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1 The World in 1300 CE

2 Global Convergence (1300 - 1850 CE)

3 Impact of Ideas (1500 - 1750 CE)

4 Political and Social Revolutions (1750 - 1920 CE)

5 Global Expansion and Imperialism (1850 - 1930 CE)

  • SS7.5.1 Imperialism and colonialism

    • SS7.5.1 Argue the impacts of colonization by European powers on countries around the world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

      • SS7.5.1.a Explain the definition and provide examples of imperialism, colonialism, and partitioning.

      • SS7.5.1.b Analyze the cause, course, and consequence of the imperial model of colonization in India by the British (e.g., shift from East India Company rule to British crown rule or "raj"), and argue who benefited from that movement.

      • SS7.5.1.c Analyze the cause, course, and consequence of partitioning Africa by Belgian, British, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish in 1884, and argue who benefited from that action.

      • SS7.5.1.d Analyze the cause, course, and consequence of American colonization of Caribbean and Pacific Islands, and argue who benefited from that action.

  • SS7.5.2 Resistance to colonialism

    • SS7.5.2 Argue the ways that global resistance to colonial powers led to societal and cultural change.

      • SS7.5.2.a Analyze the cause, course, and consequences of anti-colonial uprisings in Africa (1874- 1931) (e.g., Anglo-Boer War in South Africa, Maji Maji revolt, Nyasaland uprising, and Herero Uprising), and argue their impacts on the peoples affected.

      • SS7.5.2.b Analyze the cause, course, and consequences of the Boxer Uprising (1899-1901) as a response against foreign influence in China, and argue its impacts on the Chinese people.

      • SS7.5.2.c Analyze the cause, course, and consequences of Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) as a response to the feudal system of la encomienda and the unequal social structure, and argue its impacts on Mexican society.

6 Global Wars (1917 - 1989 CE)

  • SS7.6.1 World War I (1914-1918)

    • SS7.6.1 Argue the global impacts of the cause, course, and consequences of World War I.

      • SS7.6.1.a Analyze the causes of World War I including alliances between European powers, Russia, the Ottoman Empire and others, the political instability of the Balkans, and the reasons each country and state justified entry into the War.

      • SS7.6.1.b Analyze the course of the War including tactics on the Western versus Eastern fronts, role of technological advancements (e.g., machine guns, poison gas, aircrafts, and high explosives), and the blurring of the roles of soldier and civilian.

      • SS7.6.1.c Analyze the Armenian genocide from 1915-1916 and the role of the Near East Relief organization, and argue the impact on Armenian society.

      • SS7.6.1.d Analyze the consequences, and argue the impacts of World War I (e.g., military and civilian casualties, the peace negotiations at Versailles, France, Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points" plan, the role of the League of Nations, the drawing of new nation-state borders and its impact on Western Asia (Middle East), the Balfour Declaration, and German reparations).

      • SS7.6.1.e Analyze how the Russian Revolution, including the rise of Joseph Stalin and the communist party, was a consequence of the War, and argue who benefited from these political changes.

  • SS7.6.2 World War II (1939-1945)

    • SS7.6.2 Argue the global impacts of the cause, course, and consequences of World War II.

      • SS7.6.2.a Explain the definitions of totalitarianism, communism, socialism, fascism, and holocaust, and analyze where and why these ideas gained popularity.

      • SS7.6.2.b Analyze the causes of World War II (e.g., the failure of the Weimar Republic, the rise of German Nazism and Adolph Hitler, installation of Italian Fascism and Benito Mussolini, a Militarist Japan's Sino-Japanese War with China, and the invasion of Poland by Germany).

      • SS7.6.2.c Analyze the course of World War II (e.g., the Stalin-Hitler Pact of 1939, differences between Eastern and Western Fronts warfare, use of technology and blitzkrieg warfare, role of North Africa and Western Asia (Middle East), the Pacific theater tactics and consequences, and dropping of the atomic bomb).

      • SS7.6.2.d Analyze the nature and course of the Holocaust (e.g., the history of antisemitism around the world, Nazi ideology and politics, Nuremberg Laws, Kristallnacht, ghettos, concentration camps, killing centers, Jewish and non-Jewish resistance, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, other Nazi victims including LGBTQIA+ individuals, persons with disabilities, Roma, and political activists, and the final solution), and argue its impact on the people of Europe.

      • SS7.6.2.e Analyze the consequences, and argue the impacts of World War II (e.g., the loss of Jewish life and community, military and civilian casualties, the Nuremberg Trials, the Yalta Conference, division of Germany and Austria into Soviet and allied sectors, and the "Iron Curtain").

  • SS7.6.3 Cold War (1947-1991)

    • SS7.6.3 Argue the global impact of the Cold War and its growth out of the events of World War II.

      • SS7.6.3.a Explain the definition of the Cold War and the term "superpower," and analyze the ideologies of the Cold War, the differences between capitalism and communism, and the arms race.

      • SS7.6.3.b Explain the alignment of independent and colonized governments all over the world with either the Soviet Union or United States using the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Pact.

      • SS7.6.3.c Analyze the cause, course, and consequence of the Korean War (1950-1953) (e.g., the role of Soviet Union and China, 38th parallel, consideration of atomic technology, and the human cost of the conflict), and argue its impacts on the Korean people.

      • SS7.6.3.d Analyze the cause, course, and consequence of the Vietnam War (1955-1975) (e.g., Ho Chi Minh's, "Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam," 1954 Geneva peace accords, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Operation Rolling Thunder, invasion of Cambodia and Laos, Tet Offensive, My Lai massacre, evacuation of Saigon), and argue its impacts on the Vietnamese people.

      • SS7.6.3.e Identify other Cold War "hot spots" include Algeria, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Angola, Nicaragua, Guatemala, the Congo, Iran, Hungary, and Cuba, and argue the impact of their participation on civilian populations.

      • SS7.6.3.f Analyze the role of new worldwide organizations and ideals (e.g., the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights), and argue their impact on societies.

      • SS7.6.3.g Analyze the Malta Summit (1989) and the fall of the Soviet Union (1991), and argue the impact of those events.

7 Decolonization and Globalization (20th Century to Present)

  • SS7.7.1 Decolonization and nation building

    • SS7.7.1 Argue the global societal and cultural impacts of the four types of decolonization.

      • SS7.7.1.a Analyze the similarities and differences among the four types of decolonization - civil wars, wars of independence, negotiated independence, and incomplete decolonization.

      • SS7.7.1.b Analyze the Chinese civil war between Nationalists led by Chiang Kai-shek and Communists led by Mao Zedong, and argue its impact on the Chinese people.

      • SS7.7.1.c Analyze the Algerian war for independence from France including the role of the European settler population colons, and argue its impact on Algerians.

      • SS7.7.1.d Analyze the negotiated independence of India and Pakistan from Britain and African countries from the British, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Belgians, Italians, and Germany, and argue their impact on the Indian and Pakistani peoples.

      • SS7.7.1.e Analyze the incomplete independence of South Africa due to the presence of a large population of white settler colonialism, the institution of apartheid, and the role of Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress, and argue the impact of the movement.

  • SS7.7.2 Globalization

    • SS7.7.2 Argue the impacts of globalization on people and the environment.

      • SS7.7.2.a Explain the definition of globalization as the convergence of people, resources, and ideas around a common version of modernity.

      • SS7.7.2.b Analyze the increased migration to urban spaces, spread of television shows, films, and music, and the popularization of international sports such as football and FIFA, and argue their impacts on society.

      • SS7.7.2.c Explain the creation of global networks and international cooperations (e.g., North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), transnational issues, G-8 and G-20 summits, Amnesty International, Greenpeace, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), criminal and terrorist organizations), and analyze how they serve the international population.

      • SS7.7.2.d Analyze the problems created by globalization for individuals (e.g., child labor, low-wages and poor working conditions, and exploitation of workers) exemplified by the Maquiladoras, and argue the impacts on society.

      • SS7.7.2.e Argue the impacts of globalization on the environment (e.g., the Green Revolution, increased consumption of natural resources, rise in pollution, and climate change).