World History, Part 2

Syllabus

Course Description

This course focuses on the origins, battles, and results of World War I and World War Il. Students will study the rise of totalitarian states and the political environment in which they emerged. In addition, this course includes an in-depth study of the modern global situation, and the independence many former colonies now enjoy. Finally, students will examine the economical state of countries throughout the world and discuss why some have thrived and others have suffered.

Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to do the following:

1. Analyze and explain imperialism and revolutions in nations around the world-leading up to the Great War, or Word War I.

2. Investigate causes, impacts, and events in World War I and explain the occurrence of total war.

3. Examine economic and governmental theories and approaches and analyze how they led to the Great Depression.

4. Discuss the causes and events that led to World War Il, how these events diminished colonization around the world, and the various theaters of WWII.

5. Analyze the process of many nations in Africa and Asia becoming independent and relate those events and World War Il to the lead-upl to and unfolding of the Cold War.

6. Explain the relationship of nations as the Cold War dragged on, and discuss nations in terms of contemporary challenges, including nationalism and terrorism.