St. Edmund Campion Secondary School |
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COURSE NAME: World History: The West and the World
COURSE CODE: CHY 4U1
LEVEL: Grade 12, University
COURSE OVERVIEW |
This course explores the history of the world since the sixteenth century, emphasizing the interaction between the emerging West and other regions of the world. Students will learn about a variety of economic, social, and political systems and the changes they have undergone over time. Students will acquire sound skills of historical inquiry and will develop an appreciation of the forces that have formed our modern world. The course covers major developments in knowledge, philosophy, politics, society and the arts.
CURRICULUM STRANDS AND OVERALL EXPECTATIONS |
- analyse a variety of types of communities that have evolved since the sixteenth century;
- assess various types of interactions that have occurred among diverse peoples and cultures, and the impact of these
interactions, since the sixteenth century;
- evaluate the factors that have led to conflict and war or to cooperation and peace between and within various communities
from the sixteenth century to the present.
Change and Continuity
- demonstrate an understanding of how the historical concept of change is used to analyse developments in the West and
throughout the world since the sixteenth century;
- demonstrate an understanding of how the historical concept of continuity is used to analyse developments in the West and
throughout the world since the sixteenth century;
- demonstrate an understanding of the importance and use of chronology and cause and effect in historical analyses of
developments in the West and throughout the world since the sixteenth century.
Citizenship and Heritage
- explain how key Western beliefs, philosophies, and ideologies have shaped the West and the rest of the world since the
sixteenth century;
- analyse how non-Western ideas and culture have influenced the course of world history since the sixteenth century;
- analyse different forms of artistic expression and how they have reflected or challenged the societies in which they have
appeared;
- assess the range and diversity of concepts of citizenship and human rights that have developed since the sixteenth century.
Social, Economic, and Political Structures
- describe diverse social structures and principles that have guided social organization in Western and non-Western societies
since the sixteenth century;
- analyse significant economic developments in the West and the rest of the world since the sixteenth century;
- describe key developments and innovations in political organization in the West and the rest of the world since the
sixteenth century;
- analyse changing aspects of women’s economic, social, and political lives in Western and non-Western societies since the
sixteenth century
Methods of Historical Inquiry
- use methods of historical inquiry to locate, gather, evaluate, and organize research materials from a variety of sources;
- interpret and analyse information gathered through research, employing concepts and approaches appropriate to historical inquiry;
- communicate the results of historical inquiries, using appropriate terms nd concepts and a variety of forms of communication
UNITS OF STUDY |
Unit 1: Foundations and Institutions Challenged 1492 -1715:
· Decline of the Medieval Era
· Renaissance
· Protestant Reformation/Counter Reformation
· Exploration and Encounter
Unit 2: The Enlightenment to Napoleon 1715–1815:
· Absolutism and Constitutionalism
· The Age of Reason(Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment)
· French Revolutionary
· Napoleon and the Congress of
Unit 3: The Century of Transitions 1815–1914:
· European Nationalism & Imperialism
· Industrial Revolution
· Philosophical Thought
Unit 4: From Optimism to Destruction 1914–present:
· Origins of WWI: Changing views of Humanity
· Russian Revolution: Tradition Challenged
· WWII: Era of Extremes
· Decolonization & Cold War
ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION |
A final grade is recorded for every course, and a credit is granted and recorded for every course in which the student's grade is 50% or higher. The final grade for each course in Grades 9–12 will be determined as follows:
• Seventy per cent(70%) of the grade will be based on evaluations conducted throughout the course. This portion of the grade should reflect the student’s most consistent level of achievement
throughout the course, although special consideration should be given to more recent evidence
of achievement .• Thirty per cent(30%) of the grade will be based on a final evaluation in the form of an examination, performance, essay, and/or other method of evaluation suitable to the course content and administered towards the end of the course.
Term Work | 70% |
Final Exam | 30% |
Knowledge and Understanding.
| 25% |
Thinking. The use of critical and creative thinking skills and/or processes, as follows :
| 25% |
Communication. The conveying of meaning through various forms , as follows :
| 25% |
Application.
| 25% |
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