Semester 2 Learning Targets
The Reformation:
Absolutism:
Scientific Revolution:
Enlightenment:
French Revolution:
Industrial Revolution
Imperialism/Nationalism
World War I/Russian Revolution:
Totalitarianism/World War II:
Cold War:
Globalization:
- I can identify the issues and abuses of the Catholic Church in the 16th century, and identify the specific responses to each abuse from Protestant leaders.
- I can explain the effects of Protestantism on the Catholic Church (The Counter Reformation) and on the rise of secular state (i.e. Tudor England).
- I can compare and contrast the newly emerging Protestant religions - such as Lutheranism, Anglicanism, and Calvinsim - with the Catholic Church.
- I can analyze the reign of Elizabeth I and its effects on religion, government, and the arts.
Absolutism:
- I can define the theory of absolutism and describe the common characteristics of absolute monarchs in Europe (in Spain, England, France, and Russia).
- I can explain how and why monarchy in England was altered by the rise of Parliament, producing a Constitutional Monarchy as an alternative to absolutism.
- I can analyze how the Glorious revolution, and the English Bill of Rights put important restrictions on the English monarchy and set foundations for the American political system.
Scientific Revolution:
- I can evaluate the impact of Newton’s laws of motion and gravitation as an important contribution to modern science and the scientific method.
- I can investigate the reasons why the church opposed Copernicus’/Galileo’s heliocentric theory while the state supported scientific discovery.
- I can explain the transformation in worldview that occurred as a result of the Scientific Revolution and how it contributed to changes in law and culture.
Enlightenment:
- I can cite reasons for how the scientific revolution led to the Enlightenment.
- I can identify the changes in social, political and economic thought and ascribe each to the appropriate philosophe.
- I can evaluate how enlightened ideas influenced the various political revolutions in America and France by examining key legal documents.
French Revolution:
- I can assess the political, social, and economic imbalances in the Ancien Regime to understand the causes of the French Revolution.
- I can cite the liberal accomplishments during the first phase of the French Revolution.
- I can cite reasons why the Revolution entered a radical and violent phase.
- I can evaluate the changes the Revolution brings to French society, economy, and government.
- I can assess if Napoleon brought more positive or negative changes to the Revolution and French society in general.
- I can synthesize the issues of the Congress of Vienna to determine if it was a conservative reaction against the aspects of a revolution.
Industrial Revolution
- I can identify the technological, economic and social effects of the industrial age.
- I can describe the how cities emerged during the revolution.
- I can trace advances in industry to advances made throughout all of society including science and medicine.
- I can associate the rise of social movements (among workers, women, and minorities) with the rise of big business and industry.
- I can assess the rise of new social classes (especially the middle class) during the revolution.
Imperialism/Nationalism
- I can define Nationalism and analyze the effects of Nationalism on the European balance of power.
- I can articulate the driving forces behind German and Italian unification and the important figures associated with each movement.
- I can describe how Nationalist sentiments helped fuel Imperialism.
- I can identify the additional motives that drove Imperialism and the methods by which global empires were formed.
- I can assess the effects of Imperialism on Africa and Asia in the nineteenth century.
World War I/Russian Revolution:
- I can assess and rank the factors that caused WWI.
- I can describe how WWI was different from previous wars in scale, technology, and impact on the home front (Total War).
- I can explain how Russia and the US entered and left the war, respectively, and assess the impact of those changes on the outcome of the war.
- I can argue why the Versailles Treaty set the stage for future conflict and the rise of totalitarianism.
- I can identify how WWI allowed for the communist ideology of Karl Marx to triumph in Russia under Lenin’s leadership.
- I can describe how the Russian Revolution provided the blueprint for Stalin to implement a totalitarian government in the Soviet Union.
Totalitarianism/World War II:
- I can discuss the political and economic challenges nations faced in the 1920s and 1930s, and how various countries reacted to those challenges.
- I can examine how totalitarian and aggressive world powers emerged and what was necessary to defeat them.
- I can articulate the global aspect of World War II, particularly the significance of the Asian and Russian theaters.
- I can examine the causes and consequences of the Holocaust.
- I can debate the significance of the use of atomic weapons against Japan.
Cold War:
- I can trace the origins of the “cold war” in the peace process that ended WWII.
- I can compare and contrast the ideologies of communism and capitalism
- I can identify “hot spots” of the cold war in global perspective, including China under Mao Zedong.
- I can explain the cultural impact of the cold war on the people and society in the United States and Eastern Europe.
- I can articulate the causes of the end of the cold war and the 1989 Revolutions.
Globalization:
- I can define and site examples of “globalization.”
- I can identify and assess varied reactions to globalization, from full acceptance to complete rejection.
- I can appropriately reflect upon 9/11 and the War on Terror in the context of globalization trends.
- I can evaluate the causes of persistent issues in the globalized world, referencing the cases in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
- I can recognize the accomplishments and challenges of the late 20th and early 21st century, including civil rights and the environment