Government of British Columbia - Ministry of Education
PRESCRIBED LEARNING OUTCOMES - HISTORY 12
It is expected that students will:
- Analyze primary and secondary sources (historical evidence) with reference to :
- reliability
- bias and point of view
- corroborating and conflicting evidence
- Assess significant historical events in relation to social, political, economic, technological, cultural and geographic factors
- Demonstrate historical empathy
- Explain the significance of nationalism and imperialism in the world of 1919 with reference to :
- the changed map of Europe and the Middle East
- the Mandate system
- Evaluate the Paris Peace Conference in terms of :
- contributions and positions of participants
- outcomes
- Compare the basic features of :
- fascism
- communism
- democracy
- Describe circumstances that led to the rise of the fascists in Italy, including :
- social and economic turmoil
- Mussolini’s actions and policies
- Explain the rise to power of Hitler and National Socialism in Germany, with reference to :
- conditions that generated support for Nazism
- Hitler’s actions and policies
- Evaluate ways in which Lenin and Stalin transformed the USSR, with reference to :
- the Russian revolutions
- the Russian Civil War
- the New Economic Policy
- “socialism in one country”
- Describe the relationship between colonial rule and emerging nationalism in Palestine and the Indian subcontinent
- Describe social, economic and political developments in the United States in the 1920’s, including :
- prohibition; the changing role of women
- urbanization, mass production, and consumerism
- isolationism and laissez-faire policies
- Assess the causes of and responses to the Great Depression
- Evaluate the circumstances and events that led to World War II in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, including :
- failures of collective security
- appeasement
- Japanese imperialism
- Explain the significance of key developments in World War II including :
- military battles and campaigns
- total war
- technological advances
- Analyse the significance of the Holocaust
- Explain how World War II resulted in a realignment of world power
- Assess critical developments of the Cold War, including :
- division of Germany
- American policy of containment
- Soviet sphere of influence
- Korean War
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- Describe the emergence of China into world affairs
- Describe relations between Israel and the Arab world, with reference to
- territorial changes
- Arab nationalism
- Suez Crisis
- Explain the role of nationalism in the post-1945 decolonization of India and Indo-China
- Explain key developments in the struggle for human rights in South Africa and the United States
- Explain the significance of conflicts in Vietnam and the Middle East
- Analyze changes in Chinese communism with reference to :
- the Cultural Revolution
- the changing relationship with the west
- Deng Xiaoping’s policies
- Analyse the late stages of the Cold War with reference to :
- the US/USSR relationship
- the decline of communism in Eastern Europe
- the dissolution of the Soviet Union