20th century history homework...
Post date: Jan 30, 2013 8:15:28 PM
In order to understand what's going on in the world, you have to know how it got that way. If you recall, Western Civ. ended with World War I. There have been four major global events that have happened since 1918 which have a major influence on today's events all over the world, the second industrial revolution, the world wars, and the simultaneous trends of the cold war and decolonization. Your task is to study four of the major themes to be able to recognize their effects in the world today.
Make sure you remember what you learn because you'll need to be able to connect it to things we encounter as we study Africa, Central and South America, and Asia.
Night 1: Industrial Revolution
Please read & take notes on this article and answer the following questions:www.worldhistory.abc-clio.comuser name: joelbarlowpassword: barlowsearch for: 'second industrial revolution'Click on the first search result to find the reading1. What is industrialization? List the ingredients of an industrialized nation. Give some dates and nations of where it began.2. Explain three benefits of industrializing. How about three disadvantages?3. Explain three ways daily life differs for people living in industrial and pre-industrial societies.4. How do you think industrial and pre-industrial nations would think of each other?
Industrial Rev., Night 2: Inventing Modern Conveniences
In our everyday world, we surround ourselves with objects that most cannot dream of living without. Since we take many of these things for granted, many people are ignorant of the fact that behind each of these conveniences is a both a problem and a story.By researching and comparing the histories of these things, an enhanced understanding of our contemporary lives have been transformed by the industrial revolution.Answer the following questions about your assigned topic and be able to speak about it FROM MEMORY. Use abc-clio and/or wikipedia to gather your data:1. Explain the story of how & why this invention came to be? (who, what, where, when & why)2. How does this invention attempt to improve on earlier technologies?3. How has this invention affected the world? Who uses it? For what purpose is it used?4. What new problems have emerged as a result of this invention?Pick one!
1. Cotton gin
2. Seed drill
3. McCormick reaper
4. Power loom
5. Glasses & contact lenses
6. Indoor plumbing
7. Clocks & watches
8. Steel
9. Internal combustion engine
10. Factory system
11. Corporations
12. Labor Unions
13. Electricity & lighting
14. Typewriters
15. Photography
16. Trains
17. Automobiles
18. Asphalt & suspension bridges
19. Airplanes
20. Telegraph & telephone
21. Dynamite
22. Plastics
23. Machine guns
24. Refrigeration & air conditioning
25. Sound recording & radio
26. Electric guitars and amplifiers
27. Motion pictures & television
28. Batteries
29. Duct tape
30. Antibiotics
31. Credit cards
32. Washers & dryers
33. Microwave ovens (radar ranges)
34. Atomic energy (and weapons)
35. Solar power
36. Home computers and printers
37. Video games
38. Wireless phones
39. Internet
40. Peanut butter & Jell-O
41. MP3 players
42. Social networking websites
Night 3: World War II
Please read & take notes on this article and answer the following questions:www.worldhistory.abc-clio.comuser name: joelbarlowpassword: barlowsearch for: 'world war 2'Click on the top search result to find the article.Another great resource:http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/Or if you prefer something a little more in depth….en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_21. What caused World War II? Explain at least three of them.2. Who fought in the war? Explain what two nations hoped to achieve.
3. Where did the war take place? Describe what happened in at least two theaters of combat. Here's an animated map from the U.S. Holocaust Museum that lays out the war in Europe...
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_nm.php?MediaId=7827
4. What were the consequences of WWII? What did it mean in terms of lives, money and the future? Did anyone achieve their goals?
This film and interactive website lays out the kill counts in stark detail...
The Great War, 1914-1918 (click to zoom)
Great War animated maps:
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/maps/index.html
Deaths in the Great War, 1914-1918 (flags are 100K soldiers, skulls are 100K civilians)
World War 2 in Europe (click it, wait and it animates)
World War 2 in Africa & Europe (click for detail) (Courtesy of the United States Military Academy Department of History.)
World War 2 in the Pacific (click for detail) (Courtesy of the United States Military Academy Department of History.)
World War 2 in South Asia pt 1., Japanese invasion, 1942 (click for detail) (Courtesy of the United States Military Academy Department of History.)
World War 2 in South Asia pt 2., Burma Campaign, 1945 (click for detail) (Courtesy of the United States Military Academy Department of History.)
Europe immediately following World War 2, 1945-49 (click to zoom)
World War 2 deaths in Europe (flags are 100K soliders, skulls & stars are 100K civilians)
World War 2 deaths in the Pacific
Night 4: Cold War
Please read & take notes on this article and answer the following questions:www.worldhistory.abc-clio.comuser name: joelbarlowpassword: barlowsearch for: 'cold war'Click on the first search result to find the article.Or if you prefer something a little more in depth….en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_war1. What caused the Cold War? Explain three of them.2. Who fought in the war? Explain what two the alliances hoped to achieve.
3. Where did the war take place? Describe what happened in at least two theaters of combat.
4. What were the consequences of the Cold War? What did it mean in terms of lives, money and the future? Did anyone achieve their goals?
The Cold War in 1959
The Cold War in 1980 (Note the differences between this map and the previous one)
Post Colonial, Cold War conflicts, 1950-1975
(cross = 10K, small skull = 100K, big skull = 1m)
Post-Colonial, Cold War conflicts 1975-2000
(cross = 10K, small skull = 100K, big skull = 1m)
Night 5: Decolonization
www.worldhistory.abc-clio.comuser name: joelbarlowpassword: barlowsearch for: 'decolonization'Click on the first search result to find the article.If you prefer something with a little more depth…en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decolonization1. What is decolonization? Who did it and when did they achieve it?2. Why did nations seek decolonization? Explain the motives of two groups?3. Where and when did decolonization take place? How did it happen?
4. What were the consequences of decolonization? What were the costs and benefits for both the former colonies and their colonizers?
Decol. Night 2:
Write a one-page (front and back) reflection on our simulation that addresses all these issues. Credit is awarded for specificity and the quality and quantity of your insights. You will write it in class and it counts as a test grade.
- Actions: What concrete actions did you take to get what you wanted? (alliances joined or spurned, business deals won or lost, wars, negotiations, challenges met, obstacles overcome etc.)
- Success: How successful were you at getting what you wanted? How do you explain your successes and failures? If you could do it over again, what would you have done differently to meet your objectives better?
- Insights on history: What are the lessons and/or morals of this story? What does this simulation reveal about industrialization, the world wars, the cold war and decolonization? Make sure you show how specific actions in this simulation led to these insights. Connections between the history of decolonization and actual history are one way to do this. You can also describe lessons or morals that can be derived from the successes and failures of particular group's abilities to achieve their aims. What should a successful society do? This should be the bulk of your writing.
Decol. Night 3: Case study
Pick a nation that decolonized in the twentieth century to focus on as your case study. Find out specifically how and why it decolonized. Then look at the history of what happened since their independence. Are they better off politically, economically and socially than they were before? Use abc-clio, wikipedia (history of the nation you choose) and the CIA factbook to find your data.
How many of the patterns created in our simulation were represented in your real-life example? How many weren't?
http://www.worldhistory.abc-clio.com
user name: joelbarlow
password: barlow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decolonization
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Post-Colonial, Cold War conflicts, 1950-1975
(cross = 10K, small skull = 100K, big skull = 1m)
Post-Colonial, Cold War conflicts, 1975-2000
(cross = 10K, small skull = 100K, big skull = 1m)
