A multimedia course for secondary school and college teachers that examined global patterns through time, seeing history as an integrated whole. Topics were studied in a general chronological order, but each is observed through a …
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Ep 12004-01-02
Maps, Time, and World History
What tools do world historians use in the study of history? This unit begins the …
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Ep 22004-01-09
History and Memory
How are history and memory different? Topics in this unit range from the celebration of …
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Ep 32004-01-16
Human Migrations
How did the many paths of human migration people the planet? From their origins on …
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Ep 42004-01-23
Agricultural and Urban Revolutions
What do historians know about the earliest farmers and herders, and the evolution of cities? …
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Ep 52004-01-30
Early Belief Systems
How did people begin to understand themselves in relation to the natural world and to …
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Ep 62004-02-06
Order and Early Societies
How do diverse political structures and relationships distribute power and material resources? Through the rise …
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Ep 72004-02-13
The Spread of Religions
How do religions interact, adopt new ideas, and adapt to diverse cultures? As the missionaries, …
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Ep 82004-02-20
Early Economies
How do societies assign value to land, labor, and material goods? A comparison of manorial …
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Ep 92004-02-27
Connections Across Land
How were land-based trade routes conduits of both commerce and culture? The Eurasian Silk Roads, …
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Ep 102004-03-05
Connections Across Water
How were water routes used as conduits of expansion and trade? The traders of the …
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Ep 112004-03-12
Early Empires
What makes an 'empire'? Through the Mongol empire, the Mali empire, and the Inka empire, …
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Ep 122004-03-19
Transmission of Traditions
What are traditions and how are they transmitted? Islamic Spain, Korea, and West Africa provide …
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Ep 132004-03-26
Family and Household
What does the study of families and households tell us about our global past? In …
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Ep 142004-04-02
Land and Labor Relationships
What factors shape the ways in which the basic resources are exploited by a society? …
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Ep 152004-04-09
Early Global Commodities
What is globalization and when did it begin? Before the sixteenth century, the world's four …
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Ep 162004-04-16
Food, Demographics, and Culture
What role has food played in human societies? Studying the production and consumption of food …
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Ep 172004-04-23
Ideas Shape the World
How do ideas change the world? This unit traces the impact of European Enlightenment ideals …
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Ep 182004-04-30
Rethinking the Rise of the West
How does historical scholarship change over time, and why do the perspectives of historians shift? …
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Ep 192004-05-07
Global Industrialization
How was the story of the industrial revolution a global process? Industrialization was and is …
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Ep 202004-05-14
Imperial Designs
What lasting impacts did modern imperialism have on the world? The profound consequences of imperialism …
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Ep 212004-05-21
Colonial Identities
How did colonialism and eventual de-colonization mutually affect the colonizer and the colonized? From Zanzibar …
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Ep 222004-05-28
Global War and Peace
How 'global' were the World Wars? This unit examines Japanese imperialism, the Belgian Congo, and …
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Ep 232004-06-04
People Shape the World
What is the impact of the individual in world history? This unit examines the role …
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Ep 242004-06-11
Globalization and Economics
How have the forces of globalization shaped the modern world? This unit travels from the …
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Ep 252004-06-18
Global Popular Culture
What are the sounds and sights of an emerging global culture? From World Cup soccer …
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Ep 262004-06-25
World History and Identity
How have global forces redefined both individual and group identity in the modern world? This …