Standard 9: Identify major economic, political, social, and technological trends beginning in the 20th century.

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Number: SS.912.W.9
Title: Identify major economic, political, social, and technological trends beginning in the 20th century.
Type: Standard
Subject: Social Studies
Grade: 912
Strand: World History

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Independent

SS.912.W.9.In.0
Recognize selected major scientists, their important discoveries, and their impact on everyday life.
SS.912.W.9.In.1
Recognize effects of post-World War II economic changes, such as medical and technological advances, increased consumption, and rise in expectations for standards of living.
SS.912.W.9.In.2
Recognize that governmental policies and economic, religious, and other cultural factors have contributed to acts of discrimination and ethnic cleansing (genocide) in some countries.
SS.912.W.9.In.3
Recognize that governmental policies and economic, religious, and other cultural factors have contributed to acts of discrimination and ethnic cleansing (genocide) in some countries.
SS.912.W.9.In.4
Identify the impacts of the spread of diseases on groups in developing countries.
SS.912.W.9.In.5
Recognize ways nations participate in global trade and trade agreements with other countries.
SS.912.W.9.In.6
Recognize selected impacts and responses to threats of international terrorism.

Supported

SS.912.W.9.Su.0
Recognize a selected major scientist, the important discovery, and the impact on everyday life.
SS.912.W.9.Su.1
Recognize an effect of post-World War II economic changes, such as medical and technological advances, increased consumption, or rise in expectations for standards of living.
SS.912.W.9.Su.2
Recognize that different factors have contributed to acts of discrimination and ethnic cleansing (genocide) in some countries.
SS.912.W.9.Su.3
Recognize that different factors have contributed to acts of discrimination and ethnic cleansing (genocide) in some countries.
SS.912.W.9.Su.4
Recognize the impacts of the spread of diseases on groups in developing countries.
SS.912.W.9.Su.5
Recognize a way a nation participates in global trade and trade agreements with other countries.
SS.912.W.9.Su.6
Recognize an impact and response to threats of international terrorism.

Participatory

SS.912.W.9.Pa.0
Recognize an effect of scientific discovery.
SS.912.W.9.Pa.1
Recognize an effect of economic growth.
SS.912.W.9.Pa.2
Recognize an effect of discrimination.
SS.912.W.9.Pa.3
Recognize an effect of discrimination.
SS.912.W.9.Pa.4
Recognize that diseases can spread.
SS.912.W.9.Pa.5
Recognize a characteristic of global trade.
SS.912.W.9.Pa.6
Recognize a characteristic of terrorism.

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Tutorial

Becoming Free:

Explore key events from the 1970s, 80s, 90s, and early 2000s in this webisode from PBS. During these decades, America closed out the Vietnam War era, saw the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War, and experienced a rise in terrorist attacks against Americans abroad and on American soil. In this resource you can examine primary source documents and photographs, listen to segments of key speeches, examine a timeline and glossary, take a quiz, and explore additional resources connected to this era. Enjoy this journey into American history!

Type: Tutorial

Unit/Lesson Sequence

Nationalism, Colonialism, and The Cold War:

This web resource provides a full teaching unit in PDF format designed to help students understand shifts in world politics during the second half of the twentieth century. Through an examination of primary and secondary source documents, students will work to gain awareness of the process that led to the creation of more than fifty independent sovereign states. Students will analyze the influence that the Soviet Union and the United States held over new states during the Cold War. The unit's summative assessment asks students to present research findings explaining the specific contexts of one newly-independent African state and one newly-independent Southeast Asian state.

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Tutorial

Becoming Free:

Explore key events from the 1970s, 80s, 90s, and early 2000s in this webisode from PBS. During these decades, America closed out the Vietnam War era, saw the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War, and experienced a rise in terrorist attacks against Americans abroad and on American soil. In this resource you can examine primary source documents and photographs, listen to segments of key speeches, examine a timeline and glossary, take a quiz, and explore additional resources connected to this era. Enjoy this journey into American history!

Type: Tutorial

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