Standardized Test Preparation
New York Regents
Social Studies - Grade 10
Assessment Exam - NY Regents Global History| The First Civilizations, ca. 10,000 B.C.E. – ca. 630 C.E. | eTAP Lesson |
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| Development of Civilization | |
| Analyze the political, social, and economic differences in human lives before and after the Neolithic Revolution, including the shift in roles of men and women.
NY.GH.9.1a |
Hunter-Gatherers |
| Explore how the Mesopotamian, Shang, and Indus River valley civilizations adapted to and modified their environments to meet their need for food, clothing, and shelter.
NY.GH.9.1b |
River Valley Civilizations Mesopotamian Empires Three Dynasties Religion, Society, and Culture |
| Explore the Mesopotamian, Shang, and Indus River valley civilizations by examining archaeological and historical evidence to compare and contrast characteristics and note their unique contributions.
NY.GH.9.1c |
River Valley Civilizations Mesopotamian Empires Three Dynasties Religion, Society, and Culture |
| Belief Systems: Rise and Impact | |
| Identify the place of origin, compare and contrast the core beliefs and practices, and explore the sacred texts and ethical codes for Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Confucianism, and Daoism.
NY.GH.9.2a |
A Different Religion Origins of India Buddhism in India Religion, Society, and Culture The Rise of Christianity Chinese Society |
| Examine similarities and differences between Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Confucianism regarding their effects on social order and gender roles.
NY.GH.9.2b |
A Different Religion Origins of India Buddhism in India Religion, Society, and Culture The Rise of Christianity Chinese Society |
| Classical Civilizations: Expansion, Achievement, Decline | |
| Examine the locations and relative sizes of classical political entities (Greece, Gupta, Han, Maurya, Maya, Qin, Rome) noting the location and size of each in relation to the amount of power each held within a region.
NY.GH.9.3a.i |
Aegean Civilizations The Roman Republic Greek City-States Quest for Beauty and Meaning Alexander the Great Three Dynasties Buddhism in India The Mayan Civilization |
| Investigate how geographic factors encouraged or hindered expansion and interactions within the Greek, Roman, and Mayan civilizations.
NY.GH.9.3a.ii |
Aegean Civilizations The Roman Republic Greek City-States Quest for Beauty and Meaning Alexander the Great The Mayan Civilization |
| Compare and contrast how the Mauryan, Qin, and Roman civilizations consolidated and increased power.
NY.GH.9.3b |
The Roman Republic Three Dynasties Buddhism in India |
| Examine the achievements of Greece, Gupta, Han Dynasty, Maya, and Rome to determine if the civilizations experienced a Golden Age.
NY.GH.9.3c |
Aegean Civilizations The Roman Republic Greek City-States Quest for Beauty and Meaning Alexander the Great Three Dynasties The Mayan Civilization |
| Compare and contrast the forces that led to the fall of the Han Dynasty, the Mayan civilization, and the Roman Empire.
NY.GH.9.3d |
The Roman Republic The Fall of Rome Three Dynasties The Mayan Civilization |
| Rise of Transregional Trade Networks | |
| Identify the location of the transregional trade networks noting regional connections between the Indian Ocean complex, Mediterranean Sea complex, Silk Roads, and Trans-Saharan routes.
NY.GH.9.4a |
The Roman Empire Mongol Peace and Decline Chinese Society The Rise of African Civilization |
| Examine the technologies that facilitated and improved interregional travel along the Indian Ocean and Trans-Saharan networks of exchange.
NY.GH.9.4b |
Mongol Peace and Decline The Rise of African Civilization |
| Identify and explain the importance of at least two key resources and/or products and/or luxury items vital to exchanges along the Indian Ocean complex, Mediterranean Sea complex, Silk Roads, and Trans-Saharan routes.
NY.GH.9.4c.i |
The Roman Empire Mongol Peace and Decline Chinese Society The Rise of African Civilization |
| Identify trade networks involved in the exchange of enslaved people and explore the nature of slavery during this time period.
NY.GH.9.4c.ii |
The Rise of African Civilization Life in Medieval Africa |
| Examine the diffusion of religious ideas along the Indian Ocean complex, Silk Roads, and Trans-Saharan routes.
NY.GH.9.4c.iii |
Mongol Peace and Decline Chinese Society The Rise of African Civilization |
| Examine the travels of Zheng He, Ibn Battuta, and Marco Polo and the influence of their journeys.
NY.GH.9.4c.iv |
Mongol Peace and Decline |
| Examine the emergence and expansion of political states along the Mediterranean Sea complex (the Byzantine Empire and rise of the Ottoman Empire) and Trans-Saharan routes (Ghana and Mali).
NY.GH.9.4d |
The Roman Empire The Fall of Rome The Israelite Journey The Rise of African Civilization |
| Political Powers and Achievement | |
| Examine the political, economic, and social institutions of feudal Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire, including the role of Justinian and Theodora during the Middle Ages.
NY.GH.9.5a.i |
Roman Decline The Rise of Feudalism Chinese Society |
| Compare and contrast the institutions in feudal Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire ca. 500 to ca. 1200.
NY.GH.9.5a.ii |
Roman Decline The Rise of Feudalism |
| Examine the locations and relative sizes of postclassical states and empires at the heights of their power, including the Abbasid Caliphate, Byzantine Empire, Mongol Empire, and Song and Tang dynasties, noting relative position, power within their regions and the areas they influenced.
NY.GH.9.5b.i |
Roman Decline Mongol Peace and Decline Chinese Society Muslim Life and Culture |
| Compare and contrast the empire-building processes of the Mongols and the Islamic caliphates, noting important disruptions in other regions.
NY.GH.9.5b.ii |
Mongol Peace and Decline Muslim Life and Culture |
| Compare and contrast the achievements and innovations of the Tang and Song dynasties with the Abbasid Caliphate.
NY.GH.9.5c.i |
Chinese Society Muslim Life and Culture |
| Explore the spread and evolution of technology and learning from East Asia to Western Europe via the Middle East (e.g., gunpowder, ship technology, navigation, printing, paper).
NY.GH.9.5c.ii |
Chinese Society Muslim Life and Culture |
| Examine feudal Japan, tracing the previous arrival of elements of Chinese culture (e.g., Buddhism, writing, poetry, art) and how those elements were adopted in and adapted to Japanese society.
NY.GH.9.5c.iii |
Early Japan Shoguns, Samurai, and Japanese Culture |
| Social and Cultural Growth and Conflict | |
| Investigate the divisions within Islam (Sunni-Shia) and the Great Schism between Roman Catholic Christianity and Orthodox Christianity and their impacts.
NY.GH.9.6a.i |
The Spread of Islam |
| Investigate the Crusades and the Delhi Sultanate from multiple perspectives.
NY.GH.9.6a.ii |
Indian Empires Kingdoms, Knights, and Crusades |
| Examine the development of Sikhism in South Asia during this time period.
NY.GH.9.6a.iii |
Buddhism in India |
| Map the spread of the Black Death (Bubonic Plague) as it was carried westward from Asia to Africa and Europe. Evaluate the effects of the Black Death on these regions.
NY.GH.9.6b |
The Late Middle Ages |
| Global Interactions, ca. 1400 – 1750 | eTAP Lesson |
| The Ottoman Empire and the Ming Dynasty Pre-1600 | |
| Map the extent of the Muslim, Neo-Confucian, and Christian realms and compare the relative size and power of these realms ca. 1400.
NY.GH.9.7a.i |
The Spread of Islam China Reunites Early Japan |
| Map the extent of the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Dynasty at the height of their power.
NY.GH.9.7a.ii |
Kingdoms, Knights, and Crusades China Reunites |
| Analyze how the ethnic and religious compositions of the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Dynasty were reflected in their political and societal organizations.
NY.GH.9.7b |
Kingdoms, Knights, and Crusades China Reunites |
| Examine Ming interactions with European traders and Christian missionaries.
NY.GH.9.7c.i |
China Reunites |
| Examine how the Ottomans interacted with Europeans noting the role of Suleiman the Magnificent.
NY.GH.9.7c.ii |
Kingdoms, Knights, and Crusades |
| Africa and the Americas Pre-1600 | |
| Locate the extent of the Songhai and East African states in Africa and the Aztec and Incan empires in the Americas using an Atlantic Ocean-centered map. Examine the adaptations made to the environment by the Aztecs and Incas.
NY.GH.9.8a.i |
Life in Medieval Africa The Rise of African Civilization The Aztec and Inca Empires |
| Examine the relationships with neighboring peoples in the region considering warfare, tribute, and trade.
NY.GH.9.8a.ii |
Life in Medieval Africa The Rise of African Civilization The Aztec and Inca Empires |
| Examine the influence of Islam on the growth of trade networks and power relations in the Songhai Empire and in East African city-states.
NY.GH.9.8a.iii |
Life in Medieval Africa The Rise of African Civilization |
| Examine the role of nature and the traditional religious beliefs in the Americas and Africa (e.g., animism) during this period.
NY.GH.9.8b.i |
Life in Medieval Africa The Rise of African Civilization The Aztec and Inca Empires |
| Explore the relationships between religious beliefs and political power in the Aztec and Inca empires.
NY.GH.9.8b.ii |
The Aztec and Inca Empires |
| Investigate the achievements and contributions of the Aztec, Inca, and Songhai empires.
NY.GH.9.8c |
Life in Medieval Africa The Rise of African Civilization The Aztec and Inca Empires |
| Transformation of Western Europe and Russia | |
| Investigate technologies and ideas, including printing and paper, navigational tools, and mathematics and medical science that diffused to Europe, noting the role of the Islamic caliphates.
NY.GH.9.9a.i |
Muslim Life and Culture The Renaissance Begins New Ways of Thinking Thinkers of the Enlightenment |
| Explore shifts in the Western European Medieval view of itself and the world as well as key Greco-Roman legacies that influenced Renaissance thinkers and artists.
NY.GH.9.9a.ii |
New Ways of Thinking Thinkers of the Enlightenment |
| Examine political ideas developed during the Renaissance, including those of Machiavelli.
NY.GH.9.9a.iii |
New Ways of Thinking Thinkers of the Enlightenment |
| Explore the roles of key individuals, including Martin Luther, John Calvin, Elizabeth I, and Ignatius Loyola, and the impacts that they had on the religious and political unity of Europe.
NY.GH.9.9b.i |
The Protestant Reformation |
| Trace the discrimination against and persecution of Jews.
NY.GH.9.9b.ii |
The Israelite Journey The Late Middle Ages |
| Investigate Russian efforts to remove Mongol and Islamic influence and to expand and transform their society.
NY.GH.9.9c.i |
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| Investigate autocratic and absolutist rule by comparing and contrasting the reigns of Louis XIV and Peter the Great.
NY.GH.9.9c.ii |
Thinkers of the Enlightenment |
| Examine the Scientific Revolution, including the influence of Galileo and Newton.
NY.GH.9.9d |
Thinkers of the Enlightenment New Scientific Ideas |
| Investigate the Enlightenment by comparing and contrasting the ideas expressed in The Leviathan and The Second Treatise on Government.
NY.GH.9.9e.i |
A More Perfect Union Declaration of Independence |
| Investigate the context and challenge to authority in the English Civil War and Glorious Revolution.
NY.GH.9.9e.ii |
Formulating a Plan for Liberty |
| Interactions and Disruptions | |
| Explore the relationship between knowledge and technological innovations, focusing on how knowledge of wind and current patterns, combined with technological innovations, influenced exploration and transoceanic travel.
NY.GH.9.10a.i |
The Age of Exploration The Story in Europe |
| Trace major motivations for European interest in exploration and oceanic trade, including the influence of Isabella and Ferdinand.
NY.GH.9.10a.ii |
The Age of Exploration The Story in Europe |
| Map the exchange of crops and animals and the spread of diseases across the world during the Columbian exchange.
NY.GH.9.10b.i |
Peoples of North America Cultures, Traditions, Economies, and Governments |
| Investigate the population of the Americas before the Encounter andevaluate the impact of the arrival of the Europeans on the indigenous populations.
NY.GH.9.10b.ii |
Peoples of North America Cultures, Traditions, Economies, and Governments |
| Contrast the demographic impacts on Europe and China after the introduction of new crops with demographic effects on the Americas resulting from the Columbian exchange.
NY.GH.9.10b.iii |
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| Examine how the demand for labor, primarily for sugar cultivation and silver mining, influenced the growth of the trade of enslaved African peoples.
NY.GH.9.10c.i |
Slavery |
| Investigate European and African roles in the development of the slave trade, and investigate the conditions and treatment of enslaved Africans during the Middle Passage and in the Americas.
NY.GH.9.10c.ii |
Slavery |
| Examine the political, economic, cultural, and geographic impacts of Spanish colonization on the Aztec and Inca societies.
NY.GH.9.10d.i |
The Aztec and Inca Empires |
| Investigate the different degrees of social and racial integration and assimilation that occurred under colonizing powers, laying the foundations for complex and varying social hierarchies in the Americas.
NY.GH.9.10d.ii |
Spanish Missions Immigration |
| Examine the social, political, and economic impact of the Atlantic slave trade on Africa, including the development of the kingdoms of the Ashanti and Dahomey.
NY.GH.9.10d.iii |
Early Africa |
| Explore how new transoceanic routes shifted trade networks (e.g., Indian Ocean, the Silk Road, Trans-Saharan) in the Eastern Hemisphere.
NY.GH.9.10e.i |
The Age of Exploration |
| Explore how shifts in the global trade networks and the use of gunpowder affected the Ottoman Empire.
NY.GH.9.10e.ii |
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| Examine the development of European maritime empires and mercantilism.
NY.GH.9.10.e.iii |
The Age of Exploration |
| The World in 1750 | eTAP Lesson |
| The World in 1750 | |
| Compare and contrast the Mughal Empire and the Ottoman Empire in 1750 in terms of religious and ethnic tolerance, political organization, and commercial activity.
NY.GH.10.1a.i |
Indian Empires |
| Examine efforts to unify, stabilize, and centralize Japan under the rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
NY.GH.10.1a.ii |
Early Japan |
| Compare and contrast the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan with France under the rule of the Bourbon Dynasty, looking at the role of Edo and Paris/Versailles, attempts to control the daimyo and nobles, and the development of bureaucracies.
NY.GH.10.1a.iii |
Early Japan |
| Compare and contrast the Tokugawa and Mughal responses to outsiders, with attention to the impacts of those decisions.
NY.GH.10.1b.i |
Early Japan Indian Empires |
| Create a world map showing the extent of European maritime empires, the Russian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, Mughal Empire, China under the Qing Dynasty,
NY.GH.10.1b.ii |
Indian Empires The Age of Exploration China Reunites |
| Compare the size of these states, empires, and kingdoms relative to the power they wielded in their regions and in the world.
NY.GH.10.1b.iii |
The Age of Exploration Indian Empires China Reunites |
| Enlightenment, Revolution, and Nationalism | |
| Examine at least three Enlightenment thinkers, including John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and key ideas from their written works.
NY.GH.10.2a |
Thinkers of the Enlightenment |
| Explore the influence of Enlightenment ideals on issues of gender and abolition by examining the ideas of individuals such as Mary Wollstonecraft and William Wilberforce.
NY.GH.10.2b.i |
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| Examine enlightened despots including Catherine the Great.
NY.GH.10.2b.ii |
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| Examine evidence related to the preconditions of the French Revolution and the course of the revolution, noting the roles of Olympe de Gouges, Maximilien Robespierre, and Napoleon Bonaparte.
NY.GH.10.2c.i |
Napoleon’s Empire |
| Examine the evidence related to the impacts of the French Revolution on resistance and revolutionary movements, noting the roles of Toussaint L’Ouverture and Simon Bolivar.
NY.GH.10.2c.ii |
Napoleon’s Empire |
| Envestigate the role of cultural identity and nationalism in the unification of Italy and Germany and in the dissolution of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires.
NY.GH.10.2d |
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| Causes and Effects of the Industrial Revolution | |
| Examine the agricultural revolution in Great Britain.
NY.GH.10.3a |
The First Signs of Change |
| Analyze the factors and conditions needed to industrialize and to expand industrial production, as well as shifts in economic practices.
NY.GH.10.3b.i |
The First Signs of Change The Spread of Industry |
| Examine the economic theory presented in The Wealth of Nations.
NY.GH.10.3b.ii |
Thinkers of the Enlightenment The Basics of Capitalism |
| Examine changes and innovations in energy, technology, communication,and transportation that enabled industrialization.
NY.GH.10.3b.iii |
The First Signs of Change The Spread of Industry |
| Investigate the social, political, and economic impacts of industrialization in Victorian England and Meiji Japan and compare and contrast them.
NY.GH.10.3c |
The First Signs of Change The Spread of Industry Imperialism in Asia and the Americas |
| Investigate suffrage, education, and labor reforms, as well as ideologies such as Marxism, that were intended to transform society.
NY.GH.10.3d.i |
The First Signs of Change The Spread of Industry |
| Examine the Irish potato famine within the context of the British agricultural revolution and Industrial Revolution.
NY.GH.10.3d.ii |
The First Signs of Change The Spread of Industry |
| Imperialism | |
| Explore imperialism from a variety of perspectives such as those of missionaries, indigenous peoples, women, merchants/business people, and government officials.
NY.GH.10.4a.i |
Imperialism in Asia and the Americas Colonization of Africa The Need for Expansion |
| Trace how imperial powers politically and economically controlled territories and people, including direct and indirect rule in Africa (South Africa, Congo, and one other territory), India, Indochina, and spheres of influence in China.
NY.GH.10.4a.ii |
Imperialism in Asia and the Americas Colonization of Africa The Need for Expansion |
| Investigate one example of resistance in Africa (Zulu, Ethiopia, or Southern Egypt/Sudan) and one in China (Taiping Rebellion or Boxer Rebellion and the role of Empress Dowager CiXi).
NY.GH.10.4b.i |
Imperialism in Asia and the Americas Colonization of Africa |
| Investigate how Japan reacted to the threat of Western imperialism in Asia.
NY.GH.10.4b.ii |
Imperialism in Asia and the Americas |
| Compare and contrast maps of Africa from ca. 1800 and ca. 1914, noting the changes and continuities of ethnic groups and regions, African states, and European claims.
NY.GH.10.4c |
Colonization of Africa |
| 1914–Present: Crisis and Achievement in the 20th Century | eTAP Lesson |
| Unresolved Global Conflict (1914-1945) | |
| Compare and contrast long- and short-term causes and effects of World War I and World War II.
NY.GH.10.5a |
Rumblings of War The Road to War Rise of Fascism and Communism |
| Compare and contrast the technologies utilized in both World War I and World War II, noting the human and environmental devastation.
NY.GH.10.5b |
Total War The War in Europe |
| Examine international efforts to work together to build stability and peace, including Wilson’s Fourteen Points, the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations, and the United Nations.
NY.GH.10.5c |
The Russian Revolution and the End of WWI Peace at Last The Road to War |
| Examine the Russian Revolution and the development of Soviet ideology and nationalism under Lenin and Stalin.
NY.GH.10.5d.i |
The Russian Revolution and the End of WWI The Soviet Union |
| Examine the role of nationalism and the development of the National Socialist state under Hitler in Germany.
NY.GH.10.5d.ii |
Rise of Fascism and Communism The Road to War |
| Examine the role of nationalism and militarism in Japan.
NY.GH.10.5d.iii |
The Road to War |
| Investigate the causes of the Great Depression and its influence on the rise of totalitarian dictators and determine the common characteristics of these dictators.
NY.GH.10.5d.iv |
A Different World The Soviet Union Rise of Fascism and Communism The Road to War |
| Examine the atrocities against the Armenians; examine the Ukrainian Holodomor, and examine the Holocaust.
NY.GH.10.5e |
Damage Control |
| Unresolved Global Conflict ((1945–1991: The Cold War) | |
| Compare and contrast how peace was conceived at Yalta and Potsdam with what happened in Europe in the four years after World War II (i.e., Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe, Truman Doctrine, Berlin blockade, NATO).
NY.GH.10.6a |
Damage Control The Cold War |
| Investigate the efforts to expand and contain communism in Cuba,Vietnam, and Afghanistan from multiple perspectives.
NY.GH.10.6b.i |
The Cold War |
| Examine the new military alliances, nuclear proliferation, and the rise of the military-industrial complex.
NY.GH.10.6b.ii |
Damage Control The Cold War |
| Examine the reasons countries such as Egypt and India chose nonalignment.
NY.GH.10.6b.iii |
The Middle East |
| Explore the era of détente from both American and Soviet perspectives.
NY.GH.10.6b.iv |
The Cold War Modern Foreign Policy |
| Investigate the political reforms of glasnost and economic reforms of perestroika.
NY.GH.10.6c.i |
Modern Foreign Policy |
| Examine the impacts of those reforms within the Soviet Union, on the Soviet communist bloc, and in the world.
NY.GH.10.6c.ii |
Modern Foreign Policy |
| Decolonization and Nationalism (1900–2000) | |
| Explore Gandhi’s nonviolent nationalist movement and nationalist efforts led by the Muslim League aimed at the masses that resulted in a British-partitioned subcontinent.
NY.GH.10.7a.i |
Indian Empires |
| Compare and contrast the ideologies and methodologies of Gandhi and Ho Chi Minh as nationalist leaders.
NY.GH.10.7a.ii |
Indian Empires The Vietnam Era |
| Explore at least two of these three African independence movements: Ghana, Algeria, Kenya.
NY.GH.10.7b |
Africa |
| Investigate Zionism, the mandates created at the end of World War I, and Arab nationalism.
NY.GH.10.7c.i |
The Middle East |
| Examine the creation of the State of Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
NY.GH.10.7c.ii |
The Middle East |
| Trace the Chinese Civil War, including the role of warlords, nationalists, communists, and the world wars that resulted in the division of China into a communist-run People’s Republic of China and a nationalist-run Taiwan.
NY.GH.10.7d.i |
The People’s Republic |
| Investigate political, economic, and social policies under Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping and compare and contrast these policies.
NY.GH.10.7d.ii |
The People’s Republic |
| Contemporary Issues | eTAP Lesson |
| Tensions Between Traditional Cultures and Modernization | |
| Investigate the extent to which urbanization and industrialization have modified the roles of social institutions such as family, religion, education, and government by examining one case study in each of these regions: Africa (e.g., Zimbabwe, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone), Latin America (e.g., Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico), and Asia (e.g., China, India, Indonesia, South Korea).
NY.GH.10.8a |
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| Investigate, compare, and contrast tensions between modernization and traditional culture in Turkey under the rule of Kemal Atatürk and in Iran under the Pahlavis and the Ayatollahs.
NY.GH.10.8b.i |
Napoleon’s Empire |
| Explore how changes in technology, such as communication and transportation, have affected interactions between people and those in authority (e.g.,efforts to affect change in government policy, engage people in the political processincluding use of social media, control access to information, and use terrorism as a tactic).
NY.GH.10.8b.ii |
Global Interdependence |
| Globalization and a Changing Global Environment (1990-Present) | |
| Explore how information is accessed, exchanged, and controlled and how business is conducted in light of changing technology.
NY.GH.10.9a.i |
Global Interdependence |
| Investigate the causes and effects of, and responses to, one infectious disease (e.g., malaria, HIV/AIDS).
NY.GH.10.9a.ii |
Global Interdependence |
Compare and contrast arguments supporting and criticizing globalization by examining concerns including:
NY.GH.10.9b |
Global Interdependence Issues in Today’s Global Market |
| Examine how the world’s population is growing exponentially for numerous reasons and how it is not evenly distributed.
NY.GH.10.9c.i |
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| Explore efforts to increase and intensify food production through industrial agriculture (e.g., Green Revolutions, use of fertilizers and pesticides, irrigation, and genetic modifications).
NY.GH.10.9c.ii |
Global Interdependence |
| Examine strains on the environment, such as threats to wildlife and degradation of the physical environment (i.e., desertification, deforestation and pollution) due to population growth, industrialization, and urbanization.
NY.GH.10.9c.iii |
Global Interdependence |
| Examine the roles of the United Nations (UN), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and efforts to build coalitions to promote international cooperation to address conflicts and issues. They will also examine the extent to which these efforts were successful
NY.GH.10.9d.i |
Global Interdependence Modern Foreign Policy |
| Investigate one organization and one international action that sought to provide solutions to environmental issues, including the Kyoto Protocol.
NY.GH.10.9d.ii |
Modern Foreign Policy |
| Examine threats to global security, such as international trade in weapons (e.g., chemical, biological, and nuclear), nuclear proliferation, cyber war, and terrorism, including a discussion of the events of September 11, 2001.
NY.GH.10.9d.iii |
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| Human Rights Violations | |
| Investigate and analyze the historical context of the Holocaust, Nuremberg Trials, and Tokyo Trials and their impacts on the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
NY.GH.10.10a.i |
Modern Foreign Policy Recent Political Systems |
| Examine the articles contained in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
NY.GH.10.10a.ii |
Recent Political Systems |
| Explore multinational treaties and international court systems that bind countries to adhere to international human rights.
NY.GH.10.10b.i |
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| Explore international organizations that work to maintain peace, stability, and economic prosperity, and to protect nations and people from oppressive governments and political violence.
NY.GH.10.10b.ii |
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| Examine the atrocities committed under Augusto Pinochet, Deng Xiaoping, and Slobodan Milosevic in light of the principles and articles within the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
NY.GH.10.10c.i |
The Abuse of Power |
| Examine and analyze the roles of perpetrators and bystanders in human rights violations in Cambodia, Rwanda, and Darfur in light of the principles and articles within the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
NY.GH.10.10c.ii |
The Abuse of Power |
| Examine the policy of apartheid in South Africa and the growth of the anti-apartheid movements, exploring Nelson Mandela’s role in these movements and in the post-apartheid period.
NY.GH.10.10c.iii |
Africa |
| Explore efforts to address human rights violations by individuals and groups, including the efforts of Mother Teresa, Aung San Suu Kyi, and the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.
NY.GH.10.10c.iv |
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