Grades 9-12: World History
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Growing Global Connections (1450 - 1750)
Comparison and Corroboration
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Compare and contrast the causes and effects of two or more Early Modern trade systems from 1450 to 1750.SS.9-12.WH.1
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Change, Continuity and Context
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Evaluate the impacts of the Columbian Exchange on global populations and environments.SS.9-12.WH.2
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Multiple Perspectives
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Analyze the interactions between Europeans and peoples of other regions around the world, considering multiple perspectives from 1450 - 1750.SS.9-12.WH.3
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Historical Interpretation and Argumentation
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Interpret growing global connections from 1450- 1750 through analysis of primary sources.SS.9-12.WH.4
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Expanding Empires (1450 - 1750)
Chronological Reasoning and Causation
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Explain how and why land-based and maritime empires expanded from 1450 - 1750.SS.9-12.WH.5
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Comparison and Corroboration
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Compare how empires used social hierarchies to establish and maintain stability and order in different empires from 1450 to 1750.SS.9-12.WH.6
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Change, Continuity and Context
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Map the development and expansion of land-based and maritime empires from 1450 to 1750.SS.9-12.WH.7
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Multiple Perspectives
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Assess how the artistic accomplishments of an empire reflected and reinforced their values and beliefs from 1450 to 1750.SS.9-12.WH.8
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Historical Interpretation and Argumentation
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Evaluate the long-term impacts of expanding empires from 1450 to 1750 in world history.SS.9-12.WH.9
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Change and Disruption (1450 - 1750)
Chronological Reasoning and Causation
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Explain how the Renaissance changed European societies from 1450 to 1750.SS.9-12.WH.10
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Comparison and Corroboration
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Compare how the interactions of different groups and their belief systems changed or reinforced religious traditions from 1450 to 1750.SS.9-12.WH.11
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Change, Continuity and Context
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Analyze how the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment created new ways of thinking and challenged traditional authority.SS.9-12.WH.12
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Multiple Perspectives
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Describe the ways in which various groups supported and/or resisted the Reformation.SS.9-12.WH.13
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Historical Interpretation and Argumentation
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Analyze the role of printing and the printing press in the development of new intellectual and belief systems.SS.9-12.WH.14
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Age of Revolutions (1750 - 1826)
Chronological Reasoning and Causation
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Explain the causes of political revolutions in the period of 1750 to 1826.SS.9-12.WH.15
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Comparison and Corroboration
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Compare and contrast two or more revolutions, including the course of events and their periodizations in the period from 1750-1826.SS.9-12.WH.16
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Change, Continuity and Context
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Explain the intellectual context that shaped and spread revolutions in the Atlantic world from 1750 to 1826.SS.9-12.WH.17
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Multiple Perspectives
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Analyze how revolutions from 1750 to 1826 impacted various groups of people.SS.9-12.WH.18
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Historical Interpretation and Argumentation
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Assess to what extent the revolutions changed political, economic, and/or social systems from 1750-1826.SS.9-12.WH.19
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Industrialization (1750 - 1900)
Chronological Reasoning and Causation
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Explain the factors that led to the start of the Industrial Revolution in Britain in 1750.SS.9-12.WH.20
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Comparison and Corroboration
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Compare and contrast the industrialization of two or more countries in the 19th century.SS.9-12.WH.21
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Change, Continuity and Context
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Analyze how the Industrial Revolution changed societies from 1750 to 1900.SS.9-12.WH.22
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Multiple Perspectives
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Compare ideological responses to industrialization and the Industrial Revolution.SS.9-12.WH.23
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Imperialism and the Modern World (1800 - 1914)
Chronological Reasoning and Causation
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Describe the economic, political and cultural factors that contributed to a new wave of European imperialism in the 19th century.SS.9-12.WH.24
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Comparison and Corroboration
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Compare and contrast the different imperialist systems created by European and other imperialist nations.SS.9-12.WH.25
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Change, Continuity and Context
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Analyze how industrialization and imperialism influenced the movement of people around the world between 1800 and 1914.SS.9-12.WH.26
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Multiple Perspectives
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Compare the responses of resistance and adaptation to Western imperialism in the 19th century.SS.9-12.WH.27
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Historical Interpretation and Argumentation
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Explain how 19th-century political, social, and economic changes influenced the conceptual development of modernity.SS.9-12.WH.28
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Global Conflicts (1900 - 1945)
Chronological Reasoning and Causation
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Analyze the causes that led to the outbreak of World War I and World War II.SS.9-12.WH.29
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Comparison and Corroboration
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Compare and contrast the rise of dictators including their methods of repression and persecution, specifically addressing the causes and impact of the Holocaust. SS.9-12.WH.30
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Change, Continuity and Context
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Assess the political and economic consequences and cultural developments after World War I and World War II.SS.9-12.WH.31
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Historical Interpretation and Argumentation
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Analyze how new technology contributed to the major turning points in World War I and World War II.SS.9-12.WH.32
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Multiple Perspectives
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Compare the experiences and perspectives of individuals affected by total war during World War I and World War II.SS.9-12.WH.33
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Cold War and Decolonization (1945 - 1991)
Chronological Reasoning and Causation
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Map how communism and decolonization changed the global order from 1945 to 1991.SS.9-12.WH.34
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Comparison and Corroboration
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Compare and contrast the methods of control used by various forms of government during the Cold War.SS.9-12.WH.35
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Change, Continuity and Context
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Analyze the causes of decolonization within the context of the Cold War. SS.9-12.WH.36
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Multiple Perspectives
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Explain how various groups promoted their interests and goals within the context of the Cold War.SS.9-12.WH.37
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Historical Interpretation and Argumentation
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Analyze the impact of mass atrocities committed during the Cold War.SS.9-12.WH.38
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World in Transition–Global Change Since 1991
Chronological Reasoning and Causation
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Evaluate the effects of globalization since the 1990s.SS.9-12.WH.39
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Comparison and Corroboration
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Compare and contrast how different regions have adapted and adopted popular culture since the 1990s.SS.9-12.WH.40
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Change, Continuity and Context
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Explain how global institutions have influenced political and economic relationships since the 1900s.SS.9-12.WH.41
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Multiple Perspectives
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Explain various responses to increasing globalization since the 1990sSS.9-12.WH.42
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Historical Interpretation and Argumentation
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Analyze the development of terrorist organizations and the efforts to combat them.SS.9-12.WH.43
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