THE WORLD SINCE 1900

Student Name:
Day 1, 2, 3

Subject: History
Course Code: CHY4U
Time frame for Lesson: 7 hours

Learning Goals
By the end of this course, Students will:
1. Be able to analyse the significance of various social, economic, and political policies, developments, and ideas
in various regions of the world since 1900.
2. Be able to analyse interactions between various groups since 1900 and how key individuals and social,
economic, and political forces have affected those interactions.
3. Be able to analyse the development of the rights, identity, and heritage of different groups around the world
since 1900.
Reference to Course Expectations
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:
1. Be able to analyse the impact of some key social trends and/or developments in various regions of the world
during this period (e.g., with reference to urbanization; immigration and refugees; changes in social mores, in the
treatment of children, elders, and/or people with physical or mental disabilities, in the role of religion, in
recreation, or in crime and punishment; labour, eugenics, peace, civil rights, feminist, Aboriginal, or
environmental movements)
2. Be able to describe a variety of developments in science and/or technology during this period (e.g.,
developments in household appliances, motion pictures, radio and television, automobiles, airplanes, satellites
and space travel technologies, computers and cellular technologies, reproductive technologies, medicine or
biotechnology, mechanization or robotics, weapons, renewable energy), and assess their impact.
SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:
1. Be able to describe dominant economic systems and some key economic policies in various regions during this
period (e.g., traditional, market, command, mixed systems; laissez-faire and state- regulated capitalism;
collectivist, fascist, socialist, communist, Keynesian policies; economic protectionism and free trade; sustainable
development strategies), and analyse the interrelationship between economic systems and political orientation
2. Be able to describe forms of government in various countries during this period (e.g., democracy, theocracy,
monarchy, autocracy, dictatorship, military junta), and explain the political beliefs and/or ideologies that
underpinned them (e.g., anarchism, conservatism, fascism, Nazism, Marxist-Leninism, Maoism, nationalism,
neoliberalism, secularism)

Instruction/Activity
1. Teacher will present information to students.
2. Students will participate in a 15 minute discussion period at the end of the class.
Assessment for Learning/Assessment as Learning
1. Students will write an essay on the material that was discussed in class.
2. Students will be assessed during the discussion period at the end of each class.
Resources
1. The ontario cirriculum