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UNIT OBJECTIVES:

 * The student understands the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution of 1917.
 * Explain the causes of the Russian rebellion of 1905 and assess its impact on reform in the succeeding decade.
 * Explain the causes of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and analyze why the revolutionary government progressed from moderate to radical.
 * Explain Leninist political ideology and how the Bolsheviks adapted Marxist ideas to conditions peculiar to Russia.
 * Assess the effects of the New Economic Policy on Soviet society, economy, and government.
 * Describe the rise of Joseph Stalin to power in the Soviet Union and analyze ways in which collectivization and the first Five-Year Plan disrupted and transformed Soviet society in the 1920s and 1930s.
 * Analyze the challenges that revolutionary Russia posed to Western governments and explain the impact of the Bolshevik victory on world labor movements.
 * The student understands postwar efforts to achieve lasting peace and social and economic recovery.
 * Describe the conflicting aims and aspirations of the conferees at Versailles and analyze the responses of major powers to the terms of the settlement.
 * Explain how the collapse of the German, Hapsburg, and Ottoman empires and the creation of new states affected international relations in Europe and the Middle East.
 * Explain how the League of Nations was founded and assess its promise and limitations as a vehicle for achieving lasting peace.
 * Analyze how the governments of Britain, France, Germany, and Italy responded to the economic and political challenges of the postwar decade.
 * The student understands economic, social, and political transformations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America in the 1920s and 1930s.
 * Explain how the mandate system altered patterns of European colonial rule in Africa and the Middle East.
 * Explain aims and policies of European colonial regimes in India, Africa, and Southeast Asia and assess the impact of colonial policies on indigenous societies and economies.
 * Analyze how social and economic conditions of colonial rule, as well as ideals of liberal democracy and national autonomy, contributed to the rise of nationalist movements in India, Africa, and Southeast Asia.
 * The student understands the interplay between scientific or technological innovations and new patterns of social and cultural life between 1900 and 1940.
 * Explain the impact of the work of Einstein, Freud, Curie, and other scientists on traditional views of nature, the cosmos, and the psyche.
 * Explain ways in which the airplane, automobile, and modern railway affected world commerce, international migration, and work and leisure habits.
 * Analyze the social and cultural dimensions of mass consumption of goods such as automobiles, bicycles, refrigerators, radios, and synthetic fabrics in various parts of the world.
 * Analyze ways in which new forms of communication affected the relationship of government to citizens and bolstered the power of new authoritarian regimes.
 * The student understands the interplay of new artistic and literary movements with changes in social and cultural life in various parts of the world in the post-war decades.
 * Evaluate the impact of World War I and its aftermath on literature, art, and intellectual life in Europe and the United States.
 * Evaluate the meaning and social impact of innovative movements in literature, architecture and the fine arts, such as Cubism, Surrealism, Expressionism, Socialist Realism, and jazz.
 * Evaluate the impact of innovative movements in Western art and literature on other regions of the world and the influence of African and Asian art forms on Europe.
 * Analyze how new media--newspapers, magazines, commercial advertising, film, and radio--contributed to the rise of mass culture around the world.
 * The student understands the causes and global consequences of the Great Depression.
 * Analyze the financial, economic, and social causes of the Depression and why it spread to most parts of the world.
 * Assess the human costs of the Depression, and compare its impact on economy and society in different countries and economic regions of the world.
 * Analyze ways in which the Depression affected colonial peoples of Africa and Asia and how it contributed to the growth of nationalist movements.
 * Analyze how the Depression contributed to the growth of socialist and communist movements and how it affected capitalist economic theory and practice in leading industrial powers in Western countries.
 * Describe how governments, businesses, social groups, families, and individuals endeavored to cope with the hardships of world depression.


 * ===** Broken World Part I: The Russian Experiment **===
 * ===**Broken World Part II: Nationalism Moves Eastward**===
 * ===**Broken World Part III: The Great Depression**===
 * ===**Broken World Part IV: Arts and Letters**===