Mr. McCloskey
Jonathan Law High School
Modern World History 9th grade
(203) 783-3574
This course will focus on world events from the 1800's to the present, with
special emphasis on the growth of the political, economic, and social
institutions of Europe. The course will begin with the French revolution and
move through the Industrial revolution, imperialism, Unification of Germany
and Italy, World War I,Russian revolution, World War II, Cold War, modern
revolutions, the breakup of the superpowers, and the changing contemporary
world.