Welcome to- A Whole New World!- A Unit for 10th Grade World History
CA History Content Standard:
10.9 Students analyze the international developments in the post–World War II world.
1. Compare the economic and military power shifts caused by the war, including the Yalta Pact, the development of nuclear weapons, Soviet control over Eastern European nations, and the economic recoveries of Germany and Japan.
2. Analyze the causes of the Cold War, with the free world on one side and Soviet client states on the other, including competition for influence in such places
as Egypt, the Congo, Vietnam, and Chile.
3. Understand the importance of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, which established the pattern for America’s postwar policy of supplying economic and military aid to prevent the spread of Communism and the resulting economic and political competition in arenas such as Southeast Asia (i.e., the Korean War, Vietnam War), Cuba, and Africa.
4. Analyze the Chinese Civil War, the rise of Mao Tse-tung, and the subsequent political and economic upheavals in China (e.g., the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and the Tiananmen Square uprising).
5. Describe the uprisings in Poland (1956), Hungary (1956), and Czechoslovakia (1968) and those countries’ resurgence in the 1970s and 1980s as people in Soviet satellites sought freedom from Soviet control.
6. Understand how the forces of nationalism developed in the Middle East, how the Holocaust affected world opinion regarding the need for a Jewish state, and the significance and effects of the location and establishment of Israel on world affairs.
7. Analyze the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union, including the weakness of the command economy, burdens of military commitments, and growing resistance to Soviet rule by dissidents in satellite states and the non-Russian Soviet republics.
8. Discuss the establishment and work of the United Nations and the purposes and functions of the Warsaw Pact, SEATO, NATO, and the Organization of American States.
Essential Questions?
The unit seeks to inform the following essential historical questions:
What changes after World War II had the most impact on the nations of the world?
How do these changes still affect the world we live in today?
How has the changes that occurred after World War II affected relationships between countries? (I.E. ending alliances and starting new ones)
How is the idea of war handled after World War II?
Big Ideas
This unit will focus on the following big ideas:
1. The shifting power in Europe, as well as the post-World War II recovery of countries like Germany and Japan
2. The Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union and the ramifications of that, for example the Bay of Pigs, the Vietnam War and so on.
3. The rise of the nationalist and communist movement in China, civil war and the reign of Mao Tse-tung and his communist regime.
4. The establishment and the function of the United Nations.
5. The fall factors that lead to the fall of the communist regime in the Soviet union.
6. The rise of nationalism in the Middle East and the creation and impact of Israel, a Jewish state.
Assessment Plan
Some assessments to target these Big Ideas include:
1. A written analysis of the U.S and Soviet interactions with other countries. How some of them turned from a "Cold War" to actual conflict.
2. An evaluation of the political system in China, where it started and where it is today.
3.An analysis of the rise of nationalism throughout Europe and the Middle East and its affect on the downfall of the Soviet Union.
4. A presentation of the function and usefulness of the United Nations.
5. A written analysis of the ramification of the changes in the world, post-World War II, and how they affect the world today.
CA History Content Standard:
10.9 Students analyze the international developments in the post–World War II world.
1. Compare the economic and military power shifts caused by the war, including the Yalta Pact, the development of nuclear weapons, Soviet control over Eastern European nations, and the economic recoveries of Germany and Japan.
2. Analyze the causes of the Cold War, with the free world on one side and Soviet client states on the other, including competition for influence in such places
as Egypt, the Congo, Vietnam, and Chile.
3. Understand the importance of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, which established the pattern for America’s postwar policy of supplying economic and military aid to prevent the spread of Communism and the resulting economic and political competition in arenas such as Southeast Asia (i.e., the Korean War, Vietnam War), Cuba, and Africa.
4. Analyze the Chinese Civil War, the rise of Mao Tse-tung, and the subsequent political and economic upheavals in China (e.g., the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and the Tiananmen Square uprising).
5. Describe the uprisings in Poland (1956), Hungary (1956), and Czechoslovakia (1968) and those countries’ resurgence in the 1970s and 1980s as people in Soviet satellites sought freedom from Soviet control.
6. Understand how the forces of nationalism developed in the Middle East, how the Holocaust affected world opinion regarding the need for a Jewish state, and the significance and effects of the location and establishment of Israel on world affairs.
7. Analyze the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union, including the weakness of the command economy, burdens of military commitments, and growing resistance to Soviet rule by dissidents in satellite states and the non-Russian Soviet republics.
8. Discuss the establishment and work of the United Nations and the purposes and functions of the Warsaw Pact, SEATO, NATO, and the Organization of American States.
Essential Questions?
The unit seeks to inform the following essential historical questions:
What changes after World War II had the most impact on the nations of the world?
How do these changes still affect the world we live in today?
How has the changes that occurred after World War II affected relationships between countries? (I.E. ending alliances and starting new ones)
How is the idea of war handled after World War II?
Big Ideas
This unit will focus on the following big ideas:
1. The shifting power in Europe, as well as the post-World War II recovery of countries like Germany and Japan
2. The Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union and the ramifications of that, for example the Bay of Pigs, the Vietnam War and so on.
3. The rise of the nationalist and communist movement in China, civil war and the reign of Mao Tse-tung and his communist regime.
4. The establishment and the function of the United Nations.
5. The fall factors that lead to the fall of the communist regime in the Soviet union.
6. The rise of nationalism in the Middle East and the creation and impact of Israel, a Jewish state.
Assessment Plan
Some assessments to target these Big Ideas include:
1. A written analysis of the U.S and Soviet interactions with other countries. How some of them turned from a "Cold War" to actual conflict.
2. An evaluation of the political system in China, where it started and where it is today.
3.An analysis of the rise of nationalism throughout Europe and the Middle East and its affect on the downfall of the Soviet Union.
4. A presentation of the function and usefulness of the United Nations.
5. A written analysis of the ramification of the changes in the world, post-World War II, and how they affect the world today.