Ontario Grade 11 CHT3O World History since 1900: Global and Regional Interactions (Grade 11, Open)
Chapters: 5
1. A. Historical Inquiry and Skill Development
A1 Historical Inquiry · A2 Developing Transferable Skills
- The Scientific Method – The scientific method is the careful way scientists find out how the world works. Observe something, ask a testable question, make a hypothesis (a clear, testable guess), test it with a fair experiment (change one variable, measure one, keep the rest the same), repeat and record data, analyse it, draw a conclusion and share it so others can check. Results that fail the test are useful too: they send you back to a new hypothesis.
- Career Planning: From Knowing Yourself to Your First Job – Career planning has five steps. 1) Know yourself: interests, skills and values. 2) Explore career families and find out the work, study needed, pay and demand. 3) Plan a pathway with SMART goals and a plan B. 4) Search for jobs with a CV, cover letter, digital portfolio and interview practice. 5) Make the move from school to work and keep learning, because careers change over a lifetime.
2. B. Empires and Nationalism, 1900–1919
B1 Social, Economic, and Political Context · B2 Communities, Conflict, and Cooperation · B3 Identity, Citizenship, and Heritage
- Civics and Government: How Citizens and Governments Work Together – Civics is the study of how people govern themselves and how citizens take part. In a democracy, power comes from the people, who choose representatives in free elections. Government has three branches: the legislature makes laws, the executive carries them out and the judiciary checks they follow the constitution. Most countries also have levels of government (local, state or provincial, national), each with its own jobs. A law starts as an idea, becomes a bill, is debated and voted on, and gets final approval. Citizens have rights, such as free speech and voting, and responsibilities, such as obeying laws and respecting others. Active citizens stay informed, vote, volunteer and work peacefully for change.
- World History Since 1900: Global and Regional Interactions – In 1900 a few empires ruled much of the world. Two world wars, the Great Depression and the rise of dictators broke that order. After 1945 the United Nations was created, the USA and USSR competed in the Cold War, and more than 100 colonies, including India, became free nations. Since 1991 the world has become more connected through trade, the internet and migration, while regional conflicts and global problems still need countries to cooperate.
3. C. Economic and Political Crises, 1919–1945
C1 Social, Economic, and Political Context · C2 Communities, Conflict, and Cooperation · C3 Identity, Citizenship, and Heritage
- Civics and Government: How Citizens and Governments Work Together – Civics is the study of how people govern themselves and how citizens take part. In a democracy, power comes from the people, who choose representatives in free elections. Government has three branches: the legislature makes laws, the executive carries them out and the judiciary checks they follow the constitution. Most countries also have levels of government (local, state or provincial, national), each with its own jobs. A law starts as an idea, becomes a bill, is debated and voted on, and gets final approval. Citizens have rights, such as free speech and voting, and responsibilities, such as obeying laws and respecting others. Active citizens stay informed, vote, volunteer and work peacefully for change.
4. D. The Cold War Years, 1945–1991
D1 Social, Economic, and Political Context · D2 Communities, Conflict, and Cooperation · D3 Identity, Citizenship, and Heritage
- Civics and Government: How Citizens and Governments Work Together – Civics is the study of how people govern themselves and how citizens take part. In a democracy, power comes from the people, who choose representatives in free elections. Government has three branches: the legislature makes laws, the executive carries them out and the judiciary checks they follow the constitution. Most countries also have levels of government (local, state or provincial, national), each with its own jobs. A law starts as an idea, becomes a bill, is debated and voted on, and gets final approval. Citizens have rights, such as free speech and voting, and responsibilities, such as obeying laws and respecting others. Active citizens stay informed, vote, volunteer and work peacefully for change.
- The Cold War (1945–1991) – The Cold War was a long contest (1945–1991) between two superpowers: the USA with its Western allies (capitalism, multi-party elections) and the USSR with its Eastern allies (communism, one-party rule). They never fought each other directly. Instead they formed rival alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact), raced to build nuclear weapons and reach space, backed opposite sides in proxy wars (Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan) and came close to nuclear war in Cuba in 1962. Many new nations, led by India and others, stayed non-aligned. Détente eased tension in the 1970s. Reforms in the USSR, the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989) and the break-up of the USSR (1991) ended it.
5. E. Aglobalizing World: Issues and Interactions Since 1991
E1 Social, Economic, and Political Context · E2 Communities, Conflict, and Cooperation · E3 Identity, Citizenship, and Heritage
- Civics and Government: How Citizens and Governments Work Together – Civics is the study of how people govern themselves and how citizens take part. In a democracy, power comes from the people, who choose representatives in free elections. Government has three branches: the legislature makes laws, the executive carries them out and the judiciary checks they follow the constitution. Most countries also have levels of government (local, state or provincial, national), each with its own jobs. A law starts as an idea, becomes a bill, is debated and voted on, and gets final approval. Citizens have rights, such as free speech and voting, and responsibilities, such as obeying laws and respecting others. Active citizens stay informed, vote, volunteer and work peacefully for change.
- World History Since 1900: Global and Regional Interactions – In 1900 a few empires ruled much of the world. Two world wars, the Great Depression and the rise of dictators broke that order. After 1945 the United Nations was created, the USA and USSR competed in the Cold War, and more than 100 colonies, including India, became free nations. Since 1991 the world has become more connected through trade, the internet and migration, while regional conflicts and global problems still need countries to cooperate.