Standards

World War II 

WHS.12B Explain the roles of various world leaders, including Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Hideki Tojo, Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill, prior to and during World War II. 

WHS.12C Explain the major causes and events of World War II, including the German invasions of Poland and the Soviet Union, the Holocaust, the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Normandy landings, and the dropping of the atomic bombs. 

WHS.15A Locate places and regions of historical significance directly related to major eras and turning points in world history. 

WHS.19D Explain the significance of the League of Nations and the United Nations. 

WHS.21D Identify examples of genocide, including the Holocaust and genocide in Armenia, the Balkans, Rwanda, and Darfur. 

WHS.27C Explain the effects of major new military technologies on World War I, World War II, and the Cold War. 

WHS.27E Identify the contributions of significant scientists and inventors such as Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Louis Pasteur, and James Watt. 

WHS.28C Analyze primary and secondary sources to determine frame of reference, historical context, and point of view. 

WHS.28E Analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause and‐effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, drawing inferences and conclusions, and developing connections between historical events over time. 

WHS.29A Create and interpret thematic maps, graphs, and charts to demonstrate the relationship between geography and the historical development of a region or nation. 

WHS.30AUse social studies terminology correctly. 

WHS.30B Use effective written communication skills, including proper citations and avoiding plagiarism. 

WHS.30C Interpret and create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information. 

WHS.31A Use problem‐solving and decision‐making processes to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution. 

WHS.30C Interpret and create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information. 

WHS.31A Use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, identify options, predict consequences, and take action to implement a decision. 

The Cold War 

WHS.1F Identify major causes and describe the major effects of the following important turning points in world history from 1914 to the present: the world wars and their impact on political, economic, and social systems; communist revolutions and their impact on the Cold War; independence movements; and globalization. 

WHS.12C Explain the major causes and events of World War II, including the German invasions of Poland and the Soviet Union, the Holocaust, the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Normandy landings, and the dropping of the atomic bombs. 

WHS.13A Summarize how the outcome of World War II contributed to the development of the Cold War. 

WHS.13B Summarize the factors that contributed to communism in China, including Mao Zedong's role in its rise. 

WHS.13C Identify major events of the Cold War, including the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the arms race. 

WHS.13D Explain the roles of modern world leaders, including Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Lech Walesa, and Pope John Paul II, in the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. 

WHS.17E Explain why communist command economies collapsed in competition with free market economies at the end of the 20th century. 

WHS.27C Explain the effects of major new military technologies on World War I, World War II, and the Cold War. 

WHS.28C Analyze primary and secondary sources to determine frame of reference, historical context, and point of view. 

WHS.28E Analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause and‐effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, drawing inferences and conclusions, and developing connections between historical events over time. 

WHS.30AUse social studies terminology correctly.