Students who have shown an interest in history throughout their school career are strongly encouraged to take this course.

The course begins in 1919 with the aftermath of WWI and terminates in the early 1990’s. The course centers initially on the historical highlights of European, Russian and American history up to WWII and continues with global topics including the Cold War and Civil Rights in the second half of the century. Units include India, China, Vietnam, Korea, South Africa and the Middle East.

There is also a new focus on the social history of the 20th C. with topics including sports, movies and entertainment.  Students going on to post-secondary would greatly benefit from the research skills taught in this course.

There is a very minimal focus on Canadian history in this course.