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Modern History 112 Specific Curriculum Outcomes: Unit One: Rights and Revolution French Revolution 1.1 Causes of Revolutions Students will: 1.1.1 Identify and understand the general causes of revolutions: new ideas, social conflict, political factors, and economic conditions. 1.1.2 Know, understand and be able to explain the new ideas of The Enlightenment. 1.1.3 Analyze elements of social conflict in 18th century France. 1.1.4 Understand, and be able to explain, how and why France‘s Absolute Government functioned without the consent of the governed. 1.1.5 Comprehend the severity of economic conditions, as contributing factors to the revolution. 1.2 Historical Thinking Concepts Students will: 1.2.1 Understand historians‘ criteria for measuring historical significance 1.2.2 Critically assess the significance of the French Revolution 1.3 Making Connections Students will: 1.3.1 Make connections to allow comparison of the French Revolution to other modern events in the context of rights and freedoms.

Industrial Revolution 2.1 Causes of the Industrial Revolution Students will …. 2.1.1. Know, understand and be able to explain the new ideas and innovations which led to the Industrial Revolution. 2.1.2. Analyze elements of social change/conflict during the Industrial period. 2.1.3. Understand, and be able to explain, how governments and workers responded to issues of industrialization. 2.1.4. Comprehend the economic conditions which led to industrialization and furthered its development. 2.2 Historical Thinking Concepts Students will: 2.2.1 Demonstrate their understanding of the immediate and long term impact of urbanization on society during the Industrial period. 2.2.2 Be able to explain the evolution of worker‘s rights, and the implications of these rights, for workers then and now. 2.3 Making Connections Students will: 2.3.1 Compare and contrast one aspect of the Industrial period with a modern, evolving industrialized society.

Unit Two: War and Violence Nationalism and Negotiation 3.1 Power, Authority and Decision Making Students will: 3.1.1 Know, understand and be able to express examples of power relationships and rivalries between European nations, as causes of the First World War (1860s to 1914). 3.2 Historical Thinking Concepts Students will: 3.2.1 Be able to express how power is typically exercised on a continuum and that the exercise of power can have both intended and unintended consequences. 3.2.2 Analyze the ingredients of power potential. 3.2.3 Examine historical perspectives to explain the concept of ethnic nationalism and the role it played in the exercise of power by European nations from 1860 to 1945. 3.3 Making Connections Students will: 3.3.1 Examine the role nationalism plays in a modern society involved in conflict.

Destruction and Disillusionment 4.1 Destruction and Disillusionment Students will: 4.1.1 Know and understand that mechanized/industrialized warfare led to an increased level of destruction. 4.1.2. Comprehend the effects of war on individuals and societies. 4.2 Historical Thinking Concepts Students will: 4.2.1 Understand and be able to explain the points of view of those negotiating the treaties to end the Great War in 1919. 4.2.2 Demonstrate how the articles of the Treaty of Versailles were at odds with the stated goal of achieving collective security. 4.3 Making Connections Students will: 4.3.1. Compare and contrast the quest for collective security in 1919 with that of modern day efforts.

Unit Three: Triumph and Tragedy Totalitarianism and Total War (The Second World War) 5.1 Totalitarianism Students will: 5.1.1 Know, understand and be able to explain the differences between the political ideologies of the interwar period. 5.1.2 Understand and be able to express why some European governments failed during the 1920‘s and 1930‘s. 5.1.3 Analyze and be able to explain the effects of totalitarian governance on social, political and economic life. 5.2 Historical Thinking Concepts Students will: 5.2.1 Understand and be able to explain the concept of Total War. 5.2.2 Recognize and be able to explain the general causes of the Second World War 5.2.3 Evaluate and compare the consequences of the First World War and the Second World War. 5.3 Making Connections: Students will: 5.3.1 Analyze and explain which World War was more significant for Canada.

Crimes Against Humanity 6.1 Genocide Students will: 6.1.1 Define: anti-Semitism 6.1.2 Know, understand and be able to explain the progression of the Holocaust from 1933 until 1945 6.1.3 Examine international response to Jewish refugees during and after the Second World War 6.1.4 Identify international action and human rights legislation resulting from this period 6.2 Historical Thinking Concepts Students will: 6.2.1 Investigate the Holocaust by examining and utilizing primary and secondary sources 6.3 Making Connections Students will: 6.3.1 Understand and be able to explain that genocide is not restricted to the Holocaust

War by Proxy 7.1 Conflict and Competition: War by proxy Students will: 7.1.1 Understand and be able to explain the concepts of Cold War and Containment as well as the concept of arms race (in the context of the Cold War). 7.1.2 Know, understand and be able to demonstrate, how the nuclear threat was the defining element of the Cold War 7.1.3 Understand western society‘s response to the nuclear threat 7.1.4 Know, understand and be able to explain the growth of the anti-nuclear/peace movement that developed after 1945 7.2 Historical Thinking Concepts Students will: 7.2.1 Know and understand why the Cuban Missile Crisis was a significant Cold War event. 7.3. Making connections Students will: 7.3.1 Examine anti-communism (McCarthyism) as a Western phenomenon and its impact on societies 7.3.2 Compare McCarthyism in the US with the modern day ―war on terror‖ 7.3.3 Understand that the nuclear threat did not disappear with the end of the Cold War