Quarter Four:

Time Period 1929 - Current

First Quarter: Essential Understandings
Essential Understandings reflect outcomes for student learning based on the Grade 10 Social Studies and English Language Arts
Standards. Essential Understandings are the big ideas which bridge time and space and which comprise epected deep
understandings deri!ed from stud". #he Essential Understandings are clustered into themes which are studied throughout the
course. Students who successfull" complete $onors 10 %orld $istor" and Literature will ha!e demonstrated on performance
assessments a firm grasp of the Essential Understandings b" pro!iding specific eamples and anal"&ing 'ust how theses concepts
ha!e occurred through world histor" and how the" are reflected in world literature.
Theme: Economics
#he a!ailabilit" of( t"pe of( and access to resources impact with cultures and indi!iduals.
)hilosophies of production( distribution( and consumption of resources affect and are affected b" cultural structures.
#he need for( a!ailabilit" of( and access to resources impact and are impacted b" global interactions( reactions( and change.
Theme: Culture
Geographic and socioeconomic en!ironments are interrelated with the de!elopment and e!olution of a culture.
Language( literature( and the arts reflect the !alues and beliefs of a societ" and impact the transmission of culture.
)olitical and social structures influence and are influenced b" cultural e!olution.
*ulture see+s to disperse itself through assimilation or domination.
#he epressions( attitudes( and beliefs of a culture are an outgrowth of and an influence on the culture,s historical memor".
Theme: Science and Technology
Science and technological change eist within and are eternal to !alues( beliefs( and attitudes.
Scientific ad!ancement and the proliferation of technolog" interact with the indi!idual and societ".
)olitics and science-technolog" interface positi!el" and negati!el".
Theme: Government
Shifting rights and responsibilities change and are changed b" societies and indi!iduals.
#he eertion of power and authorit" stimulates and suppresses both cooperation and conflict.
.igration of goods( people( and ideas contribute to and detract from the transformation of political s"stems.
Theme: Communication
Great writing is timeless. %hile an understanding of historical contet is necessar" at the first le!el of understanding( the deepest
le!el re/uires the abilit" to understand that which transcends time and place.
.ature readers attempt to determine the author,s purpose( point of !iew and intended audience while becoming in!ol!ed in the tet.
.ature readers recogni&e genres in writing and can appreciate the effects of !arious genres in communicating ideas.
.ature readers recogni&e and understand the use of figurati!e language.
Effecti!e writers consider purpose and audience in choosing mode of discourse( st"le( and techni/ue.
Fourth Quarter: Guiding Questions
1. %hat ma" cause a local incident to trigger a global e!ent or crisis0 Support with eamples throughout histor".
1. $ow does superpower tension produce war b" pro"0
2. %hat were the social and economic conse/uences for non3superpower countries during the *old %ar0
4. $ow do differing ideologies among generations result in confrontation or alignment0
5. $ow did the status of women and children change in the 10
th
centur"0
6. %hat causes inno!ations to be adopted within or re'ected b" different cultures0
7. $ow do ideological filters limit perspecti!e0
8. %h" is historical memor" more far reaching in some cultures than in others0 $ow is historical memor" used as a basis for
geographical claim0
9. $ow ha!e technological ad!ances been used in the pursuit of political domination and manipulation0
10. $ow can technolog" cause a culture to /uestion its !alue s"stem0 $ow does technolog" impact the indi!idual in e!er"da" life0
11. $ow did indi!idual actions affect growth( oppression( and change during the 10th and the beginning of the 11st centuries0
11. $ow can literature influence social change0
12. $ow does literature reflect the uni!ersal human condition0
14. $ow are sources e!aluated for accurac" and reliabilit"0
15. Using the lens of histor"( how does one forecast the future0 %hat components must be considered and wh"0
Legend for Materials
LOL 10: The Language of Literature3#E; #enth Grade
LOL 11: #he Language of Literature3#E; Ele!enth Grade
LOL 12: #he Language of Literature3#E; #welfth Grade
LOL EL: #he Language of Literature Electronic Librar" *<
WL: %orld Literature3#E
WH: %orld $istor"( *onnections to #oda"3#E
GWP: Granger,s %orld of )oetr"
LC: Literature *onnections=The Language of Literature
no!els
IC: >ndependent *ollection=?o!els )urchased Separatel"
Bb: @lac+board Anline Besource
I !orld !ar II: Suggested Timeframe "# $ee%s&
Social Studies Standards: SS'd( SS)c( SS'e( SS*+a
English Language ,rts Strands: E*-.eading/ E#-!riting/ E0-S1ea%ing( Listening( and 2ie$ing/ E3-Conventions( Grammar(
and Usage of the English Language/ E4-Literature/ E5-6u7lic 8ocuments/ and
E)-Functional 8ocuments
Social Studies English Language ,rts Suggested Instructional
Strategies
Suggested ,ssessment Ideas
1. Aggression( Appeasement(
and %ar
A. <ictators *hallenge
%orld )eace
@. #he Spanish *i!il %ar
*. German Aggression
Aptional )rimar" <ocuments:
?eutralit" Acts of 1925
#he Atlantic *harter
Garden $ose Speech b"
Cran+lin <elano Boose!elt
Bole pla": E"ewitness ?ews
reports; newscaster(
.apping Eercise: De" battles(
critical points( goals of each
Eideo Beport( Badio *all3>n(
Aral Beport
.aps of Europe or Asian
theaters
<. Europe )lunges #oward
%ar
E. Beasons for %ar
1. Ais Ad!ances
A. Ais Gains
@. #he @attle of @ritain
a. #he London @lit&
*. Aperation @arbarossa
<. American >n!ol!ement
Grows
E. Fapan Attac+s
2. #he Global *onflicts: Allied
Successes
A. Accupied Lands
a. ?a&i Europe
b. Genocide: $olocaust
@. #he Allied %ar Effort
*. %omen $elp %in the
%ar
<. #urning )oints:
a. El Alamein-Eg"pt
b. Bed Arm":
Stalingrad
Gi!e Us the #ools Speech
b" %inston *hurchill
>f a!ailable( optional mo!ie
suggestions:
Paradise Road
The Scarlet and the Black
Europa, Europa
Literature *ircles
Night b" Elie %iesel GICH
and-or
Farewell to Manzanar b"
Feanne %a+atsu+i $ouston
and Fames <. $ouston GLCH
and-or
iroshi!a b" Fohn $erse"
GICH
side( famous leaders( alliances
)erspecti!e writing: )ros and
cons of )earl $arbor attac+ or
use of the Atomic @ombs
Small Group <iscussion
Eirtual #our of .an&anar
<iscuss the )ros and *ons of
the Lo"alt" Aath; e!aluate
conse/uences
Aral )resentation
)ersuasi!e essa"
%rite a letter from the main
character,s point of !iew to a
friend to outline eperiences in
.an&anar
E. >n!asion of Crance
a. Eisenhower( SA*
C. %ar in the )acific
a. @attle of .idwa"3
the turning point in
the )acific
b. Eictor" at
Guadalcanal
c. Ad!ancing Allies
4. Eastern Cront: Bussia
A. Stalin
@. So!iet <omination
*. %artime *onferences
a. Ialta
b. )otsdam

5. <efeat of Fapan
A. >n!asion !ersus the
@omb
a. $arr" #ruman
@. >ntroduction of the
Atomic @omb
a. $iroshima

6. Aftermath of %ar:
A. %ar *rimes #rails
a. Allied Accupation
@. >nternational )eace
Argani&ation
a. United ?ations
b. %orld $ealth
Argani&ation
*. #he Alliance @rea+s
Apart
a. #he *old %ar
b. Eastern and %estern
@locs
from his ?obel )ri&e
Acceptance Speech b" Elie
%iesel GL9L *+3p.214H
%rite a letter to Elie %iesel
persuading him to ha!e hope.
II Cold !ar "# !ee%s&
Social Studies Standards: SS07( SS0e( SS4a( SS57( SS5c( SS'a( SS'c
English Language ,rts Strands: E*-.eading/ E#-!riting/ E0-S1ea%ing( Listening( and 2ie$ing/ E3-Conventions( Grammar(
and Usage of the English Language/ E4-Literature/ E5-6u7lic 8ocuments/ and E)-
Functional 8ocuments
Social Studies English Language ,rts Suggested Instructional
Strategies
Suggested ,ssessment Ideas
1. ?ew *onflicts <e!elop
A. #ruman <octrine
@. .arshall )lan
*. German": A <i!ided
?ation
a. @erlin Airlift
<. .ilitar" Alliances
a. ?orth Atlantic
#reat" Argani&ation
b. %arsaw )act
1. *hanging )olitical *limate
A. Ending European
a. *olonial Empires
b. >ndia
c. Crench >ndochina
d. Global >mpact
2. *ontainment
A. Superpowers
@. *uban .issile *risis
*. )ropaganda
<. ?onaligned ?ations
Red Scarf "irl# $ Me!oir of
the %ultural Re&olution b" Fi Li
Fiang GICH
Bed Scarf Girl #eacher Guide
Bed Scarf Girl Eocab List
'hen ea&en and Earth
%hanged Places b" Le L"
$a"slip GL9L *+3pg. 140H
%hen $ea!en and Earth
*hanged )laces Eocab
*haracter s+etch following Red
Scarf "irl# $ Me!oir of the
%ultural Re&olution
*riti/ue )ublic )olic": #ruman
<octrine or .arshall )lan
#he .arshall )lan
#he .arshal )lan 50 Iears
Later


%ritten S+etch( Aral Beport(
)oster( *ollage
)anel <iscussion or essa"
#he" $a!e ?ot @een Able b"
Armando Ealladares GL9L *+3
p. 129H
%ranes b" $wang Sunwon
GL9L *+3p.22 and !L3p.1401H
Aptional Beadings:
$ouse #a+en A!er b" Fulio
*ortJ&ar GL9L *+3p.211H
and-or
#he *ensors b" Luisa
Ealen&uela GL9L *+3p.141H
Beflecti!e Essa": <iscuss the
U? effecti!eness during and
after the Dorean *onflict.
Graphic Argani&er: East or
%est @loc
Eisual Fournal for the 1950,s:
Locate pictures that demon3
strate a progression of e!ents
that changed a particular
countr" as a result of the *old
%ar.
Kuic+write about a lesson
learned through a personal
eperience.
# *hart: *ompare .others of
)la&a de .a"o to earlier passi!e
resistance ad!ocates( e.g.
Gandhi( .LD.
.a+e a poster for a
<isappeared child.
See (esign )our 'riting Dit
Socratic Seminar
Eisual Fournal
Beflecti!e essa": *ompare
personal lesson learned with
$ouse #a+en A!er
# *hart
)oster
4. Dorean %ar
A. ?orth !s. South
@. #he role of the U.S.
5. Latin America
A. Apposition to US
@. Latin American
)olitics
a. Argentina,s <irt"
%ar
b. Sal!ador Allende
c. )anama
d. )anama *anal
#reat"
e. General .anuel
?oriega
*. Argani&ation of
American States
<. <e!elopment !ersus
En!ironment
E. .igration
C. $aiti
a. )atterns of
<ictatorships
6. Science-#echnolog"-Space
Bace
A. Satellites
a. Sputni+
b. .an on the .oon
7. Eietnam %ar
8. Superpower )ro" *onflicts
A. Global *ommitment
9. Emergence of .a'or *i!il
Bights >ssues
A. American
@. Asian( Latino( etc.
*. %omen
>f a!ailable( optional !ideo:
*cto+er Sk,
Thoughts of anoi b" ?gu"en
#hi Einh GL9L *+3p.754H
>f a!ailable( optional reading:
The -nwanted b"
Dien ?gu"en and-or To
$!erica# Personal Reflections
of an istorian b" Stephen
Ambrose3*hapter 10
> $a!e A <ream b" <r.
.artin Luther Ding( Fr.
A Eulog" to <r. .artin Luther
Ding( Fr. b" Bobert C. Denned"
GLC3p.145. #his is a related
reading included with .ulius
%aesarH
Cor .alcolm( A Iear After b"
Etheridge Dnight GLC3p.144.
#his is a related reading
included with .ulius %aesarH
)A% #ap *ode
III .egional Conflicts "# !ee%s&
Social Studies Standards: SS07( SS*a( SS#e( SS5a( SS)d( SS'c( SS*+a
English Language ,rts Strands: E*-.eading/ E#-!riting/ E0-S1ea%ing( Listening( and 2ie$ing/ E3-Conventions( Grammar(
and Usage of the English Language/ E4-Literature/ E5-6u7lic 8ocuments/ and
E)-Functional 8ocuments
Social Studies English Language ,rts Suggested Instructional
Strategies
Suggested ,ssessment Ideas
1. African struggles
A. A><S
@. Eboli
*. #@
1. Apartheid and @usiness
@. $uman Bights
*. @lac+ Besistance:
African ?ational
*ongress GA?*H
<. ?elson .andela
a. C.%. deDler+
a. @ishop <esmond
#utu
E. Bobert .ugabe
a. Limbabwe
b. .a'orit" Bule
E. Economic Sanctions
and @o"cotts
a. C. Autloo+ and
Gains
b. Education and
$ealth *are
c. Economic
Apportunit"
2. <e!eloping ?ations
A. African ?ations
a. Unit" and Stabilit"
b. *i!il %ars
Literature *ircles
#he )risoner %ho %ore
Glasses b" @essie $ead
GL9L *+3p.121 and !L3p.
1225H
from /affir Bo, b" .ar+
.athabane GL9L *+3p. 67
and !L3p.1265H
?o %itchcraft for Sale b"
<oris Lessing GL9L 103
p.744H
Glor" and $ope b" ?elson
.andela G!:3p.710H
D%L *hart=Africa and the
.iddle East
Bead and create graphic
organi&er for African struggles.
Articles can be accessed from
E@S*A( S>BS( and-or ?ews
@an+.
Small Group <iscussion
)ersuasi!e Essa"- <ebate:
Should %estern countries pa"
for A><S treatment for Africa0
*reate bumper stic+er( poster(
or collage in fa!or of or
opposed to a sanction or
bo"cott. See Design your
Writing +it
D%L *hart
S"nthesi&e Articles
Essa"-<ebate
)roduct-Bubric
c. Ane )art" Bule
@. Socialism and *apitalism
*. Ald and ?ew )atterns
a. Urbani&ation
b. Effects on %omen
c. >slamic Be!i!al
4. <ownfall of the So!iet
Union
)erestroi+a b" .i+hail
Gorbache! G!:3p.716H
5. Ethnic Strife in Europe
6. Global >ssues
A. *i!il Bights-$uman
Bights
@. <eadl" %eapons
*. Ethnic strife in Europe
<. #errorism
E. Economic
>nterdependence
C. Global culture
G. U? >nter!entions
a. Successes: East
#imor
b. Cailures: Bwanda(
*ongo
6lease note that time is left at the end of this ;uarter for the culminating 1ro<ect