Minnesota
Standards in Social Studies
World History Grades 9-12
Strand: III. WORLD HISTORY
Sub-Strand: H. Global Conflict, 1914 AD – 1945 AD
Standards: The student will demonstrate knowledge of the worldwideimpact of World War II.

Benchmarks

1. Students will analyze economic and political causes of World War II and examine the role of important individuals during the war and the impact of their leadership. 
2. Students will understand and analyze impact of the Holocaust and other examples of genocide in the 20th Century.
3. Students will explain the reasons for the formation of the United Nations.

Examples

1. Great Depression, competition for natural resources, Communism, fascism, Nazism, Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Tojo, Hirohito, Churchill, F.D. Roosevelt, Eisenhower, MacArthur, Raoul Wallenberg, Patton, Marshall, Truman, Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek 
2. Final Solution, concentration camps, Armenian, Balkans, Nanking, Kurdistan, Ruwanda, Ukraine, Cambodia
3. Harold Stassen, San Francisco Conference, Security Council, General Assembly, UNESCO, FAO, WHO, UNICEF