Our unique 20th Century World History course is a change not only in what we teach, but in how we teach world history. This course is a focused study of the world in the 20th Century for all ninth-graders. 20th Century World History focuses on key issues, events and people of the 20th Century and helps students build the connections into the past to understand why things came to be that way. This course is an in-depth look at historical themes from a global perspective. This course will include instructional units on identity and awareness, imperialism, world wars, the post-colonial world, conflict and genocide.
The 20th Century History course provides students with an opportunity to develop skills such as, but not limited to, interpreting primary sources, developing academic vocabulary related to topics and eras studied, making connections between history and geography, establishing an historical context for topics, people and events studied by organizing information gathered from secondary sources, connecting historical topics, people and events to the present day, and extending their learning through additional resources provided by instructor. The course concludes with a synthesis project in which students have guided choice to investigate a historical topic from the 20th Century.
The 20th Century History course provides students with an opportunity to develop skills such as, but not limited to, interpreting primary sources, developing academic vocabulary related to topics and eras studied, making connections between history and geography, establishing an historical context for topics, people and events studied by organizing information gathered from secondary sources, connecting historical topics, people and events to the present day, and extending their learning through additional resources provided by instructor. The course concludes with a synthesis project in which students have guided choice to investigate a historical topic from the 20th Century.
Curriculum Guide 2019-2020
