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|Subject(s) |Social Studies |Conceptual Lenses |

|Grade/Course |9th Grade |Global Economy |

| | |Power |

| | |Nationalism |

| | |War |

|Unit of Study |Interwar Years and WWII | |

| |(7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.6, 8.1) | |

|Unit Title |Unit 9: Interwar Years and WWII | |

|Pacing |8 days (block) | |

|Unit Overview |

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|Points of focus in this unit include the political, ethnic, and economic forces which result in wide-spread wars. Students will develop a understanding of |

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|The Interwar Years: economic depression and a shift in political influence and power |

|- influence of Karl Marx, rise of communism, creation of Soviet Union |

|- rise of fascism resulted from economic pressures and social class struggles |

|World War II: causes, significant events and effects, ending with 1945 events |

|Unit Enduring Understanding(s) |Unit Essential Question(s) |

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|1. Economic crisis in one country can impact the global economy. |How can a country’s economic problems affect the global economy? |

|2. Political power often shifts when a nation faced economic instability. |How can political and economic instability lead to a shift in power? |

|3. Nationalism and the quest for power are often underlying causes for war. |How can Nationalism and the quest for power lead to war? |

|4. Key events in history can signal turning points that shift the balance of |Why would the changes in the balance of power as a result of World War II be |

|power within regions and between nations. |considered a turning point in history? |

|Essential State Standards |

|Priority Objectives |Supporting Objectives |

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|WH.H.7.1 Evaluate key turning points of the modern era in terms of their lasting |WH.H.6.2 Analyze political revolutions in terms of their causes and impact on |

|impact (e.g. conflicts, documents, policies, movements, etc.). |independence, governing bodies and church-state relations (e.g. Glorious |

| |Revolution, American Revolution, French Revolution, Russian Revolution, Haitian,|

|WH.H.7.2 Analyze the increase in economic and military competition among nations |Mexican, Chinese, etc.). |

|in terms of the influences of nationalism, imperialism, militarism, and | |

|industrialization (e.g. Ottoman Empire, Japanese Empire, Prussian Empire, the |WH.H.8.3 Analyze the “new” balance of power and the search for peace and |

|German Empire, “Have and Have Nots” of Europe, industrial America, etc.). |stability in terms of how each has influenced global interactions since the last|

| |half of the twentieth century (e.g. post WWII, Post Cold War, 1990s |

|WH.H.7.3 Analyze economic and political rivalries, ethnic and regional conflicts, |Globalization, New World Order, Global Achievements and Innovations). |

|and nationalism and imperialism as underlying causes of war (e.g. WWI, Russian | |

|Revolution, WWII). | |

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|WH.H.7.6 Explain how economic crisis contributed to the growth of various | |

|political and economic movements (e.g. Great Depression, nationalistic movements | |

|of colonial Africa and Asia, socialist and communist movements, effect on | |

|capitalist economic theory, etc.). | |

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|WH.H.8.1 Evaluate global wars in terms of how they challenged political and | |

|economic power structures and gave rise to new balances of power (e.g. Spanish | |

|American War, WWI, WWII, Vietnam War, Colonial Wars in Africa, Persian Gulf, | |

|etc.). | |

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|“Unpacked” Concepts |“Unpacked” Skills |COGNITION |

|(students need to know) |(students need to be able to do) |(RBT Level) |

|WH.H.7.1 |WH.H.7.1 |WH.H.7.1 |

|key turning points of the modern era in terms of their lasting impact |Evaluate (turning points) |Evaluating |

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|WH.H.7.2 | | |

|the increase in economic and military competition among nations |WH.H.7.2 |WH.H.7.2 |

|influences of nationalism, imperialism, militarism, and industrialization |Analyze (the influence) |Analyzing |

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|WH.H.7.3 | | |

|economic and political rivalries, | | |

|ethnic and regional conflicts, | | |

|nationalism and imperialism as underlying causes of war |WH.H.7.3 |WH.H.7.3 |

| |Analyze (causes of war) |Analyzing |

|WH.H.7.6 | | |

|economic crisis contributed to the growth of various political and economic movements | | |

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|WH.H.8.1 | | |

|global wars |WH.H.7.6 |WH.H.7.6 |

|political and economic power structures new balances of power |Explain (how it contributed) |Understanding |

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| |WH.H.8.1 | |

| |Evaluate (the challenges) |WH.H.8.1 |

| | |Evaluating |

| | |Suggested Lesson Essential |Possible Factual Content |Example(s) From Unpacked Standard |

|Standard(s) |Unit “Chunking” & Enduring |Questions |(Bold Found in Standards) | |

| |Understandings | | | |

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|WH.H.7.1 |The Interwar Years | |Great Depression | |

| | | |Economic Depression |Economic depression in one country can |

|Evaluate key turning points|The global economy is impacted |How did the Great Depression |Unequal Distribution of Wealth |substantially affect the economies of |

|of the modern era in terms |when the leading economic power|affect the global community? |Stock Market Crash |other nations. |

|of their lasting impact. |faces a financial crisis. | | | |

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|WH.H.7.2 | | | | |

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|Analyze the increase in | | | | |

|economic and military | | | | |

|competition among nations | | | | |

|in terms of the influences | | | | |

|of nationalism, | | | | |

|imperialism, militarism, | | | | |

|and industrialization. | | | | |

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|WH.H.7.3 | | | | |

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|Analyze economic and | | | | |

|political rivalries, ethnic| | | | |

|and regional conflicts, and| | | | |

|nationalism and imperialism| | | | |

|as underlying causes of | | | | |

|war. | | | | |

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|WH.H.7.6 | | | | |

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|Explain how economic crisis| | | | |

|contributed to the growth | | | | |

|of various political and | | | | |

|economic movements. | | | | |

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|WH.H.8.1 | | | | |

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|Evaluate global wars in | | | | |

|terms of how they | | | | |

|challenged political and | | | | |

|economic power structures | | | | |

|and gave rise to new | | | | |

|balances of power. | | | | |

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| | | |Karl Marx | |

| | | |Soviet Union | |

| | |How did the writings of Karl |Russian Revolution |The writings of Karl Marx influenced the |

| | |Marx influence the Russian |Marxism |Russian Revolution and created the Soviet|

| | |Revolution? |Communism |Union. |

| | | |Czar Nicolas II | |

| | | |Bolsheviks | |

| | | |Vladimir Lenin | |

| | | |Leon Trotsky | |

| |When government is no longer | |Joseph Stalin | |

| |able to meet the needs of the | |Gulag | |

| |people, alternative systems | | | |

| |often emerge to provide | | | |

| |stability and security. | | | |

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| | | |Totalitarianism | |

| | | |Nationalism | |

| | | |Germany |Changes in leadership prompted by the |

| | | |German Debt from WWI |political action of citizens can be a |

| | |How can economic instability |Italy |direct result of economic problems. |

| | |lead to nationalism? |Imperial Japan | |

| | | |Fascism | |

| | | |Dictators | |

| | | |Benito Mussolini | |

| | | |Adolf Hitler | |

| | | |Nazi Party | |

| | | |Anti-Semitism | |

| | | |Nuremburg Laws | |

| | | |Kristallnacht | |

| | | |Propaganda | |

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| | | |Treaty of Versailles | |

| | | |Global Depression |The failure of the Treaty of Versailles, |

| | | |Expansionist Policies |the impact of the global depression, and |

| | |How did the result of World War|Axis Powers |the expansionist policies and actions of |

| |World War II |I, the Great Depression, and |American Isolationism |Axis nations are viewed as major factors |

| |Causes |German and Italian nationalism |Reparations |that resulted in WWII. |

| | |lead to World War II? |Alliances | |

| |A lack of global collaboration | |Appeasement | |

| |can lead to war. | |Winston Churchill | |

| | | |Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact| |

| | | |Resources | |

| | | |Allies | |

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| | | |Total War |World War II was a “total war” in which |

| | | |Battle of Britain |nations mobilized entire populations and |

| |World War II | |Pearl Harbor |economies and employed new military |

| | | |Franklin D. Roosevelt |tactics that resulted in unprecedented |

| |Global wars can result in the |How do “total wars” lead to |Battle of Stalingrad |death and destruction, as well as drastic|

| |development of new technology |technological innovation and |Battle of Midway |changes in political boundaries. |

| |and a change in the balance of |changes in political |D-Day | |

| |power. |boundaries? |V-E Day | |

| | | |V-J Day | |

| | | |Technology | |

| | | |Atomic Bomb | |

| |Global wars can shift political| | | |

| |and economic power, which can | | | |

| |result in the development of | | | |

| |new global tensions. | | | |

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| | | |Turning Points | |

| | |What are the positive and |Genocide | |

| | |negative outcomes of war? |Ethnic Conflict |Changes in political and economic power |

| | | |Holocaust |can be a direct result of global |

| | | |Yalta Conference |conflict. |

| | |How do countries address the |United Nations | |

| | |outcomes of war? |Potsdam Conference | |

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|HISTORY |GEOGRAPHY |

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|Nationalism | |

|War | |

|Language Objective EXAMPLES |

|Key Vocabulary LO: SWBAT define and explain the terms depression, competition, imperialism, alliance, treaties, genocide, and nationalism. |

|Language Functions LO: SWBAT explain how economic and military competition lead to war |

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|Language Skills LO: SWBAT read a passage about nationalism and identify a cause that could lead to war. (Reading passages should be chosen/modified in accordance|

|with the LEP students’ zone of proximal development). |

|Grammar and Language LO: SWBAT use descriptive words in a writing assignment that describes the quality of life for citizens during a depression. . |

|Lesson Tasks LO: SWBAT read and summarize a passage about World War Iand explain this summary to a group. |

|Language Learning Strategy LO: SWBAT develop a cause/effect graphic organizer analyzing and identifying the causes and effects Nationalism, imperialism, |

|industrialism, and increased competition had on the nations. (The linguistic load will vary from LEP student to LEP student. Level 1-2 LEP students may need a |

|word bank or other supplement to complete this activity using this strategy). |

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|Historical Thinking and Geography Skill Resources |

|○ “Straight Ahead” □“Uphill” ∆“Mountainous” |

|Historical Thinking |Geography Skills |

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|General Unit Resources |

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|SAS Curriculum Pathways |

|#933 World War I: Failure of European Diplomacy |

|#193 World War I: The Schlieffen Plan |

|#935 The Munich Crisis |

|#194 World War II: Japanese Expansion |

|Learn 360 |

|Causes of WWI |

|Remarkable 20th Century (see individual decade programs) |

|Treaty of Versailles |

|Between the Wars series (includes The Great Depression and Foreign Policy) |

|Bridging World History Bridging World History |

|Unit 20: Imperial Designs |

|Unit 22: Global War and Peace |

|World History for us all World History for Us All |

|Unit 8: A Half Century of Crisis – 1900 -1950 |

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