Major Units of Study

World HistoryMs. Banks

The World Today http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/world_maps/world_pol98.jpg

Foundations of Modern Democracy

Ancient GREECE; 1st democracy 508 B.C.Ancient Rome (ITALY); 1st republic 509

B.C.ENGLAND; English Bill of Rights 1689FRANCE/ENGLAND; Enlightenment 1700’s-1800’s

U.S.A.; 1st constitutional democracy 1789FRANCE; monarch replaced by republic 1792

Enlightenment– New Ideas

1600’s – 1700’s EuropeNew ideas about society

and government lead to American Revolution and constitutional democracy

Natural rights Men Born Equal Question Monarchical Authority

John Locke English philosopher

1632 - 1704

Constitutional Democracy a new form of Government

Rules for government—what a country can and cannot do to it’s citizens

Representative Government

Separation of Powers

Bill of Rights for every citizen

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=799

Industrial Revolution 1700-1900

• Handmade goods tomachine made goods.

• People moved from rural farm lifestyle to urban factory living.

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/ironbridge/overview.htm

Industrialism, Child Labor, and Progress 1832-1914

Industrialized countries grow wealthy from exporting machine made goods, like cotton or wool cloth

Capitalism v.Socialism

Countries also compete for biggest army & biggest navy

Child labor used in factories

Imperialism 1850 to 1914 Wealthy European countries used armies and navies to conquer other countries.

• Europe claimed land and people in Africa and Asia as their own

• Resources of Africa and Asia were used to make more factory goods and increase wealth of Europeans

World War I “The War to End All Wars”

• Nations continue to compete for more colonial resources, land, and wealth

• Alliance systems develop

• Nationalism and blind patriotism fuel the flames of war

Europe During WWI

Factors That Caused World War I

Concept Map Project

Major Factors That Lead to War

Research project that requires completion of a computer designed concept map.

You will place this in your Electronic Portfolio.

Years Between The Wars1919-1933

• Treaty of Versailles• Revolution in Russia• Rise of Nationalism

Totalitarianism

Facism

• Global Depression

World War II----“Total War”

Postwar World - 1945 to Present

• Creation of United Nations – 1945

Postwar World - 1945 to Present

The Cold War – 1949-1988

The threat of nuclear annihilation caused fear

around the world

and the building

of bomb shelters

in the U.S.      

1950's Civil Defense Sign

 

Postwar World - 1945 to Present

Korean War---1950 -1953

Vietnam War---1964 -1973

Napalm bomb destroyed the village and burned off the clothing of young girl shown naked and running in the center of the road.

Major Units of StudyWorld History Ms. Banks

The End

Academy of Information Technology,

Hoover High School, 2009 vbanks@sandi.net