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History, Civics & Social Studies · Grade 10

Global Conflict and Its Aftermaths

Learners analyze the long and short causes of World War I and the nature of total war, evaluate the peace settlements and the interwar crises (revolution in Russia, the Great Depression, the rise of fascism and Nazism) using primary sources and election data, study the global scope of World War II and the Holocaust with care, and examine the institutions built afterward to prevent another catastrophe.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 135 minutes
  • World wars check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, estimate, highlight a text, match pairs, type a number and put in order
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What learners will discover

  • Analyze the causes of World War I and explain the features of total war, including the role of colonial empires.
  • Evaluate the peace settlements and interwar crises using primary sources and data, without confusing correlation and causation.
  • Explain the global scope of World War II and the Holocaust as a planned genocide.
  • Analyze the institutions and ideas created after 1945 and argue about connections between the two world wars.

Lessons

  1. World War I: causes and total war 5 steps3 practiceabout 33 min
  2. Peace and crisis between the wars 6 steps3 practiceabout 35 min
  3. World War II and the Holocaust 5 steps3 practiceabout 33 min
  4. Building a postwar order 5 steps3 practiceabout 34 min
  5. World wars check 9 questions at the end

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