L'histoire mondiale du vingtième siècle
SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO SUCCEED THIS YEAR/DES SUGGESTIONS POUR L'ANNÉE:
1. Participate enthusiastically during all class activities and discussions. Asking questions is encouraged and required.
****WARNING: If you are planning to be a bump on a log you will get squished.
2. You need to review the material at home – a focused 10-15 minutes each night is better than trying to memorize
information before a test or a quiz. All you need to know is in your current workbook – USE IT!!
3. Use your class time wisely!!!! I do not waste one minute of class nor should you.
4. Get organized!! Your work ethic and success depend on it!
5. No need for your cell phone - it will only distract you.
WHAT TO BRING TO CLASS/À APPORTER À LA CLASS:
1. VOTRE RESPECT POUR LES AUTRES/ YOUR RESPECT FOR OTHERS
2. VOTRE ORIGINALITÉ/YOUR ORIGINALITY
3. VOS IDÉES BIEN RECHERCHÉES/YOUR RESEARCHED THOUGHTS
4. VOTRE MOTIVATION À APPRENDRE/YOUR MOTIVATION TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW
5. VOTRE PERSONALITÉ/YOUR PERSONALITY
OVERVIEW/UNE VUE D'ENSEMBLE:
20th Century World History has three big ideas/les 3 grandes idées du programme
#1. Nationalist movements can unite people in common causes or lead to intense conflict between different groups.
#2. The rapid development and proliferation of communication and transportation technologies in the 20th century led to profound changes in personal and national identities.
#3. The breakdown of long-standing imperialist structures created new economic and political systems.
Assessment/Évaluation: cumulative mark throughout the semester
1. The creation of the United Nations and the beginning of the Cold War (1945 - 1960)
La création des Nations unies et le début de la guerre froide (1945 jusqu'à 1960)
2. The Cold War heats up (1960 - 1970)
La guerre froide se réchauffe (1960 jusqu'à 1970)
3. The end of the Cold War and New Perspectives (1970 - 1991)
La fin de la guerre froide et les nouveaux perspectives (1970 jusqu'à 1991)
4. Canada and the Cold War
Le Canada et la guerre froide (un débat)
5. Decolonisation of Africa
L'Afrique après l'indépendance
6. Conflicts of the Middle East
Le Moyen-Orient: conflit ou coopération? (Iran, Irak, Liban, le Golfe, Israel, la Syrie et la Palestine)
7. The World Today (Current Events)
Le monde contemporain (l'actualité)
8. Final project and Examen final
Projet final et examen final
Curricular competencies/les compétences du programme:
1) Assess the significance of people, places, events, or developments, and compare varying perspectives on their significance at particular times and places, and from group to group (Historical Significance)
2) Assess the justification for competing accounts after investigating points of contention, reliability of sources, and adequacy of evidence (Evidence)
3) Compare and contrast continuities and changes for different groups during this period (Continuity and Change)
4) Assess how prevailing conditions and the actions of individuals or groups influence events, decisions, or developments (Cause and Consequence)
5) Explain and infer different perspectives on past or present people, places, issues, or events by considering prevailing norms, values, worldviews, and beliefs (Perspective)
6) Recognize implicit and explicit ethical judgments in a variety of sources: Make reasoned ethical judgments about actions in the past and present, and determine appropriate ways to remember and respond (Ethical Judgment)
7) Being aware of: others needs, your preparedness, your abilities and areas of improvement, your responsibilities during and after class (Personal and Social Responsibility)