Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: Globalization & World Conflict Name: Amy Cyr

Content Area: World History Grade Level: Tenth Grade
CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):
CA Content Standards:
1. 10.2 Students compare and contrast the Glorious Revolution of England, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution and their enduring effects
worldwide on the political expectations for self-government and individual liberty.
2. 10.3 Students analyze the effects of the Industrial Revolution in England, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States.
3. 10.5 Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War.
4. 10.6 Students analyze the effects of the First World War.
5. 10.7 Students analyze the rise of totalitarian governments after World War I.
6. 10.8 Students analyze the causes and consequences of World War II.
7. 10.9 Students analyze the international developments in the post–World War II world.
8. 10.10 Students analyze instances of nation-building in the contemporary world in at least two of the following regions or countries: the Middle East, Africa,
Mexico and other parts of Latin America, and China.
9. 10.11 Students analyze the integration of countries into the world economy and the information, technological, and communications revolutions (e.g.,
television, satellites, computers).
Common Core
Key Ideas and Details:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course
of the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.3
Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them.
Craft and Structure:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social
science.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.5
Analyze how a text uses structure to emphasize key points or advance an explanation or analysis.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.6
Compare the point of view of two or more authors for how they treat the same or similar topics, including which details they include and emphasize in their
respective accounts.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.7
Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.8
Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author's claims.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.9
Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.10
By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Big Ideas/Unit Goals:

•What is nationalism, and how did it contribute to the rise of colonialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

•What were the causes and effects of the World Wars on a geographical scale?

•How did globalization shape the world we see today economically and politically?

Unit Summary:
In this unit plan we will be discussing events beginning in the late eighteenth century to the present. This is an overview of world history and how specific events
shaped the past, present, and future. In this unit students will understand how diverse cultures have shaped world history. Students will be able to explain how
political and economic ideologies influenced imperialism and the industrialization. Students will use research to provide evidence why the world wars began
and ended. Student will engage in high level thinking while defining globalization and how it affected the present economy.

Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level: Formative: Discussion-how ideologies may affect the Summative:
 Brainstorm-scientific revolution leading wars. Critical Thinking- WWI concepts that influenced Essay- relating their lives to the social economy
out of the middle ages. WWI. Visual Ranking- Classification of significant effected by globalization.
details of WWI and WWII. Quiz-Important dates, Test- Unit Test on impressions of the eighteenth
events, and people during WWII. and nineteenth century.

Lesson 1 (Teacher Lecture)

Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence Lesson Activities: Lecture & Discussion
Define imperialism and (Assessments):
its effects on different Discussion
political and economic
systems.
Lesson 2 (Webercise/ iPad Lesson)
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities: Group Timeline
Examine the changing Quiz
economic and political
concepts during WWI
and WWII.
Lesson 3 (Graphic Organizer)
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities: Globalization Graphic Organizer
Understand Essay
globalization and why
global interference may
be positive or negative
in a cultural
perspective.
Unit Resources:
 Social Explorer- helps you understand demographic information about each country within different timelines. This will be useful during research projects and
current event papers.
 Quizelet/Kahoot!- These tools are intended to help you understand the class material. You are able to create and design your own study questions.
 TedTalk- videos on class material
 Interactives- PBS research and discussion topic for critical thinking about current events
 Simulations-ICivics
 Organization-Dropbox for group projects Timeline 3D for better understanding of important dates and events

Useful Websites:
Class Tools:
https://quizlet.com
https://www.quickrubric.com
https://prezi.com
https://www.youtube.com/
https://www.timetoast.com/
http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RH/9-10/

Primary Sources:
Euro Docs: https://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page
National Archives: https://www.archives.gov/
Library Of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/
Second World War-UK National Archives: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
German Propaganda Archive: https://germanpropaganda.org/
The National WWII Museum: https://www.nationalww2museum.org
Need More Sources? Select by topic: www.besthistorysites.net/ww2/
Secondary Sources:
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/