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Grade 11 World History (CHW3M) 🌍

Ontario Curriculum · TDSB · Curated Video Lessons

Grade 11 World History (CHW3M) — Societies and Change, 1000 BCE to 1900 CE — traces the development of human societies across three millennia: from ancient civilizations to the Renaissance, Scientific Revolution, French Revolution, industrialization, and the age of European imperialism. Students use historical thinking concepts to analyze patterns of change and continuity.

Course Overview

🎓 CHW3M Course Introduction (OVS)

CHW3M: Societies and Change, 1000 BCE to 1900 CE — this Ontario Virtual School introduction outlines how the course uses historical thinking concepts (cause and effect, continuity and change, historical significance, ethical dimensions) to analyze major societies and their transformations across three thousand years of human history, from ancient Mesopotamia to the dawn of the 20th century.

  • Historical Thinking
  • Ancient Civilizations
  • Medieval World
  • Modern Era

Source: Ontario Virtual School

19th Century – Imperialism

🌐 European Imperialism: Crash Course

European imperialism in the 19th century reshaped the entire world — politically, economically, and culturally — and created colonial legacies still felt today. This Crash Course World History episode explains the causes and mechanics of European colonialism, the "Scramble for Africa" (Berlin Conference 1884), and the long-term consequences of empire for colonized and colonizing nations alike.

  • European Imperialism
  • Colonialism
  • Scramble for Africa
  • 19th Century

Source: Crash Course World History

20th Century – Cold War

❄️ The Cold War: Origins & Conflicts

The Cold War (1947–1991) shaped world politics for over four decades after World War II — dividing the world into Western and Soviet blocs, fuelling proxy wars in Korea, Vietnam, and Africa, and driving the nuclear arms race. This AP World History lesson provides a clear introduction to the Cold War's origins, key events, and ideological tensions between capitalism and communism.

  • Cold War Origins
  • Iron Curtain
  • Proxy Wars
  • Arms Race

Source: AP World History

Built for TDSB students · Ontario Curriculum (CHW3M) · Grade 11 World History

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