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1. History 9
Mr. David Croft
davejcroft@hotmail.com
Younghoon International Middle School/ 555-LOVE
Exploring 20th Century History!
In this class, you will be exploring the
wonderful world of late nineteenth to 20th
century History. The class will begin with a
review of some of the last ideas learned
during grade 8, nationalism, imperialism, and
the Industrial Revolution. These will help us
understand some of the major reasons for the
cause of World War I. This event will be the
first major focus of our class.
time, and the rise of fascism.
The rise of fascism in Europe will next lead
into a major unit on World War II.
Our class will try to focus on some of the
larger ideas behind these events. We will be
looking at continued ideas of imperialism,
nationalism and technology.
After World War I we will look at the after
effects of the war in Europe before turning
our major focus over to America for the
1920s, and then the Great Depression.
We will then connect the Great Depression to
what was happening in Europe at the same
Topic Timetable
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Nationalism
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World War II
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Imperialism
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The Atomic Bomb Debates
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The Industrial Revolution
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Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes
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Causes of World War I
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The Cold War
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World War I
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Government
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World War I Aftermath
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The Roaring 1920s
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The Great Depression
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The Rise of Fascism
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The Life of Anne Frank

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Rules & Copyright Guidelines
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Most test questions will be written
answers that will also give you a
grade of either an A+, B or F
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Students are expected to be in their
seats and prepared for class by the
time the bell rings, and not run to
their seats
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Students may not make use of any
images or video unless they have
permission. Safe practice would be
to use www.creativecommons.org
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“Those who do not
Each class, students will receive one
of three grades for participation:
A+, B, or F
The most important rule to
remember is that there is no
speaking Korean in class. However,
in groups you may write in Korean
if needed, and may take 1 oneminute time out per class
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Students must source text using
MLA style
Textbooks
remember the past are
condemned to repeat it.”
– George Santayana
Grades
Participation
30%
Projects
30%
Homework
20%
Tests
20%
Total
100%