Quarter Goals
Quarter 1
Students will become proficient at gathering and organizing information.
Students will understand how social, economic, and political conditions in the modern world connect people throughout the world and cause conflict for others.
Students will explain diplomatic relations in the twentieth century.

Quarter 2
Students will become proficient at writing essays and position papers.
Students will describe the causes and solutions for conflict between nations.

Students will gain an understanding of what nationalism is.


Quarter 3
Students will become proficient at using research and writing skills to propose logical solutions to current issues.
Students will make a personal connection to a global issue.

Students will determine The roots and effects of imperialism.

Students understand the connection between technology and change.


Quarter 4
Students will become proficient at public-speaking.
Students will explain why revolutions occur.
Students will understand how absolute rulers could control large groups of diverse people.