geography. Some time will be spent on historical review of the early past but the primary emphasis will be 1789 to the present. Some topics included in this in-depth approach to the study of World History are: Modern Problems, Rise of Democratic Ideas, the Industrial Revolution, Imperialism and Colonialism, World War I and II, Totalitarianism and Nationalism in Modern and Contemporary World. Required for graduation.

UNITS OF STUDY WITH APPROXIMATE TIMES

UNIT 1: UNRESOLVED PROBLEMS OF THE MODERN WORLD

- Length of Time - three weeks

UNIT 2: CONNECTING WITH PAST LEARNINGS: THE RISE OF DEMOCRATIC IDEAS

- Length of Time - six weeks

UNIT 3: THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

- Length of time - three weeks

UNIT 4: THE RISE OF IMPERIALISM AND COLONIALISM--A CASE STUDY OF INDIA

- Length of Time - three weeks

UNIT 5: WORLD WAR I AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

- Length of Time - three weeks

UNIT 6: TOTALITARIANISM IN THE MODERN WORLD--NAZI GERMANY AND STALINIST RUSSIA

- Length of Time - four weeks

UNIT 7: WORLD WAR II--CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES

- Length of Time - five weeks

UNIT 8: NATIONALISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

- Length of Time - nine weeks