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Locating world history in time and environment
- 2. Locating World History in Time and Environment
- 5. “If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development.” Aristotle
- 6. Part One: What is the point?
- 7. Memory
- 8. Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things. Cicero
- 9. Without a memory, would you recognize your family?
- 11. Know which friends to lend money?
- 12. Know who, and who NOT to, love…
- 13. Be the person you are?
- 14. How does this then apply to all of us together?
- 18. The answer is the reason we study world history.
- 19. Part Two: Habits of Mind
- 21. “Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” Albert Einstein
- 25. Analysis
- 26. Imagination
- 28. Communication
- 29. Commitment
- 30. Joy
- 32. So, what are we going to study?
- 33. The World
- 34. Old
- 35. New
- 38. Peter Griffin invented the wheel?
- 39. Frazzled?
- 42. Forces cut across societies
- 43. Measuring Change
- 46. Patterns and impacts of interaction
- 48. Systems of social structure and gender structure
- 49. Cultural, intellectual, and religious developments and interactions
- 50. Changes in functions and structures of states
- 51. Periodization
- 54. Beginnings of the Modern World: 1450-1750CE
Notas do Editor
- “ There is a great deal of evidence, indeed a consensus in cognitive psychology, that people who are able to think independently about unfamiliar problems and who are broad-gauged problem solvers, critical thinkers, and lifelong learners are, without exception, well-informed people.” Professor and education theorist E.D. Hirsch , Jr.
- How do you organize an argument to be most effective? How do you separate fact from opinion and appreciate the value of each? What effect does geography have on your historical perspective?
- How do you examine arguments in a reflective way? What logical, artistic, historic, and literary tools can you employ to achieve understanding of diverse cultures?
- How do you come to sense other reasonable views of a common predicament, respect those views, and honor the most persuasive?
- What skills do you possess that make you a successful communicator? How will you address areas of concern you have identified in order to imporve your written and oral communication?
- How do you develop the persistence and perseverance necessary for success? How do you recognize the need to act when action is called for, and do you step forward in response?
- What aspects of learning do you enjoy the most? How can you transfer this joy into other aspects of your life?