Unit 5: Global Conflicts and Decolonization

How World War 1 Influences further conflicts within the world

How the Treaty of Versailles laid the conditions for the rise of fascism

How antisemitism created the rise of Nazism and the role it played in the Holocaust

How Japanese Imperialism shaped Asia

How war created new innovations and technologies like Nuclear Power

How decolonization created new demands for independence

Creation of NATO

Genocides in Asia and Africa

Restructuring of Governments

MW.His.1.e. Evaluate how the causes and effects of World War I influenced global conflicts in
the 20th century (e.g., imperialism, industrialization, nationalism, collapse of
empires, communism, socialism, fascism).
MW.His.1.f. Investigate the ways in which antisemitic beliefs and other discriminatory policies
in Europe led to the persecution and murder of millions of Jews as well as Roma,
disabled people, LGBTQ+ individuals, and political prisoners during the
Holocaust (e.g., Nuremberg Race Laws, Final Solution, Aktion T4).
MW.His.9.a. Synthesize sources from the Holocaust to develop questions and explore the
experiences of survivors, victims, resisters, collaborators, bystanders, and rescuers
(e.g., survivor testimony, memoirs, government documents, museums exhibits,
historical fiction, and film).
MW.His.15.a. Develop a historical argument about the long-term causes and triggering events
that led to World War II (e.g., militarism, nationalism, Treaty of Versailles,
Japanese imperialism, appeasement).
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MW.His.2.b. Analyze how changes in military technology impacted the outcomes of various
conflicts throughout the 20th century (e.g., barbed wire, bio-chemicals,
flamethrowers, submarines, tanks, aircraft, computer technology, nuclear
weapons).
MW.His.1.g. Evaluate how resistance movements and decolonization were shaped by post-
World War II circumstances and broader historical contexts (e.g., India, Kenya,
Vietnam, Korea, Algeria, Indonesia, Hungary, Germany).
MW.His.2.c. Examine ways in which decolonization altered the balance of power within and
among nations (e.g., independence movements, decline of European political
imperialism, economic imperialism, ascendency of United States and Soviet
Union as leading world powers).
MW.His.4.b. Analyze complex and interacting factors that influenced the perspectives about
international laws and treaties in the Cold War era (e.g., United Nations, Geneva
Conventions, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Warsaw Pact, Nuclear Non-
Proliferation Treaty).
MW.His.4.c. Analyze the complex and interacting factors that led to genocide during different
historical eras (e.g., Armenia, Uganda, Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Darfur).
MW.His.5.b. Analyze how developments in multimedia shaped the perspectives of individuals
and groups in the 20th century (e.g., comic books, communication technologies,
film, propaganda, public service announcements, radio).
MW.Civ.3.a. Analyze the impact of treaties and laws on the maintenance of national and
international order in the 20th century (e.g., Apartheid, European Economic
Community, Camp David Accords, Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty,
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, Latin American Integration Association).
MW.Civ.14.a. Analyze means of protecting or limiting human rights in the 20th century (e.g.,
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations Resolution 181, Partition
of India, Dirty War in Argentina, Cultural Revolution in China, Khmer Rouge,
Stolen Generations in Australia).
MW.Civ.14.b. Analyze historical and contemporary examples of the formation, dissolution or
restructuring of governments (e.g., Soviet Union, Israel, Republic of Iran, Zaire,
Cuban Revolution, Sandinista National Liberation Front).

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