World History

 

The 10th grade course covers a period of more than 250 years and highlights the intensification of a truly global history as people, products, diseases, knowledge and ideas spread around the world as never before. Students will study the major turning points that shaped the modern world, from the late eighteenth century through the present, including the cause and course of the two world wars. Students will trace the rise of democratic ideas and develop an understanding of the historical roots of current world issues, especially as they pertain to international relations. The students will also extrapolate from the American experience that democratic ideals are often achieved at a high price, remain vulnerable, and are not practiced everywhere in the world. Students will develop an understanding of current world issues and relate them to their historical, geographic, political, economic, and cultural contexts. And lastly, students will consider multiple accounts of events in order to understand international relations
from a variety of perspectives.