New York State Toolkit Inquiries--Ready Made for Use
The inquiries below were developed as part of the New York State Social Studies Toolkit, a project funded by the New York State Education Department to aid teachers in aligning instruction to C3 Framework and Inquiry Arc inspired state standards.
These inquiries have been aligned to the corresponding grade level and content standard for the 2016 revision of the California History/Social Science Framework and corresponding content standards. New York state standards are not aligned perfectly to those of the State of California; teachers can modify these Inquiries to meet appropriate grade-level expectations and instructional approaches.
These inquiries have been aligned to the corresponding grade level and content standard for the 2016 revision of the California History/Social Science Framework and corresponding content standards. New York state standards are not aligned perfectly to those of the State of California; teachers can modify these Inquiries to meet appropriate grade-level expectations and instructional approaches.
Grade 10--World History, Culture, and Geography: The Modern World
California Framework Unit of Study and Related "Essential Questions" |
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1750-1914: Revolutions Shape the World
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The French Revolution By investigating the question of the French Revolution’s success, students will need to make decisions about what the problems of the Revolution were, how to give weight to the events of three different periods of the Revolution, and what distance, if any, was between intentions and effects. |
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1750-1914: Revolutions Shape The World
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The Industrial Revolution Students consider the ways in which movement (e.g., people, goods, services) affects a person’s geographic location and daily life as well as the structure of society. Students examine the ways in which the Industrial Revolution influenced people to physically move, how it moved aspects of workers’ daily lives, and how it metaphorically moved people forward and backward by analyzing how it affected progress. |
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The Rise of Imperialism and Colonization
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Imperialism: The Boxer Rebellion Students consider not only the brutal events of the Boxer Rebellion in China, but also the reasons why the Boxers rebelled against foreign powers in the first place. While progressing through the inquiry, students consider the political, economic, and religious reasons for both imperialism and the Boxer Rebellion. |
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Effects of World War I
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World War I: The Treaty of Versailles While progressing through the inquiry, students consider the original vision of the Treaty of Versailles, the conditions of the treaty itself, and the reactions to the treaty both at the time and by modern-day historians. |
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Nation Building in the Contemporary World
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Modernization: Kenya, Botswana, and Algeria By investigating the compelling question “Does development mean progress?” students focus on the characteristics of development in these countries and respond to the challenges that each country faces in light of modernization. |
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Nation Building in the Contemporary World
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South Africa: The End of Apartheid In investigating the work of Nelson Mandela, South African organizations, and international institutions, students create an illustrated timeline that showcases the breadth of the struggle to end apartheid and begin to evaluate the reasons that apartheid officially ended. |