COURSE NAME: Conflicts of the 20th Century II

SCHOOL DISTRICT:Maple Hill

INSTRUCTOR: Mr. Mark Hoyt

Half Year

Enrollment Cap 30

Credits = 0.5

COURSE PREREQUISITES: No previous knowledge of domestic or international history or politics is necessary
for this course.

BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTION / OUTLINE: This course's core focus will remain focused on issues, people, and
events that surround the many Global Events that have occurred since the Berlin Conference of 1884-85.
This time period saw the spawn of a number of invisible social forces that eventually culminated in the death
of millions of people in the 20th Century. New social, religious, economic, political and technological forces
reshaped the geopolitical landscape of not just Europe but also Asia, Southeast Asia, the sub-continent of
India, Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. In essence, the entire world was ultimately altered forever by
invisible forces created just after the Berlin Conference.

This course will focus on the rise of the modern Nation-State (modern national governments) and the many
new economic ideologies (capitalism, socialism, and communism) and social ideologies (nationalism,
patriotism, fascism, Nazism, other national or religious allegiances, etc.) created during the 20th Century.

This course follows Conflicts of the 20th Century I and will pick up with the 1919 Treaty of Versailles and
how it fed the flames of distrust that ultimately led to both the Second World War and the larger Cold War.
The semester will conclude with a unit on the Post-Cold War / Post-9/11 world of combating "terrorism" that
we know find ourselves living in. The role of the United States will also be a major focal point for each of the
many global events that we research over the last century.

Throughout the course, you will be asked to understand, analyze, interpret, and discern many political,
economic, social, and cultural readings and/or video documentaries and then discuss them on a regular basis.

OTHER NOTES / MISCELLANEOUS: Homework will be given unpredictably on the whim of the instructors and
that may require numerous written reviews on short readings and project-based researches that require
students to either work independently or within small group settings.

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