COURSE NAME: Conflicts of the 20th Century I

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.

The first semester will begin by studying the events that surrounded the 1884-1885 Berlin Conference and its
resulting impact of rapid colonization and imperialism by European powers around the world. In turn, this
ultimately led to the first of many World Wars between competing European powers and their new global
colonies. The modern Nation-State emerged during this time frame as did its many associated abilities to
convince its citizens to fight for its very survival.

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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