Era Six Key Concept and Supplemental readings
Key Concept 6.1: Science and the Environment
Rapid advances in science altered the understanding of the universe and the natural world and led tot he development of new technologies. These changes enabled unprecedented population growth, which altered how humans interacted with the environment and disrupted delicate ecological balances at local, regional, and global levels.
Rapid advances in science altered the understanding of the universe and the natural world and led tot he development of new technologies. These changes enabled unprecedented population growth, which altered how humans interacted with the environment and disrupted delicate ecological balances at local, regional, and global levels.
20th Century Medical Innovations
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Key Concept 6.2: Global Conflicts and Their Consequences
At the beginning of the 20th century, a European-dominated global political order existed, which also included the United States, Russia, and Japan. Over the course of the century, peoples and states around the world challenged this order in ways that sought to redistribute power within the existing order and to restructure empires, while those people and states in power attempted to maintain the status quo. Other peoples and states sought to overturn the political order itself. These challenges to, and the attempts to maintain, the political order manifested themselves in an unprecedented level of conflict with high human casualties. In the context of these conflicts, many regimes in both older and newer states struggled with maintaining political stability and were challenged by internal and external factors, including ethnic and religious conflicts, secessionist movements, territorial partitions, economic dependency, and the legacies of colonialism.
At the beginning of the 20th century, a European-dominated global political order existed, which also included the United States, Russia, and Japan. Over the course of the century, peoples and states around the world challenged this order in ways that sought to redistribute power within the existing order and to restructure empires, while those people and states in power attempted to maintain the status quo. Other peoples and states sought to overturn the political order itself. These challenges to, and the attempts to maintain, the political order manifested themselves in an unprecedented level of conflict with high human casualties. In the context of these conflicts, many regimes in both older and newer states struggled with maintaining political stability and were challenged by internal and external factors, including ethnic and religious conflicts, secessionist movements, territorial partitions, economic dependency, and the legacies of colonialism.
Key Concept 6.3: New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and Culture
The 20th century witnessed a great deal of warfare and the collapse of the global economy in the 1930s. In response to these challenges, the role of the state in the domestic economy fluctuated, and the new institutions of global governance emerged and continued to develop throughout the century. Scientific breakthroughs, new technologies, increasing levels of integration, changing relationships between humans and the environment, and the frequency of political conflict all contributed to global developments in which people crafted new understandings of society, culture, and historical interpretations. Institutions of global governance both shaped and adapted to these social conditions.
The 20th century witnessed a great deal of warfare and the collapse of the global economy in the 1930s. In response to these challenges, the role of the state in the domestic economy fluctuated, and the new institutions of global governance emerged and continued to develop throughout the century. Scientific breakthroughs, new technologies, increasing levels of integration, changing relationships between humans and the environment, and the frequency of political conflict all contributed to global developments in which people crafted new understandings of society, culture, and historical interpretations. Institutions of global governance both shaped and adapted to these social conditions.
Short Story Reading Due April 7 (enjoy):
Shooting an Elephant, George Orwell, 1926
Shooting an Elephant, George Orwell, 1926
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Spring Break Reading Questions
- Explain the lead up to World War II. How did Hitler attempt to dismantle the Treaty of Versailles? How did the Western Countries (League of Nations, etc.) react?
- Explain how Japan expanded during WWII. What did they take over? How did American and European leaders react to Japanese expansion.
- Explain the course of WWII in Europe. What are some of the key events and how did they alter the course of the war?
- Explain the course of WWII in the Pacific. What are some of the key events and how did they alter the course of the war?
- What was the Nazi New World Order? Explain how the Nazi Empire functioned. What was the New World Order in Japan? Explain how the Japanese Empire functioned.
- How did people in occupied territories resist the Nazis and Japanese?
- What was the function of the Homefront? How did the Homefront change warfare?