COURSE NAME: World War I & II

SCHOOL DISTRICT: Moriah Central School

INSTRUCTOR: Mr. Anderson

FUll YEAR:

MAXIMUM TOTAL CLASS ENROLLMENT - ALL SITES: 30

COURSE PREREQUISITES:

BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTION / OUTLINE: Each world war will be covered in depth. The underlying causes,
conflicts, short term and long term events will be studied thoroughly. The start of World War I will not only
be identified by the immediate event that sparked the conflict but will trace the underlying causes back to
the development of the modern and industrialized European economy. In addition we will explore how the
increase in nationalism and militarism played key roles in the reason for the world falling into a war that
eventually results in the loss of ten million lives.

The actual conflicts, battles, tactics and military technology will be studied. The class will also identify the
nature of World War I as a modern and industrial war along with the physical and financial toll that was
extracted from all of the participants. The class will also identify participating nations in World War I & II that
came from Europe as well as nations from five of the remaining six continents. Both long term and short term
results of the wars will be identified. The Treaty of Versailles, the Bolshevik Revolution, the Cold War, and
changes to the map of Europe as well as other areas of the world are small examples of the serious effects
of the global conflicts that will be identified.

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