History 12, version 04
(Provincial Exam Required for Some Post-Secondary Entry—exam worth 40% of final grade)

It is recommended that students complete:
• Social Studies 11

This revised course provides an introduction to the history of the twentieth century, beginning with the treaties that ended World War I and ending with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. While studying these events, students learn skills necessary to interpret historical events, including: how to ensure historical information is accurate and relevant; how to develop historical empathy; and how to present clear, logical arguments based on a knowledge of the events.

The course consists of four modules with a consumable workbook and a test for each module. There is also a Provincial Exam Preparation package which includes exam writing tips, a glossary, and a similuated provincial exam for practice. This may be used as students work through the modules or after they have completed the course.
Resources include three textbooks and one video tape (used in Modules 1 and 3).

There is also a Source File containing readings that are not in the textbooks. A History 12 Website includes Websites relevant to the module topics. These are included as options.

Module 1: Failure of Normalcy: the World After WW1

Section 1: How We Discover Truth in History, Nationalism,
and Imperialism
Section 2: The World in 1919
Section 3: Russia from Revolution to World War II
Section 4: The USA in the 1920s and the 1930s
Module 1 Test covers the work of Module 1.

Module 2: War in Mid-Century

Section 1: Germany, Italy and Japan in the 1920s and 1930s
Section 2: International Affairs in the 1920s and 1930s: Britain and France
Section 3: World War II
Section 4: The World In 1945: The Realignment of Power, New Technologies, Social Change
Module 2 Test covers the work of Module 2.

Module 3: Uneasy Peace: Proxy Wars

Section 1: Causes of the Cold War
Section 2:  The Cold War: The Berlin Blockade to the Cuban Missile Crisis
Section 3: The Cold War: After the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Collapse of the Soviet Union
Section 4:  Internationalism Since 1945
Module 3 Test covers the work of Module 3.

Module 4: The Winds of Change

Section 1: East Asia: India and China
Section 2: Vietnam and Afghanistan
Section 3: The Middle East: 1945 to 1991
Section 4: Economic and Social Change in the Post-War World
Module 4 Test covers the work of Module 4.

Use of a video tape recorder is required for this course.

Video tapes are available from your Distance Education School. To obtain them you submit a completed rental form and a deposit to the Distance Education School.

The textbooks and resources for this course are:

Global Forces of the Twentieth Century
The World This Century, Working with Evidence
A Map History of the Modern World
From Marx to McDonald’s Video
History 12 Exam Preparation Package