THE SHAPING OF OUR WORLD

HISTORICAL EVENTS

• Idea of Imperialism
• Normandy landings / D-day
• Imperialism played a part in WW1
• Changed the world in terms of geography and World War 1
• D-day essentially was the end of WW2
• One of the most important battles of history
• Changed the world in terms of World War 2 and Interwar decades

IMPERIALISM

• Country increases wealth and power by expanding
• Mostly in Europe
• European countries fought for land in Africa "Scramble for Africa"
• Settled in the "Berlin Act"
• Decaying of Ottoman Empire, and Austria-Hungary were other WW1 cause factors
• Led to assassination of Franz Ferdinand
• Covers Great Transformation and WW1 unit

MODEL 1: MAP OF EUROPE -1914

• To give a better understanding of how European and world powers have changed
• Changed our world geographically
• Led to new organizations / treaty's
• Led to Treaty of Versailles, League of Nations, U.N and UNICEF
• Best things come as a result of violence

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BIG SIX THINKING IDEA

• Closely related to World War 1 era and the Great Transformation
• Cause and consequence
• Constant need for territory led to European disputes
• Ultimately led to World War 1

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Communication
• European countries communicated with each other to find a solution
• Berlin Act
• I had to communicate with stores to get materials

D-DAY INVASION

• Also known as the Battle of Normandy
• June 6th 1944
• Allies: U.S, Britain, Canada, French forces
• Liberate Western Europe from Nazi control
• 156,000 allies deployed onto Juno Beach in France
• 4,400 allies died in the battle but the allies won
• Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945
• Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30 1945
• This covers the World War Two unit in class

MODEL 2: D-DAY DIAGRAM

• Model of Juno Beach on D-day
• To give a basic idea of what the battle ground looked like
• Allies had the low ground and were easy targets
• Shows how difficult it was to claim victory
• They had won through cooperation, and determination

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BIG SIX THINKING IDEA

• Relates to World War Two era and D-day invasion
• Historical perspectives
• If not for their bravery the world would be completely different
• They gave their lives to give us life

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Thinking
• They had to strategically plan their attack on the Nazis
• Treaty's led to their cooperation
• I had to think about historically important details and information to this topic

THE SPIRAL

• Visual timeline of events
• Starts with end of imperialism
• Meets at the middle with World War 2 and D-day
• Ends with modern times
• 24 events

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REFERENCES

• Foot, Richard. "D-day and the Battle of Normandy". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Government of Canada. Published Feb.7, 2006 / modified May 3, 2019. Accessed on 1/17/20. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/normandy-invasion
• Anderson, Cole. Canada Exploring 21st Century Canadian Issues. First Edition. Richmond: Soaring Compass Points, 2015

REFERENCES

• Kelly, Martin. "5 Key Causes of World War 1". ThoughtCo. Published May 13, 2019 / modified May 13, 2019. Accessed on 1/17/20. https://www.thoughtco.com/causes-that-led-to-world-war-i-105515
• Beauchamp, Zack. "40 Maps that explain World War 1." Vox. Facebook. Published August 4, 2018 / modified August 4, 2014. Accessed on 1/17/20. https://www.vox.com/a/world-war-i-maps

REFERENCES

• Llewellyn, Jennifer. "Imperialism as a cause of World War 1". Alpha History. Published August 8, 2017 / modified Jan. 7, 2020. Accessed on 1/17/20. https://alphahistory.com/worldwar1/imperialism/