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Write about historical topics
Assessment Strategies
Essay, Paper, and/or Presentation
Criteria
Use a writing process
Employ primary and secondary sources
Present arguments that focus directly on historical issues and topics
Construct historical arguments supported by relevant evidence and examples
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Explore research, multiple/conflicting viewpoints, and perspectives about modern European history
Assessment Strategies
Essay, Exam, Paper, and/or Presentation
Criteria
Identify continuities and discontinuities in modern European history
Explain how the continuities and discontinuities have changed/remained the same over time
Evaluate primary and secondary sources to better interpret positions and perspectives
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Develop historical empathy
Assessment Strategies
Essay, Exam, Paper, and/or Presentation
Criteria
Interpret European history since 1815 in context and analyze the past on its own terms
Compare past developments with contemporary Europe
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Examine geography of modern Europe
Assessment Strategies
Written Product or Map
Criteria
Identify significant geographical features
Identify significant cities and sites
Identify European polities (kingdoms, empires)
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Examine ideological developments in modern Europe
Assessment Strategies
Essay, Exam, Paper, and/or Presentation
Criteria
Define ideology
Differentiate between liberalism, romanticism, conservatism, and socialism
Explore the connections between ideologies and the development and transformation of political parties
Assess the role ideology played in generating political conflict
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Explore industrialization, urbanization, and de-industrialization European history
Assessment Strategies
Essay, Exam, Paper, and/or Presentation
Criteria
Identify the causes and characteristics of industrialization, urbanization, and de-industrialization
Relate industrialization, urbanization, and de-industrialization to the social status, wealth, living conditions, and identity of Europeans
Assess the social consequences of industrialization, urbanization, and de-industrialization in modern European history
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Compare modern European nationalisms
Assessment Strategies
Essay, Exam, Paper, and/or Presentation
Criteria
Examine different types of nationalism
Explore regional variations of nationalist thought
Examine the connections between nationalism, political revolution, and cultural identity
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Trace changes in European demography from 1815 to the present
Assessment Strategies
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Criteria
Identify the causes of demographic change within Europe from 1815 to the present
Explain the consequences of changing demographics within Europe from 1815 to the present
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Analyze European imperialism
Assessment Strategies
Essay, Exam, Paper, and/or Presentation
Criteria
Compare the different types of imperialism
Investigate technological and economic motives for imperialism
Analyze the European ideological justifications for imperialism
Assess the consequences of imperialism for indigenous people
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Analyze the World Wars and their impact on Europe
Assessment Strategies
Essay, Exam, Paper, and/or Presentation
Criteria
Analyze the origins of World War I and World War 2
Assess how World War I and World War 2 affected European society and culture
Explain how World War I and World War 2 affected European politics
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Examine the role of the Cold War in Europe
Assessment Strategies
Essay, Exam, Paper, and/or Presentation
Criteria
Define Cold War
Identify characteristics of the Cold War
Assess the impact of the Cold War on Eastern and Western Europe
Explore the development of the European Union and the Warsaw Pact
Compare the social and political impact of the Cold War on Eastern and Western Europe
Examine the reasons for the collapse of the Eastern Bloc and Soviet Union