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New Hampshire Frameworks Correlations
The
Ethics of War
What constitutes a "just" war? How do the world's major religions
view war? What are the international rules of war? This site from the BBC explores
these and other issues related to conflict.
Intended
Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section:
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Vital Themes for the Study of History: Conflict and Cooperation.
The many and various causes of war, and of approaches to peacemaking and war prevention.
Relations between domestic affairs and ways of dealing with the outside world.
Contrasts between international conflict and cooperation, between isolation
and interdependence. The consequences of war and peace for societies and their
cultures.Social Studies: History Curriculum Standard 18
Students will demonstrate a knowledge of the chronology and significant developments
of world history including the study of ancient, medieval, and modern Europe
(Western civilization) with particular emphasis on those developments that have
shaped the experience of the entire globe over the last 500 years and those
ideas, institutions, and cultural legacies that have directly influenced American
thought, culture, and politics.
Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade six students will be able to: -
Demonstrate a basic understanding of the distinctive characteristics of major
contemporary societies and cultures of Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and
the Middle East.
Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade ten students will be able to: -
Compare the origin, central ideas, institutions, and worldwide influence
of major religious and philosophical traditions including Buddhism, Christianity,
Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism.
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Discuss the evolution
of Western culture and ideas during the Enlightenment including the scientific
revolution of the 17th century and the intellectual revolution of the 18th century.
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Discuss the causes, results,
and influence on the rest of the world of the American and French Revolutions.
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Discuss the origins,
political ideas, and worldwide effects on society, politics, and economics of
the European ideologies of the 19th and 20th centuries including Conservatism,
Liberalism, republicanism, social democracy, Marxism, Communism, Fascism, Nazism,
and nationalism.
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Discuss the nature and growth
of European imperialism in the 18th and 19th centuries as well as decolonization
in the 20th century including the consequences of both in Europe and their effects
in Africa, India, East Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas.
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Demonstrate an understanding
of the causes and worldwide consequences of World War I, the Russian Revolutions,
World War II, the Chinese Revolution, the Cold War, and post-World War II conflicts.
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Discuss the significance
of major cultural, economic, and political developments in the 20th century
including the development and internationalization of art, music, and literature;
the worldwide quest for democracy, political freedom, and human rights; the
making of the European community of nations; the growth of international trade;
and new approaches to worldwide cooperation and interdependence.
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