Curriculum Map for 9th Grade Modern World History

Time Frame / Unit / Standards / Evidence of Understanding / Vocabulary / Assessment
4 Days:
Aug 19-Aug 22. / 1.  Class Introduction, What is History and Why is it Significant?, What’s going on in the World Today? / CS: 1 / CS1: I can…examine alternative course of actions. / Probability / 1.  Pre-test using EOC exam
18 Days:
Aug 25-Sept 19 / 2.  Historical Thinking and Skills / CS: 2-4 / CS2: I can…analyze and evaluate the credibility of a primary source.
CS3: I can…develop a thesis and use evidence to support and refute a position.
CS4: I can…identify and analyze the relationship between historical events taking into consideration cause, effect, sequence and correlation. / Primary & Secondary Source
Credibility (authors qualifications), Plausibility
Bias, Subliminal Message, Propaganda
Assumptions, Accuracy of Facts, Logical Fallacies
Contextualization, Point of View
Thesis (Claim), Warrant, Impact / 1.  30 MC, 2 SA
2.  Writing Assignment: Research
Time Frame / Unit / Standards / Evidence of Understanding / Assessment
19 Days:
Sept 22- Oct 17 / 3.  Age of Enlightenment / CS: 5-7 / CS5: I can… explain how the Scientific Revolution impacted religious, political and cultural institutions by challenging how people viewed the world.
CS6: I can…analyze how Enlightenment thinkers applied reason to discover natural laws guiding human nature in social, political and economic systems and institutions.
CS7: I can… prove that Enlightenment ideas challenged practices related to religious authority, absolute rule and mercantilism. / Absolute Monarchy, Divine Right, Religious Authority
Enlightenment, Natural Rights, Enlightenment Philosophers, Social Contract
Constitutional Monarchy, Representative Government
Mercantilism, Scientific Rationalism / 1.  30 MC, 2SA, 1E
2.  Writing Assignment: Informative
19 Days:
Oct 20- Nov 14 / 4.  Age of Revolution / CS: 8-9 / CS8: I can… explain how Enlightenment ideas on the relationship of the individual and the government influenced the American Revolution, French Revolution and Latin American wars for independence.
CS9: I can…prove Industrialization had social, political and economic effects on Western Europe and the world. / Revolution v Reform
Democracy, documents that espouse it and justify revolution, Civic Participation
Industrialization, Industrial Working Class, Child Labor, Labor Movement/Unions
Emigration, Urbanization, Standard of Living
Monopoly, Robber Barons, Captains of Industry,
Social Darwinism
Command Economy/Marxism, Socialism, Market Economy/Mixed Market Economy/ Capitalism / 1.  30 MC, 2SA, 1E
2.  Proclamation Pamphlet
21 Days
Nov 17- Dec 19
(Semester Exams Dec 15-19) / 5.  Imperialism / CS 10-12 / CS 10: I can… describe how Imperial expansion had political, economic and social roots.
CS 11: I can… critique how Imperialism involved land acquisition, extraction of raw materials, spread of Western values and maintenance of political control.
CS 12: I can… evaluate how the consequences of imperialism were viewed differently by the colonizers and the colonized. / Imperialism, Westernization
Markets, Scarcity, Raw Materials, Supply and Demand, Exploitation
Colonialism, Direct v Indirect Rule, Missionaries, Modernization, Racism
Indigenous populations, Berlin Conference / 1.  30MC, 2SA, 1E
2.  Debate
Time Frame / Unit / Standards / Evidence of Understanding / Vocabulary / Assessment
28 Days:
Jan 5-Feb 13 / 6.  Achievements and Crisis / CS: 13-17 / CS 13: I can… critique how advances in technology, communication and transportation improved lives, but also had negative consequences.
CS 14: I can… summarize the causes of World War I, which included militarism, imperialism, nationalism and alliances.
CS 15: I can… evaluate that the consequences of World War I and the worldwide depression set the stage for the Russian Revolution, the rise of totalitarianism, aggressive Axis expansion and the policy of appeasement, which in turn led to World War II.
CS 16: I can… examine how oppression and discrimination resulted in the Armenian Genocide during World War I and the Holocaust, the state-sponsored mass murder of Jews and other groups, during World War II.
CS 17: I can… summarize how World War II devastated most of Europe and Asia, led to the occupation of Eastern Europe and Japan, and began the atomic age. / Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations
Kellogg Braid Pact
Washington Naval Conference
Red Scare
Communism
Harlem Renaissance
Great Migration
New Deal / 1.  30 MC, 2SA, 1E
2.  Film Critique
24 Days
Feb 17- Mar 20 / 7.  The Cold War / CS: 18-22 / CS 18: I can… describe how and why The United States and the Soviet Union became superpowers and competed for global influence.
CS 19: I can… analyze treaties and agreements created at the end of World War II that changed national boundaries and created multinational organizations.
CS 20: I can… synthesize the concepts of religious diversity, the end of colonial rule, and rising nationalism in order to show how that led to regional conflicts in the Middle East.
CS 21: I can… identify that postwar global politics led to the rise of nationalist movements in Africa and Southeast Asia.
CS 22: I can… critique that political and social struggles have resulted in expanded rights and freedoms for women and indigenous peoples. / Cold War
Arms Race
Containment
Red Scare
Vietnam
Anti-War Movement / 1.  30 MC, 2SA, 1E
2.  Writing Assignment: Persuasive
2/16-3/20:
105-124 instructional days / * Performance Based Assessment / CS: 1-22
Time Frame / Unit / Standards / Evidence of Understanding / Vocabulary / Assessment
35 Days:
Mar 23- May 15 / 8.  Globalization 1991-Present / CS 23-29 / CS 23: I can… describe how the breakup of the Soviet Union ended the Cold War and created challenges for its former allies, the former Soviet republics, Europe, the United States and the non-aligned world.
CS 24: I can… prove that regional and ethnic conflicts in the post-Cold War era have resulted in acts of terrorism, genocide and ethnic cleansing.
CS 25: I can… evaluate how and why political and cultural groups have struggled to achieve self-governance and self-determination.
CS 26: I can… identify emerging economic powers and improvements in technology that have created a more-interdependent global economy.
CS 27: I can… explain how proliferation of nuclear weapons has created a challenge to world peace.
CS 28: I can… summarize how the rapid increase of global population coupled with an increase in life expectancy and mass migrations have created societal and governmental challenges.
CS 29: I can… synthesize how environmental concerns, impacted by population growth and heightened by international competition for the world’s energy supplies, have resulted in a new environmental consciousness and a movement for the sustainability of the world’s resources. / 1.  30 MC, 2SA, 1E
2.  Oral Communication Prezi
Time Frame / Unit / Standards / Evidence of Understanding / Vocabulary / Assessment
5 Days:
May 18-22 / * End of Year Assessment / CS1-29

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