Classroom Resource

Population, Sustainability, and Malthus/Crash Course World History

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

9

Overview

Join host John Green to learn about the human population. How many people can reasonably live on Earth? In 1800, the human population of the Earth passed one billion. Thomas Malthus posited that growth had hit its ceiling and that the population would level off. He was completely wrong, as there are currently seven billion people on the planet! John will teach a little about how Malthus made his calculations and explain how Malthus came up with the wrong answer.

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Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 9 - World History

SS10.WH.9

Describe the impact of technological inventions, conditions of labor, and the economic theories of capitalism, liberalism, socialism, and Marxism during the Industrial Revolution on the economies, societies, and politics of Europe.

Unpacked Content

UP:SS10.WH.9

Vocabulary

  • capitalism
  • liberalism
  • socialism
  • Marxism
  • Industrial Revolution

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The impact inventions, labor conditions, economic, and governmental theories had on Europe during the Industrial Revolution.

Skills

Student is able to:
  • Evaluate critical factors surrounding a historical time period.
  • Identify causal factors of historical changes.
  • Distinguish among causal factors and results of historical changes.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Various factors impacted the economies, societies, and politics during the Industrial Revolution and each had an impact of the Industrial Revolution on Europe and the world.
Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 9 - World History

SS10.WH.11

Describe the impact of European nationalism and Western imperialism as forces of global transformation, including the unification of Italy and Germany, the rise of Japan’s power in East Asia, economic roots of imperialism, imperialist ideology, colonialism and national rivalries, and United States’ imperialism.

Unpacked Content

UP:SS10.WH.11

Vocabulary

  • European nationalism
  • Western imperialism
  • colonialism
  • national rivalries

Knowledge

Students know:
  • How to describe the global impact of European nationalism and Western imperialism.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Use a variety of types of maps, identify countries and regions that were colonized and/or colonizers.
  • Examine and analyze historical evidence, using a variety of types of primary resources.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Nationalism and imperialism impacted countries and societies around the world during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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