Is War Inevitable?

• MSDE Objective(s) | Students will analyze how regional tensions and interregional competition led to World War Two by :

  • III.C.9 | Assessing the impact of World War Two on the formation of new states such as Israel, and the continued development of national identities in India, China, and the Pan African movement (3). 

How Do Nations Seek Security in Times of Global Tension?

• MSDE Objective(s) | Students will examine the regional causes of post-World War II independence movements by:

  • III.D.4| Analyzing how Mohandas Gandhi in India, Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, Jomo Kenyatta in Kenya, Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana, and Ahmed been Bella in Algeria achieved colonial independence (3, 4, and 5). 

• MSDE Objective(s) | Students will compare the regional and interregional conflicts that accelerated the Cold War by: :

  • III.D.5| Explaining how Soviet and American relations influenced indirect conflicts in Asia, Africa, and the Americas (3, 4). 

Is Democracy Right for Everyone?

• MSDE Objective(s) | Students will examine the global responses to address regional conflicts during the second half of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century by: 

  • IV.B.5 | Comparing and contrasting the causes and consequences of genocides and ethnic cleansings in South East Asia, Africa, and the Middle East (3, 4, and 5). 

  • IV.B.6 | Examining the role of the World Court, the United Nations and Non-Governmental Organizations (Red Cross, Doctors without Borders, UNICEF) in responding to conflicts in Africa, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia (3, 4, and 5).